Show q Girls' Girls Missionary MISSY Society t THE president calls the meeting t to order by rapping vigorously on a table at her left II Ladies and gentlemen No I mean ladies we we have met today to see what can be done for the poor starving freezing children in the west western west western ern part of our great and wicked city Will iVill some one kindly kindly- suggest some som some means by which we may clothe and J wash those darling babies who at this moment are crying for for bread A At At- At this statement there was Vas a general exclamation of horror and and pity t In answer to this s appeal Miss J Jones ones after addressing the president in a trembling uncertain voice vaguely suggests a fair fai at which several II oh oh dears are plainly audible followed by the whisper II Did you ever hear of anything so tiresome She always wants something where she can exhibit her everlasting fancy work J The presiding officer then rises and and a says II You have heard the motion Is t there ere a second to to when she is interrupted by Miss Brown who prides 3 herself on her knowledge of parliamentary parliamentary tary rules Excuse me Mr President but I believes Miss J Jones ones merely made madea made madea a suggestion and not a motion A A I r r f fourth young lad lady ris rises s to a point of order and proposes proposes that they begin over er again which they proceed to do in ina a very dignified manner the president again appealing to their sympathies for forthe forthe forthe the poor dear little babies etc This time her call for suggestions is r responded to by five young young ladies who all ail begin talking at once The president t looks from one to the other in a helpless w way y and finally summoning courage asks them all to please be seated except Miss Gordon who she believes addressed addressed ad addressed ad- ad dressed the chair before beginning to speak When quiet is again restored Miss Gordon proceeds to say that last wint winter winter win win- t ter i- i while abroad there was given givena a charity ball by some of the very best people at which they nearly cleared expenses and besides they had the loveliest loveliest loveliest love love- liest time At the last remark there was was a manifest interest and in various parts of the room were heard 1 Oh how lovely J Yes dYes lets let's have a ball How perfectly grand t tIt It It finally ended in the appointment ofa oJa of oJ a committee of three with the the rather i indefinite definite instruction to II make arrangements arrangements arrangements arrange arrange- ments after which the ladies suddenly remembered II previous engagements II and the society broke up in confusion sion without appointing a date for the next meeting or in fact doing anything in iq particular |