The Irish standard., 1919-01-18
L. A. A. o. H. Hennepin
County Board Meeting

I Sisters, we are at the beginning of
new year and a new lodge year as
we'll. Let us make special effort
to bring our meetings up to the stand
ard. Success or failure depends
largely upon the membership, while
the officers try to serve your interests
to the best of their ability, their work
is gratis. Yet they need your advice
! and support to increase their eff
cheney. Every member should try to
assist in some way. Sisters, your very
presence is a material aid. Won't you
| make it a point to attend at least
one meeting month? You naturally
expect the officers to take enough in
terest to attend regularly. Should you
not take half as much interest? This
should be a big year for us. The eyes
of the world are on Ireland and the
Irish people. Whether here or over
there, whatever grievance we have or
imagine we have, let us forget them,
and all things personal, and work for
the organization this year. Let us all
pull together, work shoulder to shout
der and make it the best and biggest
year the l.. A. A. o. H. ever had In
Hennepin county,"
Let us have victory campaign
to increase our membership. Let us
not lose sight of the big things we
can do and let us be a credit to our
organization and to the Catholic
church."
Prolonged applause greeted the close
of Mrs. Bryant's earnest appeal, which
she acknowledged graciously.
Entertainment Features.
The following program of exercises
was then given, many of which were
deserving of more extended mention
than can be given in this article:
National Hymn-Audience.
Irish Airs (Piano)-Mrs. Mary l.. Nc
Breen.
Address-State President, Mrs. Mary
B. DAILY.
Song" Mavourneen," May McElligott
accompanied by Frances Walsh.
Address-State Insurance Treasurer,
Margaret Sullivan.
Reading-"The Voice in the Phopo-
graph" Vera Gould.
Address-State Insurance Secretary
Margaret Grady.
The evenings program was closed
with a community sing in which all
joined enthusiastically
Among the visiting sisters were Miss
Josephine Cook and Miss Strop of the
Ramsey County Board, who extended
many Fluctuations to their Hennepin
county sisters upon the excellence of
the several features of the gathering.
Presentation Speech Of Mrs. Margaret
MuIIin.
In taking up the very agreeable task
which you have assigned to me, am
reminded of the words of the poet
that 1--WE all have a great deal more
kindness within us than is ever
spoken"
During the rush and hurry of work
a-day life we seem to have little time
or opportunity to speak the kindness
which wells up within us or to indulge
this human affection
We go on from day to day filling
our destined place in life, working side
by side, loving each other and warmly
rejoicing in it, but because of years of
habit never or rarely ever, giving ex-
preston to our feelings of affection
and friendship.
Sisters, you have tonight broken the
| letters of habit, and wish to give sin
cere expression to the language of the
heart. You have selected me to inter-
pref and give expression to the
thoughts which are uppermost in our
hearts tonight,-the affection we all
feel for our county president, Mrs.
Bryant.
| Were our feelings wholly those of
the mind we might rejoice in the loyal
and self-sacrificing manner in which
Mrs. Bryant has devoted herself to the
auxiliary. ......
But coming as they do, from the
depths of our heart, our thoughts to-
night toward her are those of love
and friendship. And the source Of all
Of these feelings is in that word,
Friendship" and all that it implies.
We who have labored with our coun-
ty president know the deepness of her
feelings for the auxiliary and for us
and we know that her friendship is
founded on sincerity and affection,
kindled by the genuine pleasure of