MAKING PEOPLE HAPPY



the assembly with that dignity befitting one deeply
experienced in parliamentary exercises.
  " Having voted on the name," she remarked pon-
derously, evidently undisturbed by the exceedingly
informal nature of the voting, if such it could be
called, "I think it is now time for us to start the
society." She stared condescendingly through her
lorgnette at the duly impressed company, and sank
back into her chair.
  There were many exclamations of assent to Mrs.
Carrington's timely proposal, and much nodding of
heads. Plainly, the ladies were minded to start the
society forthwith. Unhappily, however, there re-
niainied an obstacle to the accomplishment of that de-
sirable end - a somewhat general ignorance as to the
proper method of procedure. Ruth Howard turned
the gaze of her large brown eyes wistfully on MNrs.
Carrington, amid voiced the dilenmmna by a question:
  " How do we start " she asked, in a tone of gentle
wonder.
  Before Mrs. Carrington could formulate a reply
to this pertinent interrogation, the militant suffra-
gette from England began an oration.
  "The start of a great movement such as is this,"
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