Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-05-29

business life may De gagged
what she accomplished in those times
(which tried the souls of men," and
which might have well crushed any
one attempting such gigantic task.
And yet she accomplished it by no mi
racle save those wrought by hard
work, determination, common sense
and intense application.
Though still directing the Repair
department for the Chesapeake Tray
cling Cranes, Miss Dryden has estab-
lished herself in the manufacturers
agency business. The Chesapeake Iron
Works has liquidated its business
with the exception of the crane re
pair department, with which Miss
Dryden is now connected on a part
nership basis. In her own business
she has taken the representation of
several prominent firms in building
specialties and hand forged tools.
Congratulations sent her by the firms
represented evidence her success in
this unusual undertaking.
Miss Dryden's personality is unique
also in the respect that it represents
the unusual combination of the bust
ness woman of the first order in mi
tiative, constructive and executive a
bility; of the intellectual woman, in
her remarkable record she has made
in club life and her influence upon it
not only locally but also nationally.
She holds the distinction of being the
first and also the second president of
the Quota Club of Baltimore, in whose
success her leadership has been a
prominent factor. In the interest of
the Club she has made speeches in
various cities of the United States,
including New York, Philadelphia,
Washington, Harrisburg, York, Will
mington, and was delegate to the
Buffalo and Pittsburgh National Con-
ventions. 1t was under her direction
that the Washington Quota Club was
established, and this has been of
special benefit to the whole organiza-
ton as representing it in the heart
of the nation. Miss Dryden's success
as a fraternal woman is largely due
to the fact that she takes an intense
interest in her own sex and is eager
to give credit wherever credit is due.
Other leaders of organizations are
popular and respected, but Miss Dry
den is loved, and her success is a mat
ter of personal pride to her fellow
women, especially to her club COM
rades. She initiated two leading fea-
lures in the Club - Educational
Night" which is the first time any
group of citizens has honored the
teaching force of Baltimore with a
formally rendered dinner, and "Busi-
ness Dinner Night" a tribute to men
and women of the business world. A
propos of the former, she was much
interested in educational work, and re-
ceived the thanks of the teachers for
her help in their campaign for ade-
quate salaries and improved condi-
tons.
Besides the Quota Club, Miss Dry
den was for three years a club direc-
tor of the local Y. w. C. A. She is a
charter member of the Woman's
Eastern Shore Society, and belongs to
the Business Professional Women's
Club. Her success can be ascribed to
sticktoativeness, loyalty and common
sense. She holds that a business
woman's chief qualities in the pur-
chasing line are her natural propensi-
ty for bargaining in painstaking Sc
lection, a love of detail and patience
in small things, the woman's natural
gift Intuition, and above all, tact
"a knowledge of when to speak and
when not to speak. Her message to
the young women of Maryland is what
she considers the spirit and meaning
of the Quota Club-the development
of individuality, sharing of ideas
and a comradeship. To quote herself
again, at is up to the woman, though,
Just as it would be to the man, to want
the job and then fit herself to hold
it."
Accompanying sketch are numer-
Gus testimonials as to Miss Dryden's
fitness for the office. Notable among
these is that of K. 2. Donnellan, End
vice-president, Baltimore Quota, who
writes af follows:
"Miss Dryden was Baltimore Quo
ta's first and second president. 1t was
she who first grasped with vigor and
developed to its full extent the idea
of organization; it was she who, by
the reach and intensity of her thought
and the tenacity of her will, made the
Ideals of Quota facts, and insured
Quotas success. She made her reign
great by her large achievements. The
comprehensive unity at which she aim
ed made her work so sure and true
that her influence remains and is
fruitful. She framed policy, def
mite, positive and consistent. Like the
mind that conceived it, it was compre-
hensve and strong. Her power is in
her will, for her will is equal to the
strength of her thought and the
depths of her heart.
Why did we choose her to head our
ticket for Quota International? Be-
cause she has all the qualities Of
great leader; originality Of conception
and clearness of insight; will equal
to her thought, and prompt and sure