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N Mciiiorial 

 T> a y wo 

 had a re- 



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union of the 

 Root family. In 

 fact, we have 

 frequent re- 

 unions when we 

 can get the 

 whole tribe to- 

 gether. We usu- 

 ally have it out 

 in the woods or 

 in some shady 

 retreat, especial- 

 ly if the weather 

 is hot. Perhaps I might mention that, be- 

 sides our own five children, there were pres- 

 ent our three sons-in-law and two daughters- 

 in law, and ten grandidiildreu and four 

 great-grandchildren. At these reunions 

 everyboily carries some sort of lunch to put 

 on the table, and everybody can look it over 

 and either go and get, or call, for the ]iar- 

 ticular kind of food he prefers. 



They assigned a place to me on a little 

 bit of lounge by the side of the mother of 

 three of the great-grandchildren — Mrs. 

 Ethel Calvert. By the way, the first meet- 

 ing with this good lady was when slie her- 

 self was a comparatively little chick. Her 

 father and mother (Mr. and Mrs. Acklin) 

 had charge of our branch house at St. Paul, 

 Minn. I mentioned this in a write-up years 

 ago, and told how I was impressed and de- 

 lighted w^ith the wonderful singing of this 

 young miss; and altho she is now the 

 mother of three beautiful little girls, she 

 looks much like a "young miss" even yet. 

 So much for the mother. Between us was 

 one of the little girls, two and a half years 

 old; and as she could not hold her own spe- 

 cial cup of milk very well while sitting on 

 the lounge, they brought her little baby- 

 chair, and finally a minature table to 

 match the chair. See the picture. 



This banquet w^as about an hour and a 

 half later than my regular suppertime. The 

 reason for being so late was because we 

 could not call in all the wanderers, big and 

 little. On this account I was getting to bo 

 somewhat faint, and all because of the de- 

 layed mealtime. In order to serve the chil- 

 dren first, when they got the chair and 

 table fixed her mother gave her a big glass 

 of milk. I said to myself mentally, "Why, 

 that little chick can never drink all of that 

 milk." But she grabbed for it. and then 

 proceeded to sip very slowly. When she 

 had finished half the glass and pushed it 

 back to the middle of the table I supposed, 

 of course, she had all she wanted; and as I 

 had then for some time been "hankering" 

 for some of the same milk I suggested to 

 the mother that the child would not want 

 any more, and that .1 might have what was 

 remaining in the glass. Instead of acquies- 

 cing, however, she called for a fresh glass 

 for^mvself, and still later she pointed to an 



OUR HOMES 



A. I. ROOT 



A little child shall lead them. — ISA. 12:6. 

 Butter and honey shall he eat. — Is.\. 7:15. 

 I will bring yoii into a land flowing with milk 

 nd honey. — Ex. 3:17. 



empty glass on 

 the little table, 

 and called my 

 attention to the 

 fact that the lit- 

 tle girl drank it 

 all. I expressed 

 surprise that she 

 could drink so 

 much at one 

 meal. But later 

 on, when the re- 

 past was about 

 all over, the fa- 

 ther of the little 

 girl called my at- 

 tention to a second glass of milk for that one 

 woe little girl; and when I asked if it would 

 not make her sick, he gravely informed me 

 that she not only drank about that quantity 

 of milk three times a day, but sometimes 

 she had a third glass and yet did not be- 

 come sick. In fact, her mother informed me 

 she might almost say that the little girl had 

 never been sick a day in her life. 



My friends, I have taken quite a little 

 space to tell this story, for there is a big 

 moral to it. The great wide world has not 

 discovered crcii j/rt the value of milk, not 

 only for babies and growing children, but 

 for middle-aged men and especially for old 



Roberta Maude Calvert, 2% years old. never sick 



a day in her life, sipping her regular ration, of a 



pint of milk, three times a day. 



