The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-20

service work that thu ,rA,,.
hall is the only means rs -
many young men and -. WA
make acquaintance in ~. -
city. A normal social lie 1 =. .e.s
the hardest things to pros1..
New York. or course. ~ ~ 2
can be abused, but with pres.s ~
pervision ! should thing
Yes. so should l." dec,.,.. .
other official. land why pos ~ !.
one with proper supervisiesss a
Out OF this discussion =, Il.
idea OF the K. A. d. club, ~. |.
the most nolable and prorre,.,s. :
all the various Organization ~.
have been designed 10 prevent ~ !.
Illness, since the war. The -.
the great awakener to the 60
nity's responsibility in thi. rees
With all the society fiappers in,s,s !,
around and dancing with st,s.
soldiers and sailors, and With M.
mothers chaperoning informal =. 4
ter ailments for war worker,
with. people inviting both str,,s ~
warriors and war workers to NJ.
homes for week-en6s and Supa,.
dinners. formal customs were Nam,
to suffer, and they have been srIs.s
ing ever since. In the middle ~ !
especially. the custom Of inyishs
lonely strangers to dinner and 49, I
ing parties still fiourishes to !,
amazing degree.
There is a married coupla. N
Akron. Ohio, for instance, who -!
recently received a great deal NJ
publicity because they have ins.ss: \
rated a public at-home Wedneads,
evening. Sometimes they enteriS
as many as As persons, mceIh I
strangers to them. in their atm,
tive suburban home. Autos NJ
the guests at the station and cam
them to a wide porch hung viii
Japanese lanterns, where they ~
usually greeted by the small dsseh.
ter of th0 household and led h J.
stairs to take off their things.
The whole atmosphere Is delisit
The whole atmosphere Is delirtt.
fully informal and homelike. m
hostess does not in the least mini
having a dozen or 4ore strasn
women and flappers pile their Ill
and coats on her bed. and she nsya
complains when some bashful youtl
scratches her favorite victrola ne
ord. The only attempt to ksv
track of people at all is BY tagghs
each with a card bearing his mana
so as to eliminate the nuisance 4
extensive introductions. I
A Novel Hostess.
Sometimes plays are read b
guests who happen to be elocp
tionists. Sometimes the evening
turns into a musical one, viii
piano and violin solos. and 1t otA6
times it is purely frivolous viA
sofa pillow fights, impromptn In.
presentations and much dancing b
q pianola and victrola. Mrs. Ru-
sell l.. BROKER. who is the hero.
inc of this unique entertainment
for the lonely, never tries to dom
mate the party herself, but Allow
the young people to choose theif
own diversions. Much Of the tme
indeed, she is in the kitchen .NEt
pairing lunch, which is one Of ha
crowning features of the evening
Some folks think Mr.. Brook6
and myself are crazy" she declared
in telling q newspaper man aboat
her at-homes. But we are not
We, are simply trying to live our
faith in life and people by helpia!
these young folks to have . god
time. Some people think that ve
have a low class of people comm!
to our parties. but as a matter o.
fact most Of them are college grad
yates. Others are business people
and students. But they are Oh
, lonely. Some people have also sus-
gested that we are doing 1t tor pa!'
but we don't. We never even think
Of that part OF it. | suppose !
does cost a little. but that doesn,
compare to the satisfaction We Se'
out Of it." -.
In Detroit. another married Gov
pie, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Dovps
| are conducting the same klno :!
get-acquainted club every SunaA!
night in their church. during wn.l
times hymns are discarded IN u
vor Of jazz. Each meeting u q
voted merely to popular prosiaI,
comprising recitations. stories. y. y.
! a short talk on some non-relisloe'
| subject. Then there is an hoal !, !.
which visitors are introduced !, y
| each other, while somebody ~
down at the piano and plays ~ ~
Once a week the Downie CLUB no'''
a weekly card party and dahos. ~
/: Thus. the ge--acquainted eIus
are rapidly growing In numG sa,
! ana in variety, until it is possiDI
10 conceive of an era, not SO W.,
! fer off in which the formal lnllu
duction will be an anacnrvl,s..
and everybody will feel al, hOe''