The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-26

bleY Not a 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 1.-THE box"
81 guess there is a 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:
1.-THE meeting will please come to Or
der" she said briskly. '"The object OF
this meeting is thoroughly understood.
I presume. but In case there may be
some here who were not at the pre-
liminary meeting might explain that
the church is very shabby looking, and
we'd decided to paint 1t before the
summer folks got here for another sea-
son. We are going to have a sociable
to try to raise the money"
"I'd like to ask" said 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 up his
house."
"Why, there's surely no harm in
holding a sociable," said the president.
"'Tain't that" said Mrs. Waters,
stain tkhat at all. If the people want
to git together every week to enjoy
themselves I'm willin' they shall do 1t
right in the church II they want to.
But for my part don't believe In
spendin' much on patchin' up this old
place when it's locked up 1852 hours a
week and only opened six. But 1t
kind "a hurts me to think we've got to
slave ourselves and expose our poverty
before the world by goin' out an sellin'
stuff to git new coat Of paint for the
Lords house. You know that the
Lord said the church was his bride,
and do you know l don't believe the
Lord would be bit pleased to see 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 house here In Progress, a
house that won't be shut up, as / said.
1862 hours out of every 1853. We've
been readin' about that church in Phil
adelphia where they have kindergar-
tens and readin' rooms and kitchens and
Twin accommodations, and we want
a church like that here in Progress,
one for old and young, that will be
open seven days in the week and till
10 at night. Ezra and nell give the
first hundred and the last hundred dol
lars IL the people'll build that kind Of
church"
"And to think" said Mrs. Oscar
Holmes when, the week before the
Easter Of the following year, she was
showing friend around and discuss
ing plans for the opening Of the new
Progress Institutional church, that
any Of us was ever mean and unkind
enough to say stingy 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 in the evenings.
This Is the reading room, and this is
the kitchen. Isn't that a 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! If it hadn't
been for her we wouldn't have this
church. But then. she certainly is