The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-09-15
THE DEAR LADIES.
Some of Them Had II Very Interesting
Time mt Their Patriotic
Convention.

The Amalgamated Societies of Pa
!riotic Daughters CT Soldiers Who
Managed to Keep from Being Shot in
| the Back in the Revolution were in an
nual convention. the first since the
combination of the original organiza-
| tions.
| The president, a fuffyheaded young
woman with eyeglasses and baby
pink complexion. welded a mallet that
her uncle, a saloon keeper, had loaned
her as a gavel.
| ''Will the convention please come TO
order!" She raped twice with the
| hickory mallet and the convention
came.
| THE secretary will now read the
seconds of the last meeting.' Her face
flushed. NO" she said. 81 didn't mean
that. meant the minutes. The sec
retary will proceed.'
| The secretary did. and finished.
New business was the order.
| A nice looking little woman rose to
| her feet and moved that pin of a
able shape avd size. the cost not to
exceed $4.25. be decided upon by com
mittee selected for the purpose, as the
official emblem of the amalgamated So
| cieties.
"Are there any seconds?" asked the
president.
Twenty eight women jumped to
| their feet on the instant and yelled,
Il do" in concert.
Are there any questions?" begged
the chair.
Whereupon Mrs. Brown from
Twelfth street wanted to know why a
pin should cost s4.25 instead of an even
four dollars.
THE latter would be just as WE'LL
| explained the mover of the original
motion. Il suggested Sl.25 because
had just that amount in my purse"
That explanation was satisfactory.
Then another woman wanted to know
| the shape and whether the pin was to
be "set" or not.
No one knew.
"The committee of five to be ap-
pointed by the president for its selcc-
tion will decide upon that" suggested
the original mover again.
"AlI right" said ibc woman who had
| "wanted to know"
There was a silence for an instant.
"Are you ready for the question:"
asked the chair.
She must have guessed they were for
she stated it and called for ayes" and
| noes
A chorus Of the former went up that
shook the plaster around the cupid
center piece in the ceiling.
The ayes have it," said the presi-
dent, laying aside the malIet.
"Is there any further business?"
4 demure little woman with
peaked faced and spectacles arose
| from her chair in the rear left hand
corner of the room.
81 move" she said. that the mem
| bers of this ANAL lgamated society be
assessed ten cents a month for as long
time as the present war lasts. the
money thus obtained to be used in the
purchase of newspapers. reading mat
| ter. etc, for our soldiers at the front"
| There was large chunk of silence in
| the hail. In the midst of it the demurc
| little woman sat down.
| Are there any seconds" asked the
| president.
Some more silence.
| Are there any thirds - she asked
again.
Quite n little more silence.
| Seeing as 70 one approves the
proposition put in fat woman near
| the front Il move that we ad iourn and
all go over to Diddlehacks jewelry
| store and look at his stock Of society
| emblems."
Twenty-eight seconds broke the ST.
| lence.
When the question was put everyone
in the room "ayed" and the convention
separated for another day.--Oetroit
Free Press.