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other extreme of modern times, of over adornment where 

 the house is so packed with fancy ornamentation that tlie 

 visitor is uncertain how he shall move about. 



The woman's sphere is her home, but she need not think 

 of giving up her interest or participation in outside affairs 

 on that account. The essayist believed in open windows, 

 pure air, plenty of sunshine, instead of close musty parlors. 

 Improve yourselves as well as your homes, do not neglect to 

 set out shade and fruit trees, take care of the lawn and flow- 

 er garden, and do not forget the vegetable garden. None 

 need an education more than the farmer, and in this direc- 

 tion the grange is a powerful agent, while it is next to the 

 church in its influence for good. The memory of a beauti- 

 ful and happy home is the richest legacy children can in- 

 herit. 



The afternoon session was opened by the reading of an 

 essay on '' Home life on the Island of Capri,'' by Mrs. Mar. 

 garet B. Wright of Cambridge. A small island of some 

 4,000 inhabitants and three and one-half miles long by two 

 wide in its greatest length and breadth. The island rises 

 abruptly from the water like a peak of a submerged moun- 

 tain, the cliffs on one side rising sheerly up 900 feet from 

 the water. With its 4,000 inhabitants, it has three villages, 

 one of which is a little fishing hamlet. 



Until the government road was built, Anacapri (one of 

 the villages) could be reached only by means of 535 enor- 

 mous steps, very steep and high, being gouged out from the 

 face of the precipitous rock straight up from the sea. Don- 

 keys were trained to go up and down tlrese steps, heavily 

 laden, and so did women themselves, creatures of burden, 

 with stone crates of fruit and casks of wine on their head. 

 At first sight Capri seems to be an Amazonian Isle with 

 almost no men at all, and those few lounging about doing 

 nothing. But this is explained when it is learned that the 

 men are off coral fishing. The products of the island are 

 oranges, lemons, grapes, figs, olives, fish, quails and wine. 

 Quails are captured in immense numbers during their mi- 



