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trying to learn to knit with four needles. Susie Paige was home
with a guest. I t was good to see them. Both the Paige girls are
fine, only they will harrow up our Hooverized feelings by telling
us about their lovely Jersey cow, and the grand butter and cream
and eggs they have all the time. (Yes, Madam Editor, I distinctly
remember Susie speaking of the eggs.)

We had Hooverized refreshments at that party, and they were
the best that Mr. Hoover has perpetrated for a long time. We
think we could learn to love him i f he would always do as well.

There is some more interesting gossip I might tell, and several
pieces of real news, but I must stop and dress for Pearl Mcjurdy's
party this afternoon. She is having us all over there today, and
I can't decide whether to take my daughter or the family darning.
Why not both, you say ? Because it can't be done!

EVELYN NORTON CORNISH,

For the Chapter.

PUGET SOUND ALUMN-ffi

Looking back over our past few meetings the November one stands
out as a happy reunion. We met the Saturday after Thanksgiving in
"Irma's lunch room" just when the girls were home for their vaca-
tions. There were fourteen of us, not many for an older chapter but
the most that we had had at any meeting. We were pleased to have
Mrs. Druley of Alpha with us from Bremerton but were sorry to hear
that she was to leave us soon. She and her husband left December
18th for New York to go later to some place in the tropics where Mr.
Druley will continue in the government service.

. The December meeting found us at the Northold Inn busily dis-
cussing the petition from the University of Kansas, our piano fund,
and numerous items of interest for our news letter. We think that
Minnie Kraus is quite a wonderful business manager. Just think of
collecting enough money in these war times to reduce our piano fund
from $454 to $93 ! I t has taken considerable work and planning, and
we certainly appreciate the effort. By the end of our first year there
will surely be no such thing as "piano f u n d " to us.

At our last meeting Mildred Loring suggested that we hold every
other meeting at the chapter-house, having dinner with the girls, a nice
talk and then our business meeting. We were all pleased with the
idea and are looking forward with pleasure to the February meeting.
We all enjoy the girls of the active chapter so much. Mildred is
housemother there this year and has kept us in touch with their
activities, but we shall be glad to go there f o r regular meetings.
Florence Semmen who has been with us all f a l l and winter is to be