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162 TO DRAG MA OF ALPHA 0 MIC RON PI

special assessment, acting on the vote of the Bay Cities Panhellenic
Association.

I n telling this time of our chapter, I must save plenty of space for
the new babies. This has been an eventful autumn for we have
had thrilling news at each meeting to enthuse over as we meticulously
folded, measured, and rolled bandages. Of course, we are jubilant
that three of the youngsters are girls for doesn't it mean more dear
Alpha Omicron Pi sisters in the next score of years? Now as to the
proud possessors! May Cameron Pierce has a very young son while
both Carrie Bright Kistler and Hertha Herrmann Brown have not-
quite-so-young sons; Rose Von Schmidt Bell, Rose Gardner Marx,
and Margaret Stone Eddy are the mothers of little Alpha O's. At
our meetings, we of the much-less-to-be-envied contingent sit on the
' edge of our chairs and listen to such enchanting chatter as this!

"How much does yours weigh now?"
"Ten and three-tenths. How much does yours weigh?"
"Eight and five-tenths. Are you sure you subtract the weight of
the blanket? Yes? Well. I don't see how you do i t . "
In closing, let me say that we of San Francisco alumna? wish all
all our sisters a happy and successful New Year.

PEARL L . P I E R C E . Chapter Editor.

PROVIDENCE ALUMNiE

Dear Alpha Omicron Pi Sisters:
Providence Alumnae "got together" for the first time this year

October 19th at Maud Covell's in Barrington. There were only a
few of us who could go to be sure, but we received such a welcome
and had such a good time. Daza Mowry Drury, who lives in Fitch-
burg, Massachusetts, was back in Providence for the Brown reunion
and was able to be at the meeting. Her old friends enjoyed seeing
her again, and I . meeting her for the first time. She was knitting a
Red Cross sweater and was having such a time "binding off" and
"casting on" at the neck. I could f u l l y sympathize with her for
I was doing the same and having the same kind of a time. We spent
part of our time i n the election of officers and the rest in talking
about the war, as of course that is uppermost in the minds of us all.

I was glad indeed to have the November meeting at my house, f o r
you see I am still new in Providence and this was the first opportunity
I had had to have it. Helen Henry was down from Boston on that
day, and we were very fortunate to have her with us.

Louella Darling invited us to her home in Pawtucket for our
December meeting, and we had such a cosy, chatty time around her
open fire. We plan to meet once a month until summer, and we hope
to have some good things to tell you later on.