Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-04-14
THoRoFARE.

from my Wlnu0W, Thought, -
o near lights, and far lights,
And every light a home.n
and my thoughts went out very tenderly
to those who have none.
A few hours later, | was in brilliantly
lighted room, where was Flashing Of
jewels, and flutter of laces and tropical
odors sweeter than musk, and feeling Of
sweet content permeated my being, be-
cause ] thought:
These are they, whose hearts are sweet
With roses in their blood )"
But as the evening wore on, and we talked
Of many things, / found
They had no wonder in their hearts
For what the years had brought
They only thought of dust and stones,
And talked Of what they thought .
And then, / began to wonder whether the
homeless ones did not have the best of it,
after all. Il is true, they did not have ele-
CANT clothes nor luxurious upholstery, nor
trained musicians to delight their ears, but
they had:
A song of stars and affairs
And censers of the night
A song of stars and cymbaIs
And brush Of moths afiight
But these were not OF Thorofare, and we
come back to it, and its ..beautiful Easter
service, with pleasure The church was
made beautiful with Easter lilies. and
other rare flowers, and ferns The music
was excellent, and the service az that could
be desired under any circumstance. But it
is the children's celebration Of Easter with
which | must principally deal, since this is
the growing up Of thE church ID the future
The Superintendent Of the Sunday School,
Mr.. Z. X. wilkins, maIshaled his forces in
his usual mastery manner, and all con-
fusion, and aisplacing was avoided. The
children all ID white, looked lovely, and
the decorations made just the right back
gFouTd for them There was a great deal
Of music, aud the music, being under the
direction Of Prof R. c. Hilliard, was all
good The recitations which deserve men
tion were: Jesus the Lord has Risen to-
day, by Margaretta Low; "Wken Easter
Came, by Claude Platt; What the Daily
said. by Florence Low; "A very Small
Boy, - by Arthur Hilliard: ssHe is Risen,,'
by Mabel Clement: I'm Garden by
May Rambo; 1Tis Easter Morn, . by Lille
and "Wbat is Easter to you?n by Lizzie
Clement; The Robins Mistake, by Mag
gle Gibbs, was unusual, and unusually
recitation, which stands quite by itself, and
and is superior to anything which other
children, of her age, seem able to accom-
plish. One of the very pretty scenes, was
that of tue little daisies They were five
yellow rosettes, Mary PIatt, Ruth Wilkins,
Abby Rambo, Josie Wyne, and Florence
Low, took part in them.
|. 1s+kl< !.
Mary Platt seems to have distinguished
herself in this connection 'sThe Easter
story by three boys, whose names did
not learn, was exceedingly well given, as
was Easter by six children The gem
of the evening was The Cross made up of
fourteen girls graduated in size until they
formed a perfect Latin Cross. Each girl
spoke a few lines as she took her place in
the cross. Lights in the church were lowered
and the choir sang, I'm the cross of Christ
/ Glory" Miss Laura DeHart, and Miss
Kizzie Wilkins deserve commentator for
the success of this piece, since it was by
their perseverance, and unhagging efforts,
that it has carried through. An address
which went to the hearts of his people, was
made by the pastor, the Rev. George S.
johnson. The Rev. Isaac L. Fowler, also,
years. and the Superintendent, Mr. E. K
Wilkins, expressed in suitable terms his
gratitude to both teachers and scholars for
the support given him, during the past
year Presents were exchanged, and boxes
of candy were distributed, and a happy
band issued from the NJ E. Church on
Easter night.
The Grange, at recent meeting, dis
the most patience, man or woman pr Mrs
Beulah Clement led on the woman's side of
the question, and Mr. Wood WINE put
forth his wit, and sarcasm, and his fOrcefui
bearing on the other side; but the women,
as usual, / have observed that in this world,
the women always win the things which
are Of little use to them, but the main
questions remain in the hands of the men.
Perhaps they belong there, who knows?
Mr.. and Mrs. John Tredway, from Cam
den, are visiting friends In Thor0fare this
week.
Mr.. H. A. DeHart spent last week in
Delaware buying lumber. This week he is
in Ocean Grove arranging for wagons which
have been already ordered
Miss Julia DeHart spent Easter with
Mrs. z. M. Foust, Of Woodbury.. They
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floral decoration were fine, and the music
was something quite unusual It is seldom
that one hears anything half SO good.
Miss Lydia Witsell, Of Paulsboro, spent
Easter with her neice Miss Rebecca Gleason,
in Thorofare.
The w. G. T. U. held, their usual month
" meeting, in the basement Of the church,
on last Tuesday afternoon. The PresidenS,
Mrs Mary r. Low, was in the chair and
conducted the usual preliminary exercises.
The business OF the meeting being accomp-
lished, paper was read by Mrs. Emma
Wilkins upon the injury done by patent
medicines. Mrs. Rebecca Gleason read a
paper or story bearing upon the same sub
ject. A program for the Sabbath Ohser-
vancesp will be arranged.
The Junior Epworth League will hold
Plum-pudding social at an early date.
There will be home mada candy ice cream