FIFTY-SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION 107 



She pays the debt. She saves the home. God bless the 

 Cow — little do we realize the debt we owe her! (Ap- 

 plause.) 



Toastmaster : Tradition has it that in a rather large 

 town an old bachelor was conducting a very lucrative 

 business. He lived after the traditions of bachelors and 

 was interested in the things that bachelors are usually 

 interested in. The walls of his apartment, or the shelves 

 on the walls, were covered with trophies which he had 

 won in various contests which he had partaken of, in golf, 

 in bowling and other bachelor games. 



In the same organization was a cheery, genial man 

 by the name of Sam, who was the sunshine of the office 

 as contrasted to the cloudiness which the old bachelor 

 usually spread. One fine morning Sam came down look- 

 ing very much troubled, and as the morning Wore on he 

 became more troubled. His perturbed condition became 

 more and more apparent. Finally, a telephone call came 

 and Sam dashed to the telephone and left. Nobody saw 

 him for three or four days, then he came back and dropped 

 into his place. ''Hello, Sam," was his greeting. "Where 

 you been, Sam?" ''What's all the excitement?" "Well," 

 Sam said, "we have twin boys at our house." "Well, now, 

 that is fine." And the news got around to the old bachelor, 

 and the old bachelor said, "Well, Sam has been with us a 

 long time, this is something we ought to celebrate." So 

 the employees all got together and said to the old bachelor, 

 "You are the one to do this." They left it to the bachelor 

 to fix up something for the surprise. The evening of the 

 event came, and Sam and his friends were there. The 

 bachelor was there, and he was asked to make the pres- 

 entation speech. Sam was called into a little corner of the 

 room and the bachelor started out on his speech. A trophy 

 was brought out, a cover was lifted and there stood a beau- 

 tiful loving cup, and on the loving cup was engraved Sam, 

 Mrs. Sam and, appropriately, one engraved for the chil- 

 dren. Everyone thought this was a peculiar gift, and Sam 

 said, "That for me?" "Yes. It is a loving cup." "Oh," 

 Sam said, "I thought maybe it was one of those cups you 



