34 THE POPCORN SOCIETY 



and scratches of the seven little Nodrogs, but 

 the supply never had given out. 



The Popcorn Society met once a week all that 

 winter and the next, and the children belonging 

 to it learned a great many lessons that helped 

 them through life. They were taught to be 

 pure in thought and word and deed, to be kind 

 and gentle and helpful to all about them, includ- 

 ing birds and animals, and to be cold-water 

 children always. 



Nancy Nodrog now belongs to the Woman's 

 Christian Temperance Union and to a great 

 many other societies, but it always makes her 

 happy to think about the Popcorn Society to 

 which she belonged when she was a little girl. 



