The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-04-22
HE DAILY BULLETIN.
the SOCIAL FABRIC,
SUAG. ADDRESS DELIVERED ON THE EIGHTH
.ANNIvERsARY OF THE W. AND l.. A.,
MARCH 9TH, 1888. .tt

hAhhh Ulh, 1000
|nbcr. OF the Wonen's Cub and Lbrafy
SECESSION Gentlemen and Ladies':
IL with great pleasure that ! welcome
i 70 our annu Al exercises upon the cccs-
b OF our eighth anniversary, II was not
! fault but ia. common misfortune, that
year ago CHIT instead Of enjoying
pleasant gathering prepared Tor here, we
Fe widely DISTRESSED 10 our several homes.
ise. bouul by the relentless waters That
dc our city second Venice, but without
paetry Of marbl; palaces, aud the
mour of gliding gondolss that threw a
krm over the Queen Of the Artistic. 1t
3 the first time IN our brief but brilliant
tory as an ASSOCIATION that We were un.
c to carry out presrranged program.
Us hope that il will be the last. The
pes aud fears, the anSletcs Of the past
Be weeks have mtic il difficult to pur.
the arrangements for this occasion, and,
i'd the sweep OF cFclipg foods and the
ious AMI contradictory reports Of our
'r-tenths rise and two ten,hs fall. with
the mental strain thereto attached, to
pare for exercises OF q purely literary
peaceful character, while the whole
Vas possessed With the spirit of brave
steadfast resistance IN the impending
lgor. But thanks to the courage aud
ituie OF our citizens and to the merciful
e Of Him who rules the winds aud the
Fes, who has held US in the hollow OF
protecting hand, saying to the mighty
|ds, "thus far shall thou come and no
her" the terrible pressure has been 70.
Fed. Tonight We turn with grateful
rts from the remembrance Of our peril
great anxiety TO the mild aud restful
ught OF those things that ieed the mind
make for peace, II is customary in
annual address to give n synopsis OF
work done in the past, and to lay out
to be accomplished in tho future. Be.
IS few brief words upon these topics,
link can speak of other matter also,
|ch will NJ, be foreign to the spirit
the Association. For the first, the work
eady accomplished, can allow that
k, IN u measure to speak for itself. l
I'D not elaborate upon what Is already
known--that the Women's Club and
,rary Association, composed in the be.
ming OF only thirteen women, but which
numbered amid its ranks sixty-one
p,ether has ever held steadfastly IN
W high ideal, the key note Of its char
pr. This stated that 1.-THE objects Of this
location were the promotion Of litera-
among aud the mutual benefits Of its
mbers the establishment and mainten.
se of Public Library to afford and en-.
,rage useful and entertaining reading, to
nish literary and scientific lectures and
other means Of promoting moral and
pllectual improvement in tho City Of
ro," think our past history will show
i we have faithful kept the end and aim
our existence before w. The pleasant
helpful hours spent 10 reading and
dy in tho lines Of literature, history and
have been hours Of unalloyed benefit.
. many excellent papers read before
Association upon various literary and
lctical topics, and the spirited discus
us provoked have been "for the mutual
heft of our members" l am proud to
that no breath Of discord, no shade Of
Indal, or touch of gossip has ever cropt
o our meetings, but that they have
ways been dignihed and harmonious, and
voted to our moral and intellec tusl i'm
bvement. Such steady and systematic
prt, I am confident, has not only bene-
ID our own membership, but the whole
immunity, For the specific object held
view from the beginning establish
,nt and maintenance Of . Public Library
encourage useful aud entertaining road
2, we have been successful beyond
r most saoguino expectations.
spising not tho day Of
.all things, tho Association began In
modest way to place ito hooks In circula'