The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-04-02

be| Not Il bit of it! He's told them
plain enough how to go about sich
things. Nothin' could be palmer than
what he's said about the tenth. Come
to think about it. Ezra. how much
have we got in that tfthe boX?"
II guess there is right smart little
sum-" Ezra answered. but. you know,
that little Indian girls schoolin' will
be comm due soon. We always pay
it long about this time"
AT the close OF this meeting" the
preacher announced at the Thursday
night prayer meeting. there will be
a meeting of the Ladies' society to
discuss plans for the coming Easter
festival"
Before they could get well turned
around Mrs. Johnson Pepper, the presi
dent OF the Ladies' society. said:
"Thc meeting will please come to or.
der" she said briskly. The object of
this meeting is thoroughly understood.
l presume. but in case there may be
some here who were not ut the pre-.
liminary meeting might explain that
the church is very shabby looking. and
we'd decided 10 paint it before the
summer folks got here for another sea,
son. We are gong to have sociaDlc
to try to raise the money"
I'd like to asa" sail Mrs. Waters.
rising to her feet. IF it's the opinion
of this meetin' that the Lord wants us
to have this affair to patch mp hi;
house"
"Why. there's surely no harm III
holding sociuble.' said the president
faint that" said Mrs. Waters.
faint that at all. If the people want
TO git together every week to enjoy
themselves I'm willin' they shall do it
right in the church If they want to.
But for my part | don't believe in
spendin' much on patchin' up this old
place when it's locked up 1G2 hours a
week and only opened six. But 1t
kind "a hurts me to think we've got to
slave ourselves ana expose our poverty
before the world by goin' out an sellin
stuff to git Il new coat Of paint for the
Lords house. You know that the
Lord said the church was his bride
Lord would be Il bit pleased to sec his
bride a-turnin' an ice cream freezer to
git money for new coat Of paint.
don't believe IT. nor Ezra don't either.
We both think the Lord ought to have
a bran new mousse here i'm Progress. q
house that won't be shut up. as said
1G2 hours out Of every 16S. We've
been rcadin' about that church in Phil
ndelphia where they have k'ndergar-
tens and rcadin' ROOMS ami kitchens and
livin' accommodations. and we want
Il church Ike that here In Progress.
one for Oil and "ounG. that will he
open seven Gays In the week AMI till
10 ut night. Ezra and nell give the
first hundred Gnd Tho last hundred dol
lars If tho pcooIc'.l BIZ. th"t kind OF n
church"
And to thlnS." said Mrs. Oscar
Tolmes when. the week before the
Easter of the following year. she was
ohO"iilS ~ dlOs'lNi anu NHN
ing plans for tno opening Of the new
Progress Institutional church. that
any Of us WAS ever mean and unkind
enough to say stinSy about Mrs Wa.
tiers.
This Is the ladies' room. and"
pushing back folding door-"this Is
for the men This other room Is for
the kindergarten In the daytime. and
the bigger children will play games on
these little tables I'm the evenings.
This Is the reading room. and this II
the kitchen. Isn't that lovely pan
try? Mrs. Waters says there's nothing
about the church gives her more gen
uine satisfaction than this kitchen.
BLESS her old heart. III It hadn't
been for her we wouldn't have this
church. But. then. she certainly Is
queer"