Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-04-22


~ ing before and I suppose | would
not have had one last year if Mrs. Ed
wardn had not been on the programme
committee. Mrs. Edwardin is a good
church woman and it was she who pro-
posed the Easter meeting. She also
arranged the programme, SO 1t was
bound to be good.
The first thing after the transaction
of business was a song by Mary Groves
"He is Risen. Indeed" She sang as if
inspired and 1t made thrills of exalta-
tion sweep all over me. Then Mrs, AL
lison read a paper on Easter telling
about its origin and history and how It
Is celebrated by different peoples and
so on. 1t was very interesting and in
struc,ive and | should like to remem
ber it all, now that Easter is coming
again.
The second paper was on the resur-
rection in art and was by Mrs. Lyall
1t was a good pape", too, but deep, and
| don't know much about art. could
not help thinking, in spots, about my
new suit, and wondering if that lace
would be the right thing. ] was afraid
it might be little too yellow,
After Mrs, Lyall finished, the presi
dent gave us what she called an Easter
sermon. It wasn't a religious sermon,
she said she would not anticipate next
Sunday, but she thought Easter repre-
sented something in a practical, every
day way that we ought to consider She
said that to her Easter meant new life,
new hope and, more than all, another
chance. We might have been doing
badly and making failures and mis-
takes, but Easter meant that we were
to begin again and start out fresh, She
said the ability to put old things be
hind us and honestly and truly begin
over again and keep on beginning no
matter how many times, is one Of the
best qualities anybody can have.
think So too, and I'm not going to get
discouraged with my French, even if
| don't get along very fast
Mary Groves sang again and the
president asked If there were any 9th
err matters that should come before
the club previous to its Adjournment.
There never is at that hour, but that
day there was. Mrs. Colloton rose ana
said she had imbibed the Easter spirit
from the programme, and she wanted
the club to follow the prevalent Easter
custom of giving Easter gifts She said
that woman who washed for her and
for other members of the club, an hon
est, Industrious woman, was sick and
needy. The daughter had been obliged
to give up her place to go home and
take care of her mother. The family
income was thus entirely cut off. There
was a younger child besides the daugh-
ter mentioned Mrs. Colloton under
stood there was plenty of money in
the club treasury and she moved that
the club appropriate $40 as an Easter
present for Mrs. Schultz.
A club doesn't do such things usual
ly but the members had been touched
by the programme and guess they
were all filled with the Easter spirit
Anyway there was not one vote against
the appropriation. Mrs, Colloton didn't
waste any time, but got the check
from the treasurer just as soon as the
club adjourned.
Mrs, Colloton and started home to
gether, as we generally do. We went
around town to get the check cashed
at one of the stores. and Mrs. Colloton
asked me to go with her to Mrs.
Schultz's to give her the money. The
business was all done up without waste
Of time,
After we started for Mrs. Schultz's,
on the outskirts of town, Mrs. Colloton
said she believed we had better go