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believe that the long-promised rapid
transit to both Baltimore and Washington
would soon gladden our hearts.

Eliza N. Moore gave a pleasant letter from
Miss Parker who once charmed us
so with a Scotch recital at Norwood.
She has been at Interlachen, and her
ready pen made us almost see the
peasants' ball where the costumes
were so gay; the men so much at
ease in the dance that they kept
their hats on and cigars in their
mouths, and all tripped merrily until
"5 o'clock in the morning." The
second selection was an interesting scrap entitled,
"Coins of Conversation," the apt quotations
so frequently heard. Many of the
most familiar are found in Shakespeare,
but Sir Philip Sydney, scholarly
gentleman of the old school, was the
father of "the bubble reputation" and
of the "better half", as well as some
other equally well known. Eliza N.
Moore's third contribution was a good
little verse of which we caught only
part. "Lots of time for lots of things,
tho' 'tis said that time has wings,
But there is no time to spare
For unkindness anymore"

Mary B. Gilpin kindly allowed us to hear
and examine an interesting and beautiful
picture postal card from her
daughter-in-law abroad. She later
took her children to the Cheschire Cheese Inn
where Dr. Johnson used to drink innumerable
cups of tea, and which was
more recently frequented by Thackeray
and Dickens. M. B. G. also told us of
the perilous journey of her other daughter-in-law
from Col. to join her husband
in the wilds of Mexico, necessitating a

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