, 1905-01-19

certainly COulu not nave Dteh heie
gated to more able hands. Apt, witty
earnest, the address was a gem ant
deserves to have been recorded in full
which is, of course, impossible, for lacl
of space Mrs. Fitch said: I'VE are
glad to have you with us-because-
why, because we are" She empha
animates a company of women who are
essentially homemakers in contrast
with the diversity of topics dear tC
the minds of the gentlemen dining
near by, who gave themselves to law
TO medicine and to many other pur
suigs. Every m present would
be simply delighted to get a frst-class
real new cooking recipe. In closing
she emphasized the fact that We were
all Just folks" and, best of all, Wyo
ming folks, and as such had one
and the same interest in the develop
ment Of our beloved and magnificent
state.
Mrs. Cooper, the charming wife OF
the speaker of the house of representa-
tives. was asked to respond to the
toast, Our Legislative Husbands" do
ing so in a clever manner, which was
evidently heartily endorsed by all, and
particularly by the other legislative
wives. Mrs. Cooper's address follows
in full:
Mrs. T~oastmaster, Ladies': You
have emphasized the subject of my
toast, Our Husbands thereby show
ing you understand that as far as the
east is from the west so far are the
characteristics of our husbands as leg.
islative husbands from the obedient
social men whom We know as our hus,
bands at home. When they once ar.
rive in the lobby of the Inter Ocean
they lose their identity and begin the
process known in regard to cattle as
milling. Round and round they go
b%uttenholing this man and in turn be-
ing b%uttoholded by that. You say.
John. I'd like to see YOU Yes, in a
minute comes the prompt reply, and
even more promptly comes the total
forgetfulness of your existence. So it
goes from day to day. The only feast
BILE plan as yet proposed by any wo-
man would seem to be a good strong
~lariat rope and a skillful thrower. then
one by one the men could be dragged
from the bunch.
Long ago a certain magazine Of
fered a prize for the best and shortest
rule for managing a husband. Feed
the brute The rule which won the
prize we have followed successfully
at home, but even this fails when our
husbands become legislative husbands,
and l appeal to you all to put your wits
to work to devise some short and safe
and sure rule for managing Our Leg.
islative Husbands"
Mrs. Mary Slavens Clark, director of
the University School of Music, and
magnificent mistress of the piano, held
the closest attention of the company
with 'Danse dis Fes" dance of the
Fairies), by A. Jaell. Called again to
the piano by a tumult of applause, she
gave Gimbel's arrangement of the ex,
quisite, haunting melody, "Old Black
Joe"
Mrs. Schwoob, wife of Senator
Schwoob of Cody, was asked to speak
on the theme, From the Gallery
Mrs. Schwoob said she had been toe
happily engaged at the university and
elsewhere since reaching Laramie to
take time to prepare for a talk, and
briefly summed up the topic by stating
that from the gallery it appeared that
one half the house would work busily
all day to accomplish some end, and
the other half would toll just as as,
%siduously all night to undo what their
colleagues had wrought. She thanked
the ladies of Laramie profusely and
warmly, in the lame of the guests
for the gracious hospitality extended
during the visit here.
To Mrs. Buffum's lot fell the topic
"Wyoming," and she was equal to the
splendid theme. Wyoming means
broad or wide plains" The grand
young commonwealth must be devel