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Show w WAR MOTHERS MEETING On Thursday afternoon at 2:30 at Hotel Atkin occurred the regular meeting of the War- Mothers society. Lovely flowers and the big flag furnished furn-ished the decorations. Mrs. Adams presided during the meeting. The program opened with a piano selection by Mrs. G. L. Harris, which was well rendered. Minutes of previous meeting were read by the secretary. Mrs. H. H. Pitchforth. Mrs. Cazeneau of Lund was elected to fill the vacancy on 1 the executive board caused by the 'departure of Mrs. S. L. Harrington, t Mrs. Wm. Dobson sang very hean-; hean-; tifully "Roses of Lorraine," being accompanied by Mrs. Ingols. ! Mr. C. C. Kinder made the first : address, a talk that wns thornnp-hlv 'appreciated. Ho said he felt that to j the best of his ability he would like Mo bring a few words of cheer and; comfort to the mothers. He endear-i ored to show that the mothers of this country are more highly hon-! ored than In any other place in the j v.'orld. He says that word copies i . fr-.m the fields of Franco :.at it 1l the memory of mother that to a fre.M r.'pnt is helping tl keep O'lr boys the cleanest of any army the boy3 the cleanest of any army the i world ever saw. The boys so far away and in so much danger learn to appreciate mother and home as never before. Those at the head of affairs are doing all they can to protect pro-tect the boys. They are making good and will save us as well as France. The boys are anxious to get back, but not one wants to come til! the Hun is licked. Their experience-, will prove of benefit to them and when they do return they will have a broader outlook on life. After war progress will be made more rapidly than ever before. Mrs. Cottrell followed with the reading of a poem written by a boy in Elmer Hardy's company. We will print it next week. Miss Lena Barnum was next on the program and rendered an instrumental instru-mental selection in a very pleasinc. manner. The second talk was made by E. I B. Jorgensen. He said he had been asked to say something cheerful to the mothers. He chose as the note of his talk, comparisons. He tried to make those present realize what j the soldiers are fighting for by draw- ing a comparison between a happy I family in a prosperous home farm he visited once in 1912 on what I-1 known as the field of Waterloo, and how now it is utterly destroyed by the soldiers nf Germany who hare ; tramped over it. Then he told how; the case would be the same in this country if the kaiser's troops pvnr had a chance. Mothers should be j proud of their hoys who are prli ( in i-j i-j for the French homes and helping 'drive back the Hun. Mrs. Atkin read an article from an Eastern paper. "The Soldier' 'Mother," very acceptably, i Program closed with a sopc ) v 'Miss Barnum. Mrs. H-irrl". at i ino. ! The next, meeting will ho ,.),) at 'the same place the bM Thprlav ie ; Oproher. |