Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-20
CHIlDREN'S DAY BIG
EVENT FOR WOMAN'S CLUB

The beautiful Cinderella. the ugly
step-sisters. the god-mother, the
mice. the pumpkins, the lizards, the
charming prince and in short all of
the characters of that wonderful
fairy tale were there, much to the
delight of all the kI6dies who we're
guests of the Woman's Club at their
annual Chiidren's Day meeting yes
terday afternoon in the Presbyterian
chapel. The characters were really
the merry Marione:tes of Miss Edna
Eckert, of Newark, who, on a minia-
ture but most realistic stage. vivid
ly portrayed the tale of the neglected
but rewarded Cinderella. At the con-
clusion of tie second act the child
rem became so enthusiastic that they
could scarcely wal. to applaud and
during the third act they applauded
several times. The women were in
terested too. and after the entertain
ment, n woman was heard to re-
mark that 1T was the incest Child
ren'S Day the Club had ever had"
One can scarcely imagine the vivid
reality WITH which Miss Eckert is
able to make the Ma rionettes or dolls
enact the play. The proportion of
the figures 10 the artistic stage set
ting. the clear dic;ion Of the voice in
perfect rytfym with the movements
of the supposedly speaking figure,
and the lighting effects, which are
truly lovel!. are largely responsible
for this. The fitness OF all things is
the secret of the success of the play.
One can scarcely view the entire
production without realizing the pos.
sibilities of the Marionette stage as
a future educationa! feature present.
ing children with picture lessons as
well as the fairy stories of old.
Miss Eckert's work has been IN
dorsed by the famous actress, Min
ME Madden Fiske. as well as by
Columbia University Of which she is
a graduate. The story of her begin
ming in the work 5 interesting. While
home on her Christmas vacation she
met with an accident which kept her
confined fer three months. Her
thoughts turned to this work and
since then enc has given her entire
time to it making al of her para
phernalia herself, with the exception
of her scenery which was painted by
Johu Kellog Woodruff
Miss Eckert has been engaged in
the work but nins months and in
that short time she has had to en-
large her stage twice TO meet the de-
manGs for the entertainment. Her
next work win be the presentation of
tn operetta Hansel and Gretel and
with so much accomplished in nine
short months the possibilities for the
enlargement of her work in the re-
vival of this old European art. are
remarkable.
Tae play was pleasantly inter-
spersed with two Christmas solos by
Miss Harrie Anderson and Christ
mas carols sung by the pupils of Miss
Harriet Anderson and Christmas
carols sung by the pupils of Miss
Grace Hawke.
Tine business session presided yer
by the president, Mrs. Peter c. Oh
sen before the program was neces-
sarily short. Mrs. Frank Dorsey,
chairman OF the legislative depart
ment, spoke of w bills. one pre-
venting wonlen's night work in fac
tories and the other advocating a
minimum wage for m Mrs.
Sidney Smitn, the clubs representa-
tive to the educational department
Of the State Federation reported on a
conference held by the department
recently in Newark. at which the
modern methods of teaching we're
discussed.
The January meeting of the liter
ature department will lie held at the
home of Mrs. William Ramsey, 129
Kearny avenue. Friday, January 10
as announced by the chairman, Mrs.
Sidney Riddlest0rifer 1t will be
known as the community house
meeting AMI during the very enjoy
able program which has been ar
ranged a silver collection will be
taken for the benefit of the house.
II viii be a travel meeting and the
program will include the personal
experiences of those VIC have been
in the various ccuLtIIeS.
II was announced oJ the chairman
Of the household ard economics de-
partment that the club recipe book
is to be ready for the next meeting.
and all members were urged to come
prepared 10 purchase one.
A class in current events with Mrs.
Marion G. Atwell as the lecturer was
proposed and its formation will be
decided within a few days.
The silver. linen ana blankets pur-
chased for the home of the aged
were on display at the meeting yes
terday and Mrs Kenneth McComas
and her committee on purchasing
them were given a vote of thanks.
AS in other years the club voted to
send $40 for the Ie..ef work in the
near east.