Word: faithful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...only possible occasion for such depressing optimism is the report of the doings of Mount Etna in Sicily. Granting that Italy could be no hotter than New England, yet such heat plus the temperature of molten lava must call up memories of Dante and his Inferno. Therefore the unselfish faith of the people, of Linguaglossa must be colossal, for they have approached within scorching distance of the lava to pray for their city...
...legend of Linguaglossa that once before, when the image of St. Egidius was held up, the oncoming flood of lava was stommed. Faith has brought to pass many miracles, including the splitting of the Red Sea. Perhaps such a nostrum is still effective. Perhaps by climbing to the house-tops to get as close as possible to the heat and, chanting a hymn to the Sun, our land and our people may be saved from shriveling up like fried bacon. Certainly drastic steps must be taken immediately; and as long as the weather-man has proved himself a mere pawn...
...away before the Great Ninth Inning. Others who allowed the predominant blue color of the score up to and even including the seventh inning to sway their scorched spirits in the direction of the exits are suffering sufficiently now to make any recriminations useless. Those who remained had the faith which moves mountains, and as the sun was setting they saw the mountains move...
...Chairman, J. R. Flather, Faith Bemis; J. K. Dow, Gwendolin Brooks; F. B. Allen, Margaret Hannington; P. J. FitzGerald, Mary FitzFerald; F. Flather; Leon Fletcher...
...Chairman, a. Loud, Margaret Newlin; H. Stetson, Mary Hand; M. Blake, Emily Close; T. Williams, Eleanor Stetson; R. Wait, Ramona Osburn; W. H. Forbes, Sarah Davis; T. Drier, Antoinette Drier; S. M. Weld, Faith Ward...