Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-06-30
sonosls IN HIGH CARNIVAL
distinguished Society Has . p,r..
"hy Party and InstalI. oe,..--

distinguished society lila. . p,..,
""s rArty and InstaiIs Onte.r.
oofosls held high carnival in tl,ao,,
TnJuS whlte and gold banquet hall at
Deiinonlco's Monday afternoon Aro , ~
sne I'VE long smilax garlanded tables tba
great mirrors reflected notable gathar
ns Vi writers, poets, teachers docto.a
, law yers' artists, journalists. orators ~
i'terateurs-every one mothers dan-.h
.el, 10 DC sure there We're few Of fha
stronger SEX admitted to the feaat
oue they sat not among the connselor.
ana orators. They silently and swift,
ana meekly served the food "'-'''
among the distinguished eneeto No.
eiit al TINS, the twenty-third Sorosis ar
u y breakfast, were Susan B An.
1hohy' Mrs Spofford, Miss Belganv If
.oiuoh' delegate to the Woman's Con-
Imi MIS- Myns Of Barnard college NJ
rlniey Anderson, Mrs Cooke of tho
trand Rapids Woman's club Mr. TN
ne Devereux Blake, Mrs. Dickinso,, ~
mrs Isabella Davis of the Kings Dangb
terS' Miss Laura Collins, Mrs stra9a
nan, Mrs. Ives, and Miss Helen Wabs+a.
IN, d. OF Wellesley college.
oorosls always puts on her best borra4
aV these annual festivities. Directly the
ieaSt was finished Mrs. Clymer. who nre-
sided IN the office of president for the
last time, said:
!, our cub, with the dignity of twenty.
three years upon its head. bids Won wei.
come to its birthday feast. Two vears
ago today began my discipline of sar.
wee to you. In saying farewell. even To
outles that have borne heavily at times
one cannot help experiencing a shadow
OF regret. Still congratulate myself
that can shake off my fowerv fetter,
without too great heaviness of heart.n
MRS. ClyIner spoke pleasantly for some
minutes and concluded:
II take great pleasure in INTRODUCING
70 you Mrs. Jennie Lozier, the sixtb
president of Sorosis."
Mrs. Lozier, standing beside the retir.
ing president, said, graciously bowling 70
Mrs Clymer and her audience. 81 am
not the rose, but have lived with the
rose Then thanking Sorosis for the
great honor conferred upon her. she as
sured the members of her intention to
'endeayor to appreciate the possibilities
limitations and aimsAof the society If
Sorosis as literary, artistic and social
body, and to keep time to the ideal of its
founders"
She added: Il believe in wonen's
clubs. They prepare their members for
greater usefulness in the home. tbe
school, the church, and the state. We
have long had the reading which maketh
the full man, and now we are getting
the speaking which maketh the ready
man. Thoughts, like measles, do not
harm, only when they strike in In an
swer to the question, What is the good
of woman's club-what does it doY we
reply, back of all doing is being Back
of every movement in human affairs is
human soul. Back of woman's organ
lied public efforts must be the school of
philanthropy, the school of expression,
the school of character"
Mrs. Croley presented Mrs. Clymer
with the diamond set badge of Sorosis in
token of the gratitude of the club for her
services, and the new president Of Sor-
osis was fully installed.
Mrs, Croley, the founder of Sorosis
and one of its officers during the past
twenty years, also said her official fare
well. Her long services have earned her
most honorable retirement.
Miss Susan B. Anthony's amusing "es-
capades, as she called them, relieved
the somewhat serious effect of the rather
fearful farewells, as she related them in
her slow. droll manner.-New York sun.