Identifier: ourlittlemenwome00russ (find matches)
Title: Our little men and women; modern methods of character building;
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Russell, Thomas Herbert, 1862-1947 Everett, Marshall, 1863-1939
Subjects: Boy scouts. (from old catalog)
Publisher: (Chicago, Printed by Homewood press)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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een detailed to look after the comfort of A CLUB RECEPTION 167 the arriving guests, the removal of their wraps, and showingthem to the cloakrooms on an upper floor. As Mayor Crockett, father of the Girls Club president,approached the hostess to pay his respects, he warmly shookthe hand which she smilingly extended to him and said: I am delighted to be here, Mrs. Spencer, and I wish to tellyou how deeply we all appreciate what you have done and aredoing for our girls. I hear from my daughter Ruth all aboutyour Club proceedings and I know you are making better girls,better little mothers and housekeepers, of them all. The townis truly grateful to you and we all say, God bless you and pre-serve you to us. Oh, thank you, Mr. Crockett, said the Club leader, thesuspicion of a tear glistening in her bright eyes. To have ourwork appreciated so heartily and so soon is almost more than Iexpected. Our Club is young yet, but we hope to grow untilit takes in all the girls who are eligible to join.
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AN OT.D-FASHTOXET) TCXKRCrSE 168 A CLUB RECEPTION Well, good luck to you, said the mayor, as lie passed onand made way for newcomers. This was only the first of many congratulations and warmexpressions of thanks showered upon the hostess during theevening. The work and prospects of the Girls Club formedthe principal topic of conversation among the guests and eachyoung member found herself called upon to answer all sorts ofinquiries about it. When all the guests had arrived and had duly greeted Mrs.Spencer, most of them passed out on to the verandah to witnessa complimentary drill by the Boy Scouts. After this theScouts were served with lemonade and cake by the members ofthe Club, all of whom looked charming in the pretty eveningdresses they had made under Mrs. Sanfords direction. Thenthe boys cheerily marched away, the guests returned indoors,and the delightful evenings entertainment carefully plannedby the accomplished hostess was begun. Soft, low music, furnished by a string orchest

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