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ways,  and  was  listened  to  with  much  attention  by  all  present.  The 
discussion  on  Mr.  Vanderkleed's  paper  consuming  so  much  time,  the 
meeting  was  forced  to  adjourn  before  it  was  concluded  and  it  was 
carried  over  until  the  next  session. 
The  excursion  to  Erie  occupied  almost  the  entire  day  on  Wed- 
nesday. The  trip  was  made  by  trolley,  the  cars  leaving  at  10.30 
a.m.  Upon  arriving  at  Erie  the  party  was  taken  out  to  the  Lake 
and  royally  entertained  by  the  Erie  druggists.  Alter  witnessing  a 
vaudeville  performance  at  the  summer  theatre,  and  being  served 
with  refreshments,  the  party  started  back  to  Cambridge  Springs, 
arriving  there  in  time  for  dinner  at  7  p.m. 
On  Wednesday  evening  an  amateur  vaudeville  production  was 
given  by  some  of  the  more  talented  members  of  the  Association, 
among  whom  may  be  mentioned  Mrs.  McKean,  of  Erie ;  Mr.  J.  P. 
Remington,  Jr.,  of  Philadelphia  ;  Miss  Gorgas,  of  Harrisburg  ;  Mrs. 
McMurtrie,  of  Altoona,  and  Mr.  Faries,  of  Harrisburg. 
I  he  next  business  session  of  the  Association  was  called  to  order 
by  President  Frailey  on  Thursday,  at  9,30  a.m.,  and  the  first  order 
of  business  was  the  reading  of  a  number  of  committee  reports,  which 
had  been  postponed  from  the  earlier  sessions  for  various  reasons. 
Mr.  H.  L.  Stiles,  of  Philadelphia,  chairman  of  the  Committee  on 
Affiliation  with  Local  Associations,  read  the  report  of  this  com- 
mittee, in  which  he  stated  that  very  little  interest  had  been  shown 
in  the  matter  by  the  secretaries  of  the  local  associations  with  whom 
he  had  endeavored  to  get  in  touch,  and  that  only  eight  replies  had 
been  received  in  answer  to  more  than  fifty  letters  which  had  been 
sent  out.  He  stated  that  this  apathy  was  probably  largely  due  to 
the  fact  that  the  meeting  place  this  year  was  so  far  away  from  the 
centre  of  the  State,  in  consequence  of  which  fact  very  few  of  the 
local  bodies  would  send  any  delegates  to  represent  them. 
The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Trade  Interests  was  presented  by 
the  chairman,  Mr.  Charles  Leedom,  of  Philadelphia,  in  which  a  res- 
olution was  proposed  and  carried,  denouncing  the  methods  of  intro- 
ducing a  substitute  for  a  well-known  proprietary  article,  which  has 
appeared  upon  the  market  recently. 
The  most  comprehensive  report  which  was  presented  was  that  of  the 
Committee  on  Adulterations,  which  was  read  by  Mr.  R.  H.  Lackey, 
of  Philadelphia,  in  the  absence  of  the  chairman,  Mr.  D.  J.  Thomas, 
of  Scranton.    In  this  report  a  comprehensive  canvass  had  been 
