NAWSA GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE Rogers, Fanny L. 68 Warrenton St. Boston June 27./.95 Dear Miss Christensen:- I write this line because I fear you did not fully understand me last Sabbath. I had no thought of your holding a contest until Sept. or Oct. With the training I give I desire the young people to have as long a time as possible to grow into the meaning and sentiment of their selections and the natural outgrowth from this of their ability in expression of the same. Would it not be possible for you to find six reliable young people who remain in Brookline through July, who would consider it a privilege to devote a portion of their time to this work? After they are trained and ready it will be comparatively easy to consummate your arrangements in the early Autumn and if you will, you can raise funds for your League Work. Perhaps your son will be one of the number and assist you. The young men at Melrose who have received the instruction are most enthusiastic; they say they are going to fill the town-hall etc. — the Melrose Contestants came over to hear the Somerville speakers. I will try to find you Sunday - I always sit on the left of the body pews with Miss Peabody, but I will come over to your seat at the close of the service. Yours truly Fanny L. Rogers. Thursday Eve. June 15./.82 My Dear Friend: I am positively ashamed to write you again that I cannot accept your kind invitation this week. Next Sabbath is the day for my usual illness, at which time I am compelled to agonize in bed for several hours. I did not think of this when writing before but am reminded of it now by preliminary warnings. I do hope Miss Bassett will not defer her own visit because she, and all of you can be far happier I am sure without me. Yours Sincerely Fanny L. Rogers Sabbath P.M. Sept. 25, 1,181 Dear Friend, Last evening I addressed, and this morning distributed the cards you were so kind as to leave with me; the way to reach every member of this little community did seem to be somewhat hedged and I think in consideration of all the circumstances this quiet way of doing it will prove to be the better way. Tomorrow at two o'clock there are appropriate services at Trinity Church. If you have no previous plan for the day, and you feel it would be pleasant to do so I would like to have you dine with me at twelve and we will then go immediately to the Church. There will, I have no doubt be a dense crowd and we must be ready to meet both the waiting and fatigue. I shall take with me reading, in case the doors are opened early for admittance to the free seats. Very sincerely yours, Fanny [?] Rogers "The Standish" 15 Orchard Street Pittsfield Mass Dec 23 1929 Dear Miss Blackwell — Together with a Christmas Greeting I feel I want to send you a brief letter. It must tell you of the Gethsemane through which I am passing in the death of my only remaining sister Mrs. Kingman of Pittsfield. On Sunday Oct 20, she breathed her last. the funeral was on Tuesday and immediately after the two sons and myself accompanied the body to Troy for cremation The following Sunday with the autumnal sunshine flooding us we deposited the ashes on the green hillside at Cummington Since her husband's death in Feb. she had been picking up in strength and we fondly hoped to keep her with us for a few years longer that she might enjoy a respite from the long years of faithful endurance through which she had passed (her husband was a mental wreck) Now both my sisters Mrs Nahmer and Mrs Kingman are gone — I am alone and drifting — I loved and lived for them. Mrs Kingman was so gentle — so retiring — so unselfish —there was none like her! I am so glad of the notice concerning your book of Spanish poems it solves a difficulty I had been experiencing in the selection of an appropriate gift for my cousin Miss Anna Dawes. I know she will appreciate such a gift. Hoping it is well with you and that your busy life is full of happiness and peace I remain Very sincerely yours Fanny L. Rogers 11 Hillcrest Place Amherst Mass. Apl. 1. 1923 My dear Miss Blackwell,— In view of the requests I made in my correspondence with you, a year or more ago I feel I ought to write you the following. The subject upon which I wrote you then, was that of the Centennial Celebration of the founding of the Hancock School in Boston. I had suggested to the Principal Miss Bigelow, that among the celebrations to occur there might be one afternoon given to featuring Mrs Livermore and in this connection other pioneer women who had visited the school, and I thought it might occur on the date of Mrs Howe's birthday. I am however sorry to be obliged to report that Miss Bigelow has been unable to arrange for this. She however carries the thought over into the future in connection with more elaborate plans which may be developed. The season has proved an extremely difficult one in which to assemble the members of the Alumnae – almost baffling regarding weather conditions! It is only just now, that my plans are being perfected. I have written a paper concerning Red Letter Days at the Hancock School " in which Charlotte Cushman, Mrs Livermore, and Mrs Howe all form a part, and it is possible this may be a contribution in some way. Is is the fashion of the day to regard the past as a closed book! I greatly desire the children of the present day to understand something of the past history of Woman's emancipation "Lest we and they forget"! Hoping you have come through this severe winter season with a comfortable degree of health which will continue I remain Very cordially yours Fanny L Rogers [*Fanny L Rogers*] A Bryant Memorial Service will be held on the lawn (if rainy, inside) at the Bryant School-house in Cummington on Sunday, June 12th, 1932 at 2 o'clock P. M. The following Programme will be rendered INVOCATION Rev. Carl Sangree BRYANT HYMM Sung by the Assembly READING OF POEM Miss Fanny L. Rogers READING Mrs. Theodore P. Tower TRAUMEREI SCHUMANN Kingman and Bullock Trio VIOLIN, Roscoe D. Kingman 'CELLIST, William A. Kingman PIANIST, Irving Bullock THE PURITAN ELEMENT IN WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT AND HIS POEMS Rev. Almon J. Dyer LARGO Handel TRIBUTE Rev. J. Herbert Owen TREES Rasbach TRIBUTE Rev. A. L. Struthers ROSARY Nevin TRIBUTE Rev. S. Dale Tarbell DREAMS Wagner [*Fanny L Rogers Wood Thrush Lane Cummington Mass*] The Earth is full of Thy Riches TUNE—DUKE STREET Almighty! hear thy children raise The voice of thankfulness and praise To Him whose wisdom deigned to plan This fair and bright abode for man. For when this orb of sea and land Was moulded in thy forming hand, Thy calm benignant smile impressed A beam of heaven upon its breast. Then rose the hills, and broad and green The vales deep pathway sank between; Then stretched the plains to where the sky Stoops and shuts in the exploring eye. Beneath that smile earth's blossoms glowed, Her fountains gushed, her rivers flowed, And from the shadowy wood was heard The pleasant sound of breeze and bird. Thy hand outspread the billowy plains Of ocean, nurse of genial rains, Hung high the glorious sun and set Night's cressets in her arch of jet. Lord, teach us while the admiring sight Dwells on thy works in deep delight, To deem the forms of beauty here But shadows of a brighter sphere. Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.