The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-25

Everybody in Birmingham who ever knew charming Ethel Armes will be delighted to hear news of her. especially when the news contains the information of her great success in Journalism.
 Her first big success "The History of Coal and Iron in Alabama" intro duced this clever woman to hundreds of people and since then she has con- tributed many splendid articles to the various northern ana eastern news papers as well as magazines.
 Miss Armes, who Is the sister of MT Edmund c. Armes of this city. one of the most loyal and valued young citizens in the community and for the past year the president of the Community club, has recently con- tributed two interesting articles to .'The Treatre Magazine under the title of Community Dramatic Ac- tivities,' and The Alumnae Play of vassar College" which Miss Armes attended and gcovered" under this at tractive title for 'The Theatre Mag azine.'
 Miss Armes in her article on Community Dramatic Activities" says among other things:
 Desire, plus space and two screens are all that Is necessary for a com munity theatre" said Miss Florence : E. Wilbur, community service drama specialist in the northwest. There is no more powerful influence for the establishment of standards and the development of taste then the theatre. Standardization in choice of plays. and participation, according to their talents, of the people of community will make the community theatre.
 Tt was at the recent session of the Drama Institute, under the auspices of Seattle Community service, held at the Women's University club of that progressive city of the Pacific coast Here the people are uniting with ever increasing enthusiasm, skill and ability to make community drama a live educational force of their city. A second institute for Seattle will be held in October. Ta- coma, Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Belliny- ham and Everett are other cities of the state of Washington already dis tinguished in amateur drama achievement. as is also Portland, Oregon"
 Of the vassar play Miss Armes says:
 The presentation in the Vassar college outdoor theatre of Edna St. Vincent Millay's new play, The Lamp and the Bell by an all-Vassar. cast at the alumnae meeting in late June, struck the highwater mark of college dramatics.
 ''The play, written on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the vassar College Alum nae association. Is a drama in five acts and is dedicated to the class of 1917, of which Miss Mllay is a1mem- Der. It Is built around the theme of friendship between two girls born out of 8 four years comradeship in studies, pastimes and dreams, such as is common with school and college girls all over the world-with per- haps more iron and spirit therefrom than comes to most. For the play portrays a devotion and friendship so staunch and ideal as to withstand every assault upon it from within and without. rising even to heroic heights and suggesting thereb, a standard of contribution to the worlds work, of self-sacrifice and constructive force and, subtly woven. sense of economic justice and of the rights of man.
 And side by side with the gifted girl who wrote the play, stands the girl who dressed the play--the young artist. Charlotte Gailor, yassar 10, O. Sewanee. Tennessee
 Miss Gailor fashioned hundred costumes out of innumerable old silk and velvet gowns resurrected from attics and cedar chests by vassar alumnae from many sections of the country; old silk petticoats. brocadel dolmans bought in Paris long ago. discarded velvet portieres, cretonnes, jeweled evening frocks and head wear, sofa cover cushions, lace cur tains and bolts upon bolts of old silk from one Vassar girl whose father owns a millinery factory These were cut to pieces, and dyed by Miss Gailor to fit the color scheme she designed for every character and every scene of the play. With an al- most miraculous sense of color. of line, of fitness to the mood of the many scenes and varigated groups each group playing with the other the designer achieved such triumph or costuming that even without ? play there had been a poem of color and costume worth travelling miles to see
 No getting away from it the rlay was work of distinction from every viewpoint, play itself actors, cos tunes, stage settings-music. By nc means to add, very good for anna teurs-for college girlv In 1t these vasSar girlS could giye-and this IS