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cient towns and ruined castles. Its yellow waters would 

 run red, if all the blood which has been shed for the 

 control of the river was mingled with them. Weisbaden, 

 Frankfort, Heidelberg, and Baden-Baden were visited. 

 Most of the field work is done by women in this country. 



Basel was our gateway into Switzerland, a city dis- 

 tinctly Swiss, but rich and prosperous, having trade with 

 the contiguous French and German provinces. Switzer- 

 land is an inspiration ; this remarkable land in the 

 heart of the vintage world, reaching towards heaven with 

 more than four hundred snow-clad spires, — their awful 

 majesty, have taught the Swiss people to love their land 

 better than any other, and liberty better than life. 



Lucerne sits by her lake of the cross, reclining beneath 

 Pilatus and the Rhigi ; beyond the Brunig Pass are Inter- 

 laken, Berne, and Freiburg, the two latter quaint and 

 strange with ancient landmarks. Lausanne and Geneva 

 are by the bright waters of Leman, and so is the castle of 

 Chillon with its dungeons of rock. Chamouni and Mt. 

 Blanc are all pictured in delightful memories. 



Paris merits the name of the wonderful city, but our 

 space denies description. 



The contrast between our native land and the old world 

 lies in the value each has set upon the individual man and 

 woman. Class distinctions across the sea have created 

 impassable barriers. On one side the few are exalted and 

 deified. On the other are degradation and low esteem 

 for man and woman. 



In our beloved land, the value of man and woman is 

 set at the great price of our liberties. The priceless 

 estimate has inspired our progress, and under God, 

 shall, ere long, give us the leadership of the world. 



Edward J. Mason, of Marblehead, was elected a resi- 

 dent member. 



