The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-22
NEW sOROSIs PRESIDENT.
Society Objects to the President Ad-
vertising a Shoe.

New York, Oct. 22.-At the meeting of
Sorosis yesterday there were both sad
ness and recriminatiOn. 1t was all
about the fact that Mrs. Mary Lyon
Dame Hall, its president, had given
authority to a shoe mana miserable
creature of commerce, without So
rosister thought in his head-to use the
name of Sorosis as an advertisement for
Possibly he had fitted Mrs. Halls
feet so nicely, avoiding angles and ca
ressing curves that the statesWOnan
was grateful. Whatever the reason, II
was announced that Mrs. Hall was
booming" this particular shoe, ana
that soon a rhymed advertisement
would be printed, running ike this;
Here's your shoelets, Sorosisters,
Void Of corns and scant of blisters.
This was not looked upon as nice, for
it read much like a street car adver-
tisement of a new ketchup and offend
ed the esthetic sense of the grave and
reverend ladies who compose Sorosis.
So a special meeting of the sisterhood
was called for yesterday to take 1ndig-
nant action upon this prOsututtng OF
the sacred organization to the low level
Of a bOttine.
The gentle members fitted swiftly in
to the Waldorf-Astoria, the heavy door
to their meeting room being opened at
a peculiar knock, just wide enough for
the SOrOsiS sergeant to peep out. In
each case a whisper was exchanged, the
door opened only wide enough for single
file entrance and closed quickly as the
rustling one crossed the threshold.
And now the SOrosts has new pres
1t was not the regular election day.
Word has merely been sent out that an
important business meeting would be
called at 1920 a. m. 1t ended at 2:SO
Mrs. DIMES T. S. Dennison, former
vice president, was elected by acclama-
- DF Hal
Then there was luncheon, which out
did even the usual elaborate Sorosis
feasts and which seemed to unlimber
not only the cerebral but the vocal pro-
cesses of the women.
We've had a great old time" said
one members afterWard.
Resign? Why, of course, Mrs. Han
resigned. What else was there for her
to do? Oh, that dreadful shoe adver-
tisement, you knOWl"
And the Sorosister raised her eyes
and lowered them like mechanical
doll with a pain in its interior.
I'VE couldn't stand it, really. Mrs.
Hall has known how we have felt about
it for long time and she hasn't been
near the club. After she gave that hOr-
rid shoe man authority to name his
shoe 'Sorosis' she presided just three
times, but she didn't seem to consider
it her place to resign.
ASKED to? well, I wouldn't like to
say, exactly. Mrs. Hall, no doubt,
meant no harm. assume that she
really saw nothing out of the way in
thus disposing of our club name Oh,
its so mOrtifyingt
But, as I say, she is a very good wo-
man, merely out of her place as presi-
dent Of Sorosis-and you've no idea of
how beautifully DR.. Jennie de la NJ.
Lozier put the resignation today. 1t
was a delicate matter to handle, and we
did have the greatest-oh. well, I don't
think I ought to tell you about that,
though" And the interesting member
suddenly hushed.
Asked If any action was taken toward
preventing the further use of the clubs
name, she replied:
NO; we've dropped that. The more
we do the more publicity the affair
gains. We viii try to forget it,
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