The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-09
cRErRrUI RAW D1rsIra
OF Course It ehowsred when They Met fol-
the Fan Season. but They DIDN'T Mind II.

the Ehu season, nut Vhey Dtdnt Mind Its
OF course II rained on Wednesday. It al.
ways does rain on the first and third Wednes-
days Of the month. That Is when the Rainy
Day Club meets and an accommodating wealth
ar clerk always throws In q few showers, ~
that the members mai have an excuse for liv-
ing up TO their principles. With the exception
Of three women. however. the club on weduos-
dey looked like an Association for the Purpose
OF Preserving the Length of Dress Skirts. The
weather clerk orders showers In vain. The
Rainy Daisies continue to have their skirts,
like the meetings, long.
There we're important things 10 be done on
Wednesday. All reporters are expected to give
a solemn oath not to tell what happens In any
business meeting into which they have acci-
dentally strayed. Consequently all that can be
revealed Of the transactions is what was an
nounced later in the open meeting by Mrs. A.
NJ. Palmer. tho President.
Il must tell the members who have just
come" she said. that we won't be here any
more. Our next meeting will be In the chapter
room OF Carnegie Hall. Observation-Disclosures any
more"
1t 10 whispered that the club objected to it's
quarters at the Tuxedo because. they said. it
was intended for mems clubs. One OF the
members said that she belonged to the Society
for Political Study and that 1t met there. But
the Daisies Strengthened themselves and said
nothing. except to vote to 60 to Carnegie.
Whether the Society for Political Study con-
siders itself injured has not yet transpired.
There was also an election Of delegates to the
State Federation, which will meet In this city
on Nov. /. 1t seemed doubtful for q while
whether the election would result in anything
at all. but 1t finally meandered to. a final con-
clusion. Mrs. A. M. Palmer and Mrs. Schram
will ha tho dplapataa Mira 7, Clark will no nj.
ternate for Mrs. Palmer. and Mrs. Schram was
told to pick out somebody as her own alternate.
The guests out in the hall. waiting like Peri at
the gates OF Paradise. were getting restless.
and the President slashed red tape in regular
Camp WikofH style. As soon as the guests had
been admitted one OF them began the pro.
Rramme by singing. "She lifted up her voice
and wept again" The reporters reached for
their pencils and wistfully made a note OF it.
Mrs. Palmer. who is now and then shy a par
liamentary point or two and doesn't care who
knows it. does not allow. on the other hand.
on herself so much the better. After the song
had wept again and yet again, after the man
ner Of songs. Mrs. Palmer made a few remarks
appropriate to the first meeting of the season.
Then she sat down and looked at DR.. Boyle, the
Doctor she remarked in deep tones, 1.-THE
address il over"
But the Doctor had troubles OF her own. hay
ing charge Of the programme. and cast q wild
glance OF ~entreaty toward the President. With
that glance as a spur. Mrs. Palmer turned out a
n &Poeto stt AREN'T you ready yet2".
couT Ms!l. ahd t Ret # fea al came mee6 ely tb Sgt DR. Of
do the address, had failed to, appear and the
That is the best thing about the Rainy Daisies.
They ars He don't NIL Iivs r. up p, to their , Erin 1iI! ieIv but they
they always wanta laugh, and they eener-
ally get it. Mrs. Margaret Lemon gave them
one yesterday with an original Jingle, as fol-
lows:
Acheer fer all, both great and small,
Now give it with a double squall
w FGF I PsSSs H WITH h SsIl, St Efff fee sfa ao pToud,
THAT Grant himself viii laugh aloud
When Dewey comes 70 town.
The worlds will crash. the stars will fall.
The devil be nowhere at all.
angels will cry. " What's up slASkl
Tn1t trumpet mp blasts Hns% Of a Eie ~ 6sn tin''
ITS Dewey getting back!'
When. the hilarious reception OF this effort
was at least a rsigping daisy for Aye minutes.
joyful authorizations of the time when I shall be
nA;a,ahT5 said the club. with a long sigh of
Pr Wendell q; Phillips gave the club a good.
proof thickness. with towering collars covering
them up to the eyes. and at the same time OF
tripping through wet and slush In the thinnest
Of paper-soled shoes.
Women ought to wear shoes as heavy as
mems. Get two or three pairs OF calfskin
shoes. get a good shine and have a decent sole"
Then he gave his listeners some advice about
the care Of children on rainy days.
You coddle children too much, he said. 1T
makes me weary to see q baby In its carriage
on a dPy, like this with heavy robes and wraps
much by overdressipG as by embarrassing;
then keep it up. | wish ] could show you two
or three specimens | have down at my house.
I've a little girl who Is a perfect athlete. She
can kick two inches higher than her head now.
and l don't know whether the vaudeville stage
will get her or not.
Your work will help to bring up the STAN
dard Of health among girls. and I am heartily
In sympathy with it. There is only one danger.
Girls are better. taller. stronger than they were
years ago. They will go on. per-
until their advance In physical proper
tions will exceed that OF the boys. and we shall
have a race OF, girls 9 feet tall. while the boys
will be only 4 feet g."
After it was all over the Rainy Daisies went
down in the elevator and groaned aloud over
the downpour OF rain. They. resigned them
selves. however: slowed their bags and purses
and handkerchieis and bundles away lust as
women do. holsted their. umbrellas.
picked up their long skirts and dragged off
homeWard.