The sun., 1899-03-21
BOUQUET DAY FOR S0R0SIS.
WOMEN's CLUBS THROW FLOWERS
or COMPLIMENT AT HER.

Until the Half Moon Declines to Its Setting
Sorosls celebrated her thirty first birthday
Yesterday afternoon In the ballroom OF the
Waldorf-Aatoria. The celebration was in two
sections: the first being hreakfast-which be-
gan at 2 =. M.-and the second programme
which ended In time for the Jersey guests to
catch boat for home before the moon set I'm
like most things feminine, Sorosis is proud OF
her increasing age. Therefore Yesterday
was chance for CONGRATULATIONS. After hear
ing tho birthday greetings which we're offered
1t Is evident that II ever a complete Dictionary
OF Compliments is published. Soross will have
inspired it and women's clubs have provided
the compliments.
Il count myself happy. Queen Soross." said
Mrs. Wilbur Fiske.Wood OF the Staten Island
Woman's Club. TO be u neighbor OF one so
good You were forerunner Of us all and
should call you John the Baptist. but that you
are not q man and you never lose your head"
"Sorosis sits upon an unapproachable
height" said Mrs. Edwin Knowles OF the
Brooklyn Chiropean Club. "unharmed by the
storms which disrupt other clubs"
Mrs. William G. Slade declared that Sorosis
has even reached the point where she needs
no encomiums. Whether she needed them or
not. she kept getting them for Just three hours
by the clock. This was after breakfast. to 90
sure. But Sorosis is strictly temperate. taken
collectively. and all this enthusiasm was spon-
taneous. Mrs. Dimies T. g. Denison. the Pres
ident started IL By her address of welcome.
She quoted the saying that there are days
which are the seed pods OF destiny" and mado
1t plain that the birthday OF Soross was one
OF these fatetul pods.
so we celebrate annually" said Mrs. Deni-
son. mot only our own birthday. but the birth
OF that impalse which, like great tidal wave.
Inspired woman and gave her the power OF
to day."
Mre. Charlotte b. Wilbour responded to the =
that is. she read paper on THE Day We
Celebrate" On the programme this announce
ment was followed by the lines:
What hath this day deservedi What hath it done
That it in golden letters sIoul be set
Among the high tides in the calendar
Mrs. Wilbour who was President Of Soross
from 1870 to 1870; gave many good reasons
out Tor Two decades, she ought to know.
entitled The Statesman o. the Home It ap-
pears that Adam, was one himself After
walked the Garden of Eden filled with a high
appreciation Of his perfection and lust esti
mate mats q his manly beauty, The only draw,
Was no one else 70 admire him. Toward the
close OF the day Adam silent. Imagine his in
for his awakening! Think OF h- wonder when
UPON placing his hand. on his :rhest.hr found
oh. woman. woman, The cause Of all tho lila
that man has been Qr ever will he heir e"
There she sat beside him Sh" lacked moth
ing. Beauty more than his had she perfer-
tiOn OF form. greater love, more content. finer
EXPRESSION. more apurerAtiOn Of her Creator; {;
and all these she had taken from him while he
Can YOU imagine how he must have ra"kcd
follow him. bend to: his knowl"dg", stay N
home darn his stockings. cook the dinners.
meet him With smiles anI 50 on: surely
Adam was the first statesman. But men and
Women are now gradually evolving into the
one perfect being. -hr ruling Lv the right Of
love, hs ordering by right Of the hsadship o.!
Mrs. Helmuth c2nAded to the club the fol-
lowing lines which her husband wrote rs a
Statesman. yet husband, who is bound TO fear
The words SnrnsiS whispers in his ear:
Who breaks no prnul-" Z" his trusting wife,
But come. out SECOND III the u1orial strife.
Mrs, Kate lrson Clark got away from the
complimentary vein in her, papcr on ''GnatS
Of the Hour" but the club. somewhat sur
feited with tiattery, reveed in her remarks
one OF the Enats which lye notired'' she
q note from somebody asking me to come to a
luncheon February the twenty-nInth. eigh:
teen hundred nine,y-nnc and ask myself IL
merals invented for. anyway; II We only had
the time women spend In year writing ont
dates. we'd have time to write more pqpers.
AnotheF gRat Ra is the vel! Which we all wear year
and irving Of modern Gna,s. Mother one
which has given me a good many bad mo-
ments is the wav young ladies wear their hair
When | saw them going around last summer
wish wisps Of hair straying in very direction
] used TO tell them conlldentially that there
to find out that 'hcy didn't want II brush nm
less II might have been to pull out few more
wisIRs. isIRsa.otnsr cr,t ts tho advertisement wo 500
| in the papers telling IL, we can get beautiful
tailor male SUIT Tor ~ l2ui anlihu-e
| We cant get n beautiful tlilor-madc sun for
! -. but that advertisement is always confront
ing us nnd-wr the money ,Ho might n, :! MH, mH,h
have To hold M NV <ktrts. always - hom"
, with my arms n cn,amoSe rondition Il. I!
me why don't wear sh prt skttS. Bless YOU.
when I'm going I'm going a3W"where. I'm
my arms get catamose from carrying my
Mrs, Nav Riley smith read a . EN- II nseen
| Guests which she had written for the ami
Mrs, Jennie Dc Ia NJ Lozier,s, parer was on
Nnssar College talked about the women of
Turkey. where she, has lived. Mrs. kim'aII
! presented some Of the choicest complimentary
not imagine why she shoull say anything
about any heather women ,,eNr"M - show
them or against tho lovely background you
make" Sh" sa 4 that III" scene hrtDr" her
was as rrmor" from the seen" n T. Turk tsh
men there" said Mrs kimbail. ARE - dir'er-
ent from yourselves "A, the lowest Of human
| beings are from the ange =.
Mrs. stella Goodrich Russell real a Iaper
| ON our own Country during which Il be-
! came evident thai Nur5,i- IL patriotic enough
to applaud the country for the strides it has
been taking lately. II at the eagle scream,
said Mrs. Russell which sen lment was dis
| tinctv approved hy TIA" club.
Mrs Fannie Carprntcr read humorous IA.
/ per on "Inlpureriitcd blessings" Sh" sail
she would PASS olnr Tanlmnnv, servants, gas
, bills. Mccartney and Amsterdam avenu" tracks
but she touched with less sarcasm on wives,
| husbands and children.
There was music hv Nine Won der Hpnde
! Miss Lucille saunders, Mis-, nuuGu-s-Putnam
and the Soros!s Carol Cluh, on" "i the events
. of the afternoon wis the nr-s"lliaiipn of a
| handsome club hadg" 10 Mrs Christina llgl"v
Nrs. llelmuth ma ln IN" ure-en'ation ju he.
| half OF tn" club. There were II 80 al many
guests. among them being the wiic "f Com,
! modor" lhlin. Mrs, sampson was inNited
and was to have had tn" place OF honor. but Wa
i'll and unable 10 be present. ''corE IN Cayyan
was there and moro than ever uOpular. Mr.
! bronson Howard. Mrs. John Hahh"rt0n. Mrs
| Hester VI. ToN.o aud many other vrlI-kn"wn
| women were there.
M'GTRK FIILS tn STAND TRTf.