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The secretary read "The Fools Prayer" from a
defunct paper "The Housekeepers Weekly" which
she thought had not deserved to die so soon
after its birth. Adjourned to Belmont in
December at a date to be fixed to suit the
convenience of the secretary-
Mary Bentley Thomas

On Saturday January 20th 1900 the Association
met at Belmont the residence of Mary Bentley
Thomas. A long interval had elapsed since
the previous meeting, for when the appointed
time in December came, the meeting was
deferred on account of the serious illness of
Beulah L. Thomas; and when the end came
to that illness and the suffering was over,
the sense of personal loss to most of the members,
and the sincere sympathy for her family felt
by all, made it the wish of the society, to pay to
her memory, the only mark of respect we could, as
a body, and omit the December meeting.

January 20th was most unpleasant as to
weather, dark, rainy and unseasonably
warm, but a large gathering assembled
at Belmont and after an interval of pleasant
greeting and talk, proceeded to dinner, to
which all present did ample justice and
during which we had the pleasure of the