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UNFOLDING YEARS , 47 of Christ, better known as the Christian Denomination. The church of that faith was large and attended by most of the inhabitants of University Place. Although we were not members of that church, we were made welcome and came to feel quite at home among them. Here again would have seemed a splendid opportunity for me to continue my studies at thee University, but that would have taken money of which we had all too little just then. Besides, I was becoming more and more needed at home, but still found time for some outside interests. My first friend among the young people was Stella Carson, a neighbor girl who taught in the public school. She called on me and invited me to join a Chataequa Circle which met once a week at the University and was under the leadership of one of the professors. I gladly accepted -- and there I met others who became my lifelong friends. Two other young women, Jessie Sankey and Minnie Sherman (the latter of the famous Sherman family), soon made my acquaintance. They were both teachers and belonged to our church, although they lived in University Place. Often I went with them to church in the evenings and was soon invited to join the I.N. Club (Inter Nos). The girls of this club were mostly from our church and met once in two weeks at the homes of the members for study and fun. This gave me another outlet and a variety of contacts. The Columbia Exposition, known as the World's Fair, occurred in 1893 in Chicago. Sister Mary. daughter Nettie and Emma all planned to attend that summer. Blanche had invited me to come and stay with her but it was quite out of the question. She was now practising law and was assisted by her sister who had become a Court Reporter. Blanche had been appointed by Mrs. Potter Palmer on a very important committee connected with the Women's Department of the Fair. On the very day on which she was to speak at this meeting, I was engaged in washing paint from the outside of our windows, the new house having just received its first coat of paint. The contrast in our lives struck me forcibly but there was no bitterness in my heart. To me Blanche was a
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UNFOLDING YEARS , 47 of Christ, better known as the Christian Denomination. The church of that faith was large and attended by most of the inhabitants of University Place. Although we were not members of that church, we were made welcome and came to feel quite at home among them. Here again would have seemed a splendid opportunity for me to continue my studies at thee University, but that would have taken money of which we had all too little just then. Besides, I was becoming more and more needed at home, but still found time for some outside interests. My first friend among the young people was Stella Carson, a neighbor girl who taught in the public school. She called on me and invited me to join a Chataequa Circle which met once a week at the University and was under the leadership of one of the professors. I gladly accepted -- and there I met others who became my lifelong friends. Two other young women, Jessie Sankey and Minnie Sherman (the latter of the famous Sherman family), soon made my acquaintance. They were both teachers and belonged to our church, although they lived in University Place. Often I went with them to church in the evenings and was soon invited to join the I.N. Club (Inter Nos). The girls of this club were mostly from our church and met once in two weeks at the homes of the members for study and fun. This gave me another outlet and a variety of contacts. The Columbia Exposition, known as the World's Fair, occurred in 1893 in Chicago. Sister Mary. daughter Nettie and Emma all planned to attend that summer. Blanche had invited me to come and stay with her but it was quite out of the question. She was now practising law and was assisted by her sister who had become a Court Reporter. Blanche had been appointed by Mrs. Potter Palmer on a very important committee connected with the Women's Department of the Fair. On the very day on which she was to speak at this meeting, I was engaged in washing paint from the outside of our windows, the new house having just received its first coat of paint. The contrast in our lives struck me forcibly but there was no bitterness in my heart. To me Blanche was a
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