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lowed TO myself | was goin' 10 axe
you where at YOU bought such a
masnolious affair" said he.
"Oh. Brother Rabbit" said Sister
Matildy. evidently highly pleased at
this compliment. "how you men do
go on. to be sure,
Brother Rabbit lowered his voice
and touched Sister Matildy on the
sleeve.
Sister Matildy." said he. what's
d chance OF "a Introduction to dat
metz" said he.
Il amt only tol'ably we'll acquaint-
ed myself" said Sister Matildy. But
I'll axe Brother Billy Possum TO ne
gotiate d introduction. lie got d.
inside track on Sister Cottontairs
personal acquaintance" said she
So Sister Matildy rackcd over to
where Brother Possum was just get
ting ready TO escort Sister Cottontail
from church. Out OF the corner OF
his eye Brother Jack Rabbit saw
Brother Possum cast wicked look
his way. But Brother Rabbit couldn't
hear what Brother Possum said.
What Brother Possum said was:
Sister Molly. what for you Graves
a introduction to dat old married
man. Why. he got a wife an fo-teen
chillns. All of 'em is small ones,
too"
or course. Brother Rabbit didn't
have any more wife than a snow
bird-then. But he hadn't heard
Brother Possum's remark. and he
didn't know the game that was put
up on him.
The next Sunday after that Brother
Jack Rabbit was back in his place in
church again, with his eye on a GER
tain pink ear under a certain pink
bonnet.
Sister Phoebe Webfoot, the green
duck. whose husband was a quack
doctor, passed the seat where Brother
Rabbit was huddled up in a corner
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Girl Basket Ball
Winners.

I Asst week Miss Maude Parker. d.
rector of girls activities for the
municipal Fairgrounds, Was kept
busy distributing silver cups to all
the winning girls teams at the diff
ferent public schools which won the
championships of their districts for
tho fall season of girls basket ball.
Each school having winning
deam gets a fine, large silver cup
with the name of the school engraved
upon 1t. The cup remains in the
schools possession for period of
one year and, if won three years in
succession by team from one
school that school has permanent
possession of the trophy. Several
hundred girls Of the District par
ticipated this fall, and the follow
ing are the girls on the winning
teams in the different divisions:
Bloomingdale, division champion
Gage School-Rosalie Robbins (cap-
saan). Edith Williams, Margaret Nc
Gee, Emily Harrington, Grace Town
Gee, Elizabeth Clary. Marion Cozlin;
Columbia Heights, Monroe School
Margaret Deltoso (captain), Angelina
Repetti. Leona Newman, Mildred
Sly, Beulah KENNY and Mildred
Cole: Garfield Division, Hines School
Dorothy Waddell (captaan), Isabel
siegfriend, Eleanor Billings, Virginia
Ball, Helen Breen, Helen Wells, Lena
Vito; Georgetown Division, jackson
School - Virginia Martin (captain),
Marie Jeffries, Olive Copperthitz, Jac-
pueline Spencer Kathleen Ager, VAN
meta Sudduth, Violet Wells and vir-
Einia Portorn; New York Avenue Di-
vision, Abbott Twining-Frances Sohol-
eky (captaln). Flora TAFT, Estelle
Thomason, Rose Brill, Jessie Giassman,
Dora Sadla and Catherine Talney.
Plaza division, Ludlow School-Ruth
Adams (captain), Nellie Hanback,, An
nette Cooper, Naomi Adams, Marguer-
ite Macarthur and Josephine Driguy-
lea; Rosedal, Pierce School - Ger
trude Boswell tcaptain), Billy" So
per, Mildred Roger. Margaret Ed
wards, Kathleen Dorr. Sophie
Schwartz and Olive Kessler; Virginia
division, Lenox School-Marie Bon
brest, Pauline Patten, Emily Ebelin,
Alice Elliot, Ora Perkins, Dorothy
-Mov1and, Helen Kurnert and Kath-
<r5ne BoyerE.
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mighty nice man. indeed. But, of
co'se. don't aim to be familious wild
any married man which has fo-tecn
chiiluns," said she.
Who is married, an has fo-teen
chiliuns?" demanded Brother Jack
Rabbit, with an angry green light
in his eyes.
You is replied Molly Cottontail.
Brother Rabbit looked steadily at
Sister Cottontail for a minute. and
biinked his eyes. at the same time
working his nose. the way that rab-
/ bits 90.
Who toll you dat?" he demanded.
One of d incest men in dis COM
munity toll me dat" replied Sister
Cottontail.
Who toll YOU dst?" demanded
| Brother Jack Rabbit, growing red in
the face. and then purple.
| ID name OF d man what told me
! dat, is d. Honorable William B. Pos
sum" replied Molly Cottontail. with
great dignity.
Brother Rabbit looked at Sister
| Cottonta!l for moment. and there
was panied look in his eyes.
! sister Cottontail." said he. lis you
; good at writin' epitafts? Cause. if
YOU r., | recommends dat you Jots
down q good .one about dish here
same William Is. Possum. which he
amt got long to live said he.
/ Then Brother Rabbit wheeled about
and set of down the Big Road and
! Molly Cottontail returned to her
dishes.
Brother Jack Rabbit found Brother
| Possuu out in his springhouse sort
| ing out the butter. Brother Possunl
! had his coat off and was whistling a
! tune.
! Folks on the Big Road heard d
commotfon in Brother Possum
springhouse and they ran to see what
| WAS the matter. By the time they
reached the springhouse the commo-
ton had ceased. Lying in a welter
of overturned milk jars. with globs
Of butter. cheese, cream. clabber and
other delicacies. lay the PROSTATE
form Of Brother William E. Possum
Brother Jack Robinson Rabbit. with
=
| Of Brother Possums hair in the
other At intervals Brother Rabbi;
brought the. paddle down-Whack.-
on Brother Possum's tightly drawn
stomach.
Got wife an fo-teen chilluns-
| 'Whack.' An all on 'em is little
one.-'Whack-&w howls from the
neighborhood OF the cream jars
| 'Whack
Brother Jack Rabbit finally got up
and the neighbors carried Brother
Possum 10 q nearby branch and
washed the butter out Of his hair
! and for a long time after that when
anybody wanted to see Brother Pos
sum jump all they had 20 do was to
say "Whack. and Brother Possum
would do the rest.
Sister Molly Cottontail changed
her mind and married Brother Jack
Rabbit. for that is a woman's priv
iieEe to change her mind. which is
like the railroad schedule, and Sub
ject TO change without notice
Brother Jack Rabbit and Sister
| .ioliy live together to this day and
| have a numerous family. as we men,
1 .foned at the beginning OF this story.
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were played. After this taps was
sung.
Troop %, Miss Hilda King, captain
Nauette Demblitz, scribe; met Monday
! at the captains home. Nanette Dem
bitz, Rhoda Friedman 10 Eileen Rud-
nick, Lillian Kahn, Bernice Falk and
Bertha Robins will take their tender
foot test on Wednesday, December
26. The girls have decided TO distrib-
ute dolls. cats and scrapbooks at
ChiIdren's Hospital for Christmas.
Troop ~, Mrs. Conrad III. Young.
captain: Katharine Merritt. scribe;
met at the Presbyterian Chu6ch at
O'Clock. with an attendance of TWEEN
ty-nine On account of the illness or
her mother. Capt. Young had to leave
early Lieut.. Helen Wheeler took
charge OF the meeting. The regular
classes were not held, but games were
played.
meeting of the Falls Church coun-
Gil committee was held at the resi-
dence of Mrs ]. W. Jones on Monday,
November ls, at o'clock. Mrs. Cow
ard, vice chairman, presided in the
absence Of Mrs. Cline. The constitu
tion and bylaws were read. by re-
quest. and various points discussed
| The secretary reported that Mrs.
! Cline had appointed Mrs. L. L. Cook
! as representative from the Falls
| Church council. to attend the Wash
! ington meetings, and that the name
! had been sent in to be acted GPon.
! Scout Capt. Bonelle rsportfe that
| several scouts were ready fer their
! cooking, canning, laundress and mu-
| sic badges Mrs. Young has consent
| ed to go TO Falls Church in the near
future and award them.
/ 1t was moved to consolidate the
awards and education committees.
! Mrs. Harrison was appointed chair
man. After an interesting talk by
Miss Bonelle on scout work as she
saw II in Washington state the meet
| ing adjourned.
The regular meeting of the Girl
| Scout officers Club was held Wednes-
| day, December Il, at the y. W. {. a,
| with twenty-eight members present,
| Following the opening ceremonies,
DR.. Paul Bartsch spoke about nature
| study in connection with Girl and
| Boy Scouts and the uses OF the mu-
! Seums.
! Mrs. Theodore Williamson gave re
/ port as chairman of the activities
committee. meeting of which WAS
J held Monday at the Raleigh Hotel,
! The members of this committee are
, Mrs, Helen Scuddcr, Mrs. j. Harris
Franklin. Mrs. Julia Thomas. Miss
, Evelina Gicaves. Miss Vera Lawrence,
! Miss Catherine Wylie and Mrs. Theo-
, dore Wilkinson, chairman.
/ 4 report on the result of the No
.vember rallies was given by Mrs. Will
! kinson.
| Mrs. Franklin announced that the
| telephone company still holds open
| its offer, which will be taken advan-
tage of January Q.
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st. Nincent's Catholic Church, ". j..
Hennessey, scoutnaster: Troop, IS.
Holy Name Catholic Church. d. J.
Creamer, scoutmaster
During the past month five men
Ralph Schrom. 9; Edwin Perkins, A.;
Leroy Hutchinson, "A: Dan Tyrrell
100; Paul CARRIER. behave been com
missioned scoutmasters, after first en-
tering scouting. as tenderfoot scouts
At a meeting Of the Court Of
Honor. Clyde Sargent of Troop 81
All Saints Episcopal Church, Chevy
Chase. reached the highest grade al
tainable in the Boy Scout movement
namely. that OF eagle scout.
At tho session Of the Court Of
Honor last evening Judge Henry J.
Blair. chairman of the court. granted
eighty-nine merit badges to scouts.
court this year.
The executive board OF the District
of Columbia Council of the Bo?
Scouts Of America met at the Uni
versity Club last Monday. President
/. a. Snead outlined the work of the
committee for the coming year and
announced the following committee
| appointments:
Subcommittee OF the cXecutire
board-L A. Snead chairman; BARR
| Mohun, Q. E. Drown. Finance com
mittee-Roy l.. Neuhauser, chairman:
20. E. Drown. A. j. May. J. IL. Hanna,
L. Whiting Estes. Camp committee
| DR. Paul Bartsch. chairman; Barr3
! Ter. T. u Hathaway. organization.
, committee-Gen. Lloyd NJ Brett. Les
ter Wilson. John .. Evans, +. Il. Wei
| ler. Maj. Frank Norman. Training
committee-Dr. George 4. Bowerman,
| chairman; Ellis Middleton. DIT. Frank
| Ballou, T. L. Matthes. Activities and
service committee-F. L. Matthes,
| cha iTnan: James !. Lee. Wm. l.. Brown,
Fred W. Pearce, Col. L. L. Mattice,
| Q. Z. Meinzer, J. L. Kicker. Publicity
committee-Nevbo Noyes, star; u.
Logan Payne. Times Herald; Blown.
| Post. Wilson scout reservation de-
velopment committee-Barry Mohuu,
chairman; Charles c. Glover, John e.
Let's, l.. Whiting Estes, Roy Neu-
| hauser.
! Troop SO, c. W. Cooke, scoutmaster.
! which meets at the Church Of the
! Covenant, had a most interesting il
| Illustrated lecture on Alaska" by Mr..
r. ii. Sargent Of the United states geo
| logical survey, who has spent twenty
| five summers in Alaska, mapping this
country for the government.
] Barry Mohun. newly elected com
missioner OF the Washington Boy
| Scouts. is a prominent attorney Of
! Washing ton. al ll.tmDur OF the Amer
[ lean Bar .Associa zion, American So
! ciety of International Lawyers, Met
| ropolitan. Chevy Chase Lawyers, Bank
ers New York; and other clubs
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Lyric
~ ROTHER Jack Rabbit Is a
X family man and has thirty
six boy rabbits. and seventy
four girl rabbits-now. 1t
keeps Brother Jack Rabbit pretty
busy. can tell you. keeping all those
little bunny rabbits stocked up with
cabbage leaves, and turnipss ana
things.
Brother Jack usually goes about
looking sort OF tied down. and meek
and humble like, as II butter wouldn't
melt In his mouth. And as for Molly
Hare. his wife. we'll. she has gotten
humpbacked and stoop shouldered
leaning over the washtub, and doing
dishes and things like that.
But, the time was when this very
same Brother Jack Rabbit was one
os the sassies,. high-steppenest crea-
lures in the Big Pond settlement.
And, as for Molly Hare, she was the
most elegantly dressed, and most
sought-aftor young rabbit in the
neighborhood.
Brother Jack Rabbit used 10 go
around riding hound dog for rid
Ing hoss, and smoking cabbage leaf
seegars. and drinkin' pink lemonade,
like any other swell. and sayin' as
how he wouldn't marry the best
woman in Kingdom Come" and a lot
OF other high flung talk like that.
And things went along like this for
quite a spell, until one day-it was
Sunday morning, and Brother Jack
Rabbit was just coming cut Of church
he saw Sister Molly Cottontail-nis
present wife-also coming out OF
church. dressed principally in a green
sash. and lovely pink bonnet And
right then and there. Brother jack
Robinson Rabbit (Which was Brother
Rabbits full name) knew that his
days for cabbage leaf seegars and
raspberry cordial were things of the
past.
The very next Sunday after that.
Brother Jack Rabbit was back at
church again, all tricked out in his
best bib and tucker. His whiskers
were well trimmed and brushed, and
his hair vas well slicked up with
resin (Which, by the way, is the
same thing as "rosin"). Sister Molly
Cottontail was there as usual, sitting
up as prim as an undertaken. Brother
Slocum Pokum Hedgehog was the
preacher of the settlement, and all
during the services Brother Jack
Rabbit kept his eye fastened on Sis
ter Molly Cottontail and the pink
bonnet
Church was no sooner out when
Brother Jack Rabbit sidled up to Sis
ter MatildE Raccoon--Brother Rae
coon's wife-and began making him
self mighty agreeable. Brother Jack
Rabbit could be agreeable, too. when
he wanted to, or wanted anything.
which is about the same thing.
Sister Matildy," said Brother Jack
Rabbit, in his most winsome manner,
II been settin' here all endurin' d.
service, dis mawnin'. admirin' Of dat
chiffonier dress OF yo'rn; an I al
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namo of Dot"
suits her delight
full, petite. person
to the proverbial
IT. This small
girl has had one
OF the greatest
honors that can be
bestowed upon any
student at this
school. She was
secretary of the
neral organiza-
tion of student
r @ p r G g e II { a.
tiveS during her
junior year. This
raor OH a. nr ,ha
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Vocabulary Game.

When days are too cold for out
door play, you may wish you knew
an indoor game to while away the
time. II speak your Language" is .
Rame that will test your wits. To
play it. one OF the group thinks Of
a word with two meanings. With
out telling what IL is, he begins to
describe the word, first for one
meaning, then for the other, and
back to the first meaning until the
word is guessed.
Suppose, he says, II am thinking
Of a word that Is a small section OF
ground. It is what detectives try
to solve; it is something that thick
enss fits what gardens are maAs
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During the summer of 1918 Susanna
Moore was commandant of the girls
training camp. Camp Columbia. and
she is widely known in the District
as Colonel Moore" by many girls and
older folks who do not know her as
Miss Susanna Moore. While with
camp Columbia she was under COM
nunity service direction.
Miss Moore is a graduate Of Will
liam Smith College Of Geneva. y. Y.
and was born and made her home
during her youth in western New
York. Before the war she was active
IN the suffrage campaign with the
Rochester headquarters and did much
10 organize the suffrage work there
Miss Moore has just returned to
Washington from New York city,
where she took special and inten-
sive course in finance in the training
school of the national headquarters
of the association. to prepare her for
her complicated duties as finance as
local association.
Miss Moore is particularly inter
ested in the younger girls of Wash
inSton and made the following in
teresting statements concerning the
cooperative ideals of the association:
The Young Women's Christian AS
sociation has taken advantage of a
fundamental principle in establish
ment Of world peace in that it is be-
ginning with the young girl in teach
ing world fellowship and friendship.
The Y. W. c. A. is not attempting
70 mold a girl into static mold. but
is providing group activities which
will release her latent possibilities
and direct or guide her self-expres-
sion into useful channels
Miss Agnes Rix Kidder. national
girl reserve secretary of the Young
Women's Christian Association, Is a
graduate OF Oxford College, Ohio.
Before joining the national staff she
was girl reserve secretary In Wheel
ing. ". Va She says that in her work
with girls Of ten to eighteen years
OF age she is convinced that they
are not less religious than the girls
OF the past They resent cant, they
demand the privilege OF thinking a
thing through. Their religious ex-
pressions are not formal. but they
believe that God is vital part of
their thought, their play and their
work.
They are interested in social prob
lens, not only in their communities,
but throughout the world. Many Of
them have chosen to study world
problems in the hope that all such
groups, seeking a mutual under
standing and pulling together. may
help the future 10 world peace.
Modes, manners and customs Of
other nations they are learning in
plays, pageants and folk dances and
songs. Some groups are exchanging
with girl reserve clubs in foreign
countries plans for parties, games
and pictures.
The plan of the movement is to
make use of a girls enthusiasm, her
daring and her human sympathy, to
teach her to know herself, to train
her to live as a Christian Of her age
should live, to play fair, and TO work
for the right kind OF nationalism
which is only the first step in world
friendship and peace"
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in; II is found in q story" When
some one in the group realizes that
tho word described is the word
plot" he does not tell, but cry
ting. 'T speak your language" as
sists the deseriber with hints Of
his own.
The others in the game as they
guess do the same thing until the
last one grasps the meaning Of the
word. Then the one who discovered
the meaning frst may be "it" for the
next round Of guessing.
Some good ones to describe are
pain and pane; hair and hare; plain
and plane; chest as part OF the body
and ~ . container for valuable
shtnxp 1roh h.as~pinte-xeld.
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DISTRICT SCOUTS
Boy Scouts.

At meeting of the scoutmasters'
training course on Wednesday, Dc.
cember 10. Maj. Frank Norman, United
States Army. who is scoutmaster OF
Troop SO, Takoma Park Presbyterian
Church. Will speak 10 the scoutmas-
tiers on "Discipline''
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Joke on Teacher.

Jack-Well, I showed up the teach
er today before the whole class.
Jill-How'd va do it?
Jack-She asked me for LincoIn's
Gettysburg address, and had to tell
her he never lived there:
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T h G followin 3
troops have re-
Gently been or
ganized and reg
istered:: Troop %
lexington Pres
byterian Church
W. r. Eyer, scout
master; Troop ~,
ST. Andrews Epis-
copal c h UT C h g.,
Joseph II. Minis,
S c 0 u ( m a st Q r;
Troop So, St. Ann's
Catholic Church.
Tenleytown, D. C.
Leon Poore. scout
master; Troop 80,
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Dorothy Webb of
"Tech."

ONE of the most popular young
ladies in the senior class to be
graduated from the McKinlef Manual
Training School next June is piquant
little Dorothy Webb, whose nick
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Out of Her Line.

Mrs. Nuwed: Mary, / think we'll
have boiled mutton with caper sauce
for dinner. Are there any capers
In the house?"
Mary: "No, ma'am.'
Mrs. Nuwed: "rhen 70 into the gar
Cen and oue AB0A"
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> & ] Z II = e q L ltiS
Mount V e r n o II
Seminary for girls
for a number of
years until her
recent acceptance
of this posi-
tion with the asso-
citation headquar-
ters in Washing
ton. and if any
one has taken ad-
vantage OF multi
pie opportunities
for studying the
American girl at
close range, Miss
Il i -
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'Tis Sad.

A deaf man, upon seeing rooster
crow at the top Of mis- voice, exclaim-
ed: THAT bird must be sleepy. See
how he yawns."
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Girls and Their Affairs
CONDUCTED BY HELEN FETTER

MISS SUSANNA MOORE, Washing
tonian, is the new publicity
finance secretary of the Y. w. c. 4.
Miss Moore has been instructor Of
Evening star., 1923-12-16

WHEN drawing baby or young
w child's head It will be well to
keep In mind that the forehead is
very high and the distance from the
nose to the chin Is comparatively
small Notice this in figure I.
In drawing the entire body re-
member that the head is much
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larger in comparison to the rest Of
tho body than q full-grown mans
head IL in relation to his figure. So
don't be afraid to put fairly good
sized heads on your children.
The sketches In the accompany
ing chart show few simple posi-
tions that you may often be able to
use.
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Written and Illustrated by

Written and illustrated by
EDWARD McCANDLIsH
The fox. and the hare.
And the badger. and the bear,
And the possum In the greenwood tree,
And the pretty little squirrel,
With his tail up in curl
They've all got mate but me.
Fast Indian Lyric.
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ROTHER Jack Rabbit Is a
family man and has thirty
six boy rabbits. and seventy
four girl rabbits-now. 1t
New Britain herald., 1923-05-02

General Fund
BalaRee, April 4, lsss,,,s ls,ltg,il
ReeslPls IN excess ~ dis
huEsemehts for the year
ended April 3, lsas,s,, l,lss,ls
fetal ssssssssssssssslse,Teg,sl
Cash receipts were ssT,sss,ss and
disbursements the same, one Of chs
largest items of the latter being an
appropriation Of sss,saL2s for Neal
Mission, Paris,
A delegates heuF followed, pre-
eedlng lunch AZ the church al ls;s0,
Letters froln Heart GueK
During the morning session two
letters from the director OF the Paris
Mission Henri dueE were read BY AIRS,
Richard Colgate and Mrs, J, c, Coli
gate Of New York and Orange, He
stated, among other things, that the
mission had Just received the amount
Of the draft which he characterized
as a ''prinesly sum" and "the largest
ever received from the American Me-
All since he had been a director"
Miss cornella Chamberlain, OF this
city. read cable from the same
source quoting Ezekiel. 50, 20,
kilograms OF greeting were sent
from the convention 10 Mrs, y, w,
Wayland Of Philadelphia, Mrs, Henry
Allen Of Meriden and Mrs, James
Fetterelf. all officers OF the assoeia.
ton who were not able 10 be presnt,
A roll call OF delegates ~ Mes
sage" from Mrs, Henry w, Peabody.
an address by Nine, Charles Rieler on
The Healing OF France" and an adj
dress by Able Ernest Dimnet. Paris
OF the London Times"
were on tho afternoon program.
New Britain herald., 1923-05-02
MCALL assn. OPENS
BUSINESS SESSION
CONTINUED from First Page)

day at the first session this morning
She stated that she was glad to see
the guests now that they had arrived.
| She told of a woman who had been
! some time abroad and was greeted,
by large family, one of the youngest
which begged the mother to squeeze
my hand" The Junior McAll of New
Britain is as anxious to squeeze the
hands of the delegates as the grown
ups and will do so at the entertain
ment and tea. The fact that a church
recently dedicated should welcome the
delegates in it's first convention was
touched upon. She welcomed the
delegates as ambassadors from the
many auxiliaries.
Mrs. Kelley's Records
In response, Mrs Frank r. Kelley,
of Elizabeth, N. j., president of the
national organization, opened her re-
marks by paraphrasing General Per-
shing's famous phrase upon the ar
rival of the first American troops in
France. Her words, Mrs Mitchell,
we are here" The cordial interest
and intense hospitality of New Britain
was appreciated. Mrs. Kelley stated
that she was the only living person
who had attended every annual meet
ing of the association for a period of
25 years" this being her 26th meet