Connecticut western news., 1913-02-20
The Wurra Wurra Club.

! ing, owing to the unavoidable absence of the president, Ned. Roberts, who was away somewhere getting some more de- 1 grees to go with his fine collection of de- grees. Seneca Strong, the sexton of the Clubroom, said he hoped Roberts would get all the degrees he wanted after while. Donnie O'Neil by special request, sang the opening Ode, pitching it Tn the key of G, bass clef, about a sixteenth of an inch below the leger line, or just far enough under the bars to prevent any one breaking in on the chorus. The minutes of the previous meeting were read by ex-mayor Rowe, to the tune of "Tm the Guy that Put" after which the dues, fines and assessments were collected by Collector John s. Reed, and the meet ing was declared open for the despatch of such business, etc. etc. etc. ... s. \ Robert Peirce moved that when the Club decides to hold its "ladies' night" it arrange for "a regular banquet, with all the orthodox banquet trimmings, and give the ladies just as good time as we have at our exclusively masculine ban quets,"
 The chair ruled that the motion was out of order until the banquet committee renders its report ....a I Phil Orben moved that the secretary be instructed to send to Mrs. Bridgman a suitable expression of the thanks of such of the Clubs members as were favored with tickets for the Lincoln Day memorial concert at Norfolk, when Ysaye delighted and fascinated the multi tude by his marvellous violin playing.
 The motion was seconded by about a dozen voices, and passed unanimously.
 The fat member hoisted himself to his feet at this point, and remarked "Mister President, my wife got holt of couple O them concert tickets, an made me go Tong with her, t hear tn fiddlin' Fust I kicked on it, but it didn't do no good, an went. An say; now b'leeve me, that feller, Isaiah, can sure do things with tn iddlestick. They hain't nobody round these parts that stands knee-high to a doodle-bug 'longside O Isaiah as an all. round fiddler. He made that fiddle laugh, an cry, am sing, an whistle, an grunt, am squeal he'd tickle 1t int hys- tericks an git it t giggin' till ye'd think tn poor thing'd never git its breath ag'in, an then he'd stroke it gentle an soft an git it t purrin' like a little kitten; an next ye knew he'd give it a spiteful dig in tn short ribs an make it howl like a wounded whangdoodle chased up gum tree. Seemed as if tn thing wasn't a common empty fiddle, but suthin' that had an inhuman soul into 1t. I wish't this Club, or tn Biz'ness Mems 'Sociation would try t git Isaiah t locate here. He could pick up good many fiddlin' jobs around, durin' tn winter specially, t parties, an dances 'an things, an he wouldn't have no trouble gittin' tn patr'nage of tn best sassiety. An I make motion that a committee is ap- p'inted to see about it."
 The motion was not seconded, and the chair called for any further business. | like to hear from any one of the four gentlemen who attended the Browning meeting at Mrs. Lyles's, Thursday after noon, when Rev. Leon Bliss of Lenox gave readings and recitations from the works of the great poet before the ladies of Hawthorne Club and their invited guests. He said he had a curiosity 10 learn what the sensations of those gentle men were, among all those ladies, listen ing to poetry which they probably could n't interpret themselves.
 After brief pause, which showed that none of the gentlemen in question was present, the fat member got himself up on his feet again, and said:
 My wife got herself invited [ that affair, Mister President, an she went. When she come hum l asst her all about it. She said tn four gentlemen that was there looked as if they felt theirself mighty small ptaters an few into a hill. They slunk into tll' back seats, an tn far-end seats, an shrunk up small as they could, among all them splendid wimmin that knowed Brownin' from childhood. She sed they was tn finest display O millinery she's seen this season, with passymentry, an shiffon, an Kensington stitch. an diagonal reveres an things that made her feel 'shamed of her own jockey which she'd rigged over firm last year, an looked dretful out O place in such litery companyi an she declares that if she gifts anothe- chanst t 'soeiate along with litery pee 's goin'