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Is worth a hundred epitaphs,
Dear, say it now instead."

Nellie Brooke gave us a beautiful description,
"Nature's Great Wonder, The January
Thaw," "Everywhere we find such
unexpected revelations of beauty in
a time of freeze and thaw, a world
of sparking diamonds, the telegraph
poles changed into silver harp strings,
iron railings turned into filagree work,
and what magic pictures we see on
the window panes, Arctic pines amid
ice bergs, and palms and Banyon
trees every sort of vegetation has its
prototype in the crystaline botany. Mary
E. Gilpin's offering was a plea for sunshine
in our homes and in our natures.

Make your living rooms bright by having
your hearts full of joy. You cannot
turn the house around on a pivot
so that the sun's rays shall enter
every nook and corner, but you can turn
yourself towards light and cheer
every hour in your day. Estelle T.
Moore's poetical clipping was equally
helpful in thought.

"The country faith,
There in the country's heart
When the grass is green.
Life is the same sweet life
As it e'er hath been,
Trust in a God still lives,
And the bell at noon,
Floats with the thought of him
O'er the rising sun.
God comes down in the rain
And the crops grow tall.
This is the Country faith,
And the best of all."

Isabel Stabler read cute rhymes
entitled "Thy Neighbor,"