The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-30
LocaLDran1a League Opens NetO Season With Brilliant
 Programme and Luncheon

1 that. I once saw man waiting or curb in Paris for his sweetheart She came along pretty soon, and see ing him, rushed over and immedi- ately held up her lips to be kissed.
 After the man had implanted the kiss, right in public the girl re- marked to him Do you know I have been thinking of you all the day" and immediately he turned her right around and kissed her several times again.
 Now we of America would be deathly afraid to do a thing like that-because of criticism. over here we curb our natural tendency to dramatics. Not so overseas.
 Why? Really what do we gain by
 suppression, except unnaturalness. Do the French of Spanish or other races think anything of such dis plays? Not at all. If they pay any attention they merely give their selfsame things.
 Tn America, the mans way would have been to wait two hours until he had his sweetheart in the liv- ing room at home. He would have kissed her then and said Now that's for the nice thing you said while ago. and ten to one she would have queried, puzzled: What was that%
 Mir Wright used other illustrations to show how drama differs here from that abroad. and very interesting was his statement that the Orientals do not enjoy drama which deals with every day things as we do-because drama is really enacted before them on the streets each day of their lives. They turn to mythology and stories of the gods for their entertainment. His lecture ended with a story of The Case of the Serpent God"
 Miss Mary Gillen, all in blue, with cunning silver trimmed hat, gave series of clever negro stories and readings. An excellent musical pro- gramme was heard.
 Among those at the Drama league luncheon were:
 Mrs. B. A. Monaghan, Mrs. Alice LeSuer Harsh, Mrs. James A. Mead : ows, MrsA Blaine Brownell, MT. and Mrs. J. W. Joselyn, Mrs. Ralph Bar row, Mrs. Angus M. Taylor, Mrs. Cabot Lull, Jr, Mrs. Walter Beasley, Mrs. George r. Harrington, Mrs Ira A. Watson, Mrs. Charles A. Lass, Mrs. J. Ross Snyder, Mrs. E. J. Lee Rust, Mrs. Louise Lewis Hughes, Mrs. J. F. Carle, Miss Sarah Neili Virginia B. Handley, Mrs A. R. Moody, Mrs. Emmet O'Neal, Mrs. Alexander Garber, Mrs. Hugh P. Wal thall, Mrs Walter M. Mccoy. Mrs. Graham Putnam, Mrs. Laurence Scott, Mrs. Thomas J Judge, Miss Mary E. Baugh, Mrs. Ed Archibald, Mrs. c. B. Mccormack, Jr., Mrs. J.. $, Coleman, Mrs. James c. Smith, Mrs. Fred Underwood Miss Evilina Wilkerson, Mrs. Caroline P. Engst- field. Mrs. Charles A. Williams, Mrs. James Hood, Mrs. Howard Yassman, Mrs. R. E. Collins, Mrs. S. H. Gard ner, Miss Sarah Helen Collins, Mrs. D, B. Dimick, Mrs. Tom Pankey, Mrs. Charles S. Caldwell, Mrs. Robert A. Bailey, Jr., Mrs. Robert H. Thach, Miss Lee Tyler Jackson, Mrs. B F. Tuor, Miss Pauline Haynie, Mrs. Duff Green, MT. Duff Green, Mrs Victor Gage, Mrs. Leonard Beecher, Mrs. w. D. Smith, Mrs. J. E. Fries, Mrs $. o. Coxe, Mrs. Fred Sheppard, Mrs Ed McDavid, Mrs. E. W. Barrett, Mrs Mortimer Williams. Mrs. Arthur Moody, Mrs. Chapel Cory, Mrs. w. J. Adams, Mrs. John Builder, Mrs. G. B. Mccormack, Jr.. Mrs Louise Saks, Mrs Charles Williams, Mrs. J. R. McWane, Mrs. c. c. Snider. Mrs. Luke Hunt, Mrs. Russell Hunt, Mrs. John Cartwright, pr. and Mrs. Scale Har- ris, Mrs. Walter Beasley, Mrs Wal lace Caldwell, Miss Leola shannon, Mrs. 1T. S. Hall, Mrs. fiolley Cowherd Mrs. Norman Morrison, Mrs. Shalen Houser, Mrs. Louie Foust. Mrs. C. Kilgore, Mrs. Ralph Barrow, Mrs. Charles Caldwell Mrs. Southworth, Mrs. Ira Watson, Mrs. II. J. Yielding Mrs. John Luke, Mrs. Charles B. Jaynes. Mrs. R. c. Woodson, and Mrs. R. N Cunningham.