The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-10
EUCHRE AND 0 SKIRTS
THE RAINY DAY CLUE IN a HOT
UMENT
mail the Daisies Go 10 Their Great Contest In
tho WnIderr-AstorIa In Their Eainy-weath-
or Co.tumc t-Yhat rhen About Their
. nA.ni, nnnh1sn MAJ n.in.a

tbo waldorf Astoria In Their Fainy-w 90 tn
or Co.tumoi-what Then About Their
Gucssi-A Tough rrobiem Not solved.
Tho Rainy Day Club held an extra meeting
yesterday at the Tuxedo, Madison avenue and
Ery.ninth street. II was moro than an extra
meeting, it was extraordinary. Mrs. A. NJ.
palmer vas in the chair. and said that tho
object Of the meeting was to discuss an enter.
tslnmcnt which the Daisies must give in order
TO raise much needed funds.
ave cannot go on with our work without
money" she said, ard we nave only $49.43
IN our treasury. Tho Committee Of Ways and
Means. OF which Mrs. Paul II. Colsll is Chair.
man. is getting up a mammoth cuchre party.
win Mrs, Colcll please tell about it."
Mrs, Colell blushed p~rettily and insisted that
her co. worker, Mrs. George Studewell, who is
really engineering tho prize-fighting contest,
could fell about it so much better. Mrs. Stude.
well said:
.The project I have suggested rs to have alargc,
,larse ladies'" with telling emphasis, progress.
,iyc cuchre party. I've been interested in two
or three lately, and ut tho FIRST we cleared
sl7l.5o, and at the next $l5o.25. Now, that
was pretty nice, wasn't i'll But this must DO
said. ono lady can't give such a party. Each
must take so many tickets and work like bea.
ycrs to get rid OF them. We are going to have
this party on March 80 at Q o'clock, In the small
ballroom Of the Waldorf-Astoria 1 live there,
and / want you all to Know I looked about
elsewhere before l decided. An uptown hotel
would have let us have it there for $25 IL we'd
been a charity organization, but we aren't
with a great show of pride, 80 they charged us
$50: and think Of it. Mr.. Boldt of the Waldorf
said to me, why will you go elsewhere to have
that party after living here so longi' and he let
us have it there for $50. II there are SO many
present that the small ballroom isn't largo
enough, we are going to have the Aston gallery,
Think OF il, and for $50.
VIII some Of you be good enough to donate
a prize for this euchre partyl We must have
thirty prizes at least. At one of the big parties
this winter the main prize was o theatre box
and the ladies fought for 1t like dogs. The
lady who got it, however, was dissatisfied and
wanted TO change 1t for a larger one. II We
broken. l want to say, though, that we must
be careful TO whom, We sell tickets and where;
this xJ party n PHbiie life Pe Z sw Tei,tSttG9 on y 9aF oi sn5
never asked a woman to buy a ticket, but I'm
going to for this party. The tickets are 81.
that our club cannot exist without money.
We cannot ask or allow our Reception Com
pit,es to continue washing dishes, as they.haye
teas. 1t isn't dignifled. ! do hope you'll all
make an effort to make this entertainment a
success.
Four or Eve volunteered to give prizes and
then there was a dead silence. Mrs. Mary
scott Rowland rose TO the occasion and asked
Must these prizes be exrensiyei"
oh. MOI exclaimed Mrs. studewell, but we
want them to be things that will make a great
table and oil the ladies who are to play look
them over and say or settle in their minds which
To- get big things. Get a thing that will make a
big show. We can do that for 81 or So"
Then Then. some tS1s more Hrte prizes ;n6,nd were promised.
Mrs. May Banks Stacy, and Immediately the
dropping Daisies frightened up.
Only ladies' announced Mrs. Palmer de-
Say wonsn" suggested some one. II like
You might all sell tickets to gentlemen If
they will promise not to come suggested the
unteered Mrs. studeweIi, $50 that no lady can
%psytne Gr; b 5estf 90 f fSs t RiissS w were E9a ri EsK' TO Eoa as
AT q mammoth euchre i attended two weeks
ago there. wasn't 81 outstanding when the
ladies' sat down. and that's the way it should
"Is this to be a costume partyi"" asked a stun
ming looking, dark-eyed girl, and her innocent
anybody, but make It a rainy. day costume
euc b party and everybody will be Interested,
said the President.
do you consider that we would go back on
our constitution If it happened to be a rainy
costumesf' asked Mrs. Schramm.
Il move that II 1t is a rainy day we wear the
costume; IL not that we go III long skirts" said
Mrs. .Krom, a Jersey member.
Before a second could be obtained to this mo-
tion Mrs. Emma Beckwith, the ex-President of
the club, said:
II for one am not ashamed of our dress. The
Waldorf or the Astoria, or the Waldorf-As-
toria, is none too good for the rainy day dress.
A sensible woman can go anywhere in a sensible
costume. and not be criticised. We've been
not sticking to our colors, and justly So"
But It's a rainy day dress" exclaimed Mrs.
sti. { PlGintiyeIy. 81 prefer to take q long
our short skirts through the streets. We could
ZIP on the long SIX rts in the dressing room. A
1ashy ask Kay q m areSs to Is c0 Sndre fS din Ms n ha . b 5rsf as
bnit as for us to go to n full dress entertain
msnt In undress. This is a question of what is
This seems a perfectly useless discussion"
put IN Mrs. Fowler of Mount Vernon. Our
constitution settles.the question:"
stand by our colOrsl'' asked Mrs. Mcdonald,
another Jerseyite. hopelessly.
IL seems not. even when 1t rains" said Mrs.
n. Hubert Knowles, who wears her short skirt
rain or shine.
~ don't consider this card party a Rainy Day
Club meeting at all" spoke MP Mrs. Studeweli.
i don't think it will be complimentary to our
guests, or to our President for that matter. for us
10 appear in short skirts. The room wo are
going, to have the party In is beautiful, and
E%rettily dressed women make a lovely picture
In such a room"
That argument was a clincher.
Tor one could not and would not go into
the Waldorf. Astoria in a short dress" We.
nemently declared Miss Sara Palmer. Il won't
Mim put out of this club"
g.! could and would" mildly rctorted tho
PRESIDENT, and she read the extract pertaining
third time.
1T seems to me We are wanting to make some
money, said Mrs. Beckwith. people are CIV
ing vegetable parties and all sorts of funny en-
.~eftGlnments, 50 ! don't see why We can't give Il
RAINY day dress euchre party"
we'd look ridiculous in short skirts If our
guests wore long. Ones said DIR. Church. and
ssnrcn and there she conceived n brilliant idea.
lungs are often put in the newspapers wrong
~ went on, so why COUNT we got it in that
inis Is tO:be q c~ostumeparty, and then go in our
~ think we can influence the-ladies who arc
our guests TO Join the club by looking our best"
sugseste Miss Goldfriend.
Vt ! ilnmaterial 10 me what we wear, said
Nts. Palmer. II will wear whatever Is wis
a. ana best for mo to wear. My rainy sday
aresS Is shabby, but l shall wear ii II the day 10
sGinys for couldn't do, anything else, having
siRhcd our constitution"
some of the ladies do not seem to under
ssaha that we can wear any kind of a fancy
SShist with our short skirt" explained Mrs.