The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-29
5000 GIRLS DANCE
IN 5 CENT DRESSES
Pupils Of Julia Richman High
Collected for Gay Affair TO
Get Acquainted.
MAKE 18th STREET SIT Up

N'.r tho corHer - Fourteenth stree.
ara s'Ntr avenue at the rush hour raises
a. eyebrow in surprise one gathers thai
something unusual--nne might: even say
unioaard-is on the taps, whatever tha
is But Fourteenth stree; and Sixth
ave;u" locked up ard took notice late
les'orda! Afternoon.
rItee thousand and more strong they
ca tx to the cOfre.. the girls OF the julia
RichgnIn Il.gn school DID. FOR ,i,c,r
lIalioNe'eu party at the Ninth Regiment
Armory. which Is IN Fourteenth street 8
few doors ives; o. sixth avenue.
\ false notion prevails in the mind.
~ ~rary--or did N the mind q, THr s,.S
man at least untl yesterdays rar,y--
that when tho city Organizes a new high
school all the city does is 10 btrld a
brick and terra Gotta building. call II the
Julia RicAman Higa School. say. In
memory Of the late and much loved Miss
RnchnIn. ard then throw upen the doors
to the studcits.
Whai really happens Is mis- 80 IL Was
learned az yesterdays function o. SPLEEN
doris: Different hrh schools b,c ONE over
crowded. The overcoming continues
uu;a something must be done. and the
something" done takes the form OF DIS
~tr.bui.ns the scholars throughout VARIOUS
SHOOTS against the time the city feels
financially able - house tae overflow.
I"ai the way the Ju..a Rlvh1naii
HIsa ScGoOl came into ue.ng. Halt "A
] dozen or NOR. Sslts.lS p.4x Sl.fsa- ,g,.
theoretically is the julia Richman ian
S.1oo.. There are zoo in the Thonls
Hunter high SChuol. for instance, aul
40" more IN Easi Seyenty-s.Seu;h stree.
-Four o. nvc other schools LOOK after
the rest OF the $500 members % tie
JiAa kichinAn sN.'Opl ~nIie aYa.,!t.s the
oUAu!ug OF an ,dliiCe az glorious "a, the
Washington Irving High or Nadl-s..
Each girl in the scattered lula Rich
man School contributes % cents every
school term TO a fund devoted to lunch
cons al cost n other worth While
things. The total mounts to something
in the neighborhood OF $3.50 a year.
Win this fund In mind the principal Of
the seemingly theoretical ou; really very
concrete Julia Richman High School.
Or, Arthur NJ Wolfsov. got the notion
mat the treasury could at least set it,
self back TO the extent OF $50 or less
TO give a party whereat the scattered
members Of tho Julia Hickman High
School might got together and become
acquainted.
The whole party yesterday cost less
than $50. Ine Ninth Res .ment Armory
was donated. The Ninth Regiment band
gave its services from : T.. NJ until
dusk Tor s3j. The treasury spent all
OF $40 more as a zip TO Ia. Janlior and
his assistants.
Miss Carrie Van r Ashcroft. who
d heads th.. HhNEgIa1 srasyfr4 Ia,- So.
Of The Julia Richman High school,
looked on Nacn the $500 appeared on
The arnIory floor at I o'clock. Doubtless
Miss Ashcroft felt repaid for the ezra
hours SHE had devoted. scurrying from
school 10 school during the last weeks.
20 teach the $500 the drills and canoes
and s.u-.ES Wa.Nl-aS one .ooAed dow
from the balcony upon o.. the lowell ness
Of youth and pink checks and bright
eyes and gay costumes Of tissue paper
save one a hit OF a catch iu The throat
because of its sheer beauty.
They had solved the high cost of
dance costumes. the bright eyed Cmostly
black eyed girls ~ the Julia Richman
school had. They had gone down To a
store, So Or. Wolison explained. and
had paid all Of > rents. even as high
as : cents IN some cases, for yards and
yards Of crinky paper of mauve, Nile
green, orange. pinks and blues. Then
they had fashioned the tissue pape
into funny gowns and hats of magnif-
ceHce and they came upon the floor In
all the beauty Of the lilies Of the field.
With marvellous precision the pinks
and greens and oranges and blues wen,
through n wondrous grand march" that
Miss Ashcroft had taught them. Their
, in battalion formation they saluted tbs
haG, the band smashing out MARTA
music.
. They sang America after that. arc
0 they knew all the words OF all tbs
. stanZas. their school sons following
Finally there was general dancing
: When darkness came along at last on,
Q got rid Of ones 3 cent costume by rip
= ping IL of with the jerk Of a finger
o And as the torn tissue paper fell TO th'
floor II was worth while noting that esc'
r girl carefully gathered up the litter o
4 paper and tossed II into boxes along th'
side walls so when the Ninth Regimen
: assembled for dr.ll later in the evenini
the soldier lads would find their armorl
quite as iieckless as Il was when the!
turned it over to the girls Of the JUL;
8 Rithman High"