New-York tribune., 1907-08-27
SUMNER SCHOOL CLOSES.
Vacation Work Shown at Young Women's
Christian Association.

The Young Wornen's Christian Association at
No. East 18th street was IN gaia dress ISt llsl,
Crates of beautiful flowers had been sent In from
Tenafy by Mrs. J. Hull Browning. 10 decorate me
rooms and there was hardly standing room IA tAe
chapel. The occasion the closing % the sum
classes, and some regret was mingled with us
apparent joyoUsness, for the girls have il2d suci
good times these classes that they almost mad
be driven out when 10 o'clock ellne ana tney
do not like them close. Hundreds OF girls
from stuffy hall bedrooms, dreory dornltories III
homes or from crowded tenement houses Lay
attended every evening, and have found here al
most the only diversion that was open TO iileih
during the hot summer evenings lHrH VIII tvi 's
miss the classes that closed last might although
they still come TO the lElrlor Whenever they
like and some Will iol the pay classes oi the VIII
ter school Owing TO the recent crime wave Il
good many Of The girls and their mothers have
felt tirnid about going in the evening but the
attractions Of the school have oyerborue every
other consideration. and happily no one las eX-
perienced any annoyance. although the girls have
been asked TO report ans thing 81 te KIND 10 tAe
teachers.
been the in shirtwaist making II had li3
members. and some very crecitable pieces OF work
were shown the closing, although many OF the
they Joined the class Along with tie millinery
the shirt waists made very pretty showing, al
though only a small percentage 81 t.ie Work was
available for exhibition as many o the luIii7 al
away vacations. one Of them. however. brought
her chapeau all the way from Ne~hurg Tor the
occasion. because she Thought that all the pretty
things that had been made would lie wanted
The el0cution class has been almost as popular as
shirtNaist making one and after its last meet
ing the superintendent Mrs. II. /. Hill of the
Women's College Of Baltimore, was assaIl"d on all
sides with eager Inquiries about its contiHuance
during the winter. These questions she cAIld not
answer because the winter school and the SuInnter
school are under entirely different auspices. The
elocution class contributed the most important
number OF last nights programme in the form Il
a little play called The Burglar the cast being
as follows: Miss Stella Connor. Mrs. Burton, Miss
Irene Gombossy, Valerie Arnsby; MIS- MlNcent
Shamforoff. Mrs Dover; Miss Helen Schwartz
Freda Dixon: Miss Hattie Ender. Edith Brent.
The physical culture class. which has also been
tremendously popular, contributed French, Irish,
Scotch and Swedish dances and there were sev-
eral choruses by the singing classes Miss T.
Doheny chaplain Of the association and founder
and director of the school, came in from
the country foT the occasion and made a short ad-
dress.
The exhibition will continue to-day. and there
will be a service of song in the evening, with a
report from the associations delegate TO Silver
Bay.
The summer school has been Interesting not only
TO the pupils but outsiders as well, and almost
every evening there have been dozens Of visitors
One night there were fCrty-seyeT visitors at one
time in the physical culture class. Among those
who have inspected the summer school and the
regular work during the summer have been visit
ors from Germany. England, Greece, Texas Nlr-
ginia Salt Lake City and whole delegation from
81 Louis The new association IN salt Lake CITY
sent its president Mrs Charles q. Pluminer, and
there secretaries.
Miss Doheny, when the vacation school idea was
new The classes quite free 10 TIE students,
but all the teachers paid.