Evening journal., 1915-05-24
HagIey Community
House Notes
By the Director. Miss Irene EarlL

On Thursday. May 2U the Acme
Bible Glass of Mt. Salem Church. some
of whom are members at Hagley
House. gave a most successful min
strel and entertainment The gym
nasium and gallery at Hagley House |
were crowded. even TO standing room. |
The merry minstrels" we're John |
Anderson, Ward Johnson, Hamilton |
Beacon Harlan Fisher, David Harris, |
Walter Stone, Wilbur Harrington. The |
testers were Buck Comfy, Lecky Max |
we'll, George Smith, and Billy Max
well. The interlocutor was John |
Benson The parts were we'll taken !,
and the local hits were bright with |
out being garish The monologue. |
lizard Luck Levi" by j. c. Logan |
and the sketches Remember the Hat
and This Way Out" by the company, |
brought down the house again and |
again. The parlor drama, "The Lit |
TEST GIRL adapted from one of the |
famous Van Bihber stories by Rich |
ard Harding Davis, was given by Mr..
William A. Hyde, Mr. William A. Step
toe as Van Bibber, and r. j. Shields
as Caruthers. Their acting was as
sympathetic and polished as that OF
many professionals.
The music was furnished by an or
chestra and by the Brandywine Quar-
tet, composed of Messrs. J. w. Green
field, M. Mixer, r. Minker and w.
Carlett, who had to respond to fire.
quent encores. The entertainment, at
the request OF many who could not
attend Thursday, will probably be re-
peeted in the near future. One OF
their leaders said: "rhe boys have
been practicing only three weeks but
they have held together and that
makes for success. There has been
no disharmony and no pulling differ
ent ways They have all been pres
ent promptly at every rehearsal" The
proceeds of the entertainment will be
used for the building fund OF Mt
Salem Church, which is one of the five
churches of our community. Hagley
House and its activities should be the
practice ground of the churches for
the principles of life and brotherhood
which the churches teach, and Il well
comes a wider use Of its facilities.
Miss B-gham's Home Nursing Glass
this week was postponed until next
Thursday. May o. IL will be contin-
ued indefinitely. This class is popu-
lar and new members are added each
week. On May 13. twenty girls were
present. with Miss Blanche Keaveny
as their guest. The lesson was on
Cooking for Invalids, and ended in
a treat OF cocoa. crackers and marsh
mallows for the class.
On Friday. May %, at 2.30 p. m,
there will be a free Temperance Lee
ture in tho gymnasium under the aus
pices OF the State w. c. T. u. All
are invited. Please come and help to
make the lecture worth while.
Eight of the Ha-Go-Ho Camp Fire
Girls with their guardian. Miss Myatt,
Miss Bessie Eaton, Miss Earll and
Miss Winifred Myatt, from Philadel-
phia. hiked to Rockland yesterday and
up the Brandywine to the city play
ground shack, where they camped
over night. On May 2S, the Wawaset
Camp Fiio Girls, with their guardian,
Miss Earll, will hike over the same
ground and remain until Monday
night. Mr.. Kayanaugh will carry the
supplies TO Rockland and Mr.. Rich
ard Cadbury will meet the party there
with his canoe and superintend the
camp.
Hagley House is on the honor roll
of the National Playground Associa-
ton where Henry Clay is listed as one
OF 81 towns in the United States which
reported a recreation center carried
on throughout the year with at least
one salaried worker employed for the
twelve months. The experience of the
National Playground Association has
proved that there is no success in
social centers without a trained lead
er and a sufficient number of assis-
tants to keep up the interest. The
Playground Magazine for May SAYS:
The time came when not only un.
congested portions of great cities, bui
small towns and even rural districts
realized that children and adults
might be play-starved in miles of un
occupied country. that the need wa
for organization, inspiration, a meanl
OF getting together, that games di,
not teach themselves nor would thl
higher social interests develop spon
taneously without thought and prac
tice. Most rural efforts have beel
made under the leadership Of tn
school, the church or the grange. O
through private interests. and the sug
gestion of a county OF township or
genizer with a community life hal
has been often made and heard favor
ably. The play of the people. tn
play OF all the people. the right Il
live, the expression of democracy il
making life as we'll as a living. ha
come to stand as one OF the fore
sses: interests Of today"