St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-05-06
PAYS TRIBUTE
TOHAMMOND
Delegates Delighted With
Their Reception.
Warm Words of Praise for
Miss Sophie Wright.
Kings Daughters to Estab-
lish a Sanitarium.
Paper Read Before Conven-
ton by Mrs. Bodebender.

rive are indebted to Mrs. William
Bodebender and Mrs. Preston Burns,
who attended the convention of the
Kings Daughter at Hammond last
week, for the following1:
Hammond has forever made a
reputation as a charming hostess,
for right royalty did she entertain
the officers and delegates OF the
Kings Daughters in convention. The
gathering was large one, and yet
every guest was well provided for
and DELIGHTFULLY."- entertained. Miss
Lulu Bradshaw and her corps of able
assistants met every train and escort
ed ali delegates to the Kings Daugh-
ters' Rest Room, from where they
were taken by their various hostesses
to their homes.
On Saturday lunch was given to
all visiting Kings Daughters and this
meant generously providing for near
ly two hundred guests. Just think
of that! The Progressive Union as
sited the Hammond Kings Daughters
il, entertaining their guests and gave
the visiting ladies an automobile ride
and dainty baskets of strawberries
as souvenirs.
So. hurrah for Hammond! Hurrah
for the Kings Daughters, OF Ham,
mond. and hurrah for the Progressive
Union!
This. the 14th annual convention
of the Kings Daughters of Louisiana
was a splendid one. The attendance
was large and noteworthy, and the
review of the years work was
magnificent one. If not another
thing was done, the maintenance OF
Rest Awhile, the Home for Incur
ables. the Xmas and Thanksgiving
dinners to the poor of New Orleans,
would put a shining mark to the
credit of the order. In addition TO
this was the splendid work done by
each circle. and the help given to
the poor and needy. Mrs. SOPHIE
Wr;oht the devoted State secretary,
nrasided over the convention in her
psuaIlv efficient manner, assisted by
Mrs Parsons. the charming and
canable state secretary of Mississippi
who was the guest OF honor oa a,..le nne
convention. Every body loves MISS
Sophie" and outside OF the iove, W.
there is a deep admiration for the
woman, who, forgetful or sell anu
suffering, has devoted herselI 70 lne
r4welfare and uplift of others. MISS
f'Wright's mentality is great hef ca.
ecutive ability is rearely equaieu ~
woman, her big heart seems =.
throb only to alleviate the trlais ano
suffering of her unfortunate leilom
men, but to me the most Wonue,Iu ~
of all her qualities is the never iaiilns
readiness to say just ina. Anu
ly, sympathetic word Wnlcn soin, =,
hurt or flustered man, woman "
child needs to set the woriu arg - !.
II may not seem mucn, pue
inst what is needed TO resto.'
courage and confidence ana senu ~ =.
unfortunate. happy again, alohs M
way. .ho an
nual report of the Coyington clfc,e
telling of the work done duflns ~
wear: s115 was disbursed In chari.s
s57 being given towards the supp,
of Rest Awhile. Mrs. Burns 10
able leader and her report snow
that she and her circle had naa .
active. busy year. The report was W., W.
received. Mrs. Burns invited the COZ
yention to meet in CoVlns'on
1919 hut Monroe put in stron
claim and that will be the next NEE
ing place. - teu Of a
the things that were SAID anu uoa oa
at the convention, and SO we .s .s
only sum it all up by comment.
unon the great enthusiasm snow
in the work being done, ana py 20
ing of the promise OF even oe''
work for the coming year. =,
The endowment fund TOT rs
Awhile is growing apace, ana II 'ne
is a long pull, and strong pun, q
pull altogether, we may ;d nops
soc that beautiful charity prosio
for. ooled
The Covington circle appeaieo
the Kings Daughters last year
holm in caring for the sufferers ~
tuberculosis that constantly caiieu
them for help. At the suggsesen
Miss Wright has taken up tne q, q,
tuberculosis fight( and put the ~
ter this year before the convenl.
for consideration. The Covins'
circle had been asked 10 l
nish a paper on the Kings Dau, y,
ters as factor in this fight, ana
VIM. Bodebender made an earn
nlea that the work would De TAI
I'D by the circles as state WI
The paper was well received,
Saturdays session was aimos.
tirely gwen to the discussion o. y,
subject. DIR. H. Maghee, OF ne
mond. made a fine address. tsron
advocating the taking up OF TINS Y
by the order.
The introduction OF the
and new board was made a
ing session, arx1n
say that O..