Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1901 — The W. R. C. Marys. [ARTICLE]

The W. R. C. Marys.

Dec. 4th, 1901, Mrs. Thomas Thornton entertained the Mary’s of the W. R. G., in honor of Mrs, Mary Comer, of Hadley. The following is contributed by one of the guests. THE MERRY MARY BEE. Now speeds the message far and near. For Relief Corps Marys to appear, To answer to the summons made By Viola Thornton, and she prayed: Do not refuse for you shall be High priestess at the Mary Bee. And so she came with beaming face, In ample time to take her place; We counted nine of her at least Who came in answer to the feast, But six of her refused, you see, To come to the Merry Mary Bee. Then to the feast—but stay the pen— No words can surely tell again, And so in silence we remain If in our minds the scene retain, For Mary’s in her place, you see, When present at the Mary Bee. The toast proposed by Mary C., Was “Mary, famed in history,*’ Response” was made, “Age cannot dim. The sweet name Mary, because of Him Who loved the Marys, there were three Three Marys thereat Calvary,” And to the coming Mary sweet, With hope and confidence we greet, And feel assured you will not be * __ In future greeted as Marie, , For, being Mary, you can see, Is why she’s at the Mary Bee.