The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-05-09
DELEGATES WELCOMED
Verbs Of erecting BY Mrs. kemble IN
Behalf Of Shakespeare Club.


In welcoming to the city the dele
gates to the District Federation of
Women's Clubs, Mrs. Y. d. Kemble
said In part.
Fellow Club Women, Ladies and
! Gentlemen:
Through some hallucination of our
| program committee or misguided
chance | appear before you this even
ing in the capacity of delivering an
address.
When | was first notified of this
undeseryed compliment, and for
which | shall express my profound
acknowledgement, ii would be impos-
sible to express my conflicting emo
| tions paramount of which was
fright
! My first impulse was to seek re-
1 dress through my husband, in whose
nature the milk of human kindness
usually predominates, and beg him
| to write my speech for me. Imagine
my CONSERVATION when he replied
in tones that corroborated his state
ment, MY dear, I am TOO occupied
with my cares of the children and my
household duties to give you any as
| sistance in your club work.
All of which seemed to me little
severe and unkind after the many
speeches / have written for him.
Oh, but was in a dilemma. ]
| felt as If I was dubbed to death. /
would have begged. borrowed, stolen
from any source For the first time
in my whole life the encyclopedia
ayailed me nothing.
To our esteemed and honored
! guests: In behalf of the Waxahaehie
Shakespeare Club come. with out
stretched arms and a heart full of
the foudest hopes anG love % bear
the greetings.
May we weave q garland Of friend
ship, united ~ that s!r.nest ct ell
1 bonds, the bond OF affection. and tied
with the knot OF love. that would
rival that of the Gordon In intricacy
defying even the Alexandrian
scepter.
We meet as cooperating body
| for the purpose of profiting by mu-
tual advice and experience. and Of
/ classifying each others Ideas by the
| discussion OF obscure and difficult
| points arising with every venture.
however Insignificant or colossal.
i Nothing SO stimulates or inculcates
/ intellectual and practical growth as
| for people of thought and action 20
exchange views.
The potential agency OF factor
In promoting this kind of work. Is
the state federation OF women's clubs
| subdtvided into district declarations.
This meeting. Is that Of the Sec
ond district, presided over By our
worthy and efficient president. Mrs,
| Pondrum. who will speak later.
The criticism that the club woman
lis not practical no longer holds. f0C
she has met every emergency with
tact and ability.
The train Of evils originally sup
posed to he involved IN the organ T.
cation Of women clubs h8*e te-
come q devlsion aud an emptiness
She can look for c0mpiacency upon
1.-THE last few years Of her work. far
Etbis period has Witnessed the reali-
cation at some Of her must cherished
ldgeams The Industrial school for
iGirlv The University scholarship
lthe free kln5erg8 and equally
Important eDdeagore have become
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