The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-10-05

Tic Cllyt nelu MOnuaN AFTERNOON ~
the High School building
Madame Chairman, Ladies and
Gentlemen:
This afternoon we have a Joint So
cial session of the High School Moth.
ers' Club and of the Mothers Clubs
of the first, second, third and fourth
wards.
"The idea, l believe, is particu.
larly felicitous one for it brings to.
gether from each ward those women
who are most deeply interested in
school affairs and who are working
for the advancement Of education along
similar lines; it is an opportunity, to
exchange opinions and experiences and
fit occasion to arouse enthusiasm.
This idea of a joint meeting was
like Tcpsy-it Just growed-it was not
planned, nor discussed, nor nurtured.
And now l am going to do my ut.
most to gain your favor, for ! am go
ing to tell you a secret | am going
to tell you a secret because | can't
think of any other one thing which
would make you more attentive, would
make you like me better, unless, per
haps, ] should trade compliments with
you.
This idea of a joint session was sug.
gested at a call meeting of the execu.
tive committees Of the various moth,
ters' clubs held in the office Of Super,
xintendent Richards
- 1t happened, as | have said, all
at once, and Mr.. Richards who is ac.
customed to such outbursts Of origin.
ality, and whose mind, through long
years of school experience, works with
the accuracy and precision of a well
regulated, full jeweled watch, immedi-
ately suggested Il program.
1T was good program and | liked
It myself and l was surprised to hear
a note of feminine protest,-'But Mr.,
Richards, you have only men and
school girls and school boys on the
program, and no mothers at all
And another feminist continued the
alarm, And you don't know what in
teresting mothers we have
And still another joined in. with a
haste that is destructive to every one
of Roberts Rules Of Order, and poor
MIR. Richards threw up his hands in
despair
He complained, But ladies', the
mothers can talk, but will they talk?
What a question from school
man and a married man at that,
The chorus Of assent was given
with such fervor that Mr.. Richards
abandoned his chair and made a hasty
and inglorious exit.
He realized that it was no place
for the dominant male and he with
drew while he could yet do SO with
some dignity. When the echo Of his
-etreating footsteps had died out down
the corridor, the prime instigstor Of
nil this disturbance arose and faced
the assembled ladies.
Now she said, we've gone and
done it, (She has a girl in the gradu-
ating class this year, but she still uses
a bit of expressive slang.
Somebody has got to make a
speech
The silence was so deep that it
\ws vibrant.
VII was like the momentary lull in
the storm, when you are sitting tight
and wondering whether it were better
TO go back to bed or to make a mad
rush for the storm cellar.
1T was a time for volunteers-and
everybody was waiting to be drafted!
with the sudden decision that is
born of desperation, she continued.
Mrs. Whteman. you are going to
make that speech"
| THE victim squirmed but before
even a protest could be entered, this
good lady continued, a la Mr.. Rich
ards, mapping the whole thing out IN
advance. And we don't care what un'
der the heavens you talk about, just
so it isn't the High Cost of Living and
the League of Nations. We think those
topics have been pretty thoroughly
discussed
And so I have chosen an entirely
new topic
Our Mothers Clubs
Every mother in Ardmore who has
a club in the city schools is a member
of the Mothers Club of her ward
whether she knows it or not, and
whether she wants to be or not. 1t Is
not like baptism upon that you have
some choice as to whether it be done
more or less thoroughly, but this IS
lust naturally one of the things that
goes along with school life like the
mumps and the measles and the
whooping cough--a few mothers in
each ward have violent cases of it
mothers clubitis.
There are the mothers who make
the teacher feel that a trying days
work has some recompense other than
Ahe munimicence with which we fill
N1eir pay envelopes a tthe end Of each
school month
These are the mothers who have
placed books in the library, victrolas
in the buildings, hung pictures on the
walls and given various other pleasing
and necessary adjuncts to school lie
that the school board has not had
funds to supply.
'"Then there are the mothers who
have a slight attack of this mothers
clubitis at the beginning of each
school year.
TT is rather violent at first and its
chief symptoms are good resolutions
to come to each meeting and to take
active part in all proceedings.
Maybe some afternoon little John.
NY is on the program and they make
a special attempt to be present. But
after Johnny has done his part, most
creditably, and the family reputation
for erudition is sustained, they lose
interest.
'Varv oftap nftar thic rnaatipy tho