Evening star., 1921-05-26
STAR CLUB DINNER
IS MERRY AFFAIR
Mae Marsh and Theatrical
'HeadlIners" Entertain
Newspaper EMPLOYEES.

Away from the buzz Of the news
room ana thu hum of tho lino.yp".
more than 80 members and guests
! Of The Evening Star cluh frolickcd
/ ana mad" merry at "A dinner given
! by the organization on the roof of
ne Arlington Hotel last night.
| fclioWine an Impressive faC-rais is
| ing ceremony. during which a spot
! light was played on Old Glory. the
idiS" Sat RING. bcdecitcd in vari-
colnreh paper caps. seated themselves
;'' small tables and prepared for the
! mCrriment
! The Sky garden Of ;hn h"' :
| which opens to the public for the
summer this evening. was prettily
decorated with palms and bunting.
and from the first note OF music
struck by the Brooke Johns Orch
tStfa until the last strains of Svnc0pa-
non mad died away from the instru-
mrnts of the "Fannic May Players"
iainmCnt
Through the courtesy of Charles w.
1;ihklnS. proprietor OF the ~ >pnd
Iheater, and A, Julian Brylawsk: of
the cosmos playhouse, The Star forces
""f" treated to a vvritablc vaudeville
carnival.
Mr. Linkins sen, all Of his "rcplin-
erS and that their work was appre-
GATED was shown by the applause
iiai and Francis. the latter d dainty
niue comedienn". started the fun with
Il clever sketch depicting the inno-
ccncc of the country lassic on her first
NlSit to the big city in answer t" An
advertisement. The act went big"
NIae Marsh Present
The appearance in their midst Of
real. live motion picture star was
enough IN itself to make even news
paper men take notice. so, when the
delightful little screen artist. Mae
Marsh. herself the wife of one of their
craft. said "IIcllo' to the assembly. the
ovation that followed could be heard
FOR many blocks. Miss Marsh. in her
CHARACTERISTIC manner said she was
awfully glad to meet YOU" She was
presented with huge box of candy.
Another Strand number. "Burke and
Hurkc. CAPPED the climax with their
skit. "a Western Union Flirtation."
and it was all they could do to go
; back to their playhouse. Arthur
| Mannvillc, conductor of the Strand
; Orchestra, personally directed the mu-
! sic for the players from that house
| Not to be outdone by his fellow pro-
duccr. Mr.. BrylawSki went the limit
! as usual in sending talent. The Misses
! M0rely and Mack in their Fun at the
Piano" We're "ocifcrouSly received. and
; forced to respond to many encores
! while Bennett and Fletcher. musicians
; extraordinary. delighted the audience
! with a speciality.
! The cream" of Washinston's local
| talent also was represented The
/ Misses Edith and Grace Mcdowell
struck such Il sympathetic note with
! their rendition of real Ha waiian music
| that they soon had the audience accom-
| panying them with their numbers.
Local Stars Amuse.
| A Star dinner without George O'Con-
nor and Matt Horn wouldn't be no din
r'"r.' and as both were there, It's nff
said
Between the courses W. Brooke Johns
| kept the diners in high spirit by his
many clever selections. Mr.. Johns is a
member of the Navy Glce Club. and has
himself done professional work on the
Keith circuit.
G. Fred Cook. vice president of the
club. presided and caused much amuse-
me- when Introducing the features.
Pc .,aSt"r Merritt o. Chance. who was
present, received several good natured
thrusts at his new mail early cam
pagn.
William H. Mclean. president. and
Henry G. Hanford. chairman of the en-
tertainment committee, were busy
throughout the evening making "every-
body happy"
A unanimous vote of thanks was given
to Samuel Steinberger for placing his
entire establishment at the disposal of
the club.