Show A QUARTER OF A CENTURY OLD Sorosls Celebrates tho Twentysixth Anniversary Anni-versary of Its Organization On March 19 Sorosis was 26 years old The day was celebrated by a breakfast at which the new officers were installed Mrs Lozier the retiring president who presided said Members of Sorosis and dear friends today we celebrate our twentysixth anniversary an-niversary and begin the second quarter century of our club life We must not count our anniversaries wonderful though they are more than milestones on our journey toward the spiritual temple I tem-ple of a noble and purified womanhood I J whose stones shall be laid with fair ors whose polished stones shall b daughters That temple opens itrtt tals to the singer the writer the dent the artist the tender hearted cas the angel of household Ve wen w-en our sympathies with our knowle I and we go on in a healthful growth til our idea shall encircle the world til groups of women everywhere sin transformed into what we have Shll be one of the best and happiest ECJ for womans developmentthe womans clubAfter After music by the New York Ladies quartet Mrs Lozier installed the new officers making a graceful little speech in reference to the new president Mrs Helmuth who is the seventh to occupy that office in Sorosis You know that for a long f J ftjfc Mrs Lozier the seventh star btC S pleiades was supposed to be lost wandering wander-ing about in trackless space But we are happy to say that we have found her at last There seems to be soma peculiar association with the number seven and now that we complete the seven strings of harmony we shall expect the last one to bs the best of all Our new president has gone in and out among us has broken bro-ken bread with and for us has occupied I high positions in our society and oa esteem es-teem has now crystallized in our vote It is with great pleasure therefore t1t I I introduce Mrs Fannie I Helmuth The new president was received wi i hearty applause and she undoubted spoke sincerely when she said lilt is with unfeigned pleasure that thank you for the kind manner in wI you have welcomed me as your chief ficer for the ensuing year My highe aim shall be to make myself worthy o the great honor you have conferred up6n me and to administer with impartial justice the laws of the association Tome I To-me it seems that our ideals havo been most nobly filled by those dear friends who have preceded me and by none I more than by her who now retires from the presidency When we enter Sorosis we promise that we will be useful to the club that we will sustain each other in all worthy efforts that we will defend each other against calumny and that we will avoid doing anything that will injure in-jure the reputation of Sorosis Let us live up to our pledge New York Let ere |