Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-12
,WOMANS CLUB
At RECEPTION
Delightful Affair of Prince Bay
Society Held Last Night at
Pleasant Plains.

3 Evening News STAG correspondelt.1
, TOTTENVILLE, Mar. lone OF
the most delightful affairs of the
season for the members of the Prince
Bay Woman's Club was the annual
reception held last night at Amicitia
Hall, Pleasant Plains. There were
mere than two hundred present that
included members and guests from
Pleasant Plains, Prince Bay. Totem
willie, Huguenot Park and Perth Am
boy. rMs. Wimund S. Winant, treas
urer of the club in the absence OF
Mrs. Henry w. Fisher, the president,
who was i'll, acted as chairman OF
the meeting and made the address
of welcome. Mrs. Winant spoke
briefly of the occasion and extended
a hearty welcome to all. She then
Eberhart, of Brooklyn, who gave the
operalogue. "Shenewis." which she
had written and composed. The OPP
eralogue is from the story of Amer
lean Indian and is one of the few
american operas written.
Mrs. Eberhart was accompanied
throughout the opera by her daugh-
ter, Miss Constance Eberhart. con-
tralto, who sang and gave the music
as the story of the opera was pre-
sented. Miss Eberhart opened with
a prelude, then she followed with
the eSpringsong of the Robin Wom-
an" the Canoe" song and the la
ment from Act 2 of the opera. The
Indian opera was produced two years
ago at the Metropolitan Opera House
in Manhattan and met with great
success at that time. Mrs. Eberhart
was the libreist and j. Cadman
wrote the music. Mrs. Eberhart told
of the opera and how it was written.
GorInu CtnnlaU the VAS
the accompanies. In h second
part of the program, Mrs. Eberhart
announced that the program includ-
ed vocal selections by her daughter,
Miss Constance Eberhart and piano
selections by Mr.. Stanley. Both were
we'll received by the audience. par
ticularly Miss Eberhart, who has a
fine .c%ontralto voice.
Miss Eberhart's opening number
was Mother Dearest" a Russian
song and then she sang The Wan
derer,'' by Stanley; MY Heart by
Cadman, and Call Me No More"
by Cadman. For an encore she sang
AT the Dawning," by Cadman. Mr..
Stanley was the accompanist
throughout. He then played THE
Juggeress." by Muskowski, and for
an encore he gave THE Waltz by
Brahms. At the close of the pro-
ran NlIS. w lIldlL llAdiihCh Nv va
rious members of the committees
fer the success that the affair had
attained and told of how Mrs. Fish
er had arranged all of the music
for the entire program. Mrs. Eber-
hart she explained was a close friend
of Mrs. Fisher which accounted for
the great interest she had taken in
the selection of the songs and music.
.sefreshments were served following
he program and Miss Eberhart sang
again. She gave THE Hand of the
Sky Blue Water" The room was dec
Grated with yellow d~affodils and
ferns.
The officers of the club acted as a
reception committee and they in
cluded Mrs. Henry w. Fisher. Mrs.
Wimund S. Winant, Mrs. Fred Park
hurst and Mrs. a, ]. Cawse. Those
on the hospitality committee were
Mrs. Charles P. Cole, Mrs. A. j..
Cawse. Mrs. E. B. Kelly. Mrs, P. o.
Wotten. Mrs. John C. Swade. Mrs.
j.. Duggan, Mrs. C. Fendrich. Mrs.
G. Fisher, Mrs. F. NJ. Schwerd.
Mrs. C. Van Allen. Mrs. William
Traub. and Mrs. S. r. Barton. The
decoration committee included Mrs.
Wimund s. Winant. Mrs. Bessie
Browne, Mrs. Fred Parkhurst, Mrs.
Charles Goetschius and Mrs. c. L.
Van Allen.