I spoke at a woman's club in Philadelphia yesterday and a young lady said to me afterwards, "Well, that sounds very nice, but don't you think it is better to be the power behind the throne?" I answered that I had not had much experience with thrones, but a woman who has been on a throne, and who is now behind it, seems to prefer to be on the throne.

It is better to be true to what you believe, though that be wrong, than to be false to what you believe, even if that belief is correct.

What is Americanism? Every one has a different answer. Some people say it is never to submit to the dictation of a King. Others say Americanism is the pride of liberty and the defence of an insult to the flag with their gore. When some half-developed person tramples on that flag, we should be ready to pour out the blood of the nation, they say. But do we not sit in silence when that flag waves over living conditions which should be an insult to all patriotism?

I wake up every morning with a great desire to live joyfully.

Fond as we are of our loved ones, there comes at times during their absence an unexplained peace.

Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox.

On every side, and at every hour of the day, we came up against the relentless limitations of pioneer life.