The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-06-05
AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING.

Inc WOman'S Auxiliary Elects Officers
and "ToastS" the Y.M.CA. Directors.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Y. M /.
&. A. held its annual meeting and recep-
ton to the board of directors on Monday
evening at the home of Mrs. G. Il. Camp
bell, corner of Water and Williams SITS.
The annual reports showed that the work
OF the society had been successful during
the past year, and gave promise of still
further usefulness during the coming year.
The election of officers resulted in the
re election of the old officers as follows:
President, Miss Turner; vice president,
Mrs. Ii. Kirk White; secretary, Miss Ha-
vens; treasurer, Mrs. G. B. Hitler; direc-
tors, Mesdames j. w. Simmons, A. Nj.
Hume, L. Flickinger and Miss Gates.
A short but highly entertaining pro-
gram followed the election of officers. A
vocal solo by Mrs. r. f. Travis, and a
duet by Messrs. G. @. Duff and j. B. Nc
Intosh, were finely executed and hearth
ly encored, as were also recitation by
Miss Gates and violin solo by Miss
Ferry.
At the conclusion OF this program small
tables were brought into the rooms and
ice cream and cake daintily served. Then
came the post-prandial portion of the
program which was at once unique and
decidedly captivating. The gentlemen
present were corraled in the dining-room,
not one was allowed to escape. Miss Ha-
vens, chairman of the committee, stated
that, it being leap year, the usual order
had been reversed, and the ladies had
furnished the banquet and now proposed
to toast the directors; heretofore the direc-
tors had done the toasting at these meet
ings. Accordingly Mrs. A. Nj. Hume
was called upon to respond to the toast,
"The Board of Directors" duty which
she performed after the most approved
manner. Responding to a toast, the
speaker said, was out of her usual line.
If she had been asked to furnish a cake
or loaf of bread she would be right in
it, but such was not the case in her pres
ent position. When asked to respond to
this sentiment she was informed that
married woman was required and as she
answered that requirement she had been
induced to accept
One of her friends told her the toast
should be flowery, that she should give
the directors taffy-"pour it on so thick
it will run all over" Then, too, the toast
should contain strength and at the same
time be sharp and to the point. To
merely say that Mrs. Hume followed
these suggestions would convey no idea
OF the real merit of the toast. Instead of
using the conventional manuscript, she
had her toast in bundle, which she
placed on the table and opened. First, a
slice of toasted bread was brought out.
then the flowery portion followed, and
each gentleman was presented with q
pansy. The taf,y part of the toast was
supplied by kisses-those wrapped in pa
per-the only kind, the speaker averred,
the Auxiliary dealt in. In order to get
enough taffy to "run all over" box of
honey was extracted from the toast bun
die, and the speaker started for Supt.
Simmons head, but by dexterously
throwing up his hands his head escaped,
and he secured the honey intact The
strength of the toast was furnished by
two small but exceedingly powerful on
ions. The gentlemen admitted the toast
was sharp and that they saw the point
when pins were furnished them with
which to fasten the fowery portion of the
toast to the lapel of their coats.
1t was the consensus of the opinion of
all present that the toast was flowery,
strong, sharp and to the point, and at the
same time amply supplied with taffy.
All in all the meeting was very enjoya-
BILE and the Woman's Auxiliary has plac-
ed the Association under renewed obliga-
tions to it.
Some time ago was taken with cramp