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16 (Norwood Con.)

Has gladdened the hermit bee,
A thousand winters the drifting snows
Have whitened the grassy sea;

Oh, Seer with vision that looks away
A thousand long years from now,
The marvelous nation your eyes survey
Was born of the purpose that here, to-day,
Is guiding the breaking plow!”

Harriet I. Lea told us that the only child born
in the White house, to a Pres., was Esther Cleveland.
She also gave “Let Me Review My Work”,
by Henry Van Dyke, inculcating the principle of
making daily duties, pleasures instead of burdens.

Mary Bird, borrowing a good scrap from
Ellen Farquhar’s contribution read of the diet fad
which induces some to emulate squirrels by
living on nuts, while other enthusiastic seekers
after health became tigers for the novice and
swallow scraped meat, nearly raw. Still
others foster and develop a taste of grass-like
edibles as do the the bovine tribe. The conclusion
of the whole matter was that if “perfectly prepared
good food of all sorts is healthful.”

Mary E. Thomas said this is the season
to become familiar enough with the wildflowers
to call them by their own names and
even a small plot under one’s window may
offer opportunity for considerable study.

Madge G. T. Moore was advised to use tobacco
smoke upon her heliotrope infested with
green aphis.

The Secy read various extracts from a long
acct. of what is termed “the most remarkable
school in the world”, a tremendous establishment
on Irving Place, N. Y., that has 6000 pupils
and 217 teachers, and is known as “A High
School for Girls”. Under the one roof, covering
an entire block, are a real Bank, a real greenhouse,
shop, 5 room flat, kitchens, a printing office,
dress-making and millinery depts., as well
as a thorough course in Art and Domestic Science.

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