COSY CORNER CLUB.

Otago Witness, Issue 2399, 22 February 1900, Page 56

COSY CORNER CLUB.

SECOND SESSION OPENS APRIL 5, 1900. RULES. 1. Mec-l on the first 'Ihiirsday in each nioiuli. 2. Contubutioiis to be in 14 clays beiore. 3. Aii i ciders of the Witness Ladies' Page eligible ?s uiembci-s. 4. Contribut'OJJb riot to e::cccd 300 Avoids,. Must be legibly Aviitton in ink on one side Df the p.ip?!'. and must be nccompaiiied by real wme* «\nd atldrrss — not ior publication, but =r."..o]y as a proof of good faith — as well as by nor.i cie plume. 5. The i-*abiects for the following two month -s p.-ili be given at each niceting, and ruerabers speoiaily anxious to discuss nay topic are invited to send in :uiy suggestion lo " Emmc!ine,'' Avho will be vovy pleased to consider .heir wishes, piovided always the fiibject is one of general interest lo women. '' Enzmeline," in jjublishmg the mles of tho clwb again, rdA'ises members lo cut them out and keep them ior reference. My Dear Comrades — It is with sincere plea&ure that I announce our opening meeting for 1900 ; and I need hardly tell you how gladly I .shall welcome back all our old members. I know I may promise on your behalf a hearty welcome to those Hew members whom I have every reason to expect a^ ill join us>. There is ju^t one thing I .should iife io say : our club is noii confined to 1< dies only, and I think a larger propoition ot men p.mong; our raembsrs aa ould be AA relcome to all of us, as a man".* A'ieAr is necessarily so tliffeien! to a Avoman's, and xhu.s we should obtain a still Avicl'-r r-;-.igc of opinion and eAi-erienci'. 1 a\j.s — t .nd rcviral member.* expief.-ied a siiuihir ir t o\<o~i — disappointed that '' I/li-lanuai^ ' md "Uncle Jim"'" dropped nut oi our dj.vjii.ssions. " iJollie Uarliu',"' I don't knoAV what ha-; become of ye 1 1 —have J r ou forgotten Emmeline? "Catfrnryn" and "Sardonyx," 1 hope avo shall Fee you again at the club, and "Sybil Scrybils," and, if Dot will permit me to say it, " Taffy "' also —I am waiting to welcome you. Having mentioned the defaulters and the expected new members, I am leaving my dear oki friends Vrho supported me so ably and &o

' cheerfully throughout our first session the true compliment of silence. It; is only with those avc love that Aye dare be silent, and | I am sure all my old correspondents knoAV ! and feel without words of mine lioav gladly 1 I shall welcome each familiar handwriting. EMMELINE. CLUB MEETS APRIL 5, 1900. COKTPJBUIIOKS TO BE IN BY 2Gth MARCH. | TOPIC : • An essay, sketch, verses, or quotation, not , exceeding 300 words (about) on any subject I the Avriter may choose — descriptive, incidental, or peisoiffl.l, though '' Emmeline " recommends sketches or ef-says as most suitable for brief , fcreatment, the meeting to be known as " Members' Meeting." I CLUB lIEETS MAl r 3 CONTRIBUTIONS TO BE IN BY 22xd APRIL. TOPIC: (Suggested by " Rowan-iiee." If fieed from your own personality (embodied in the common phrase " How I should ' like to be So-and-so), who would you choose to be? What reasons can you give for your choice 9 Sex need not be considered or period. The pr.st as Avell as the present niay be laiibP.cked , for thai personality which scenic to each one •most enviable or most !oA - able. The only condition is that the selection nms>l bo made from real pcrsouages- ; lieioes or heroines of fictica are not admissible.