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[ THB OLD XAXPS.I '-'he ladies of tbe P. E. O. society of•■is pi ace, gsre ;tuother eoteruuu*:?-!»' last Saturday evening, and like firs? one given !a*t winter, was gi-md success in every particular. i*hw (me was the ‘'Old Maid’s Convention.'* nnd was a good representation of i he popular Idea of old maids, both lit the costumes used and the characters represented. The first act open* ed with a representation of the delegates on their way to the convention. This gave a good display of the unique costumes used, and caused roars of laughter from the large audience. The second act was the convention in regular session. This is beyond the power of pen to describe. The presiding officer opened the convention with a short address; then a delegate from Humeston made the address of welcome, which was responded to by the delegate from Australia: then the experience of the delegates in husband hunting since the last meeting, all of which kept the audience laughing from beginning to end. Of course the proceedings were enlivened now andthen with singing by some of the delegates, audit was just such singing as old maids are supposed to render, reminding one of the plaintive musieof i an old-fashioned wooden sorghum mill i operated by a sleepy horse. An origi- ! nal poem by one of the delegates was ; another feature, which was rendered 1
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Humeston New Era
Humeston, Iowa, US
Wed, Aug 21, 1895
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