Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-18

our better halves end reioiced as les
nouvelles femmes. We visited from room
to room, swarmed from table to table
in the dining room, and sat consciously
together on the seats of the main office.
The occasional man looked upon US with
pardonable curiosity. tempered with
meekness born of his minority, while we
calmly ignored his presence-at least, APP
parently
That this was to be no common Bien
NAL became evident the very first night,
even before we gathered for an informal
reception. For in whispers the news was
spread that, in a careless moment, the
membership committee had accepted the
dues OF a club of colored women, and two
handsome and well-educated quadroons
had appeared on the scene as delegates.
From Utah, too, had come the fourth
wife of a Mormon elder, claiming her seat
on the floor The credential committee
was quaking with anxiety, and the ex-
ecutive board was non committal. A
scene was imminent, for it was rumored
that the three mwelcome ones were
Dourd in solemn compact to obtain and
hold their rights.
The parlors at the Grand Blank that
first evening were oyercrowded with
handsome women, and the display of
beautiful evening gowns rendered the
scene like a great parterre of gorgeous
flowers. Mclodic strains of music foated
above the hum of feminine voices. and
from he corridors one could see the club
leaders fitting from group to group of
reception committees and hostesses, all
apparently absorbed in the pleasures of
the moment. But under all the gaiety
was the undercunent Of excitement.
What snail be done? The south will go
out ii the colorcd women stay; the east
crn and many of the western delegates
Will withdraw if the Utah delegate is
accepted. Which way will it tmn?"
were the questions uppermost in the mind
Of every woman present
Late i'll the evening I was astonished
by familiar voice. Turning, | beheld
Minnie Morrison in festive attire.
Didn't expect to see me Of all people,
did YOU" she laughed "Well, at the
first sign Of trouble | was despatched in
a hurry. Hardly had time to get my
other gown. Now, what is the prospect 2"
Bless You, my dear?" | cried. How
could you have known off there in Chi
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