Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-19

ness houses and public buildings al
over the city.
That the supreme officers of the so
ciety were surprised and thoroughly
delighted with the gifts of flowers and
the Indian blankets presented to them
yesterday is expressing it very mildly.
! One of the officers whose name ap-
pears near the end of the list declared
that when she saw those blankets
coming down the main aisle she was
wild to possess one, never dreaming
that they were to be given as gifts.
After the distribution began she said
she sat in mortal terror for fear that
the blankets would rot go around and
,, that she would be left without one.
She was sure had such a thing hap
pened she would have done something
that would have disgraced her for the
rest of her life in her desperation to
possess one of those beautiful robes.
Fortunately, there were blankets
enough to reach around.
You know one can't help but see
amusing things even in a crowd of
splendid women. One stately lady
who made one think of Chicago's god
dess 81 WILL had in tow her husband
a small, meek looking man and graci-
ously introduced him to her friends,
who seemed legions. After while he
tired of the gay social life and while
his wife was busy discussing a posi-
BILE candidate he quietly slipped away
to the regions below Now it hap
pened that another man was standing
very close to this goddess, bu. his in
terest seemed far away. Presently a
dear friend approached the lady. one
whom she had not seen for years, il
one may judge by the manner in
which she was embraced and in her
excitement she grabbed the young
mans hand and thrust him upon the |
friend with the salutation "Oh, my |
dear. want you to meet Mrs. Y, my |
very dearest friend; this is my lus- |
band. Mrs. "" Needless to say Il e |
young man was taken much by sur
prise and in the meantime the lady |
had noticed her mistake and was con-
fusion itself However, the young man |
did not seem frustrated and acted his
part very nicely Explanations were
quickly made and everything was love-
y. 1t is not hard to guess what friend
husband got when he reached home
On every hand last evening was
heard, Did 20 never see a more beau
.iful ceremony than that which opened
he morning session. II have been
1t many supreme camp meetings but
hat excelled anything / ever saw be-
ore "Oh, it 4as just lovely and ev-
,rything went off without at hitch"
Aren't the gowns lovely and doesn't
very one look sweet" Aren't the
treets attractive and bright 81 new
n was at anything more delightful in
ny life"
Miss Mae Collins came all the way
rom Georgia to attend the convention
nd says she is glad of it. Miss Col ,
ms has been supervising deputy for
ieorgla for the last year and by hard ,
nd constant work has pushed the ,
rider to the front in that section of
he country. Miss Collins has Jet
lack hair and among the delegates
he has come to be known as the bru- :,
cite beauty from the south Her real !,
ONE is in Minneapolis, but she says,
he is in love with the south.
Mrs. Lulu Hawley of Santa Rosa,
al, is of the opinion that she travel.
farther than any of the other dele
ates in attendance at the convention :
he is the supreme sentinel and does
Pr work so well that no person is al
wed TO pass the portals of the con-
a tu-tt lit
II. She is a small woman but has a
% courage of her convictions when
comes to singing the praise of her
ate. q
If there are any in Rock Island who u
ioe themselves that they know how
play the game of ruhm, they can ~
I'd foeman worthy of their steel
applying to Mrs. Bodger, of Mime "
oils. All the ladies of the Mime |"
Ia delegation can attest TO the fac;
at Mrs. Bodger is an adept The III
me was in force all the way down
I'm Minneapolis the other day and Id
len it was broken up by the train
ew Mrs. Bodger was possessor of. all ot
? pins in the party. Mrs Bodger Vi
~ be found any safternoon at the an
INVENTION hall by those who may wish -"
engage her in a game OF ruhm
L would be well for some of the te.
ok Island politicians TO sit up and tai
re note of the manner in which the oh
les conduct their campaigns. II is Tr
d that Mrs. Efiie Curry of Denver. Da
% is candidate for supreme wee Loo
Gle. can even give the ruler OF Tam Eu