Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-07-03
If this was a meeting of the Moth

| In the water were score OF children
In bathing suits, happy looking, sun
burned healthy looking boys and girls.
SFarther up the beach in the shade OF
several wind-blqwn cedars, a dozen
Momen were engaged in spreading
Hpicnic meal They, too, were garbed
Nmost informally In bathing dresses OF
every description and they were gay
and laughing and thinking Of every
thing else except Mrs. Hibberd Hec-
tor when she walked into their midst,
charningly gowned, smiling tolerant
y, yet with an air Of offended dignity
pervading her whole bearing. Never
before had This high oAci2l Of .ae
State Union Of Mothers cubs been
30 received when she honored an Or
ganihation with her presence.
Mrs. Armstrong;" she asked sweet
".
From the group of startled women
there came a tall, well-proportioned
young woman, with a calm self-pos-
sessed manner and steady gray eyes
that searched Mrs. Hibberd Hector's
handsome countenapce with puzzled
Inquiry in their depths. She wore her
bathing dress with unconscious sac
and she held out slender, sun-tanned
hand to the visitor.
How do you do?" she asked courte.
ously.
II am Mrs. Hibberd Hector" eG-
planned that lady II rather expected
-a-d1fferert sort Of reception, you
know, dear Mrs. Armstrong. More for
nal, you know!"
"Of course you would have received
1t, Mrs. Heceov," said Mrs. Armstrong
quietly, IF we had expected you to-
day. I assure you we have made ev-
cry, preparation for tomorrow"
"TomorrowT' repeated Mrs. Hib-
berd Hector, feeling for her notebook
and adjusting her lorgnette. I'm sure
the date was for today-the twenty
eighth-dear me, can't tell whether
this is an eight or nine-so proVok-
ing!" She peered nearsightedly at
her own hieroglyphics.
Your date was for rsthe twenty-nfnth
Il am so sorry you have been incon-
venienced, Mrs. Hector; but 1t is not
too late for US to arrange the meeting
| for this afternoon. There are some
| details Of the entertainment that will
be lacking but our welcome will be
Just as cordial and We shall enjoy
your talk. Let ne present the mem
bers of the Mothers club"
Mrs. Hibberd Hector graciously
shook hands with the members of the
Mothers club and remembered the
uames, ZOO. They were hearty,
healthy, handsome looking lot Of
women, TOO, she admitted to herself
and they looked as If they had al
ready solved some of the problems
over which she still knitted her
brows. When 1t was suggested that
they all return to Ieamington apd
hold the meeting as planned, and as
worthy of their honored guest, Mrs.
Hibberd Hector vetoed the idea and
offered to talk TO them there on the
beach after the luncheon was served.
It was an unusual occasion for
! Mrs. Hibberd Hector and she gradu-
ally unbent to meet these simple
hearted, we'll hammered women on
their own ground. She was persuad-
ed to don an extra bathing dress that
had heen brought along and she, too.
sported in the rising tide and became
intimately acquainted with more chill
dren in an hour than she had ever
done in her life before. Mrs. Hibberd
| Hectic submitted to being ducked ur-
der tue water; Mrs. Hector played
du-k-on-arock and learned to skip
! fat stones on the, water.
All this happened after the tooth
some picnic meal where there were
clans and green corn roasted then
and there and all sorts Of good things
prepared by these women who knew
how to be mothers in so many differ
ent ways that Mrs. Hibberd. Hector's
theories were all knocked askew
After the meal had been disposed Of
and all of them, mothers and chill
dren and honored guest. had dis
ported in the water, they emerged a
dripping company and seated them
selves on the beach.
Now, Mrs. Hector" said the presi-
dent. with an arm around each of her
two children IF you will pardon the
extreme informality Of the meeting.
we would be ho1ored to have you ad
dress US"
There was a gentle hand clapping
and they all looked at the honored
guest, who had quite forgotten to re-
move her bathing cap. From under
It's rim there peered small brown
curl, escaped from its confinement
Mrs. Hibberd Hector looked around
at the audience assembled to hear
her, at their quiet, well-behaved chill
dren, all watching her expectantly,
gravely, and suddenly her subject,
Glow to Hold Your Childs Love-" ap-