Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-15
ENTERTAINED At
LITERARY CLUB
Keyp0rt Women Enjoy Pleas
ing Program Hear Reports
of Convention

KEYPoRT. May 15.-Mrs. Will
lam s. Holmes was hostess to the
Keyport Literary Club at her home
in South Keyport on Friday after
noon when the program was in
charge of the dramatic department
OF which Mrs. Norman b. Lockwood
is chairman. At a business session
preceding the program of the day
the club voted to half the
responsibility of securing the SER
ices OF Mrs. Marian Atwell to lee
turc here next season on Current
Events" The Literary Club will as
sist the Kcyport Improvement Assoc
citation in this work. The club will
also give a program before the At
lautic Highlands Club on June 81 in
charge of Mrs. r. o. Walling. who
was made chairman.
Excellent reports of the
ton of federated clubs recently held
in Atlantic City were given by Mrs.
Il. o. Walling and Mrs. Il. T. Hoose
the club delegates and M of the
statements made at the convention
was that the Keyport Literary Club
received honorable mention for the
originality and excellence of its year
book.
The rogram of the day opened
WlTn TWO SOlOS. IAONdlH III NJ
sent" by Mrs. Fred l.. Schildknecht
followed by a farce entitled. THE
Ladies' Strike" the cast of charac-
ters being as follows: Mrs. Perry.
the head of an employment agency.
Mrs. Roland j. Thornton; Mrs.
Washburn, "A newly rich woman,
Mrs. ]. Arch MacEwan; Mrs. Allen.
Mrs. Edwin II. Wharton; Mrs. Hayes
Mrs. l.. Brewer Walling, housewives
in search Of a maid: Nora, Mrs. Earl
Cherry; Susie. Mrs G. Leon Garrison;
Bridget. Mrs. II. o. Walling, house
maids belonging to the union: Mrs.
Gordon, who stirs things up, Mrs. A.
Stillwell Van Buskirk.
The farce was humorous from
start to finish and each part was
played to perfection. A piano duet
concluded the program, after which
a social hour followed and refresh
ments were served by the hostess as
sisted by Mrs. f. II. Wharton, Mrs.
G. X. Crawford. Mrs. NJ. d. Leroy,
Mrs. William Einstein. Mrs. J. c.
Anderson and Mrs. j.. A. MacEwan.
Guests of the day included Mrs.
Arthur R~amsdell, Mrs. Fred V. Croes
Mrs. Cyrus Ross, Mrs. Lemuel Jones,
Mrs. Fred J.. Schildknecht. Mrs.
Earl II. Cherry, Mrs. Joseph ID. Be-
ole, MTS. "A. L.. lSZdIu, MIS-. Gihcob
Durham and Mrs. Russell H. Std
fole. .
Club members responding to roll
call included Mrs. j.. c. Anderson,
Mrs. Harvey S. Bedle, Miss Anna IL.
Bedle, Mrs. w. F.. B~ilderback, Mrs.
O. C. B~ogardus. Mrs. Harvey Bron-
ner, Mrs. Phelps Cherry, Mrs.
Charles X. Crawford, Mrs. II. Fran
els Enrich, Mrs. c. Leon Garrison.
Mrs. William S. Holmes. Mrs. Edgar
T. Hoose Mrs. George S. Hyer, Mrs.
John w. Keough, Mrs. Norman b.
Lockwood. Mrs. j. Arch MacEwan.
Mrs. A. H. Sands, Mrs. w. Frank
Stanhope. Mrs. George w. Stidfole,
Miss Annie T.. Tilton. Mrs. Roland J.
Thornton, Mrs. w. S. Wallace, Mrs.
! James It. Walling. Mrs. A. Stillwell
| Van Buskirk. Mrs. f. O.. Walling.
| Mrs. T.. Brewer Walling, Mrs. Edwin
H.. Wharton. Mrs. John T. Wyckoh,
| Mrs. p. A. Sondergaard.
Mrs John w. Keough will enter
tain the club next Friday afternoon
| when F. Palmer Armstrong. cashier
of the Keyport Banking Company,
will give an address entitled "Knowl-
edge of Banking Necessary for Wo-
men,"