Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-25

teenth district, and said that the twenty first district, just closed the greatest conference ever held. The second telegram was from the club at Helena: Helena Rotary club at regular luncheon assembled send best wishes for Rotary to come from con ference. Wish we could all be there and partake of Pine Bluff Rotarans fellowship and hospitality
 Directly after adjournment, some of the delegates were taken for ride about the city in sight seeing car as a compliment from the Little Rock Rotar yclub. Other afternoon en- tertainments included social affairs for the visiting lady Rotarians. Com mittee meetings were held after the sensation yesterday afternoon, while meeting of the resolutions commit- tee was held last night at 7:3O o'clock at the Hotel Pines
 Many at Banquet.
 The dinner at the Hotel Pines last night was attended by more people than had ever before been gathered together in the spacious ball room of the hostelry. And the dinner was as successful as to appetizing viands entertainment ard pleasure as it was we'll attended. Covers had been laid for 330 These proved insuffi- cient, and Rotarian Walter Trulock manager of the Hotel Pines, had l others placed wherever there was space at the tables. Pine Bluff Ro- tarians saw to it. that their guests were served, declining to enter the i banquet hall because of apprehension that guests might be crowded out.
 From the time that Charles w Holmes, president of the local club rapped for order and summoned Dr James Thomas. formerly pastor ot the First Methodist church here but now presiding elder of the Little Rock district, to invoke the blessing and guidance of the Supreme Ruler until the program was concluded witi the singing of "Till We Meet Again, it was feast for the heart and mine as we'll as the inner man.
 It was pretty scene upon whicl
 those on the mezzaine floor acros the lobby from the ball room looked Bunting of the Rotary colors drapet from the ceiling and was festoonet
 about the walls, and columns.
 Tables decorated with flowers an,
 flags were surrounded by men ant , women, their faces aglow with healtl : enjoyment and inspiration, and thei heads covered with gaudy caps About the heads of the diners float } ed toy ballons, tossed about by thos in the happy assemblage. The Ro ) tary spirit of fellowship permeate } the gathering, and was fostered b
 the inspirational music supplied b
 Kueck's orchestra, and the speaker of the evening. Enthusiasm wa I kept up by mass singing, led by ke Metcalfe of Fort Smith. the gathe, , ing using pamphlets supplied by tn . Fort Smith club.
 Toast to Ladies
 A note of pathos was struck b
 Estes Snedecor, second vice presi . dent of the international association
 who aroused the gratitude of hi ' hearers for English Rotary wome
 by reciting how the Rotariennes (
 Liverpool had cared for convalescer
 American soldiers in their homes fc e weeks at time, starting work o behalf of the Americans which 500 . spread throughout England and con
 pletely altered the attitude of Amer e can soldiers from one of disappoin Q ment at thei rtreatment by the Bri o, ish to one of gratitude for the ho pitality and kindnesses bestowe U upon them He described a visit Y, ,, cemetery in England, where grave :, of 500 Americans-victims of infl1 {, enza-were decorated by the Ent a fish people, who had thousands ( their own relatives and friends-a j war victims-resting in the su ~ rounding soil. One grave, ws s heaped so high with flowers, M < Snedecor said, he and his companion