The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-04
Mrs. Vol Before Club.
Gail Black SIS
for Society Editor.

WTUs WoIl 00rOSo OIVOs
No more interesting or charming
woman comes to Keokuk than Mrs.
Helen X. Woil who is spending her
| Mrs. ]. B. Well. There has this time
! been an interval Of two years be.
tween her visits and six years have
passed since she has appeared-in
professional way. During her presen.
visit she 10 to give program before
the members of the Monday Music
club on next Monday evening.
In the interval between her visits
she has appeared before the students
of most OF the leading schools In this
country. at Wellesley, at Bryn Mawr,
Vassar, at the National Cathedral
school for girls, at the University of
Illinois, at Willard seminary. at Gro,
ton. and at many others. She has
also been appearing at the large coun-
try places outside New York, follow
| ing dinners and other formal social
functions. In addition to this she
has been lecturing in colleges on the
question Of English speech. More
and more the purity OF speech and
tone Is coming to be appreciated in
the country and some day careless,
slovenly speech is going to be con-
sidered inexcusable among people Of
even average culture.
Mrs. Well teaches the value Of tho
pronunciation OF the novels In words
and of the value Of consonants as
well. For this work she had course
lege under Prof. Winter of Harvard.
On Monday evening Mrs. Well will
read two plays, one q romantic drama
of the French revolution period and
the other comedy. by Barrie, the
latter being the principal feature Of
the program. She has been reading
comedies more and more in later
years. It was Edwin Booth who said
that an actor must have some years
on his head before he can do comedy
successfully; he must have seen both
tragedy and comedy and to know
human nature through experience be-
fore he can successfully interpret
comedy. As was said in the begin
ming, Mrs. Well Is most interesting
and her work is full Of instruction.
because she interprets the play, be-
cause she makes you understand
human nature and because her Eng
lish in Its accent. pronunciation and
tone quality is well nigh faultless,
she amuses and entertatns, but she
does q great deal more than that.
Enjoyable Dancing Party.
A company Of thirty young people
chaperoned Sy Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Jones enjoyed aAac!ng party In the
Tiffany room at Hotel Iowa last
night. Agnes orchestra played for
the dancing ana the evening was
delightful ono in all Of It's features.
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Volunteers to Meet.
| The Volunteers will meet this even
ing at o'clock in the Y w. G. A.
building.
BENEFIT for Ambulance Work.
The committee OF the Daughters OF
the American Revolution having in
charge the arrangements for the
American ambulance service benefit
met yesterday at the. horne of Mrs.
| d. A. Collier. The entertainment will
BIO held on January 26 in the Y. N.
IC. A. auditorium. Mrs. J. o. Boyd
was named as committee on deco
ration, Miss Clara Gertrude Fry and
Mrs ]. D. Rubidge the committee IN
! music, Mrs. A. G. Decker, COMMITTEES
on cards OF aimission, and Mrs. c.
r. Armentrout and Mrs. Henry Walk
or are q committee on posters. keo-
kuk has not dcne any. relief work Tor
the war sufferers since tho belgian
relief work two or three years ago.
This ambulance service appeals to
Americans because 1t is being Icn-
Quoted altogether by Americans. Tor
the greater part by young college
men from Harvard. Yale, Princeton,
Dartmouth and other colleges. Two
young men from Iowa are IN the SER
vice. The young men who have I'm
dertaken It have done so to pay IN
part our debt to France for her aid
in the American revolution. When
CORVALLIS surrendered at yorktown
at the close Of seven years of war,
there were as many French soldiers
in the army to which he surrendered
as there were Americans. France
spent for US during the American
revolution no less than seven huc-
dred million dollars. We owe much
to France for our existence as an
independeut nation and after these
MANY years the ambulance service Is
caring for the wounded in France to
let france know that America re-
members.
| Dance Last Night.
sixty couples were in attendance at
the dance given in Woodman hall
last night BY Messrs. Roy Rein and
Finley Rowe. Among the guests were
number from Fort Madison and
warsaw. The music for the dance
was provided by the Frisco Synco-
paters Of Monmouth, Illinois, trio
Of colored musicians who had a new
line of dance music. During the
course Of the evening Joseph Wyoon.
the local singer, gave several songs.
The dancing was from 800 p. m. to
100 g. m.
Entertained at Watch Party.
The Misses Hazel and Jessie Alberts
entertained a company OF friends New
Years eve at q watch party from $3.50
until 1880 O'Clock. At midnight re-
freshm ents were served. consisting OF
lovater stew. dou9hnuts, pickles and