Societies Active in Good Deeds.
I write to tell you of the success of the Iris Club, of which I told you in the fall. After I wrote, we decided not to give our dues to a "home," but to give a church fair instead. It was a big undertaking for five schoolgirls, busy with lessons and music, but would bravely, making as many articles as possible. I made about one hundred. We got tickets printed free, and the fair was held at our house. Several ladies furnished music, and tickets, including ice-cream, were fifteen cents. We sold plants, embroidery, and other things on commission. So, although we took in $65, when everything was paid for we had $53.60 to give to the church. At the fair we had five tables, and then one large cake-table, besides a Wheel of Fortune and a fortune-teller. We asked all our friends for cakes and articles for sale, and the girls acted as waitresses. It was a great success, and the club justly feels proud of it.
Besides the Iris, another club, the Drumtochty, has been started here, also a benevolent institution, for making clothes for poor children. We meet every week, and we sew our garments. After they are finished we keep them until a poor family is found. Instead of reading books, the Iris reads "A Loyal Traitor," in Harper's Round Table, and enjoys it very much. We wish success to any other young society trying to do good.
Adelaide L. W. Ermentrout, Secretary.
"Granstein."