The Portland daily press., 1898-06-27

4
march abreast with their daughters and
keep step with the sturdy tramp of a
Younger generation. One lady told me
not long since: II was married at
eighteen, when ought to nave been in
school, and consequently. today ala try
ing my best to make up Iof early 0SAsssens a.
cies. - The result is that the members OF
her family never allow anything TO Inter
fere with mothers club afternoon; II the
weather is dull, the sons provide d car
riage for her, and when she is asked to
serve at some function the daughters take
such pride in her appearance tha1 sne lar
outshines the younger members OF THIS
fraternity.
Skill comes with practice and the ease
with which a club Was formed q few Gays
ago, THE Volunteer Aid association, 60
I work for our gallant soldiers and sailors
prove that twenty five years of training
have not been in vain. In olos9pg give
| Country" with the quotation "Countries
are well cultivated, not as they are
fertile, but as they are free" SO says the
| Frenchman Montesquieu; but listen TO
our Rufus Choate: 'We Join ourselves to
| no party that does not carry the flag and
march to the music of the Union"
The Cecilian quartette then gave jolly
| plantation melody which was much
enjoyed and among the seleetions which
| the ladies sang SO delightfully."-, special
mention should be made OF the chanting
of the Lords prayer, just b@fore the
places were taken at dinner.
Miss Blanchard announced that she
from Denver from Mrs. Frank B. Clarke.
| with greetings for the Union at Held
day, and the Mizpah text, Genesis 3lst,
49,. 1t was promptly voted to return the
cordial greetings from the members of the
Union to both Mrs. Clarke and Mrs. Eta
II. Osgood, who are SO ably representing
the Portland contingent at the Denver
| Federation convention. The president
| then most cordially introduced as toast
master, her adopted sister," Mrs. Alice
Fairfield Moody.
MRS. MOODY'S REMARKS.
A bright Wisconsin woman in a recent
periodical rchearses her experiences in the
line of after-dinner speechmaking. In
strong language she Iaints the anguish Of
mind which caused her to loathe all the
tempting courses of that elaborate menu,
and. in view of what she has endured
under the shadow of the awful task i'm
posed upon Ter, she asserts her solemn
conviction that Chauncey Depew has
honestly earned every railroad that he
ever owned. I am confident that I am
not alone in my sympathy with her on
this occasion and that those upon whom
l shall call to reply to our modest toasts
are like myself at this moment exceeding
ly homesiek.
But we have now reached the point in
our programme where 'sDiscodrse, the
sweeter banquet of the mind" is to have
its part, and we say with Dean Swift,
"a fig for your bill of fare. Show me
your bill OF company" One Of the most
pleasant features OF our annual field day
is the time-honoIed custom of opening
our doors IN cordial welcome to some,
whom we are not wont to meet In the
ordinary routine of club life. To these
we always look-and not in vain-for
some fresh stimulus some new thought,
for the lessons which we learn from each
other are the most valuable lessons which
the club has to teach.
Our bill of company today is enriched
by the presence of one who has snatched
few hours from the busiest week of the
college year to be present with lis. 1t
gives me great pleasure, in proposing our
first toast "Our Guests" to call for re.
sponse from Miss Mary Ann Sawtelle,
dean of the Woman's college at Colby
university.
MISS SAWTELLE'S SPEECH.
Miss Sawtelle said:
81 was never SO proud in my life as I
am today to belong to a woman's club.
and If didn't now, l should go home
and start one
Miss Sawtelle has gracious easy man
ner of speaking, and the key note to her
few pertinent words was Courtesy, the
gracious word courtesy" AS Miss Saw
telle said, it takes time to be courteous,
as it does to do any good thing, but there
must always be time for it AS country
we have always been courteous to our
foreign guests, and although some of
them criticise us, we take it in good
part, and enjoy it, when o man like Dr.
Watson says, THAT cultivated Ameri-
can Is the most courteous gentleman he
ever met!" Miss Sawtele made a very
pleasant little hit by saying that ii like
the Wisconsin woman she felt ''home-
sick" beforehand she could truly saw
now, that she never felt more at home in
her life than here in Portland. Her re-
marks were greeted with great applause
after which the quartette gave the
Alabama Coon," followed BY an ex-
cellent recitation of a scene from Miss
Blanche Howard's "Grehn," by Miss
Edwina N. Richardson.
OUR NEIGHBORS.
ssIn introducing Mrs. Sarah Fairfield
Hamilton OF Saco, Mrs. Moody isaid:
Good club work boths develops and
enriches character. We have much to
give each other for no two have the same
experiences in life.a In many respects we
feel that we can learn more from those
who are under the Same stata loxys ord