River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-02-08
The Tuesday Club Sale

In these Gays WQ0n everybody Is
talking of the high cost of living, it
is refreshing to learn that there are
some things which are sold cheap.
For instance, the River Falls Tues
day club was sold on Monday after
noon, Feb. 5, without money and
without price" Our president,
Mrs. Fletcher, was the originator of
the sale, and taking Mrs. Wads-
worth into her confidence. secured,
on short notice, the services of Mrs
Frank Ensign with her ready wit,
to complete the sale, which was
done to finish.
You will wish for particulars.
Well. it came about in this way.
The Tuesday club having been in
strumental in securing the services
of Miss Downes, community
nurse, for this city and vicinity for
a season, invited her to come here
on Monday as our guest and address
our people on her work. 1t was de-
cided that in honor of her visit we
would secure the Tea Rooms and
services Of Miss Willett for a BAN
quet Monday noon. This was done.
But the blizzard, the blockade and
no trains meant no Miss Downes as
our guest. However, the sumptu.
Gus banquet was ours just the
same.
Al l o'clock sharp we arrived,
twenty-six of US, to sit down TO the
tables SO beautifully decorated.
Just before the second course was
served Mrs. Ensign arose and said
words to this effect: 1--WE have
been disappointed that the storm
has prevented Miss Downes from
coming 10 us TODAY, but there are
some dauntless souls who will not |
be hindered from carrying out their |
plans even by blizzard. For this
reason | have happy surprise for
you. 1t has all come to me in so
short a time and with so much tele-
phoning that | cannot exactly vouch
for facts, but will be obliged to
draw largely on my imagination,
1t seems that Mrs. Fletcher could n
not give up the thought Of having
Hiss Downes with us, SO after con- Il
ssuiting Mrs. Wadsworth. they tele-
phoned Louie Hill to see if he could
find some way to help us. After a
short delay he telephoned that he
could get Mr.. Campbell of Winni
peg, champion of the dog races, to
bring her to rs. AS the state of
the roads made it impossible to tell
Just when the dog train would ar
rive we were obliged to go en- with I
our banquet, but now l am happy
10 tell you she has come while we
we're eating and is waiting up
stairs"
Can you imagine the effect these
words had upoa the listeners? Ev.
rybody clapped. No, not every
body; few were wise, but the rest
lid not notice this. Then Mrs.
Fletcher arose and asked Mrs. Arm
strong to go Upstairs With her to
meet Miss Downea and come down
stairs with her. The rest of the
ladies' were told to gather in the re
ception hall and be ready to give (
the chautauqua salute as she ap
peared. And when she appeared,
descending the stairs between Mrs. |
Fletcher and Mrs. Armstrong, SHE
was Just a dummy, one of those wax
figures from Stewards store, and i
the Tuesday club was sold. |
The banquet, however, was no
sale. We went back to the tables
where the pretty place cards bear
ing our names and decorated with
the Maltese cross showed where we
had sat. We were served by Miss
Eugene Willeit and the Misses Mar
paret Norseng and Helen New
comb.
At the close of the banquet Mrs.
Dawson gave us music from the
Victrola, the first number being the
only record which has caught the
song from a real live bird. We
spent another half hour listening 10
the music, then said Goodbye to our
hostess, feeling that the two hours
spent in her home had been very en-
ioyaole, and the banquet, even with
out Miss Downes, had been a sue
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