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Mary T. Bond had an interesting description of
Johannesburg, a city of 200 000 inhabitants and
now the cynosure of all eyes.

Virginia H. Steer gave us facts relating to the very
small shops of New York, we often hear of the
immense establishments but these tiny places
where the customer has to stand outside because the
merchant fills all the space inside not taken up
by the goods are less known as their
oddities deserve.

Clara P. Moore read "A Protest" supposed to have
been written by Admiral Dewey, wherein the American
people were prayed not to kill him with receptions
and processions and reviews.

Elizabeth C. Davis favored us with "A message to
Garcia". A Government clerk named Rollin carried
a letter last year from the President in Washington
to Garcia in Cuba, and the messenger was one
of those men who did not ask- ""where is he?
How am I to get there? Is there any hurry? Whats
the matter with Charley's doing it? " but he went
and did it and did it well. The piece was
written by Elbert Hubbard has been widely circulated
and deserves its fame.

Pattie R. Stabler gave a pathetic poem the lament
of a little boy for a lost mother. Florence Bond
told of a bright servant who on being sent to
tag a number of wheels tacked or pinned
the names of owners on to the tires.