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to be transferred to scrim, making it possible
to have paper and curtains match exactly. She
also told of whipped cream which comes from
Switzerland in cans, and is quite as good, if
not better, than that we prepare at home.

Ellen Stabler gave us several little articles
each containing helpful thoughts, -
“Build a little fence of trust around today, etc.
and, - By loving whatever is lovable in those
around us, love will flow back from them
to us. Sarah T. Miller then read 2 short
pieces, which we heard with much pleasure.
I select a few lines, - “I wonder why it is we
are not all kinder to each other than we are,
how much the world needs it, how easily
it is done!” “Live in the sunshine, don’t
live in the gloom”, which I am sure, we should
all endeavor to do to the best of our ability.

Mary Bond told of Mrs. Bryan, who is a
woman of culture, a wife and mother in the
fullest sense of the word, also a lawyer. She
is a woman who is not afraid to advocate
high principles and uphold them at all
times and places, and under all circumstances.

Sarah Willson read us a poem, “A Merry Heart,” last 4 lines

“E’en now take a heart for further on
There are hope and joy and the dawn of day.
You shall find again what you thought was gone
“Tis the merry heart goes all the way.”

Eliz. Stabler interested us very much by
reading of the proposed pension for Mothers
who have been deserted by their husbands, a
test case to be made in Pa.

Ellen Farquhar’s selection of “Easter Island,
the Mystery of the Pacific” was most interesting.
This Island has long baffled scientists
there are 200 persons there now, who know
nothing of the lost language of their ancestors
or who made the 550 carved images found
there, 40 of which stand inside the crater
of a volcano, - Tablets have also been found
covered with hieroglyphics most skillfully
executed. In 1864 several thousand persons lived on
Easter Island, large numbers were taken to work

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