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was not likewise cultivated, "one of the hardest
lessons of life is that of preserving its balance"
and those who are naturally energetic
should foster the power of repose".

Pattie R. Stabler read "The dead-and-alive
school of fiction" as follows:- "What would
Dickens think could he come back to life and
read some of the works of Messrs. Howells
James, etc., where whole chapters are devoted
to minute analysis of the heroines motive in
wearing a blue dress instead of a black one,
or a description of the amount of midnight oil
burned by the hero as he ponders over the
exact meaning when she remarked that she
would be at home on the following afternoon?
Never mind, dear shade of Dickens these
heroines are as short lived as their descriptions
are lengthy, and yours will live as
long as the world can read English".

The Association was informed that a
number of the friends of Jane Scofield, a
former member had planned to write
letters to her at San Antonio upon the occasion
of her 70th birthday.

Margaret S. Hallowell read Mrs. Barbauld's
ever beautiful "Life we've been long together",
also an excellent scrap on the importance of
teaching children accuracy of statement,
the child who is allowed to fall into