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from having been a favorite with our dear
lamented Mary M. Miller. C.H.M aso gave us "Mind
Cure" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox commencing thus -

"Think health and health shall find you
As certain as the day,
And pain will lag behind you
And lose you on the way"

Lydia G. Thomas read of a colored baby six months old
who was fed on watermelon, coffee and cold pancakes
by a mother who on being remonstrated with replied
"there is nothing the matter with the victuals but I
never did have any luck raising boys". Others had
known similar instances.

Sarah E. Stabler followed this amusing epic with a
noble tribute to the late Prof. Drummond by Dr.
Robertson who made the bold assertim that the
personal influence of the author of "The Greatist
Thing in the World" was even stronger that that of
his published books and spoke of the close of his
lovely life as a "putting by of the worn tools
without a sigh in the sure expectation that a
future of better work awaited him elsewhere."

Sarah T. Miller's two contributions were different and
equally interesting. The first was of George
Keunan's apprenticeship in courage. As a very
young man he was so afraid of being afraid he
did the most extraordinary things with the object of
acquiring true fortitude and finally reached the
point where he was sure of being no coward
morally of physically. His Spartan-like experiments

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