Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-06-22
NEW CENTURY PICNIC
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| which, after due dellDeratlOn, was
christened the New Century Club, in
whose object was the intellectual i'm
provement of it's members and the civic
Improvement of the town.
At first, both literary and social
program was arranged, but it was soon
decided that more benefit would be de-
rived if we were given more mental
and less physical food, so the 'eats"
were abolished and an entire literary
program filled the afternoon with
much profit and pleasure.
For more than 16 years it has been a
nourishing Club, which has thoroughly
accomplished the purpose for which it
was organized. There are only few
of the original members left-most of
us have dropped out-and missed much
but others have taken our places and
| are now enjoying the benefits derived
| from Club membership.
But wherever there is Club whose
object is profit and pleasure-there is
sure to be some sorrow and regret. AS
we look back over the past years we
see that there are four who have
passed into the great beyond. We
cherish their memory and know the
| N. C. C. is better for their having lived.
1t was Carlysle who said "The true
past departs not. No truth or good
ness realized by man ever dies, but is
still here, and recognized or not, lives
and works through endless changes"
Here's to the N. G. C. whose past in
| huences can never die-long may she
live.
Miss Emma Maddy was assigned
| the toast "Our Husbands and Sweet
hearts," to which she responded as
follows:
1t seems to- me "the refinement of
| cruelty" to ask me to respond to this
toast when you all know | have not
the ghost of one nor the shadow of
the other.
| suppose our honored toast mistress
thought that it is usually the one who
knows the least of a subject who talks
the most fluently upon it.
| can only say to you who have
either of these desired commodities:
Be good to them Take them at their
| own valuation (if you CAM; appreciate
your privileges, for number of us
"unappropriated blessings" would glad
ly stand in your shoes Tor sit in your
automobiles) and prefix "Mrs." to our
signature and enjoy all the rights and
privileges that belong to double bles-
sedness.
To you who have not any of the
aforesaid blessings:
Don't be too sorry for yourselves and
| feel like you have missed every good
| in life. On the contrary, you have
| missed much that has been endured by
your married sisters, and have enjoyed
a liberty and independence not possible
to the married woman. Who of us here
regret that our sweethearts did not be-
come our husbands? Oh yes, we have
all had our sweethearts and we cherish
their memories. |, myself, once pos
sessed one so enamored that he twisted
| Poe's lines in this way and declared
they fitted the case exactly:
| Nor the angels in heaven above
| Nor the demons down under the sea
can ever dissever my soul from the
| soul
| OF the beautiful Emma Maddy."
Talk about loves being blind. Can
| you find a stronger instance of the
fact? Here's to our husbands that
are and here's to our sweethearts that
| We're; some may have wandered afar-
| drink to which ere you prefer.
Mrs. Tannyhill POLITICALLY toasted
and roasted "The Woman of Today,
as follows:
The woman of today! Alas! The woman
1 OF lOuuS,
There's much l could say if l would but
this much l will say,
She has but one thought in her head and
| that one thought is dress;
| What next she'll do, what next she'll
show, L leave you all to guess.
Her body is no sacred thing with soul
and mind to train,
| But just kind of human rack with
little or no brain.
| Upon this rack she hangs these clothes
| herself to ornament,
Then for the street, to show her toys
| this human beings bent.
| In all her dress, she is extreme, she's
| bound to make a hit;
This caused some men to so insane, and
| some to have fit.
| And one, Il Philadelphia, he scratched
out both his eyes,
And all because of woman's dress which
he did so despiSe.
Both in the East and in the West, the
men their heads have lost,
And all because these women failed
| yes failed-to count the cost.
| These men have said it's woman'S fault
that they've been led to sin,
lHer vulgar dress, her wicked ways
| made them this path begin.
Her dresses. they are far too low, and
they are far too high
1t makes decent woman blush and
even heave sigh
ITO lnluk lildt one Oh Hel own StA, WOuiu
! as mmodest be
To show her form, her elbows bare, and
soon Will be her knee.
Miss Cora Pierce's prophetic eye
loked thusly upon "The Clubs Flu
ture":
/ AS a child I used to gaze in wonder
at my elders, as watched them take 8
few corn cobs and transform them in,
to sort of concoction they callet
f maple syrup.
As the years have flown rapidly
past, that act sinks into insignifcence
when | think of "Corncob Hill" being
transformed into beautiful "Monumenr
Park.
To me nothing now seems impos
sible. AS / gaze into the future l SCI
: the whole hillside from Main to PIN
! street as beautiful City Park. Al