The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-03-26
WEEK FILLED WITH WOMEN'S
MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES

Calm, Goldine Jacoby, Ethel Fried
man, Sarah J. Kahn, Eva Berlin, Ber-
tina Lichten, Lillian Ruth Jacoby, Sa-
die Ginsberg, Paula Hirschkovitz,
Clara Frenkle, Sadie Kugleman, Sa-
rah Goldstucker, Esther Gugenheim,
Fannie Wagenheim and Nettie Gins
berg.
On Thursday afternoon society was
very largely represented at the Army |
Relief Ball given at Fort Barrancas,
which was opened with parade escort |
Of colors and band concert, followed |
| by tea, bridge and dancing at the post
gymnasium, which was deliberately |
decorated in the colors, with quaint |
ties of wistaria and greenery also eff
fectively used. Among those assist |
ing Mrs. Davis, wife of the command |
| ing officer, in making this one of the |
seasons most brilliant entertainments
were: Mrs. A. W. Morse, Mrs. j. E. |
Wyte, Mrs. R. v. D. Corrupt, Mrs. P. |
S. Golderman, Mrs. j. L. Holcombe,
Mrs. d. Armstrong, Mrs. T. Babcock,
Mrs. ]. S. Kennedy, Mrs. j. H. ia
nette, Mrs. F. L. Hosxins, Mrs. A. ].
McCune, Mrs. T. A. Smith, Mrs. M.
A. Hiekok, Mrs. J. Kirke, Mrs. Henry
Muslin, Mrs. Ellis Knowles, the
Misses Wytke, Davis, Evelyn Maxwell,
Elizabeth Fisher, Rallie Fisher, Mol
lie Blount, Carrie and Claire Blount,
Molly Brent, Frances Brent, Pearl
Sheppard.
On Thursday evening Mrs. Mia Os-
born Benin and Mrs. Arthur Eli Booth
of New Haven, Conn, with an evening
of music and reading contributed to
the weeks pleasures, Mrs. Benn's pu-
pills and the High School Glee club
furnishing the musical part Of the
program. Mrs. Booth, who is a grad
uate of the Emerson School of Ex-
preston, possesses to a marked de-
gree those qualities which 90 to make
up the dramatic artist. Not only does
she interpret the work of the great
masters of literature with wonderful
power and beauty, her Shakespearian
numbers being especially good, but in
the lighter roles, too, she excels, and
her work of Thursday evening was
full of charm and evidenced the wide
range of her talents, which she has
so graciously contributed to several
: entertainments during her visit to
; Pensacola as the guest of Mrs. E. E.
Saunders. Those who heard Mrs.
Booth on Thursday evening viii look
forward with much pleasure to her
r appearance on April IL, when at the
a Shakespearean entertainment she will
give scenes from Macbeth" "Ham-
: Lett and ''The Merchant of Venice"
!. On Friday the feminine calendar
. was filed to overlooking with two
{ mass meetings in the afternoon. al
o which women were largely represent.
o ed, the Fornari concert given at the
: San Carlos hotel in the evening, witt
: Clara Joel in 'The Eternal Mazda,
, len" as theatrical attraction. with
r number of smaller parties.
2 The council chamber of the CITY hal
Z was crowded IN the afternoon, nearly
4 a hundred women being present, wher
4 Miss Marguerite Ingraham, presiden
; of the Pensacola Equal Suffrae,
league, called the meeting to order
'. Mrs. E. E. Saunders was nominate,
= as the women's candAda.e for mem
bership on the school board, the meet
ing also having been featured b,
talks by Miss Anna Orr, Mrs. Georg,
/ w. Marble and Mrs. A. G. Buckley.
The meeting held at the First Meth
odist Church for the purpose of dis
! cussing plans for a social service set
!. Element, in which all the churches q
!, the city may be interested, was YER
d largely attended, andsif.. these plan
,. are perfected Pensacola will have
: school Of domestic science and civics
I. with allied branches, which viii be
be come most important factor in tn
p community life. The building locate
n, on the corner Of Chase street an
to Tenth avenue, which has been used b
:, the ladies of the First Methods
church for some time as a SEWN
q school, viii be the center Of this worI
Z. which should have the hearty co-or
Oh Grafton Of every woman in the city.
= The Fornan concerts drew a yer
re- large audience and Friday evening. j
al spite of the appearance Of Miss Joe
NJ at the Opera House, and on Frida
TX and Saturday evenings the large aud
- ences were most enthusiastic, I'll
lOt program being such as is seldor
ed heard outside of the great cities Z
IS s. the country.
Fornari is one Of the noted baritone
d. of his generation, and richly deserve
the praise which the press and publ
- have heaped upon him, and his sur
The port was excellent, the playing of Il
pr violinist, Havlicek, being especial
ay. arSlstlc. MISS Carmelta Wilkes, 81
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