Publisher's Synopsis
"Girls, come to order!" shouted Hilda Bretherton in a somewhat disorderly tone. "How can we come to order without a president?" queried a rosy-cheeked, roly-poly damsel answering to the name of Puddy Kennett. "I elect Prue Shaftsbury!" screamed Hilda above the merry din of voices. "You can't elect-you simply nominate," said Prue. "I second the motion," said Nannie Branscome, and her remark was instantly followed by a storm of "ayes" before they were called for, and the president was declared elected and proceeded to take her seat. "Young ladies," said she, "we are met to consider a scandalous--" "Scurrilous," suggested Hilda. "--alarming article," continued the president, "entitled 'How to Cook Wives.'" "Here! here!" interrupted Hilda again, "we can't do anything until we've elected officers and appointed committees." "Out of a club of four members?" queried Prudence.
