The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-06
NEWS IF TIE DAY
 |NSOC|ETY WORLD
Meetings of Clubs, Literary
 and Social
THE SOCIAL CALENDAR
Cadmean Circle Holds Drama Meet ing-Mrs. Yeatman Entertains Bridge Club-0ther Topics
 of Social Interest
Ny NIRYTLE MILES

At the home of Mrs. William Bibb Leedy yesterday afternoon an interest," ing meeting of the Cadmean Circle was held. It was a Drama League" meet ing and an Illuminating discussion of the play presented early in the week by MT. Henry Miller and indorsed, previous to it's appearance by the Drama League of America, was heard with absorbing interest There were several women invited whose endeavors are directed in various civic channels and whose pleasure it was to be present at the meeting yesterday. They were Mrs Leonard T. Beecher. Mrs. Cyrus Putnam orr. Mrs. J. A. Montgomery, Mrs. George C. Ball. Mrs. Charles sharp, Mrs. J. II. Phillips. Miss Myrtle Miles, Mrs. R. D. Johnston, Mrs. George Harrington, Mrs John W. Don nelly, Mrs. Victor Hanson, Miss Lila Chapman and Miss Ruth Allen. pr. William E. Evans, pr. J. II. Phillips and Commissioners Weatherly and Exum were among the prominent men whom the club asked to be with them.
 Mrs. William $. Lowell. in her bright, attractive way, welcomed the guests for the hostess. The meeting was pri- marily to consider ways in which to induce the production of sane, whole some drama in Birmingham. This in- cluded, too, the moving picture shows and this phase of the work was touched upon by Mir. Weatherly and Mir. Exum who said that they are doing what they can in that direction by careful and in- telligent censorship.
 Dr. Evans, who is always heard with deep interest, gave a splendid talk on the character of plays which are con sidered desirable by the Rague. His idea is that the finer type of plays, those which are pure, beautiful, ex- quisite and imaginative, are as great a force in assembling large audiences as those of less noble sentiment, illus trating with Peter Pan' and other plays of similar type, which are al- ways presented to overflowing houses. Dr. Phillips stated that the public campaign for better plays and pictures. and that motion pictures of an educa- tive character will be introduced in the public school work. Mrs. Phillips also gave charming and helpful talk along this line, and Miss Willie M Allen of the Margaret Allen school was one of the most interesting speakers of the | afternoon, presenting the ideal that the work of the Drama league must be constructive, beginning with the child, whose ideals and ideas are being nodded l lo Ix T | pictures
 | Another who was heard with much interest was Mrs. c. r. Orr, who told of the efforts of the Civic league of Birmingham-of which she is presi- dent-to purify and improve the picture shows. Miss Chapman of the public library expressed her interest in the Drama league and her willingness to further its influence by posting bulle- tins relative to plays in the library. She also spoke of the stimulation which the stage and the picture show is to literature, citing recent instances--the many calls for Vanity Fair" Faust" Dante's Inferno" and other books which have been portrayed in the pie ture shows. Mrs. Charles Sharp spoke of the work of her club-the Study Circle-which is in line with the Cad mean and several other organizations this winter toward a fuller conception of the work of the Drama league.
 One of the most beautiful talks heard during the afternoon was that of Mrs. k. D. Johnston, who suggested that the people of today follow the stand ards of our mothers and grandmothers that nothing finer or more lofty could be desired than their ideals of the drama.
 One of the results of the meeting was the decision to invite MT. Norman Guthrie of Sewanee, one of the most able and enthusiastic representatives of the Drama league, to deliver an ad- dress in Birmingham at an early date. This is in line with the excellent plan of the club women to study the work of the league in all it's phases, so that an appreciation of the drama and the Drama league may be had before be- coming members of the national body MRS. M'WANE ANNOUNCES
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