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SOME TIMELY SUGGESTIONS. 
ences Woman's Club Observes ‘Home Day.” 
sented in Which Many Public 
The Manchester Woman’s club met 
Tuesday afternoon. It was ‘“‘ Home 
Day,’’ and various heads of committees 
presented papers. During the afternoon 
a very pleasing musical program was 
rendered under the charge of Mrs. C. 
E. Williams, chairman of the music 
committee. This included vocal solo, 
“Stars of Normandy, ’’ bycProfss. Az -L: 
Sabin; vocal solos, ‘Oh Happy Day,’’ 
and pectoris from ~The Runaway 
Girl,’’ by Mrs. F. G. Cheever; vocal 
solo, “‘When We are Together,’’ by 
Miss Ethel McDiarmid. Interesting 
papers were read, including ‘‘Current 
Events,’’ by Mrs. Charlotte Brown, 
whose paper was over-running with hu- 
mor; ‘Civics,’”” by Mrs. Duncan T. 
Beaton; ‘‘ Forestry,’’ by Mrs. Allen S. 
Peabody, “‘ Arts and Crafts,’’ by Mrs. 
Raymond C. Allen. Mrs. F. J. Mer- 
rill was hostess of the afternoon. 
Mrs. Brown’s paper was as follows: 
“* Madame President, Members of the 
Manchester Woman’s club: 
““When I joined the Woman’s club I 
did so with the understanding that | 
would not be required to write a paper of 
any kind on any subject. Well, last year 
all was serene andallthings moved along 
as smoothly as a well regulated automo- 
bile. But at the very beginning of this 
year I was very much startled with the 
request that I organize a class in Current 
Events. Knowing my incompetency, 
especially after hearing Mrs. May Alden 
Ward deliver her interesting lectures on 
Current Events, I wished to decline, but 
finally I yielded to the urgent pleadings 
of the president and others to start a class, 
and after one or two preliminary meet- 
ings the class launched its bark and sailed 
into comparatively unknown seas. 
““No papers were to be required of 
members and I was secretly congratu- 
lating myself that that scare was over 
little thinking when I attended the last 
club meeting that a sword of Damocles 
was waiting to fall upon my_ head. 
Madame President, oh so sweetly! an- 
nounced that she would expect a paper 
from me as leader of the Current Events 
class, and not only that, but suggested 
that it be written in a humorous vein. 
““TIs thy servant a feminine Mark 
Twain, or an Artemus Ward that she 
should do this thing? Then again what 
if I should prove to be like the eminent 
Dr. Holmes who once wrote a funny 
poem which caused a man to laugh and 
laugh till he burst five buttons off and 
tumbled in a fit. 
***Ten days and nights’ says the 
poet, “I watched that wretched man, 
and since I never dare to write as funny 
Papers Pre- 
Improvements are Suggested. 
as I can.’ ButI have no anticipation 
of sitting by any of your bedsides for the 
same cause. I will give you just an idea 
of what we are doing in the class. 
““ The class having launched its bark 
with a crew of 12, since increased to 15 
members, steered its course under com- 
mand of Capt. Campbell to the frozen 
regions of the North Pole, to see if we 
could decide on the merits or demerits of 
the Cook-Peary controversy. But we 
ran into—not an ice-floe—but such a 
flow and accumulation of statements, 
contradictions and recriminations that we 
were nearly swamped and as we could 
not settle the matter we are now seeking 
to decide the more momentous question 
as to who lost the pole? and will the 
discoverer present it to Mr. Taft for a 
golf stick? 
‘“ Then our prow, or whichever end 
of a ship goes ahead, was turned to the 
U.S. and, led by Capt. Josephs, we 
endeavored to inquire into the Pinchot- 
Ballinger controversy and settle that ques- 
tion, but Mr. Taft got ahead and decided 
for Mr. Ballinger. From this, through 
a Lane and by Knight we set sail for 
England and as we neared the coast we 
found ourselves in boisterous seas, in- 
deed. Lords and Commons were hav- 
ing a terrible struggle and the Lords 
finally made Mother England herself 
umpire, so we left them for the time be- 
ing, but we still hear agreat wrestling go- 
ing on across the seas and expect to,hear 
still more by-and-by. 
“Commanders Stanley and Rogers 
took us to Nicaragua, where we found a 
turmoil and fiendish behavior on the part 
of Zelaya, and our government standing 
ready to. get in a knock-down blow. 
Later news says Zelaya has fled, or is 
about to do so. Skipper Beaton con- 
ducted us on a pleasant and _ interesting 
trip to Germany. Thence, alittle Stone 
being our guide, we entered into an in- 
vestigation of the Sugar Trust and we are 
still continuing the chase. Led by a 
Brownie we took a look at the Freight 
Strike and Capt. Johnson took us a short 
trip around Boston to see how the Mayor- 
alty question was progressing. 
“It is said thatthe garrison of the fort 
of Turin consisting of one man, spent 
his time in knitting, and like that well- 
manned garrison, while on these adven- 
turous voyages, the crew of the Current 
Events class emulate the soldiers of Turin 
and also the members of the Arts and 
Crafts class in making embroidery and 
Irish lace and other work. It has even 
been suggested that the class mend. the 
family hose for the hostess of the day; 
we offer it as an inducement for you to 
join our class. Should you receive any 
of the articles made in the class remem- 
ber that besides the ordinary stitches there 
will be interwoven into them many 
thoughts noble and inspiring which will 
enhance the value of the gifts. 
** The good ship Current Events urges 
you to join the crew where you will find 
officers and crew ready and willing to 
lend a helping hand at any time. 
““You will not find us a very formid- 
able body and there is no occasion for 
the fear that has been expressed by some 
who would have liked to join, that you 
will have to write a paper. Every sub- 
ject is simply talked over as you would 
discuss any subject in your own families. 
* Madame President, like the Am mor; 
tal Holmes, I have not tried to “be as 
funny as | can.’ ’’ 
Very Good Suggestions for 
Manchester. 
Mrs. Allen S. Poabody in her paper 
on Forestry made some worthy sugges- 
tions as to work which might be accom- 
plished by the Manchester Woman’s 
club. She traced briefly the history of 
the forestry movement in the United 
States. In 1891, Congress authorized 
the President to establish forest reserves, 
being urged to such action because the 
forests in the great mountain ranges of 
the west were being destroyed very rap- 
idly by fire and reckless cutting. ; 
“In Massachusetts we have a state 
forester and a well-organized forest de- 
partment. In 1896 the legislature en- 
acted a statute by which we get our pre- 
sent state and town forest warden sys- 
tem. ‘The forest warden system is head- 
ed by the state forester. Each board. of 
selectmen ot the towns is required.to ap-. 
point a forest warden, who, in turn, 
must be approved by the state: forester. . 
Each warden is therefore responsible to 
both state and town. 
‘* The forest-warden has the authority 
to appoint his own deputies and discharge 
them. He is clothed with sufficient 
power torepresent the town’s forest in- 
terests. It is the wish of the state for- 
ester that the selectmen appoint a public- 
spirited and broad-minded’ person for 
this office. ‘This gives. the state 350 
forest wardens with their deputies. 
“ Massachusetts has recently passed a~ 
law exempting from taxation all planta- 
tion of young forest trees for a period of 
10 years, after the trees have grown to 
an averrge height of two feet, and stand 
six feet apart. 
‘* The state forester also gives free 
expert advice anywhere throughout. the 
state; forest literature is also sent out in 
Jarge quantities. So Mass. is well up in 
the line with those states that realize the 
importance of the forestry question. 
“Now the question comes what can’ 
the Woman’s club do in forestry? One 
has but to attend any gathering of repre- 
sentative women in convention to. learn 
there is an overwhelming sentiment in 
Forestry—Some 
