ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 149 



Wednesday Evening, January nth, 



Convention called to order by the President. 



Vocal solo by Miss MacDonald, entitled "My Love Hath Come." 



Encored. 



The President introduced the Hon. Jules Lombard using the following 

 words: "I have the pleasure of introducing to you the Hon. Jules Lom- 

 bard of Omaha. His reputation as a singer is a national one; his ability 

 as a business man is known from the east to the west; his popularity as 

 a citizen in the town in which he lives is, why, way out of sight. Any 

 remarks I can make further I think would be useless, and I present Mr.. 

 Lombard." 



Song: "I Fear No Foe." 



Encore: "The Pirate." 



Recitation by Miss Neltnor. 



By special request Mr. Lombard sang "Maggie." 



THE NEEDS OF THE HOUR 



MRS MAYO, OF BATTLE CREEK, MICH. 



It was about the year that Columbus was begging for those three poor 

 little boats with which to make that memorable voyage that gave birth 

 to the new world, that a monk, clad in his somber garb of gray, went 

 walking up and down the streets of the City of Florence bewailing the 

 ignorance and degradation that he saw on every hand. He saw the most 



