The Springdale news., 1906-05-18
An Afternoon With the Aid
 Society.

week, ana IIldNC h0iufilluOlS notes. from which we select few of in- terest to our readers. want of space forbidding the publication of the full report. Classified those present were maids, ma irons. widows ard thoS Se who ate onions for dinner. The presi- dent. who was evidently elected because of her ability to keep the members Tn order and to direct the conversation along serious lines. announced the business of the afternoon. and as the members arrived assigned to each q place beside the quilt which Was mar ked in fans, putting the onion eaters on tie north side. The
 first arrivals had gotten ta work little while before others began to come in. Then came sister Stafford She wd> so much earli- CT than usual all were surprised and believed she had turned over new leaf. We soon found out however why 1t was she could be SO prompt. w wont
 tell. Sister Renner came in next and sat down in the onion row. On arrival sister Murphy declared
 "I come not here to talk. = No member resented tie insinuation but all seemed to consider the statement | self imposed penanee not binding on others I he sis ter with non-reversible name in tIe onion TOW was moved bY the quotation from Rienzi, L. display her historical talent cried out "O. Romeo. wherefore aft thou RrIneo Hhergupon ali the others declared that the sister must have imagined herself the
 principal actor iu the balcony scene. Just what connection the quotation from Juliet had with the words of Rienzi, remain q mystery in the reportorial brain. The connection between other remarks Was equally mysterious.
 AIomentary diversion was caused by the arrival of the .'laten Mrs. Berry, who on entering said, You are q. here l see quilting away. Well, well, how much have you done2 Pretty nearly ready to roll aren't youz l just could not get here any sooner and now l believe have come without my thimble. and l don't know If l have a needle l can use with such coarse thread. 1 sent to the store for some but l don't know that they are tn 6 right kind. A place was soon found for her and s1le too got busy ln the running conversation and comment which accompanied the busy needles. The name ot d certain marriageable man was mentioned and all eyes were turned toward tle widows pre- sent. and II said NJ. NJ. could have heard the conversation for the next fifteen minutes he would '.a wooing go or diSappoiut the ladies who with or without an in- vitation are willing to aid in making arrangements for | wed- ding. Another arrival; chorus. "Oh you have d new hat Sister Weich, where did YOU get it> at the Cash store> like >nyer> ever 50 much better. I don't l ike the Cash, Mr. Myers < so nice. He cant be nicer than Charlie Smyer. One pretty girl blushed rosy red when she said "I always shop at Farrar's, that IS the incest store Tn town. One need not be Clair-voyant to understand why she thinks so. We don't know where It might have ended only for the president Oh come now stop talking about hats: we are long way from the backbone of this quilt. All agreed that work Was the thing and for while conversation gave way to busy needles and shapely fans grew on tie quilt. The workers talked together In pairs and groups for few minutes in diminuendo tones but soon chang 10 the crescendo scale, and out of the whirl the reporter caught sentences and p1eees that if stitch ed into the cloth would have made 1t crazy quilt. There was a medley of incubator chickens, greens for dinner, Sanders gro- eery store, never mind Raymond, Bourke, my lad, we will have q seance when We get home, and what this aid society ought to do. Dear Sister Lewis was saving to her neighbor on the right, ou know the apostle said 7 when Sis ter Potter in a higher key told Us The Springdale News ought to have the largest circulation of ,,.t- ,,.4.Ar- n + D tI.9rld