The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-09

| kHtt0tGu NtCooNOtbp 4Nio Hayden, Miss Shea, Miss Mary Reilly, National secretary, of New Haven, Mrs Mary Steele of Meri- den, state treasurer, Miss Mary
 O'Connor of Piantsville, past state regent, Mrs Richard Savage, Jane Casey, Mrs James Powers, Mrs Walter Meehan, Mrs Catherine Hahn, Mrs Thomas Butler of Brooklyn. New York. Mrs Edward Pickett of Brooklyn, N. Y., Mrs Mary Kirk and Mrs John Casey.
 Mrs Henry A. Hayden, one of the past regents and also one of the founders of Santa Maria Cir- cle, delivered the following ad- dress:
 "Today my friends we are gath. cred here to celebrate this our goth anniversary. There are many of us here today that were to- gother on that day of our organ. isation twenty years ago.
 "When we look back over those years and think of the vast amount of work that has been done by santa Maria we can say with Just pride how glad l am belong to santa Maria. Per. haps you have noticed it? As q nation we arc demanding value where once we looked only for show. Today a woman asks: "ls this worth while? She has got herself 6 now yard stick, and she 10 remeasuring the contents of her world with somewhat the same amusement as that which filled around in her Garden of Eden.
 AHealNtAa n nAA tho revaiuation. our organization, like ali others, has been /. under pitiiess scrutiny. Have we meas ured up to the new standard? Yes, because these have been our standards slnce santa Maria was organized twenty years ago. Hero in Waterbury q strong feeling Of family pride -- q consciousn ess that for generations the people of ones very own name, very own family have contributed to the progress of tho community and for the nation.
 'No other organization of wo. mon can present q record Of serv. Ice to exceed ours. The national organization has grown rapidly. In twenty years so that from Il few circles in Connecticut, there Is now q circle in almost overy city in United States and several In Can. ada.
 "rhe success of Santa Maria for the past 20 years was due almost entirely to the desire of its nom. bers to do good in tho world; to love humanity to realize more tru. ly the great dominant note that sounds In every mortal. despite all the discords Of life, tho great nat- ural bond Of Unity that makes all women sisters. So Jealousy. malice, envy. unkind words and cruel misjudgmcnts have been eelispcd and lost in the sunshine
 "rhe greatest triumph of tho ous prosrOss in inventions, its strides in education. It's eonquests in the dark regions of the world nor the WOndrous increase in our comfort and wealth. The greatest triumph of the century Is not any nor ail of these; 1t is the sweet at. mosphere of peace that Is covering tho nation and 1t Is growing closer and closer to the people of the earth. peace is but tho breath, the perfume, the life of love = and love, nh, that is the wondrous angel of life that has rolled away aii the stones of sorrow and suf- fering from our pathway of duty In the past 20 years. we as individuals set out to give happiness during these years to make life brighter and sweeter not for ourselves, but for others, and we have found c. wonderful revelation of what happiness really y, heroinss could not by any series of acts of heroism do as much real good as ono member of .this Circle living her whole life from day'to day to make others happy. Each day there should Do fresh resolutions new strength and TO. newed enthusiasm.
 "Just for today. might Do tho