TO SOME OF THE APPRECIATIVE FRIENDS OF 

 MRS. RAND. 



THE SELECTION OF A SIMPLE "MEMENTO MORI," 

 APPROPRIATE TO HER MANY-SIDED CHARACTER, 

 HAS BEEN INDEED A DIFFICULT PROBLEM. 



MANY KNEW HER UNSELFISH ACTIVITY IN 

 SOCIAL, CLUB. CHURCH AND CHARITABLE WORK. 

 GRACEFUL RECOGNITION OF THIS ATTRIBUTE IS 

 EVIDENCED BY THE ACTION TAKEN BY THREE OF 

 THE ASSOCIATIONS WITH WHICH SHE WAS IDEN- 

 TIFIED AT THE TIME OF HER DECEASE. 



IN MEMORIAM. 



THE MODERN WHIST CLUB OF BOSTON 

 ADJOURNED THEIR WEEKLY MEETING ON THE DAY 

 OF THE FUNERAL OF THEIR DECEASED TREASURER. 



THE SHAKESPEARE CLUB OF MEDFORD 

 ADJOURNED THEIR REMAINING MEETINGS OF THE 

 SEASON IN MEMORY OF THE LOSS OF ONE OF 

 THEIR CHARTER MEMBERS. 



THE LADIES' INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY OF 

 ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, BOSTON, PLACED THE 

 FOLLOWING UPON THEIR RECORDS: 



TO THOSE WHO SAW LITTLE OF HER HOME LIFE 

 IN THE FAMILY, (TO WHOM SHE GAVE HER BEST) 

 POSSIBLY A REPRODUCTION OF A SONNET SHE 

 COMPOSED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF A 

 CERTAIN DAY, AFTER SHE HAD LEARNED OF THE 

 SUCCESSFUL CONVALESCENCE OF HER "DEAR BOY" 

 (ABSENT FROM HOME IN THE FAR DISTANT WEST) 

 MAY NOT BE UNACCEPTABLE. IT MAY REVEAL A 

 PHASE OF HER VERSATILITY NOT GENERALLY 

 KNOWN, EVEN AMONG HER BEST FRIENDS. SHE 

 SHONE BRIGHTEST IN THE CLIMAX OF THAT PER- 

 FECTED TRINITY OF DAUGHTER, WIFE AND MOTHER. 



NIGHT THOUGHTS. 



KATHARINE B. RAND, 



