Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1919-02-02

= 4. 4. .. Cch.hlates Fiftioh I
. Anniversary.


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Tuesday evening az the home OF
SIR. e. l.. Green and his sister, Mrs.
Kate Patton, ii0s Tlyler street. "a
UNIQUE birthday party was celebrate
ed. The members of the local chap
ter OF the =. r - sisterhood met
on this date TO celebrate IN fitting
way the fiftieth anniversary Of the
organization OF the National z. b. o..
Society This hospiiable home was
delightfully."- appointed for the reCep-
lion of the invited guests. and in the
diniRg-room, forming centcrpiece
for the round table and the birthday
cake was placed bearing fifty yellow
candles, white and yellow being tie
rolors OF the order The caudles were
lighted during the serving Of the but-
tet supper and afterward the cake
was cut and a portion served to each
guest Each guest Was given "a beau
'iful hand painted souvenir card
The work OF Misses Ruth and AiNa
Meyer
The program for the evening lad
hy Mr. Meyer consisted OF papers
aud talks ON, the object and aims OF
The ss,crhood
From a very interesting paper read
by Mrs Ban on t.o origin ot D. D..
q. and The Original Seven the guests
learned that the sOgiety Is not unlike
mOdDun Greek la,ter soror.cty hay-
inc been organize 40 WESLEYAN COLI.
iege. Mt plcasau iowa, ~ 1859 hf
seven girl Eradua,u OF that institute
ton as % means oi continuing their
friendship begun school and ot ce-
menting tie ties thar bound them to-
gsther In love aud LOYALTY
A paper read by Mrs Patton on
The EduCatiGS-gi Fund explained
the object am aim OF his pet phil
an,hrouy so dear Co the hearts of 1ll
l0yal j r. o's. Th fund repre-
sents sort ID perpetuth.memorial 10
girls aud is administered by a board
OF trustees aud maintained By free
viii offerinF from tho local chapters
The purpose 0t the uud Is 10 help
girls who 70 ambitious 20 complete.
college course but are without
means % iuanGe o. The money IS
loaned o. deserving applicants az
very low rate OF interest; w some
uses WITHHOLD aut intot.st For sew
'tJ1l years thA various chapters have
boon working toward o. big contrihu-
.iigu 10 this ud for 1913 by adopt
ing as a.lgn- IS 100000 for the
fund for lsIs ana iho achievement
OF This euH, ms nov '1 boz iu sight
aud is uotcl IS an ag.ompiishmeui
worthy OF q fitieth anniversary cele-
''P IN a ~ GarIAs tSr It's topic "rhcn
and Now- yR iHs speet and Compari-
SON Mrs t"tsll recalled the fact
thar the National Society wH orfan-
tied 40 the C...o OF dreadful period
of war. thar tho time was ripe tor
now ideas and ideals and that The
society was unique in being the larg
est secret society iu the world or
ganlzed Independently OF any mans
orgeuization and nov numbering
more than 600 membership with
representation IN forty different
states OF tho Union
Several readings We're given by
Mrs Fletcher and Miss Elizabeth
Powell AFTER which Mrs Powell de-
uyored % talk on 'VUman's S'atps
under the lav o. TcXa Mrs. Pow
eil reviewed The MINI years fight IN
the Texas lnsIrinture over the Mar
iial Rights 1901 which was finally en-
aotcd into q law b. the a3rd legis-
lature 900 1918. and called attention
t0 the diligenI wQrk done by the
clud women Ot The state in support
OF this very important bit OF legis-
iatlon The following extracts from
Nrs. Powells ak arc g.you W iul
for The sake 0f very logical reasons
therein given hoWiug why Texas NO
men should Do. accorded full citizen
shin rirhts' r matter 90 simple jus
] iir. HAich tl1 present signs of The
fumc. eocm f0 indicate will soon De-
irehfot Mrs Powell said in part
"Iutl Quit. recently boo Texas the
moment woman married she was
'di..uhor'tCd her property became
her husband aud she became q part
0f Dos properly for he could collert
ter wages. ana the loss ~ her ser
vices" had money value like any
other properly her children were
his She S. nor a l0a' guardian OF
( her own children Nature gives the
child 90 the her SOD the Law takes
DO aWay from Her
In s0ne tes N. father can viii
This child arF from The mother.
Z There we're even men uho held that
ft wnmm could control her own
property or wages referring 90 the
Marital Riga Bfn cited above that
'fhe tIe tta holds the family TO-
pethpr would bs s0 i0osened that
women would not sfay with their
i iusbauda. bu would take thfir prop
oriy ana iesYt II was not a very
naiter.ng v.au for them 70 take Of
II fhfmsriffF
We sre f.ii thar men vill be- lcs'
rhiFairous Hsu women are accorded
fui .'firer fr rights but ! fsnry ih'