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on Davenport Street, f o r soon she will move into a very pretty new home
on South 51st Street.

A f t e r luncheon Convention reports were given and vacation happenings
discussed. Mabel Salmon Shuman. a former Omaha girl, from Stuart,
Florida, was our guest. She will visit her parents here and be joined during
the American Legion Convention by her husband, Major Shuman.

Edna Spears, who was i l l last year, is able to continue her teaching at
South high school this fall. Alice Sheehy has been made a kindergarten
director in Omaha schools. Frances Dykes has moved to Des Moines,
Iowa. Stella Harrison spent part of September in the Ozarks.

Three Alpha O's have recently come to Omaha. Mildred and Valora
Hullinger from Villisca, Iowa, have married and are living at the Austin
apartments. Valora is Mrs. Fred Royse and Mildred is Mrs. James
Fiddock. Florence Fast, also from Villisca. is teaching at the School of
Individual Instruction. A l l three are Zeta girls and Omaha Alumnae will
be glad to have them as members.

The October hostesses were Georgiana Westover, Lorene Davis and
Ruby Hagen. The meeting was held at Georgiana's.

Hazel Thomas and Mattie Higgins, who arc taking orders for Mrs.
Gutgesell's Christmas Book, are enthusiastic in their efforts to get many
orders so that we may be able to make another contribution to Zeta's
house fund.

HELEN HAVES.

TACOMA ASSOCIATION

No letter.
SYRACUSE

Scene: Studv of the chapter house.
Time: The nervous lull just before the girls return to college.
Characters: Three paint-bedaubed alumnae, one pessimistic brother,
likewise paint-bedaubed, a two-year-old daughter ditto.
Properties: Three step-ladders, infirm of purpose, numerous brushes
and sticks, several paint pails (one overturned), profusion of newspapers,
much lively chatter interspersed with stabbing doubts as to "how ever this
will look when it is finished."
Synopsis of plot: The Syracuse alums decided to renovate the study.
Esther's husband removed the unsightly shelves from one side of the room.
Nora, Rauchie and Emily risked their limbs and vocabularies by wielding
brushes from wobbly step-ladders and gave the walls a cream complexion.
Rauchie with the aid of her family and Marcia made new curtains for the
windows and blue draperies for the book shelves. Polly hung the curtains.
Teddie made two cushion covers. Pictures were hung to conceal amateurs'
streaks. Flivver's silver trophy was polished to grace the mantel piece.
Climax: The alums held their October meeting in the study.
Under Be Barron's capable direction the alumnae were hostesses at a
Chinese party, one of the six allowed during the rushing season. Polly
Howalt was the regal Chinese prince Who received his guests from a
drapery-piled throne. (Flurry of thrills when the aforementioned draper-
ies caught fire from a catapulting incense burner. The quick work of Elea-
nor Haitz as fire captain extinguished the flames). Nora made the dozens
of little cakes that were served: Gertrude painted the program cards;
Esther H i l l was in charge of decorations.
We all miss Rauchie, who is teaching at A usable Forks this year.

EMILY A. TARBELL.
DETROIT

Detroit Alumnae Chapter held its first meeting October 3. I t was an
informal luncheon followed by a business meeting at which plans were
made for a bridge tea November 7th at the Federation Building. Prospect
seemed very bright for a successful party.