The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-27
DIDN'T LIKE
CUT OF GOWNS
Belmont Cricket Clubs Dance
Committee Raises a Storm.
REFUSED TO SEND INVITATIONS
To Two Young Women, The Cut Of Who's:
Gowns and Methods Of Handling Trans
Wsrs Not Approves.
REFUSED TO SEND INVITATIONS

Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. 27-Socicty folk
are quietly laughing over tho attcmpt
mace by eight young mon Of the Belmont
Cricket club 20 act as censors Of tho cut
Of the gowns ~ their fair guests at the
club hops, while the fathers az The young
women are rampant and have demanded
an Investigation OF the young mems
action
IN some quarters sympathy for the vic
inns or TINS queer social censorship rs
expressed. and The president OF the
cricket club has promised 10 have Tho af-
ialrtthorouEhlY aired
The trouble or FUN, " az ID IL Variously
regarded. begun about a week ago At
The weekly dances OF The club Philip
Watson. q son OF the president OF the
Consolidated National bank. and Lewis
King, connected with the kitsOn Electric
Light company, had attended. with Miss
tdith Chase lewis. daughter ot Allan 7.
Lewis, or Cedar avenue, and Miss May
Hollinshead, OF aristocrauc Pine street.
Just before last week = dance members
or the club were told TO send 10 the
dance COMMITTEES the names of the ladies
WOndermeut and the young women laugh
ingly remarked that the committee was
BUt the committee evidently meant busi-
ness. Tor IL declined to send cards TO
several young women, among them the
two mentioned.
HollinShead, and Mr.. King and Mr. Wat
son were furious
The two fathers at once visited J. c.
HibDs, chairman of tho dance committee.
and. ii is stated. were shown copy or
the committees 5 minutes. 10 the effect mat
the eight young men OF the committee
had decided that they did not approve the
cut OF the gowns Of the two girls. IL
was also added that tho young men ~
the committee found fault with the
method IN which the young women held
their trains.
This provoked storm The two young
women are among the pretuest IN Phila-
delpha. and their champions arose upon
every hand. Who were these NJ W Socla!
censors, was asked.
Inquiry showed the darce committee 10
bc composed OF ]. O. ltibbs. ". j.. BsbY-
William James. George Saye1. =, W.
johnson and Percy A. LeGge. When
news OF the committees action became
known there was CONSERVATION among
the girl guests OF the club
II have been told, said Mr.. Watson
today "that these ridiculous statements
regarding Miss Lewis and Miss HollinS-
head arc In writing. and have been seen
by several persons. It's all spite work.
end it ought 20 be shown up.
DO the members Of the committee ever
attend the orers2 DO they know even
ing dress when they soc IL?
Miss Lewis WIS seen today In her home
She Is q handsome blond girl, and is eX-
ccedinsly modest and retiring, she said
she felt deeply hurt at the committee
action and felt sure that she had never
given occasion FOR criticism.
Her falnef seidt ma h'rii "9TNt'N
that the committees action VIII nc re-
viewed by the directors. In iact. made
"A direct issue of the action.
"rhe insult 10 my daughter ana o'@nsr @
Young women was entirely uncalled TOR
and / feel sure that there rs something
u hind H. one OF the leading patroneSsss
of the club has assured me that theft
was never anything wrong with my
daughter costume or manner.
"She told me that the reason CARDS were
sent was because of a club preventing
outsiders from attending more than three
dances So far as / know. this had never
been enforced before. Yet the members
of the committee did NOT plead lhls fule;
,Tbet. aeid there were other easons. and
finally showed those amazing minutes.