The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-29
Girls Organized Emergency So
ciety" to Receive No More COM
pany Till 1t Rained.
RULES SUSPENDED CIRCUS DAY.
Members of Club That Ostracized
Macon Youths Did Not Attend
.Show-Rains Saved Ladies
Further PrivatiOns.

REeDs ~ snEeuAn
Gus effects Of the distressing drought in this
section has been manifested in the neigh
borhood of Ethel village of 500 over in
the west part Of the county.
Forty Of the prettiest and most enticing
youns ladies of the vicinity got together
and organized what they called the Emer-
gency Society. The officers were as fol-
lows: Hettie Sunderland. president; Lizzie
Helton. vice cresiuent: Lizzie Cherry, sec
rotary; Della Williams, Millie Bradley, Mat
tie Williams and Lizzie Parker, assistant
secretaries: Ora Troutman, treasurer.
It required twenty sheets of paper to get
all the bylaws down, and then several
half-sheets were pasted on as after-thoughts.
The notice cent to their gentlemen friends
tells the object Of the conspiracy about as
we'll as the bylaws and Is several yards
shorter. It stated that the members Of the
club will receive no more company from
tho opposite sex until 1t rains. And the rain
must be regular gully-washer,' is said.
Sparkling Drought Embittered Youths.
There have been two or three small show
ers since the organization, and the boys
hastily harnessed up their best nass and
undertook to break the sparkling drought.
which was causing them much more uneasi-
ness than the other one. But they were
referred to the specifications in the consti-
tuition and received a cold good-by.
part Of the week That is a bigger town.
Ethel Was sorgeously billed with flaming
emergency meeting. By practically unani-
nous vote. It was decided to suspend the
rules for one day. and notices to that ef-
feet were sent to the boys.
Each member of the club received re-
Spouse from her particular admirer request
ing her to be at the depot at Ethel. II they
a ~ T Tsd noticed
unusual absence Of friendliness in them.
but thought they were all right.
Every "emerEencer was on hand It tns
| out In her best. They laughed and chatted
about their club. and said it was q good
thing to hold the boys in check-until
Then the president looked UP the street
and saw q procession moving stAtionward.
She gave Mortified little scream. and an
/ ance. The awful truth didn't need a diagram
to explain It. Every unregensrate son who
had requested q member OF the Emergency
| with brand-new girl on his arm or some-
where about him. and smiling In most ex-
| asperatin2 manner.
with unusual gallantry and inquired with
some apparent concern II they were going
to the circus. Their inquiries were met with
got Of BY and rereaa her nose
true the missive didn't say a word about the
i show. but the miscreant must have known
| that was what she would think he meant.
The boys boarded the train with their
new girls. and had gay time at the show
Emergency Club Disbands.
There was another emergency meeting oil
! the club. and the bylaws. constitution and
everything else with the organfzation's name
on 1t were thrown in the cook stove.
1t rained Wednesday. and rained hard
| me president said the conditions had beer
fulfilled. and there was no futher necessity
for the existence Of the club
| The boys are gradually coming around
| and they receive the incest sort of treat
ment when they have tact enough to say
nothing about what they're thinking about