"That's just exactly what I _don't_ mean, Clem! Don't you remember that little club we used to have at school,--the Merry Grigs?" "Indeed I do! All we had to do was to be merry and gay." "Well, that's what I mean,--in a way,--if you know what I mean." "Oh, Patty," cried Mona, "I never knew you to be so hopelessly vague. Now, for instance, how would it be if we gave a lovely motor ride to some poor shop girl, or somebody that never gets into a motor?" "That's it!" cried Clementine, approvingly; "I was thinking of sending flowers to hospitals, but that's so general. Now, your suggestion, Mona, is definite, and just the right sort of thing." "But aren't we going to have a president and treasurer, and things like that?" asked Elise. "No," said Patty; "my mind is clearing now, and I begin to see our club. Instead of a president, we'll all four be presidents, and instead of a treasurer, we'll all four be treasurers. We'll give money when it's necessary, or we'll use our motor cars, or buy flowers, or whatever we like; but we won't have dues and officers and things." "But the shop girls are always busy; how can we take them motoring?" asked Elise. "That was only a suggestion," said Mona; "it needn't be exactly a shop girl; but anybody we know of, who would enjoy a little unexpected pleasure." "The principle is exactly right," said Clementine; "now, let's get it down to practicability. As Mona says, we needn't necessarily choose a shop girl,--but suppose we do, many of them are free Saturday afternoon." "Only in the summer time," objected Elise. "Yes, perhaps, in the big shops; but there are lots of them, in offices,--or even school teachers,--who would be free Saturday afternoons. Well, anyway, here's what I'm thinking of, and you can all say what you think of it. Suppose we try, every week, to give a happy Saturday afternoon to somebody who wouldn't have it otherwise." "The Happy Saturday Afternoon Club!" cried Patty; "that's a lovely name! let's do it!" "But," said Elise, "that would mean giving up our Saturday afternoons. Do we want to do that? What about matinees?" "I think we ought to be willing to sacrifice something," said Patty, thoughtfully; "but I do love Saturday matinees." "Oh, if there's anything especial, we needn't consider ourselves bound to give up the afternoon," said Clementine. "For that matter, we could send a couple of girls for a motor ride without going ourselves." "But that's more like charity," objected Patty: "I meant to go with them, and be real nice and pleasant with them, and make a bright spot in their lives that they would always remember."