The Washington times., 1895-05-05
WOMEN WHO ARE POWERS
WimodaughSis Has Planned a Delight
ful River Excursion.
Mrs. r.. G. d. Hayens' Resig nation as
President Regretfully Received.
List of New Members.

The board of directors of wimodaughsis is
busy body, not ''busy-body." To see
these ladies at their fortnightly meetings,
Mrs. Havens presiding Mrs. Hamilton TAX
ing notes, MIS-. Lacy making memoranda
forcorrespondence, Mrs. Bradley with check
book and bauk-book in hand, Miss Gillett
with the teachers payroll, Mrs. Dickerson
with the rent account, Mrs. Bennett and
Mrs. Cameron suggesting q new entertain
ment, and all III the strictest parliamentary
order-to see them is TO know that busi-
ness women transact business in business
fashion, and all the jokes about hats on
straight" arc out of place.
When you come to think of it, this is
a good-looking body of women, too; as
any with taste will acknowledge, and
some of these ladies are young aud more
than goodlookiug.
And as for the Wimodaughsis girls
we'll, what cluster of beauty will be
found at Marshall Hall June 10.
The board, at its last meeting, had its
hands fun with thanking everybody.
First the president, Mrs. Havens had
resigned her position on the board OF direc-
tors, and had thanked everybody, ALA round ,
for their kindness and loyalty to her and to
the society. Then the corresponding sec
retary was ordered to send letters thanking
friends for their contributions to the sue
cess of the exhibit just closed, and by this
time letters have been received, probably,
by Mrs. John Sherman, Mrs. John a. Logan,
Mrs. Mary Marsh, Mrs. C. A. Brandenburg,
Miss Buckingham and Miss Auer for lend
ing their eXquisits tableware; to Messrs.
Studer and GUIDE, and Clarke aud Mrs.
Coleman and Mrs. Grosyenor, for flowers;
to Messrs. Crawford, Lamdon, Middleton,
Barber, Ross, Strang, Oyster, Auth,
Lothrop, Nicolaides, Lown, Curran, Bev
eridge and Washington Feed Company,
for fitting out the spring market and general
salestable; to DR.. BIschoff, Mr.. Walsh,
Mrs. Barnes, Miss McNelly Miss Bond,
Miss Snyder, Miss Vietenheimer, Miss
Payne, Mrs. Oiney aud Mrs. Lakeland
Tor flAiUe successful programme, under
the direction of Mrs Offtendinger; TO
Mrs. GIllett and Mrs. Cameron, for the
general management; to Mis-. Edgar, for
tea, and Mrs. Lucas, for ever-flowing
coffee, and Mrs. DickersoD, for salads
and cake; to MrS. Devoe and Mrs Roberts,
for aprons and aprons; TO Ruthie HanIil-
ton and Miss Hilyer, for a whole well of
lemonade, and to numerous Priscillas,
pretty enough to tempt any John Alden to
speak for himself" for winning pence
from all the guests by their kindly ways,
and TO Misses Snyder and Macdowell, for
feeding hungry pOpulace; and 10 Mis-.
Reynolds, for telling everybody the name
and history ofthe china; and tn Mrs. Lacy,
for dispensing the old New England dishes,
such as few have ever seen or heard of; and
to Mrs. Malloch, for becoming a huck-
ster with all her taking" ways; and to
Mrs. Enochs, for comparing the money
with the tickets and the tickets with the
money: and to Mr.. Agnew and Mr.. Gwynne,
for Juggling things, and towel, every
body who helped or W ho came 10 see.
And then the lists of new members were
hopefully read: Observation-Disclosures
Egleston, Shipp, Whelan, Spencer, Boar
man, and Misses Garvin, later, Far
rally, and Huddleson, and Dr. Abbie K
Fulton, OF Maine, and Mrs Frances Bagley,
widow of ex-Gov. John j. Bagley, of Mich
igan.
Then there were new contributing mem
bers and members newing to be thanked:
Misses Pomeroy, Ball, Hemenway, Slater,
Edwards, Van de Sande, Semmes, and
Hughes, and MeSsrs. Heilbrun, Ambrose
Tyler, Davis, Worcester, Bickford, Har-
mer, Cook, Lewis, Duryee, Easton O'Neill,
and Peters, and Mesdames Bennett, Cam
eron, Montgomery, Mann, and Clark.
Then Senator Hansbrough's clerk had sent
the library compendium Of the eleventh
census, and deserved thanks.
The lat home" was announced for May
g, and the board of wimodaughsis than9
fully adjourned.