Evening star., 1916-04-27
CAPITALS ROTARY CLUB
OBSERVES LADIES' NIGHT
Guests of Evening Entertained at
Reception, Dinner and Dance.
First Annual Event.
Interesting Program Of Musical and
Other Selections Given at
Conclusion Of Feast.

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c., held its first ladies night" last
evening at the New Willard. 1t proved
such a thoroughly enjoyable affair that
the members then and there voted to
make ladies night" an annual event,
which action received the unanimous
and enthusiastic approval of the Wom-
an guests. Exactly seventy OF the
Ininety-three Rotarians were accom-
panied by their wives, sisters, daugh- :
ters or sweethearts. so that the attend
ance numbered well above $50 persons
at the outset At 1920 o'clock large
number of additional guests arrived TO
participate in the general dancing,
which continued until midnight.
Floral Triumph at Tables.
A reception was in order from Z
o'clock until 1880 o'clock. Promptly at
the latter hour the members and guests
| formed in column of twos and. to the
strains of a stirring march by Rake
mann's Orchestra. proceeded to the
rated for the occasion. and took posses
sion of twenty tables, each of which
was a floral triumph as result or the
personal attention of William F. Guide,
the Rotarian florist.
| During the discussion of the menu,
which had been arranged with special
care, there was action all the time. Sew
eral selections were rendered by the
Musurgia Club, Mrs. Ethel Holtzclaw
Gawler, soprano; Mrs. William 7. Reed
| contralto; Roy Glider, tenor, who sub
| sttuted on short notice for Richard T.
Backing. who was called out of the city;
Edwin Gallo, basso. and Harry Wheaton
Howard, pianist and director. Clifford
X. Bergman, the portrait cartoonist, gave
chalk talk. with running comment that
caused continuous laughter and earned
applause.
Give Valuable Souvenirs.
| One feature that made a decided hit
with the women guests was the distribu-
| ton of valuable souvenirs at inter walls
during the serving Of the dinner. These
| included silk hosiery, silver vases and
bonbon dishes, framed pictures and flower
seeds. contributed by Rotarians Frank r.
Jelleff. Charles e. Berry, J. Philip Herr
mann, Sidney West, S. J. Venable and
| Frank Bolgiano. Special souvenirs, in
| cluding vfctrola, a parasol, set OF
china and miniature photo-portrait
donated by Rotarians F. H. Droop, T. c.
| Dulin, J. Maurice Bird and George w
Harris. were allotted to Mrs. John Dolph
| Mrs. Arthur S. Copeland. Mrs. Frank
Bolgiano and Miss Caldwell.
At the conclusion of the dinner, the
| president of the club. George w. Har
called on Rotarian Roland S. Robin.
| to assume charge of the entertainment
| Mr. Robbins introduced. in order, AL
| fred Berger, who sang grand opera ant
| popular selections. accompanied on the
niano by Mrs. Berger: Ralph Herr
| the actor. who came from New Yorl
| for the purpose, and who sang and re.
cited: the Misses Campbell, who con
| tributed vocal and instrumental selec.
! tions; Barbaban and Grohs, who exc
cuted society dances. and Miss Anna
Wheaton and Harry Carroll, in singing
and dancing numbers. Everybody ther
| joined in the general dancing.
Members of Committee.
| The special committee on ladies
| night" consisted of Rotarians E. c
Graham, chairman; D. J. Callahan, Johr
Dolph, E. II. Droop and Roland S. Rob
bins. They were ably assisted by thu
members of the clubs entertainment
committee, Rotarians George H. Mark
| ward, chairman; John Gheen, r. S. Rob
bins, William f. McReynolds. l.. Ber
| Nye and Edgar Priest. The officers o
| the club, all of whom aided in making
| the affair a success, are George w
! Harris president; William f. Shan
non and William John Eynon, vic'
| presidents; Holcombe g. johnson, sec
retary, and Thaddeus c. Dulin, treas
| urer.