Programs for Evenings. ^ 589 



D. For Fourth Year Readers, Farmers' Wives' Bulletin No. 19, 



Meat, Fish and Eggs. 

 Consider first half of questions on discussion paper. 

 What variety of meats can profitably be used on the farm 



table ? 

 Do women know as much as they should in regard to the 



cuts of meat and how to prepare them for the table ? 

 Can salt or fresh fish be made a more common article on the 



farm table ? 



III. Concluding Program. 



Current Events for January. 



"Alniosf any man, under the usual stitnulus of the camp, 



can stand fire- Is it not time that the point of honor should 



undergo some change, that some glimpses, at least, of the 



true glory of a nation should he caught by rulers and 



people? " — '■ William Ellery Channing. 



Discuss what the State and National Government are doing for 



the farmer ; for the woman in her relations to her family ; for 



education in the legislation of the present winter. 



Light Refreshments. 



Second January Meeting. 



To which men may be invited. 



I. Introductory Exercises. 



Music — " Yankee Doodle." 

 Quotation, President — 



'''' We are thankful that God gave to Abraham Lincoln the 



decision and zvisdom and grace to issue that proclamation, zvhich 



stands high above all other papers which have been penned by 



uninspired men." 



Quotations from members, each giving an anecdote concerning 



Lincoln. 

 Reading — Second Inaugural Address. 



Discussion — Which was the greater statesman, Washington or 

 Lincoln ? 



Appoint Leaders. 



