San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-05
The Lady President.

Halters and with their Ears laid
back They did not know what they
were going against, but they had
their Suspicious. They managed to
get Rear Seats or stand along the
Wall so that they could execute the
Quick Sneak if Things got too
Literary.
Josephine Makes a Discovery.
At s 80 L. NJ. the Lady President
stood out and began to read few
Pink Thoughts on "Woman's Destiny
Why Not?" Along toward 9:15.
about the time the Lady President
was beginning to warm into Top
| Speed. Josephine Beadle, who was
circula ting around on the Outskirts of
the Throng to make sure that every
body was Happy, made a Discovery.
| She noticed that the Men standing
along the Wall and in the Doorways
were not more than sixty per cent
En- Rapport with the Long Piece
about Woman's Destiny. She did not
| like to see the Prominent Business
Men of the Town dying of Thirst or
Leg Cramp or anything like that, so
she gave two or three of them the
quiet Wink, and they tiptocd after
her out TO the Dining Room, where
she offered Refreshments and said
they could slip out on the Side Porch
and Smoke if they wanted to.
As soon as they could master their
Emotions and got control of their
voices, they told Josephine what they
thought of her. They said she made
the Good Samaritan look like 4
cheap Criminal, and if she would only
say the Word they would begin to put
Ground Glass in the Food at Home.
Then Josephine called them "Boy,"
which probably does not make Hit
with one who is on the sloping side Of
As. More of the Men seemed TO
awaken to the Fact that they were
Overlooking something, so they came
on Velvet Foot back TO the Dining
, Room and declared themselves in, and
flocked around Josephine and called
her Josie" and Joe"
Josephine gave them Allopathic
Slugs of something that Father had
left over. BY the time the Lady
President came to the last Page there
we're only two Men left in the Front
Room. One was Asleep and the Other
was in a Pocket.
The Women were Huffy. They went
out to make the Men come in, and
found them Bunched on the Porch lis
tening 70 a Story that a Travelling
Man lad just brought to Town that
Day.
Now the Plan was that during the
Reception the Company would stand
, about in little Groups, and ask each
, other what Books they liked. The
/ Plan miscarried, because all the Men
: wanted to hear Rag Time played BY
, Josephine, the Life-Saver. Josephine
, had TO yield, and the Men all clus-
tered around her to give their Moral
Support. After one or two Selections
they felt sufficiently Keyed to begin
|, to hit W those low-down Songs about
Daddy leaving home. No one paiC
? any Attention to the Lady Presiden:
, who was off in a Corner holding al
] Indignation meeting with the Secre
) tary and Vice President.
. The Demoralizing Effect of Joseph
{ When the Women began TO sort oui
: the Men and order them to star
+ Home and all the Officers of the Clut
were giving Josephine the frcst!
|, Good Night, any one could see. thai
there was Trouble ahead.
; Next Day the Club held q Specia
Session and, expelled Josephine fol
, Conduct Unbecoming a Member. ant
Josephine sent Word to them as fol
lows: Rats"
, Then the Men quietly got together
! and bought Josephine about Thou
l sand Dollars Worth of American
. Beauty Roses to show that they wer'
: with her, and then Homes began t,
: break IN. and somebody started tn
= Report that anyway it was the Lad.
} Presidents Fault for having such |
l long and pokey Essay that WASH
: hers at all, but had been Copied on
3 of a Club Paper published in DE
troit.
Before the next Meeting there wer'