PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



Thirty-Seventh Annual Convention 



OF THE 



Illinois State Dairymen's Association 



HELD AT 



Elgin, Illinois, January 16, 17, 18 and 19, 1911 



Monday Evening, January 16, 1911. 



Mrs. Scott (Grace) Durand, Lake Forest, III. 

 Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen : — 



I did not expect to speak here tonight until a few days ago 

 and have no written address, but I presume that really one would 

 rather hear one speak than listen to a regularly written address 

 at times. It is a great pleasure to me to be here with you, but 

 I am going to give you the introduction of an address that I 

 delivered the other day which I think is fitting at this place. If 

 I do not make myself heard in the rear of the hall, I wish you 

 would tell me. 



Ladies and gentlemen, when a woman is invited to speak 



at such a meeting as this, before a body of men whose business 



pursuits affect the very vitality of our nation, honor is given to 



my sex and I am truly proud of it. I appreciate more fully the 



privilege of speaking at such a meeting than any of you do in 



listening to me. 



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