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disagreeable privilege of asking for every penny
she spent.

Ellen Farquhar had sent from Washington
an article by Mrs. Emily Bissell " What women
think of women". Louisa T. Brooke's selection
assured us that those who make the most
noise in the world are not apt to be those
who are most powerful as "great men think
while ordinary men talk", high sounding
words and showy acts may impose upon
the few, but silent effort moves the world.

Nellie Hartshome's interesting communication
gave some account of a Japanese Johns
Hopkins graduate who had married a
Philadelphia girl by Friend's ceremony; and
she also read extracts from his book "The soul
of Japan" which indicated the possession of
both intellect and heart, he declared chivalry
was a flower no less indigenous to the soil
of Japan than its emblem the cherry blossom"

E. C. Davis gave an editorial from the
Philadelphia Public Ledger upon "Energy and
Repose" from which we cull "No honor is too
great to give to noble persevering industry,
its influence for good on the individual himself
and on the community at large is incalculable",
this unceasing industry was
however claimed to be most deleterious
to its possessor, if a capacity for repose

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