Last of March

 Madge's sister Bertha

pens for the last day of March 1902

Madge Sellers' Friendship Book

 29 and 30 1902

Family member Sylvester Garrett

shares three poems in Madge's book.

A poem by Mrs. Carter

 24 and 25 March

A poem by Mrs. Carter

(just a note not from the Carter Family,

although you may find it in their repertoire.)

This selection was added to Madge's
Friendship Book by
George W. Johnson

The Winds of March

 Mary P. Sellers

enters "The Winds of March"

for 20 and 21 March 1902

of Madge Sellers' Friendship Book

Madge Sellers' shares her 17 and 18 March 1902 Friendship Book

Madge Enters the dates
17 and 18 March 1902

Happy St. Patrick's Day

and a tribute by Jacob Riis

A song for you
St. Patrick Was a Gentleman

 

A bit about Jacob Riis
Jacob Riis Documentary

Madge Sellers' Friends

 15 and 16 March 1902

Family and Church friends George MacDonald
and Mary Brown

pen spiritual entries for Madge

in her Friendship Book.

13 and 14 March 1902 from Madge Sellers' Friendship Book

 

Margaret Sellers added two poems
to her Friendship Book.

The first is Little Rivers by
Henry Van Dyke.

Photo by Harris Ewing

The second selection is from the writing
of Lucy Larcom

Her biography can be found here:

Lucy Larcom

The 1902 Friendship Book

 11 and 12 March 1902

Mary W. Atkinson add thoughts for these two days.
She is thinking of her religious
community. 

Margaret Sellers' Friendship Book 10 March 1902

 10 March 1902

Margaret enters writing of two authors.

A Wordsworth poem, one of her favorites,
and author Elizabeth von Armin.

I have not yet read "The Solitary Summer" that Madge quotes,
but I know this will be a perfect one for me.

A Short bio of Elizabeth

Margaret Sellers' Friendship Book 7 and 8 March 1902

 Anna Sellers

shares two poems.

Both of these selections were popular in

printed media of the day.

Margaret Sellers' Friendship Book entry 6 March 1902

 Margaret Sellers' enters
a Longfellow poem
in her Friendship Book

6 March 1902

Margaret Sellers' Friendship Book 5 March 1902

 5 March 1902

and one from 3 (4) March

Bertha pens two dates.
(She may have meant 3 and 4, because
in 1902 Monday was the 3rd and Tuesday was the 4th)

Bertha quotes a section from Psalm 34.
This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
Her verse is seven.

Her quote for Tuesday is from Carlyle.

Another entry for 5 March
Anna adds a photo, Her poem is from
Sydney Smith.

Here's another poet I'm introduced to

from Madge's book.

This photo is from Wikipedia.

Margaret Sellers' Friendship Book 3 and 4 March 1902

3 and 4 March 1902

Madge's sister Bertha enters

Psalms and Wordsworth in the Friendship Book.

Mattie Shipley Culver

 Mattie Shipley Culver

It is the 135th anniversary of Mattie Culver's
death in Yellowstone National Park.

Most folks learn about her death from her gravestone.

I wrote a biography for Mattie back in 1997.

Today many people know of her history and my

work is used in various newer publications.

Check Amazon of the publisher for new and used copies.

Mattie, A Woman's Journey West

Homestead Publishing

Mattie, A Woman's Journey West

Music Ayn Rand Liked

 Twiddly Wink Music

of Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand listed her favorite music of 1912.
She would have been seven years old.
The second selection on her list was
"La Traviata Prelude"

A 1941 recording