Part 27 (1/2)

VI. _Discussion_:

(1) Reading aloud.

(2) Games and music.

VII. _Paper_: Parents as friends.

VIII. _Talk_, followed by general experiences.

XVII--MOTHER AND DAUGHTER

Commencement and Afterward.

The Relation of Parents to the Grown Daughter.

The Training for Housekeeping.

Friends and Entertaining.

Preparations for a Life-Work Away from Home.

The Married Daughter.

The Unmarried Middle-Aged Daughter.

A general discussion.

XVIII--CHRISTMAS PROGRAM

_Song_: ”Noel,” by Gounod.

_Reading_ from d.i.c.kens: the story of Scrooge's Christmas.

_Paper or talk_ on Curious Christmas Customs (in England, Germany, Sweden, etc.).

_Song_: ”When from the East the Wise Men Came,” by Bullard.

_Reading_ from ”Sonny,” by Ruth McEnery Stuart.

_Reading_ from Howells's ”Christmas Every Day.”

_Song_: ”The Virgin's Lullaby,” by Dudley Buck.

_Reading_: ”George Was.h.i.+ngton Jones, A Christmas Gift That Went a-Begging,” by Ruth McEnery Stuart.

_Song_: ”Over the Hills of Bethlehem,” by Neidlinger.