Word: cooking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...long over the proper intonation for this passage, a drop from tragic heights to--anchovies. He was satisfied only when he recalled an incident from his iron-worker days in Moscow. He remembered hearing a father whose eldest son had just died describe to him the proper way to cook...
...most exciting event of the congress was the election of officers. There were three candidates for President General-Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, Vice President General from Pennsylvania; Mrs. G. Wallace W. Hanger of Washington, wife of the vice chairman of the United States Railroad Labor Board; Mrs. William Gumming Story of New York, former President General of the society...
...excitement began when anonymous letters were circulated among the delegates attacking the war record of Mrs. Cook's son. Mrs. Cook made a direct denial of the charges, as did the Pennsylvania delegation. On the night of formal nomination Mrs. Hanger received a great ovation- three minutes of applause and two minutes of cheering. Mrs. Cook's ovation lasted for three minutes, total. Immediately after Mrs. Story was nominated, she rose on a point of personal privilege and withdrew her nomination, releasing her delegates and asking them to vote for Mrs. Cook. The reason she gave was that...
...restore order. At eight in the evening the polls closed. At eleven the count was not completed and the convention adjourned till the following day at ten a.m. The tellers were closeted counting the ballots till the early hours of the morning. Gradually news leaked out that Mrs. Cook was ahead...
When the official count was announced it ran: Mrs. Cook, 940; Mrs. Hanger, 779. All on Mrs. Cook's ticket were elected except the nominee for Chaplain General. Mrs. Thomas A. Edison of New Jersey carried that office, 871-746, although she was not able to be present at the congress. Following the announcement of her election, Mrs. Cook made her first speech as President General. She came forward " in a becoming costume of blue moire silk and georgette crepe with an ankle length skirt. Her hat was of blue satin with a bandeau of white roses." Said...