Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-24
GREAT is MILD
Term TO APPLY
TO NOON LUNCH
First Wednesday Gathering Of Bus
mess Girls at Y. w. G.. A. is
Big Success, ESQ Attending.

Success in every particular
marked the first MONDAY luncheon
prepared for the business women
of Rock Island and served today
at the Young Women's Christian
association gymnasium by a com
mittee from the business women's
invitation committee.
Seats in long rows were placed
in the gymnasium and on each was
placed a substantial lunch of four
most appetizing sandwiches, and
generous ones, too; a Eat pickle,
and real homemade cake with lots
of frosting on it. and a cup of hot
coffee, and all for 10 cents, and
| included in this was the delightful
hospitality of the committee in
charge and the pretty decorations
of bright red berries and green TO
liage and lovely big asters. And
I it included, too, snappy heart to
heart talk by Mrs. William Asher.
director of women's work for the
Billy Sunday party and music by
her and plenty of singing by the
girls themselves.
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man of a committee of ladies that
met each girl at the gym door as
hshe entered and passing down the
| line extending to each girl a
| friendly hand and a kind welcome,
! the remainder of the committee be-
ing Miss Millicent Spencer, Mrs. j.
IF. Robinson, Mrs. ]. T. Jones. Mrs.
be. A. SchoesseI and Mrs. William
,Grifiths.
! Mrs. ]. Paul Duffin was chair
man of the refreshments commit
tee, and this is composed of a rep
| resentative from each church, who
will be responsible for a luncheon
every week of the campaign and
who are: First Baptist, Mrs. A. j.
Reiss; South Park Presbyterian,
Mrs. r. L. Baird; Memorial Chris
tian, Mrs. Lee Kaupke; Broadway
Presbyterian. Miss Carrie Gregg
Central Presbyterian, Mrs. Henry
Arndt; First Methodist, Mrs. Swain
| Pearson; United Presbyterian, Miss
: Mildred Warnock; Spencer Memo
| rial Methodist, Mrs. ]. L. Williams.
The committee under the Leaders
ship of Miss Warnock served the
| luncheon today, and assisting on
this committee were members OF
the First, Gloria Del and Oak Grove
United Presbyterian churches. Next
week some other committee will be
in charge, and Mrs Freeman, as
chairman of the reception commit
tee. will be assisted by another
group OF ladies.
The joint committee from the
business women's invitation COM
mfttee will be assisted by the Dav-
export, Moline and East Moline
women in serving the evening
luncheon at Broadway Presbyter-
ian church tomorrow, when coun-
ell girls will be entertained and
will meet for conference.
$50 Girls There.
Approximately ESQ business girls
took lunch today, and as they fin
ished their meal they adjourned to
the lounges of the association and
we're there met by Mrs. Asher, who
sang for them and gave them sin
cere words of advice on how to
lead better lives. She took as her
general text today. Let Your Light
Shine" and from that drew lessons
in which each girl may share,
showed them how to make their
lives a light to others around them,
that seeing it they may take heed
and follow. She has fund OF per-
tinent stories that grip interest
and hold it tight. 1t was a heart
to heart inspirational talk and one
which went home to the heart OF
every girl.
Miss Rosabel Stewart was in
charge of the music and directed
the girls in their singing. Mrs. F.
X. Rhoads presiding at the piano,