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distrust among European nations.

Christmas was thought to be a season when
one should take stock of one’s self. “Let us begin
by having more patience with the old farm, each
other, and ourselves. Turn over the new leaf
and try to keep it white the whole year.”

Estelle T. Moore gave a fine little poem on
Thanksgiving, which we should not confine to one
day in the year but make it a daily thought & habit.

“I ask no more than thou hast given
Who is so kind, so wise, so just,
Save deeper sense of thy vast love
And more of thankfulness and trust.”

Eliz. C. Davis read of the charming climate and
scenery of the Phillipines. Formerly these islands
were extremely unhealthy, but there is a high record
among American residents for health, because
they boil the water they drink, and do not eat uncooked
food. The Phillipinos are fatalists, and they waste
their substance in trying to appease evil spirits by
feasts and orgies among the relatives of an ill person.

Sallie R. Janney told us that Tacitus had recorded
a mutiny among the German soldiers of
his day. Some believe the only hope for permanent
peace lies in the awakening of the masses,
to the uselessness of their awful sacrifices to
militarism. We were urged to judge life with
cheerfulness, and the shortcomings of others with
humility. Margaret G. T. Moore read “A Resolve
for To-day”, commencing, “I will make this day
worthwhile”, containing admirable hints but, as
one of our younger members has offered to make
type-written copies, we will not quote further
here. Fanny B. Snowden had a few
amusing instances of the rashness of telling the
whole truth on every occasion, bur instance, if
an acquaintance asks you to stay all night, it
would be better to say, “It does not suit me to
do so now”, than to reply, “Your beds are so hard,
I could not sleep when I tried it before.”

E. T. Stabler told us that by boiling China eggs
and putting them hot in the pockets of children’s
cloaks, their hands could be kept warm on the
way to school. The rummage sale in progress