580 Reading-Course for Farmers' Wives. 



Second November Meeting. 

 I. Introductory Exercises. 

 Music. 



Quotation, by the President — Isaiah 41, 17-20. 

 Quotations from Whittier, committed and recited by the members. 



Reading from " Snow Bound," 



Paper by 



Whittier's Early Literary Career; 



His Anti-Slavery Work; 



His Later Life and Death. 

 Discussion, led by 



Questions to ask one's self after studying the life and work of 

 Whittier. 

 Do Whittier's poems throw any light upon his home life? 

 Did Whittier's struggles for an education add to his success as 



a poet or did it hamper him? 

 What poem refers to his early home? What to his school life? 

 Do any of his poems suggest a romance in his own life? 

 What did he do for the abolition of slavery? 

 What is his greatest poem? 

 References for further reading: 



Ahvays have sonic useful and pleasant book ready to take up 

 in the " odd ends " of time. — Bishop Potter. 

 Homes of American Authors (Whittier), H. T. Griswold. 

 Poets of America, E. C. Stedman. 



n. Main Program. 



A. For First Year Readers, further study of Sai'i>ig Steps. 



1. Consider the questions found on discussion paper, Bul- 



letin No. I. 



2. Cost of saving time and steps in a household. 



3. Is it a waste of time to stop and rest? 



4. How to secure from help a saving of time and strength. 



5. Discuss plans for a house in regard to convenience, 



especially the relation of dining-room, kitchen, china 

 closet and pantry. 



