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1300 are now being taught there and the
results are often highly encouraging.

Helen S. Stabler's first article was
upon the wisdom of accepting cold
weather as a friend rather than an
enemy. "There is not as much dislike
of stuffy rooms as there should be,
let in the fresh air under almost all
circumstances, and keep on intimate
terms with out doors." The second offering
was from the same source, was
the reply sent in to the "Sun" when it
offered $5.00 for the best list of "The
Ten best things to eat, leaving out
the modes of cooking or preparation.
The list was -- "A Virginia ham,
a wild Turkey, broiled partridges,
filet of beef with mushrooms, Lynnhaven
oysters, creamed, Brunswick
stew, Southern cantaleups, Batter
bread, beaten biscuit, and home
made peach ice-cream."

A discussion of kerosene ensued
and very few were satisfied with
what they had been burning of
late, but no remedy was given.

Isabel Stabler gave an interesting
account of the Xmas stamp which
was started in Delaware last
year by the Red Cross Society for
the benefit of tuberculosis patients,
or measures against the spread
of that desease. We had heard recently
that three hundred thousand
dollars had been raised this season,
and the stamps are only one cent each.

Elizabeth Stabler said Marianna
Miller was gathering up small
articles to mail to the Hindman
Mission in the Kentucky Mountains.

Sarah T. Miller read extracts from a