Putnam patriot., 1920-07-16

DEAR MARJORY:
Last week promised to share three
letters with you, but at the last min
ute / had to keep one over for this
week. Here it is. and what do you
think Of it? Isn't it a prize?
Madamoselle Putnam Pattee:
Hi read by your Pattee Putnams col
umns hevery week hall habout the
STYLES han what to wear and where to
wear her. By gosh you change her so
much Hi no more than make my start
hon one style when she back up and
change hit han then ri ham hall hout
Of styles some more.
Hi ak youse Madomesselle why can
you not make me some suggestion by
your paper han then stick to her. Hi
can't be hax my ole man hall the time
for money for to get so much things
as you har Railways make by your sug-
gestions.
Now Hi got one fine hat She's got
great wide brim on hem and when
Hi put her hon she look fine like hev-
erything She's bright red ones and
Hi have some pretty flower hall pink.
Hi hax you do you think she'll mix
good, those red hats and pink flowers.
Hif you hanswer will be much oblige
for Hi am not much as milliner han
Hi whant to know what hidea you hat.
Hi tank youse so much Madamoselle
Pattee
YVONNE ROULETTE.
At meeting of the Girls Club
Monday evening Miss Airline Leclair
and Miss Fannie Keller gave wonder
fully interesting reports on the con
vention which they attended at Bryn
Mawr, Pa. in June. as representa-
tives of the Putnam Club | wish you
might have been there to hear them.
for they made it so vivid one felt that
she had really been to the convention.
Certainly 1t aroused desire to go
| again. Miss Leclair took for her part
of the report the business end. and
then Miss Keller told of the social
side. | will try and write you of it as
best | can.
Miss Leclair told how at this con
name of the organization from Nation
al League of Women Workers to the
National League of Girls Clubs. The
aim and object of this is to give the
Girls Club movement a really nation
al designation Now a girl of one
club may know what to expect when
she sees that name in another city or
town. All clubs are run entirely by
the girls
The Connecticut League of Girls
Clubs is branch of the National
League of Girls Clubs and the Put
nam Girls Club now belongs to the
National League
The principles are non-seetarian-
ism, self support and self government.
1t is open to all girls who are over six
teen years old and who believe in the
ideals of the organization The mot
to or slogan is ITO have and to share"
There are 81 $50 girls in the League,
which includes 1877 clubs.
In Massachusetts they have thirty
nine clubs with a membership of GIGS.
In Connecticut there are twenty-one
clubs with membership of 3075.
Grace Dodge, the first president of the
league. did such great work for the
people and industry that Rockefeller
established a Grace Dodge chair at
Bryn Mawr College to teach women
industry During the past year the
membership of Girls Clubs has in
| creased 1000. The present member
ship is $4,000.
Miss Keller then told the social part :
Our sight seeing trip to Bryn Mawr
was a time never to be forgotten. At
the West Philadelphia station on the
| day of June ninth at about five o'clock
one might have thought the suffragets
! had raided the town, for in our end
| of the station some six hundred and
| fifty girls were gathered together like
a swarm of bees-at least they sound
ed like bees, for there was sufficient
buzzing. Soon porter called out
"Bryn Mawr special" and in an in
slant there was hurry scurry and we
all filed down to the train like a bunch
of conviets. A couple of men We're
heard to say: First man: Whats
the idea?" Second man: ooh. only one
of those hen parties the towns been
preparing for" After half hour
ride we arrived at the college-a hot,
dusty, tired crowd We were imme-
diately assigned to our rooms and aft
ter refreshing ourselves went to din
ner. After this we strolled about the
campus and then were ready for lights
out. Next day dawned bright and
clear and the college was merry
sight; one might think she was in
fairy land for such riot of colors and
happy faces. About ten, was the first
convention meeting with the National
League. with the president presiding.
The meeting closed with rousing
cheer After lunch we started for
Valley Forge At n given signal we
started off and our procession was
mile and a half long. The ride was
most beautiful and Valley Forge most
/ interesting, as were all the other his
torie points, OF course. in course of
time the Nutmegs made themselves
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