Show OF m YEAR Delegate to Biennial Convention Convention Convention Conven Conven- tion of Federation Entertains Entertains Entertains En En- Members DESTRUCTION OF TREES I Ladles Ladles' Literary I Club i Hears curs Protect t Against J Cit City's s Chief Attraction The Tho Ladles Ladles' Literary club held the Ih opening meeting of oC the club year of I 07 1906 yesterday afternoon the tIme hour houi for calling the meeting to tn order found ll the club room crowded with members and friends The IHO program Iam for fOl the time opening meeting followed the th u usual order ordel and Included the tho Inaugural address of oC the tho new president a splendid did musical plO program ram and a n dell delightful social hour There was WR In addition this year eal the report of or time the clubs club's hs h's delegates dele gates g-ates to the biennial convention of lh the General Federation of oC Women's omen Clubs and an Interesting feature It wa was Mrs hs A Allen lien T. T attended th the biennial con l convention hell held at St. St Paul In May lIay and her report of the proceedings s of that convention was full of or Interest and Inspiration to the club women present yesterday Miss Ethel Paul the tho new president of the club opened the afternoons afternoon's program with her hr Inaugural address The Introduction was in Miss Pauls Paul's cleverest cle style and tho the more serious part dwell especially upon individual responsibility of or members member The measure of the time members member's Is sen sense e o of personal personal personal per per- responsibility said Miss 8 PaulIs Paulis Paul I Is the measure of oC the clubs club's success She cited led the time bylaw hylow mal making It necessary sary for a new member to at nt once Identify 11 herself with a working section sec see tion Failure to do this makes the members member's election to membership Inthe in inthe inthe the club chub void leaving heaving no shadow of oC doubt douht In the mind of oC members as to whether thc they shall take part In the tho clubs club's activities President J Killers Enters Protect The new ne' resilIent president said ahl she wished t lo to enter entel a protest at fit the tIme outset against t tho the club trust trust meaning meaning those In official positions who do 10 their thell own work ork and everybody's else and asked the time members to remember that one chairman challman cannot mal make e a section one program committee a program or one on presiding officer a business meeting But one specific suggestion for or new now effort on the time part of oC the time club in the wa sra way of civic Improvement was made by jy Miss Paul It was was- va In relation to the preservation of or the shade trees along the city streets We e have ha all witnessed the ruthless destruction of oC block after aCter block of oC them said Miss Paul and as ns the time work of or Improvement Improvement Improve Improve- ment mont progresses so al also o does the destruction destruction de de- de- de of ot what liat is Js one of oC the time city's t attractions We e su suggest gest this as one of the things that lie clearly at hand Yesterdays Yesterday's musical program waso was n a rarely pleasing one and every evory vor number number num num- ber her called forth the warmest approval of tho the audience Willard Flashman gave a flute solo ChopIn Chop- Chop In re responding to the time long continued applause with another beautifully rendered rendered ren ren- dered drell solo Mrs Elsie Best Barrow-Best sang Oh Olm Divine Redeemer and was also called upon to respond to toan toan toan an encore The Time num number er by Arthur Shepherd and MI Miss c Cecella Cecelia Sharp tho the Concerto b by arranged for two pianos planas was one of oC the time finest things ever heard at nt the club The afternoon closed with an In Informal Informal Informal In- In formal social hour when light ht re refreshments refreshments re- re fre were served ser and members had an opportunity o of greeting g each other after the summer holiday I |