The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-11-04
WORK BEGUN
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Tee a-It.-r was filed 20 Overt.
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tl- so.- -1 ls-a- % the Interesting
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TIE d-st l1I5=- vas the s-1z.-z 1t
Annie Laurie by A-dmo-e-s a-e-.
11a-at,e o. vOue-s voices N--
danes : 7. B.e5s1e. ~ H. Bur. Max
W-s,he.me- and Miss Belle TJal-
-a-1 Following This vas a piano
-a.1 ty Miss S.-a Williams
Standing v.th bowed heads -ls as
-a-tlage invoked the divine blessings
upon the procse5.ngs led By Rev
G. Read of The Flrs, Presby-a-.a1
.1-lch The Rev Read was thorough
ly .m1ued with the spirit Of the wO-
mems undertakings and Thanked the
Creator fOr the intelligence Of Aueri-
cas- women
The address Of welcome on the part
o. the city was made BY Judge Henry
" Furman He expressed regret hat
Mayor r ". Dick had been une1pect-
edly called away He styled the ao-
sent mayor as the best mayor Of the
best town In the territory While the
.peaker appreciated the work ot the
women his address was not heaPed
with bouquets 20 let fall at their feet
Ie termed this a busy and an intense
g.. practical age where nothing is ac-
c ptel with blind creiul.ty but that
everything is put % sore test anl only
It's good qualities and tendencies &C
repted. He conceded 10 women the
equal right with men 70 aspire 70
| greater things There was prolonged
applause when the speaker asserted
that when women's conditions are bet.
| ter. humanity is better, and just as
| the Club Women make bette. woman
hood. just so much have they sue
| ceeled He pointed out the dangers
before them, but admitted a ray OF
hope when he said that he believed ia
the final triumph Of intelligence
| Motherhood was eulogized and the su
perior moral and spiritual power OF
wOmauhoOd was touched upon. Mr
| Furman then bade the people Thrice
welcome 10 the city.
Mrs ". A. Ledbetter on the part o
! tine Ladies OF the Leaf brought greet
Iirgs from her club 10 the visitors and
! iu a very pretty address gave The
keys 0f the gates Of the city 20 tho
guests They were l.yea a cordia
welcome 20 our town. % our home.
and 20 our hearts and the hope eX
pre--ed that pleasant memories O,
| the meeting would be engraved in
| impcr. liable characters upon thC
hearts of every guest
Miss Daisy Nichols from the Orios
brought her message %. greeting
couched In the most beautiful rhetoric
and delivered it in very p'easina
manner Her address Was rich il
thought abouuded In timely compari
son. replete with illustrations and was
an Intellectual treat that caught and
held captive every auditor When she
was seated there was prolonged ap
plauso
Mrs John Whireman brought a
message Of greeting from the Pierians
and if there was a guest who did not
feel that he city and all that is in
9, was hers before, she did when Mrs
Whiteman had finished
Responses were made for the In
dian Territory by Mrs q. l. Rails
Of Atoka, for Oklahoma by M J. "
Hun, OF Oklahoma City and ~ tho
tart Of the exacuu boa 20 ly MIS-
3D. NJ Adams OF Shawnee Ea.i u
these addresses We're examples OF
rhetoric sparkling with w., and the
particular sections represented by
these women have cause 10 be proud
OF them.
Vocal solos We're sang by Mrs. c.
NJ Campbell Of Ardmore and Mrs
Robert Ramsey Of Guthrie.
Mrs Deuison, president Of the Gen.
ersl Federation Of Womeu's Clubs OF
New York city was hen introduced
ln as much as Mrs Denison will de,
liver an address tonight and the hour
was growing late, Mrs Denison said
hut few words She said thai she
was proud to bring greetings from the
General Federation. Mrs, Denison
fas attended nine Federation meetings
this year in as many different states
and she SAD that nowhere was such
a cordial welcome given and nowhere
were there evidences Of greater in
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