The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-25
WHEN A FAMILY BELONGS
 TO DIFFERENT CLUBS.

Half of those who knew us know us
 not
 When diversity plays a game twixt
 friends,
 On some the world doth shut it's eye,
 and they are passed
 From honor and remembrance. and a
 stare
 Is all the mention of their name re-
 ceives,
 And peopIe know no more of them The shapes @ s of clouds at midnight
 year back,
 It is poor showing, indeed, when none of the family belongs to a club; but it's rather overriding things when every member of the family errolls his or her. name as member of diff ferent organization. Father belongs to the Knights of Independence. Mother belongs to the Meek and Ieowly Sis terhood. Brother belongs to the Tee totaIers. Sister belongs to the Saving Corps
 That is why they seldom or never can spend a social evening together at. home If fathers shaky, hand misses the keyhole as he battles vaIiantly with the key on his return from the Independe Club in the wee srna hours h e is met by mother in the low CT ha1l who gives him a welcome so. rousing that it's the neighbors' own fault if they don't hear every word of it. He dodges past her, not daring to say his soul is his own. He does not wear the badge of daring indepeId- ence with glory. When he observes that light in her eye aud hears that metallic ring in her voice, he knows there's an alI-night raking over the coaIs for him.
 sI.rn tired enough reading that paper 1I<7&f a without waiting half of the night for yol1 to appear. she declares, adding brllsque1y: And there's your own son. following your footsteps as quickly as he can He hasn't come home from the TeetotaIerss Club yet. No doubt he will need two lights turned on to learn the way of opening the old door No doubt you donated to everything they wanted money fori Your daugh- ters are just the same way-donst know how to say nos Saving corps, indeed! It's a most expensiye club TOT her where each girl is trying to outdo the other in fine dressing. It's little enough they have to forward to the heathen.
 There are occasions when each club has to meet at She home of one9of It's. members. It is the irony-of late to have the meeting fall simultan eousIy,9 at a certain date, at this particular C 1 have the parlor for the use of the In dependence. NO, indeed. Not while | the Meek and SLowly members have selected that evening to hold forth here under this roof.'' wife declares, temphaticalIy. t'The Saving Corps is Ito be here" expostu1ates the daugh-. 1 ter ..I wouldn't have the members see the old rickety chairs and carpet with the holes in 1t for the world. z. | sfWhat about the Teetotalers'?" asks, brother wedgfng in the questions side wise Never again, after the last ex- spertence.'' responds his mother gri rr1ly, st,The caterer who served the ice water must have. put sticks in it or q whole telegraph pole. you fellows were so hilarious It was positively shocking how you sang the toast: 1 .tOh, let's fill the flowing bowl
 Till 1t does run over,
 For tonight we'll merry bel
 Just now were in clover" Following that up with. we Won't lGo Home Till Morning. The only way [ know of to settle all these disputes is for us all to give up our clubs and form new one, naming it. The Stay at Home Club 2