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“Girls,” called Mary Brooks, rapping for order with the chafing-dish spoon, “I foresee that this discussion isn’t coming out anywhere, and besides, the rules of the society prevent our putting the question to vote. So I shall settle it in accordance with the policy of ‘The Merry Hearts.’ Whoever likes Betty’s idea can act upon it. The rest needn’t. Only I want to say this,” went on Mary quickly. “I’ve found out lately that you can have plenty of fun when you’re doing things for other people. I never used to think so, but there was the Student’s Aid Fair last year, for instance. I never had more fun out of anything, and yet it helped a lot of girls to stay in college. I think it would be fine for ‘The Merry Hearts’ to get up something like that this year, don’t you?”

“Capital! Great! The very thing!” chorused “The Merry Hearts.”

“Oh, that’s right in our line,” conceded Babe. “But I didn’t think Betty meant having fairs and things. I thought she meant being nice to freaks.”

Everybody laughed.