Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-28
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL NEWS
YOUNG LADIES TO
GIVE PLAY
"Prunella," Granville Barker,
to Be Given For Benefit of
Civic Club

to Be Given For Benefit of
Civic Club
"Prunella," or Love in a Dutch
Garden" is the title of an interesting
and attractive romantic. comedy in
three acts to be given by a cast of
81 young ladies and girls of Harris
burg to procure funds to furnish the
Fleming residence in Front street,
recently taken over by the Civic Club.
! The play, by Lawrence Housman
and Granville Barker, was given in
the Little Theater. New York city, last
winter and has been greatly in de-
mand in many cities for amateur per-
| formance, to which it is well adapted.
Miss Dora w. Coe, 2017 n. Second
street, is the originator of the idea
and promoter of the plan to furnish
the Civic Clubs new home. On the
committee with Miss Coe are Miss
Eleanor \. Clark, Miss Katherine
| Etter, Miss Louise Carney, and Miss
Mary E. Meyers. Miss Clark and Miss
Coe will take the leading parts, that
of Prunella and Pierrot, but the re-
mainder of the dramatae perSonae has
not been announced.
! The play will be given on the even
| ings of September 26 and 81, in the
garden to the south of the Civic Clubs
home at Front and North streets. 1t
is estimated that there are accom-
modations there for over 200 people
and the location is ideal for the me-
chanics of the outdoor scenes. The
| performance is allegorical and quaint
I ly entertaining, with delightful
thread of romance running through it.
Miss Dorothy Morgan, of Hawley.
/ Wayne county, is visiting Miss Frances
Hause at her Bellevue Park home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur A. Herr and
Miss Elizabeth Herr. of Reilly street,
came home to-day, after spending sew
along the Yellow Breeches.
| Miss Alice Strohm. of Carlisle, is
visiting her sister, Mrs John Wander
bilt, of South Thirteenth street.
Miss Alice Baker of 10 North
Third street, has gone to Philadelphia
and New York on a business trip.
Mrs. w. s. Elder and daughter, Miss
/ Claribel Elder of 20 Evergreen street
/ have returned after visiting at the
Elder bungalow in Caledonia Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Hamilton Hull
and small daugfEers, Margaret and
/ Helen Hull will return home the last
/ of the week after a stay at Cold
Springs cottage.
Mrs. Elizabeth Z. Page and daugh-
ters, the Misses Pearl and Faith
/ Page, of PAL North Fourteenth street
have returned home after visiting
friends in the western part of the
State.
Mrs. Charles B. Eager, of Walnut
street, is home after spending most
of the summer at the Eager bungalow
at Cove
Miss Mariana Mumper, who has
been visiting Miss Elizabeth Howard,
at 1907 North Second street, left for
/ home last evening.
Miss Grace Gohl came home Sat
| urday from Columbus, Ohio, where
| she spent six weeks with Mr.. and Mrs.
/ Edgar F. Gohl.
| Mr.. and Mrs. F. Victor Lecoo, III.
OF Pine street, are taking an automo-
bile trip to Long Island.
/ Miss Martha Anne Fletcher. of 224
/ Pine street, is home after a brief
/ stay in Mount Gretna
/ Miss Katharine Simonetti. of Forster
street, has returned to the city after
| spending three weeks with Miss Helen
Kirby, in Atlantic City.
Robert Gohl, of 1908 North Second
street, spent a weeks vacation with
MS sister, Mrs. Milton Howard Green
await, in Brooklyn.
Mrs. William X. Bumbaugh, of 1924
Market street, spent Sunday with rel
atives in Millersburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Howard Coch-
ram of State street, are spending a
fortnight in New York and the sea-
Miss Leonore GRADER, of 926 North
Third street, is home after a trim to
Shamokln and Delaware Water Gap.
Charles Sullenberger. of ia South
ourteenth street, is spending some
ume in Pottsville on business.
Mrs. Edward Whitmoyer and
oSI H inter MISS Margaret Whitmoyer
| OF Detroit, Mich, have returned home
atter two months visit with relatives
| here.
Mrs. R. H. Heller of 127 South Four
! teenth street is visiting her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodrig of Remove.
Mrs. Ard Steel and daughter. Miss
Nancy Steel of 1854 Mulberry street
are spending some time with relatives
| in Altoona.
Harry L. Phelps OF North Second
! street, mas left for a visit with his par
ents at his home in Boston. Mass.
MISS Mabel Clark of % South Nine
teenth street is the guest of her grand
| mother, Mrs. Clark of Mansfield, To
/ ga county, Pa. On her way home she
viii spend some time with friends in
| Williamsport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy B. Nell of 141G
Derry street, are spending some time
at Atlantic City and ocean CITY. will
visit at Mr.. Nells home in Mount Hol-
~ Springs before returning home.
j. Horace Nunemaker Of 332 Cres-
cent street, who has been spending the
summer at Silver Bay, Lake George
n. Y, will return home in a few daYs,
Mr.. and Mrs. Latta Wright motored
from Coatesville to spend the weekend
with her sister, Mrs. John Dorwart of
| Pleasant View.
Miss Anna Emanuel. Miss Catherine
Scheffer and Miss Fanny McClain are
nome after a weekend stav with
friends at Mount Gretna
Mr.. and Mrs. William Henry of 2006
kensington street. with Mr.. and Mrs
Altland of 2007 Kensington street. and
MISS Mary Forey motored to Gettys-
burg yesterday.
CORN AND MARSHNIALLOWS
ARE ROASTED AT PAXTONIA
The following people attended a
/ corn roast and marshmallow toast AT
Park View cottage. Paxtonia: Mrs. q
| w. Conner, Mrs ]. Roy Feeser. Mr..
/ and Mrs. Peter Fishel Mrs Kann