Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-01-10
WOMAN'S CLUB HAS
ANNUAL GUEST NIGHT

A wholesome down east" atmos-
phere pervaded the annual guest
night of the Woman's Club at the
Presbyterian chapel last night when
Joseph c. Lincoln, the well beloved
writer of character stories, novels
and poems, brought to Perth Amboy
a breath of Cape Cod air. Breath
ing the spirit embodied in his writ
ings Mr.. Lincoln, supplemented by
several musical numbers and an
hour of fraterniZing, gave the club
members and their guests an even
ing of thorough satisfaction and en-
joyment.
Under the supervision of Mrs.
Peter c.. Olsen, president of the
club, and an able committee the
event proved sufficiently attractive
to ill the chapel beyond ordinary
capacity and many guests were
obliged to stand.
Mrs. Olsen, in her introduction of
the evenings events. spoke of the
musical ability among the members
of the organization and commended
the spirit in which responses are
always made for numbers on vari-
us programs. The Brahms Quar-
tet, composed of Mrs. Lester White,
first violin; Charles Barnekov, sec
ond violin; Kenneth Martin, viola.
and Stephen )Somogyi, cello. was
especially fine last night, rendering
the Allegro Assai of Schubert, Aub-
ade Hungrose by D'Antalfy and
Passe Pied by Delibees. the old
as en- ncore
A vocal quartet consisting Mrs.
Thomas Christopher. Mrs. Joseph
Brimlow and Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin S.
Yarnell, giving the favorites of for
mer days, 1.-The Kerry Dance" was
liberal with it's ncore and showed
splendid cooperation.
Mrs. Thomas Christopher did
thorough justice as soloist to 1.-THE
Dream" by Bartlett and in fine
voice was enthusiastically received.
Mr.. Lincoln, humorously explain
ing why his talk would not be a
Lecture" proved a typical Cape
Colder" and won his audience i%-
n1ediately with his interesting de-
livery. In an informal sort of a way
the author skipped here and there
through his career in the New Eng
land coast town, selecting charac-
ters of interest in his ken, imper-
sonating them with an innate ability
and bringing them to his audience
as the source from which he obtain
ed the valuable material that has
made up his many publications.
Little. homely incidents of the
Cape Codders, intimacies with the
most typical, the method of living
emong these people gave the audi
ence a very clear insight into the
careers that characterize the sea-
faring little band that is known
throughout the country through the
medium of a realistic Der
The author of "Cap'n Fri" "Extri
eating Obadiah" "Cap'n Warren's
Wards and ICY Whittaker's Place"
told of the general attitude of the
psople whom he loved so well, say
ing that any deniZen of the place
would say, There is no place better
than Cape Cod, there are no people
better than the Cape Codders, and
ITO Cape Colder better than me-
and elaborated upon the pride in
which these humble people took in
the section and their nationality.
the picture of the spare room"
In the typical white house with green
blinds, the Thanksgiving dinner ver-
stoned by the little boy, the "sanc-
tum sanctorum, the best parlor"
were conjured up before the guests
in MI. Lincoln's readings of her
own poems and stories which took
particular significance because of
the manner in which they were told
by their creator. 81
Following the talk which was di-
vided into two parts, the ladies of
the club served an appetizing lunch
con of coffee. chicken patties, rolls