Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-04
Harrisburg Rotary Clubs
Ladies Night Dinner and
Dance Brilliant Affair

More than 200 members of the Har-
risburg Rotary Club, their wives,
members of their families and friends
were present at the ladies night"
banquet and dance in the Masonic
Hall last evening. There was some
thing doing from the very beginning,
when the diners sang Rotary" writ
ten to the tune of America by Mrs.
Anna H. Wood, of this city.
Rotarians and their guests had
many good laughs, too, during the
serving of the various courses because
the menu cards were designed to con-
ceal rather than to reveal the nature
of the course to be served. "Spineless
sea fruit in birthday Clothes" as an
example, were oysters on the half
shell; "daff1es'' were nuts and snow
bound was ice cream.
But the elaborate banquet was not
all that was in store for the ladies.
Each member of the Rotary Club
made some contribution to make
ladies night" an event to be remem-
bered. Some confined their contri-
gifts of gold hatpins we're provided for
every lady in attendance. The hatpins
were decorated with an embossed
wheel, the symbol of Rotary.
Other members of the organization
offered gifts representative of their
business, while still others contributed
souvenirs to the extent of a market
basketful for each guest and the late
cars home looked as though they were
the rear guard of a Christmas Eve
rush.
Each of the Rotarian ladies in at
tendance was given numbered ticket
during the evening and at the con-
clusion of the dinner drawings were
made and the fair guests were pre-
sented with still other gifts, ranging
from a f1ve-pound box of candy to
mahogany desk. Insurance policies,
dinners at the commonwealth, weather
strips, ice cream, candy, lawn mowers
and travelling bags were also among
the gifts received.
Speeches and Fun
Short talks by Mrs. Anna H. Wood,
William S. Essick, a well-known Har-
risburg Rotarian, and Glenn G. Mead,
of Philadelphia, q former president
of the international Association of
Rotary Clubs, were given when coffee
was served. -Toastma ster John 8.
Rotary Club. introduced the speakers
after he had asked four questions, re-
piled to by fellow r Rotarians with a
vlgor that brought smiles to the faces
of the fair guests.
who has the highest ideals of our
country" Mr.. Musser asked.
"The ladies'" came in an emphatic
chorus.
who is it that helped you burst
forth and succeed in business?"
"Your lady,"
who is it that throws an even
mantle of white over our faults and
shortcomings
"Our ladies'"
"And who are they that blend all
the beauties of our homes into soft
harmony, colors and comfort?" again
asked the toastmaster.
Our Rotary ladies'" came the re-
spending roar. .
A Clever Toast
President Musser then called on
Mrs. Wood for a toast to "He." In
responding she said:
I'm speaking to you this evening 7
feel great sympathy for the little
schoolgirl who was told to make an
address on parents day. All went we'll
until she got upon the platform, when
she opened her mouth several times.
but not sound came. Why, Mary
said the teacher. Why don't you say
what You are expected to say? L
can't. I've swallowed my speech
About two years ago the secretary
of the Harrisburg Rotary Club sent
out a circular letter to the wives of
the members asking our opinion of
Rotary and for any suggestions we
would like to make
II remember in answering him
said the only suggestion could make,
would be that they have ladies' night
q, little oftener 80 we could have SONS.
of the good times we hear so much
about 1t has taken two years for
that advice to be acted upon. but
want to say in the name of every ladv
here tonight that from the nature Of
the entertainment you are giving us
we are only too glad that we possessed
our souls in patience.
IT honestly believe that every woman
here could; at a moments notice, pick
out from the Harrisburg Rotary Club
one man who is the best, a.ll-round
good fellow living in Harrisburg to-
day. The only trouble is, there would
undoubtedly be about 200 different
men selected
II am proud to have my husband a
Rotarian. proud to have him so closely
affiliated with body of men who, in