Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-04

the best sense Of the word, are princes
among good fellows
After all. it is we women who
really profit most by Rotarianism and
1T behooVes us to stand back of such a
club. and now l propose toast to our
Rotarians:
Here's to our men! God bless them
May the spirit of Rotary possess
them!
In helping each other, each man is a
brother;
SO here's to our boys and God bless
them!"
That the men liked the charming
little speech was very evident from
the liberal applause with which the
banquet hall resounded.
Mr.. Essick to the Ladies
Mr.. Essick was called on next and
he responded to a toast She" He
was applauded many times for his
humorous sayings and funny stories.
and was accorded an ovation when
he concluded with a serious verse to
mothers. Mr.. Essick's talk follows:
The part in the exercises of the
evening assigned to me l consider q
distinct honor.
in the days of knight errantry
lifting the helmet signifed L am
among friends The custom still pre-
walls in hat-tipping by gentlemen to
ladies, and tonight we say Hats off, ;
we are safe among friends.
This evening ! can stay for the
finish. Usually I get smoked out be-
fore time for refreshments. Most Ro-
tarians smoke; some because they
like 1t; some to spite their wives; and
some as a religious duty-burning
idols.
I'VE have you ladies with us this
evening, and right glad are we to
have you. Moreover, we need you
from time to time. Men who never
mingle with good women become
crude, coarse, cruel and uncouth.
But | do not stand for the in
separableness of man and wife. It's
dwarfing to both The other day I
saw woman get angry because she
couldn't get into the same flap of the
storm door at the Post Office with her
husband.
Men who are always with their
wives look so lonely-and their wives
so miserab BILE.
And yet man and woman are tho
only animals that are happier when
tied together.
1T is my duty to tell you women
how much the members of the Har-
risburg Rotary Club honor and ap-
preciate you.
Il am in a fix, though; my wife
told me what l must say and I've
forgotten what it was. and she's here.
In the January issue of the Philis-
tine, Elbert Hubbard says that the
hrst Rotar1an was a monkey-now
you see what you've married.
'Mohammed said, "A mans soul is
of greater consequence than
woman's, In the eyes of Allah
Another, however. has said, Man
was made when Nature was an ap-
prentice, but woman, after she had
had experience Her prentice ham
she tried on man, and then she made
the lassies'
Certain it is, that ever since the
episode in the Eden apple orchard,
men have been in a merry chase after
women, and, like Adam, blaming all
wrongs on them.
Adam may have been a No. man,
but when he whimpered his blame
on Eve he lost his right to respect
from either sex. I'm sorry that some
fellows pattern after him.
Men talk about woman's sphere
as though 1t had limit
There's not a place in earth or
There's not task to mankind given;
There's not blessing or a woe;
There's not a whisper, yes or no;
mere not l1fe, or death, or birth;
There's not feathers weight of
worth;
Without woman in it,
Men have taxed ingenuity to the
limit In offering toasts to women
'Women-fair as the moon, clear as
the sun, and terrible as an army
with banners.
Thou source of all our joy and all
our woe,
Thou found'st us poor and kept us
Perfect woman, nobly planned
To warn, to comfort and COM
,.t. mand.'
II like a toast once given by Cen
eral Otis:
Here's to woman
Not above you,
Not below you,
Ever with you,
Because we love you.
Solomon, too, is eloquent in the
praise of woman
Strength and honor are her cloth
ing
In her tongue is the law of kindness;
She openeth her mouth with wisdom;