The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-23
'<The Woman Pdys" Club


 show and every thing for this world famous prima donna. had the pleasure of attending a luncheon given by The Woman Pays" club at the Algonquin hotel during a re- cent visit to New York.
 It was one of the most unique occasions of my entire visit, for gathered about the restaI board were women of renown-world fam ous for their work in various lines singers, artists, poets. writers. auth ors, everybody of importance.
 The president of "The Woman Pays club" is Beulah Livinstone to whom I introduced you last year after my visit to New York. for it was she who arranged a most de- lightful party for me with Norma Talmadge; Miss Livinstone, although born in New York. went to Atlanta when she was quite young girl and lived there for time, then return ing to New York began to write short stories" Dut seeing that she could make a mint of money out of publicity" she hung out her first shingle announcing her plan, which was "Originative Publicity"
 For Pavlowa. Thomas H. Ince, Olgo Petroya and Norma and Constance Talmadgs this clever girl has done the best sort of publicity and her best friends as well as her worst enemies admit that she is the most successful publicity" agent in New York city-and that's saying lot
 Around the Hoard
 Miss Wilioughby with her usual cleverness assembled at her table most charming and delightful CO., E terie of people for the luncheon; let's see, there was beautiful Cecil Arden. the popular soprano of the Metro politan Opera; a southern girl from Charleston, s. c, there was Rhea Silberta. another southern girl, whose musical compositions have placed her an enviable position among Americas most successful composers; besides she's very popu- lar in her work of coaching and all this when she's scarcely out of her teens. A mop of georgeous red hair forms a halo above her beau tiful face, while her personality and charm make her an outstanding fig ure in any assemblage; there was Nan B. Stephens of Atlahta, who, like myself was a visitor to New York; she was the guest of Cecil Arden at the luncheon; Miss Steph- ems as you know is president of the South Atlantici district of the Ma tiona1 Federation of Music clubs and was in New York to attend tho New York state federation meeting last week.
 One of the most interesting people at the luncheon. naturally so to me, being a newspaper person. was Beat rice Fairfax Gillian Lauferty), who to use her own words, Is "a layer of Hoosierdom overlain by Boston veneer" and to carry out the meta- phor she has the final high polish of New York and all that goes with it.
 Beatrice Fairfax Is a real beauty; she has charm and grace and fasci- nation, too, and whenever you read her stories-"Can Love Be Stolen?" How to Hold a Husband" Advice to the Lovelorn;" and When a young man takes a young woman out to dinner and we each drink four cook tails a piece-do you think we did anything wrong3" and she replies laconically, Probably you can just remember that I told you that Beatrice Fairfax is a perfect peach'' and one of the e1everest girls I've ever met.
 And please glance over the large number of notabIes you meet at aThe Woman Pays club luncheon.
 There's Alice Duer Miller of ''The Charm school. fame. Jessie Bonstelie. scenario writer; Emile Frances Bauer, New York editor of the Chi- cago Musical Leader, around whom many gathered to pay their homage to this most charming and talented of writers; Dorothy Donnelly of Madame x" fame; Anne Morrison, now playing In "The Bat" beautiful Elsie Ferguson Eva Gauthier; Fannie Hurst, whose Star Dust" Back Pay" and "Humoresque. and other stories have made her world famous as an author; Willette Kershaw. Grace LaRue; Estelle Iiebling; Anita Loos, who writes Douglas Fairbanks clever scenarios; Carrol .McComas; Zelda Sears; Eva Unsell, whose name Is so familiar to movie fans; Rita wieman, and. oh, well, these are only a few of the women whose names are enrolled upon the register of The Woman Pays" club.
 The Club Is Born
 '"rhe Woman Pays" club was born just three years ago, to be exact, in April of 1919; and its. advent Into the world took place at Tea For Three" given by Gretchen Dick. writer and lyricist, to Beulah Livin- stone and Mamie Joseph. executive secretary for various large publish ing" Institutions.
 Miss Dick gave her 'Tea For Three" with malice aforethought -- because. tucked back in her nice clever little head had been the idea of forming just such a club as The Woman Pays" club, and on this occasion, her idea took form and became a reality.
 It took only 10 minutes for the three clever women to 'go over" Miss Dicks plan and within a few days the club became a living, breathing thing, with IS charter members as 8 starter"
 sThe Woman Pays" club requires no duties of it's members except that they attend the weekly luncheon and pay as they eat' which is held on Wednesdays at the Algonquin hotel where so many actors and actresses and writers and authors live. and the one requirement. to become a mem- Der is that the applicant must be self supporting and be worthy hep resentative of a profession.
 Included in the membership list of "The Woman Pays" club now, are nearly 150 women whose names spell fame and fortune the world overland whose talent has been the toast of nationwide homage.
 What It Stands for
 "The Woman Pays" club stands for everything that is fine and whole- some a nd culflfrad and worth while