The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-03-06
Thanksgiving Ann and
''Women Of the Orient
Bring Centenary Message
to WOman's Society.
A THANK OFFERING Meeting
Annual Collection is Taken for Mis-
aions - Miss Falk Sings Charming
Iy - Mrs. johnson is
Hostess.

The Centenary Movement W $
brought wildly home to all Kenoshans
who attended the annual Thank Offer
ing Meeting Of the Park Avenue Me-
thodist Woman IS Foreign Missionary
Society, held at the home Of Mrs. Hor-
ace johnson, 423 West Park Place, on
Tuesday afternoon, by the playlets
Thanksgiving Ann" and Women
workers Of the Orient" charmingly
presented by erstwhile stars Of the
Senior Play cast and equally talented
members of the Society.
The meeting was one Of the most
notable events in the early history OF,
the Centenary Movement in Kenosha.
1t presented the message of the project
SO Enthusiastically and so artistically as
to make it doubly impressive and
doubly provocative Of altruistic living
and altruistic giving.
A musical program preceded the
playlets and gave an added touch OF
artistry to the offerings for the after
noon It's most prominent feature was
a group Of songs by Miss Edna Falk
accompanied at the piano by Mrs. O.
II. Brown and on the violin by Miss
Hazel Nicholson. The singers rich
contralto voice was especially well
adapted to the selections chosen for
incorporation. Among these French
Lullabye'' was noteworthy for its ten
der fiuency and the strange suppressed
tragedy of it's quiet refrain.
Thanksgiving Ann" was "a les
son in tithing". Tt presented an old
negro nanny whose friends believed
chat if you "just give what you have"
you have satisfied your obligation to
charity and religion. Thanksgiving
Ann" decided to reform them When
they came out for the usual
"sumptuous dinner'' on the day she
had chosen for her "lesson" she gave
them "just what she had'', stale
bread, cold meat, and no dessert at
ALL The Juror which followed gave
the sainted nanny her chance to drive
home her message and persuade her
heightened friends that after ali pos
sibly it WASH quite enough to give
''iust what you have'.
The role of Thanksgiving Ann was
ably interpreted by Miss Dorothy Fink,
supported by Cecil Morrow as SiIas,
her husband Mrs. M. Catterton as Mrs.
Allyn, and Kenneth Ames as Mr.. Allyn,
the doubling Thomases" of the play
let.
The second playlet - Women
Workers of the Orient" - was dra-
matization of an interesting chapter in
the study-book of the society dealing
with the women Of the far East under
the reforming influence Of Christianity.
Members of the society dressed in the
costumes of India, Turkey, Persia, ia
pan, and China, appeared in order and
told the story of their rehabilitation
after conversion by missionaries.
'FAmerica" and a herald made any
further explanations necessary to a
complete understanding of the subject
matter of the play
The cast of characters for the Sec
ond playlet follows:
America. ............ Mrs. McDermott
India. .......,......... Mrs. Daveler
turkey. ...,..... Mrs. J. Fred johnson
Persia. .................. Mrs. Stoody
Japan. ....,........M Mrs. Inenfeldt
China ................ Mrs. Stratton
The Herald. ...... Marian Kreiman
An unusually large attendance at the
meeting made possible gratifying
thank-offering which win be supple
mented by collection to be taken in
the regular church service on next Sun
day morning. No little part of the con
spicuous success Of the session was due
to Mrs. Theodore Kreiman, the presi-
dent Of the society, who arranged the
program for the gathering and worked
untiringly to insure its proper pre-
sentation.
An enjoyable social hour, which
followed the musical-dramatic-t thank
offerings of the afternoon, not only
furnished fitting finale for the festi
vities of the day but also attested the
uper-graciousness of Mrs. johnson, the
hostess for the annual open meeting of
tie Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society.