On December 5, 1910, in her diary, Clara Barton writes: “This morning brings the sad news of the death of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy.” In the diary the following day Miss Barton writes: “More particulars concerning the passing of Mrs. Eddy. All so quiet, correct—no form, no excitement, no mourning; all peaceful, thoughtful, proper. What a lesson she has taught the world, and what faithful, apt scholars she has taught and trained! The greatest woman of all; her life a signal triumph and her death the greatest of all. “No criticisms _now_, no light comments. Her followers bow in meek submission and her foes stand rebuked. There is no such person left, no such mind, no such ability. Long ago I said she was our greatest living woman; I now say she is our greatest dead.” LX Clara Barton has given us a constant lesson in thrift. She lived so simply that at her desk, at work, a piece of bread and cheese and one apple was her dinner; a frugal supper and a most abstemious breakfast. ALICE HUBBARD. Count Tolstoi gave up his whole time to mitigating the suffering caused by the Russian famine. CLARA BARTON. The simple needs being the only true needs, their satisfaction alone is guaranteed. TOLSTOI. The satisfaction of all simple, normal wants is guaranteed to men as it is to the bird and the flower. TOLSTOI. The brave soul rates itself too high to value itself by the splendor of its table and draperies. RALPH WALDO EMERSON. Economy, prudence, and the simple life are the sure masters of need. CLARA BARTON. LIKE TOLSTOI SHE LIVED THE SIMPLE LIFE Clara Barton’s food was of the simplest. Costly food, even at another’s expense, she could not enjoy; eating costly food, to her, seemed a sin. For breakfast, her first choice of menu was a dish of graham mush, with milk and fruit; her second choice, meal grains and vegetables, with simple accompaniments. [Illustration: COUNT LYOF NIKOLAYEVITCH TOLSTOI I would like to visit the United States, but I would want to spend the time among the farmers. Give Clara Barton my love; I feel that we are related.—COUNT LYOF NIKOLAYEVITCH TOLSTOI. ] CO-WORKERS WITH CLARA BARTON [Illustration: DR. HENRY W. BELLOWS Miss Barton, I trust you will press this (Red Cross) matter upon our present administration with all the might of your well-earned influence.—DR. HENRY W. BELLOWS (November 21, 1881). Ex-Chairman, U. S. Sanitary Commission. ] [Illustration: DR. JULIAN B. HUBBELL Clara Barton was scrupulously honest, severely economical in her personal needs, always sacrificing self for others, and her simple life in her home was as beautiful as her public life.—DR. JULIAN B. HUBBELL, Clara Barton’s physician and co-worker in the field for thirty years. ]