The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-05-18

of Kansas, we expect you will be sur
prlsed and perhaps awed at the pros
psct and the life you see exhibited,
but we assure you that you will be-
come accustomed to this and we know
that you can adjust yourselves to the
conditions which you find. To be
serious with you, we want to say that
we expect to reap bountiful harvest
of blessings from this gathering. Our
mutual sympathies and aims are one
and 1t will do us good to come in
touch with the magnificent examples
of the practical workings of the order
which we represent. We ought to
feel that these gatherings mean more
than real pleasure and pastime and
that while we have as local Temple
very little to give, we anticipate
blessings of a thousand fold returned
for the small benefits which we hope
to bestow upon you.
You nave honored ms by your pres
epce, may you feel that this hour is
not lost but rs the days go by we
hope that pleasant recollections may
come to you of having been here at
this annual feast. We consider this
matter tar greater than mere duty
and that it is privilege to extend TO
you our hospitality and friendship,
ana that we are at your bidding to do
everything that lies in our power for
your comfort. We want to know
more from you of the purposes of our
order THUS will we be mutually bene-
fitted by our co-mingling, and may
glorious results follow in the years to
come.
You have responded generously to
our invitation to come to- lola and
spend the time allotted in mutual
consultation and labor in our common
cause for the elevation Of all that goes
to make life real and earnest. We
have no beautiful boulevards over
which you can ride, no palatial resi-
dences to excite your admiration and
envy, no public museum or works of
art to please or crafty your tastes,
but we have got Temple of loyal
Rathbone Sisters whose membership
as body and as individuals is striv-
to exemplify the purposes and objects
of our order. We are proud of our
Temple and we are made happy with
the thought that so many of the noble
women OF our State are banded to.
gether with US and that you are rep
resented here for one purpose and
with one aim. We want you to fee
vt home among us, to share the
pleasures which we have to offer you,
to feel that you are indeed at home
and that it will be considered a pleas
ant duty to make your stay among us
all that you could wish it to be. Our
homes are open for your accommoda-
ton, and let us gather strength for
the work of the future for there IL
much to he done, if we hope to &C
complsh theiwork and the duties OF
the life before US.
The response was made by Mrs
Carrie Kinnard, Grand Manager of the
Grand Lodge, member of ALA
Temple, No. A, of Wichita, as follows
MRS. KINNARD's RESPONSE.
Grand Chief Officers, Sisters and
Brothers:
can hardly see why l should re.
ply to Sister Cozad. ! would give 9
Nicol if could do it up Brown but
Wehe are not always able to Weldy
Golding sentences to express our feel.
ing5, but like the willy Fox must
throw out Bates. Had Sister SwatZsl
been called upon, am sure you
would not have listened TO a kinnard
However, it gives me pleasure to re-
spond to the cordial welcome eX
tended and ON behalf Of the Granc
Temple to express the appreciation OF
this grand body for the manner in
which we are received.
While your hearty words are re
assuring ii was not necessary for u,
to hear them to know and feel tina
we were welcome. From the tim,
the smiling faces of your reception
committee greeted us, and your city
gaily attired, appeared before us un
til now, we have enjoyed that bliss
sensation OF being welcome, and VIII!
not We are westerners, Kansaus
and above all, sisters.
We must certainly recognize Tia,
quality Of lola gas, the warmth anC
friendship Of it, but sisters, do not at
tempt to blow it out for then it Nigh
prove dangerous.
When we gather at our annual SEES
sions, it is pleasure to meet The oil,
faces and the many new ones and t
perform our duty ia the best possibl
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