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BOSTON A L U M N A
Our regular December meeting was held at the Elizabeth Pea-
body House in Boston, the Saturday after Christmas. Coming as
it did, during the Christmas holidays and on the evening of the same
day as the general alumnae meeting, it brought back some who have
difficulty in being present at the meetings regularly. The meeting
at the Peabody House was especially interesting to those of us who
had never had the opportunity of seeing the house before. Ethel
Remilie, who was our hostess, makes her home at this house, which
is one of those settlement houses located in the crowded north end
of Boston.
I n January we met at "Polly" Lambert's and spent the evening
sewing. I t was a delightful surprise to learn that Etta Phillips
MacPhie had returned to us permanently, and we hope to see her
frequently during the rest of the year. Edith Johnson was also
at this meeting. I t is a great pity that our younger sisters are so
irregular in their attendance at the meetings, because it is so easy
for us all to lose that keen interest in fraternity matters, i f we do not delighted to find several girls there who have not been coming this
keep it alive by being at the meetings often.
February found us on the " H i l l " again; which means most to
those who do not find it easy to get on the beloved " H i l l " as fre-
quently as their hearts desire.
MARGARET T . FESSENDEN, Chapter Editor. for her to apply to the fraternity for admission. The girls' scholar-
LOS ANGELES ALUMN-ffi
Our January meeting was held at Jane Graham's charming home,
where in spite of the rain, which continued all morning, a dozen or
more girls gathered around the cheerful grate fire and forgot all
about rubbers and raincoats. There were so many letters to be read
and discussed, and other letters to be written, and work assigned,
before the Convention, that we had little time for sewing that day.
Jane has an adorable little daughter, who was quite shy among so
many strange people, and thought i f she staid right behind mother,
she was safe. But on the arrival of Mrs. Goodan with her baby
girl, little Martha Jane was so delighted that she just had to tell
the girls about it.
We decided that our February meeting should be a social meeting,
and that we would send a very special invitation to Mrs. Lange
(Helen Dickinson), who is a bride, and her sister, Grace Dickinson
Harris, who has been married but a year. Lucile Curtis most
cordially invited us to her home for the occasion, and we surely did
have a good time at that meeting. Some played cards, some
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embroidered, and some crocheted, but mostly we talked. Several
chapters of A O I I were represented, and we discussed all the news
from each. We received a letter from Zeta active chapter, which,-
of course, was read. Mrs. Lockridge was with us, also one of her
cunning little dolls, which she makes of socks. I hope you may all
see it at the Convention, as I think one will be there.
Then all flocked out into the California sunshine and Lucile's
mother took our picture. Of course, we had to have a picture of
the one little Alpha O present, May Chandler Goodan's baby girl. I
am sure she is one, among the Alpha O babies, to take a blue ribbon.
It was such a delightful little party that we were very loath to
depart, but all good things must end. However, before breaking
up, we presented each of our honor guests, the Dickinson girls, with
a potted cyclamen-white for the bride and red for the bride of a
year.
Our March meeting was with Marian Burge, and we were all
year. We do wish they would become regular attendants.
Mildred Stahl read an article, written by Helen Spaulding, a
Theta of Leland Stanford, called "The Fraternity of the Future."
She offers a suggestion that would revolutionize the rushing system.
Her idea is to permit the rushee to judge the fraternity girls, and
ship must be high to be admitted.
We also sewed, very diligently on the aforementioned "Gertrudes,"
while business and new fraternity songs were discussed.
J E S S CORRELL M C K E N N A , Chapter Editor.
LINCOLN ALUMN2E
The neivsyest news that I have to tell, and that will be of interest
to more than just the members of Zeta Chapter, is that of our two
brides.
Edith Hall and Mr. Harry Lansing were quietly married January
18th. 1917, at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. Only immediate
relatives witnessed the ceremony. The bride and groom left that
afternoon for California where they spent several weeks, returning
to Lincoln in March. They are living at the Lincoln Hotel.
The following is an extra from the Nebraska State Journal of
March 4th, "Stratton, Nebraska, March 3. A quiet wedding took
place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Diehl when their daughter
Breta was united in marriage to William Wallace Wendstrand of
Wahoo, Wednesday afternoon at four o'clock." Mr. Wendstrand