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Alice Tyson informed us that Millet's picture of
'The Angelus", had been sold for fifty thousand dollars.
The scene of it, near Fontainebleau, France, has just
been converted into an aviation field.

Annie B. Kirk read a most amusing editorial
from 'The Yokohama Gazette," of Japan, upon the dangers
of the Woman Suffrage to the men of America. A
war between the sexes is promised, & as the men are
stronger & can use their fists - more properly the
"female of the species" will probably become extinct,
according to this sad-hearted philosopher of
the "Flowery kingdom."

Annie B. Chandler recommended "uncoated rice"
which can be purchased at 15 cts a lb. of Gillies
a New York grocer. It is not only a very excellent
article of diet, but swells up when worked, like
the rice of long ago.

Maria Bishop, our pleasant English visitor
to Sandy Spring, read from "The English Friend,"
an appreciation of John Muhuran. Then in answer to
a few questions, she gave a delightful talk upon
her life as a Missionary in Syria where she spent
some years among the neglected children of that country.

Rebecca T. Miller had an article upon the
extraordinary body of salt water in California
known as 'The Salton Sea," which has changed its
boundaries 50 times we are told, & is in the heart
of a grape-producing valley.

Callie J. Bentley read Lucy Larcom's free
poem "To him who plants a tree," & Albina O.
Stabler's offering was a protest against the
hurry & scurry of the present age. Where is the
old leisure, the jog - trot, the ancient habit of
"go as you please." "Speed has became a national
disease; is it possible that our nerves
are forever on edge & that we have to hurry
in order not to break down?"

Elise Hutton had astonishing statistics
about the great state of Texas over which the
flags of Spain, France, Mexico & the United
States have waved in turn. It is twice the
extent of the whole British Isles, a string
across its greatest length if swung around the