The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-04-29
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Chief among the events for May is
The opening dance of the month which
Alpha Sigma chapter of the Beta Phi
Sigma fraternity is giving at the l. o.
o. F. hall Monday evening. 1t is the
annual springtime affair of the fra
ternity and plans nearing completion
promise to make 1t a gala occasion,
surprising all former functions which
the fraternity has given. The famed
Jordan orchestra, of Louisville, KY.
noted throughout the middlewest as
one of the best ensembles Of colored
musical talent, has been obtained to
play the order of dances. The orches-
ira is the same which always plays
the summer engagements at the Seal
bach hotel, Louisville's leading hostel
ry. Elaborate decorations and novel
features have been planned for the
affair by the committee. Trellises
twined with smilaX and studded with
boughs of dogwood and lilacs will
form a canopy above the ballroom
floor. Each corner of the room will
be banked with ferns, smilax, lilacs,
dogwood and other springtime bios
SONS The staircase leading to the
balcony also will be banked with
flowers and greenery, adding another
touch of the springtime atmosphere.
Two hundred and fifty invitations
have been issued and the balcony Is
to be open to spectators. The COM
mittee is composed of ]. Brandon
Griffis, Russell Allen and August Cal
velage Dancing will commence at
O'Clock. The affair is to be informal.
The Richmond Day Nursery asso.
citation will hold it's annual luncheon
Wednesday May II, at the North A
Street Friends Meeting house. Tick
cts are to go on sale in short time.
The annual dinner of the Richmond
Art association is to be held Friday
evening, May 10, at the Public Art
gallery. The date as first announced,
Nav IL. has been changed. The pro-
gram will not be announced until the
! return of William Dudley Foulke,
president of the association.
: The first annual banquet and gath
ering of the Richmond Community
: Service Is to take place. Monday even
Z ing, May s, at $50 o'clock at st.
!. Marv's Community hall. Several prom
! inent speakers are to appear on the
program. P. H. Slocum, secretary of
Z the organization, will review past work
= and give a comprehensive outline of
: activity planned for the service dur
: ing next year.
I The annual series of recitals by pu-
y pills OF Professor Frederick K. Hicks
: will be held the evenings of June 20,
4 Il, % and % in the high school audi
: torium. Younger pupils will be pre-
sented in the first and advanced pu-
. pills in the last of the series.
: A luncheon-bridge for all members
: Of the Country club will be given on
: Tuesday afternoon at ! o'clock, it is
4 announced. Reservations must be
4 made with the steward by Monday
5 noon. The hostesses for the affair are
to be Mrs Dudley N. Elmer, Mrs. Wal
$ ter McWhinnev, Mrs. Houston Marlatt
; and Mrs. Will Dill.
! The Public Art gallery will be open
Z to visitors from 2 to 5 O'Clock Sun
y day afternoon. The exhibit by junior
artists of the city held annually un
4 der the auspices of the Junior Art as
sociaticn, with supervision by Misc
Z Florence Williams, is on view. A col
lection os posters by high school stu,
& dents on Richmond" and the posters
: by EarIhan college, high school and
: junior high school pupils for the dia
: mond jubilee of Earlham are to be or
exhibit Sunday. Prizes for the post
ers will be awarded Monday by q
jury. The permanent collection of the
gallery also is to be open Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs William Dudley Foulke
of Linden Hill, will return home Sun
day after an absence of several
months. After spending the winter
season at Sanibai Island, Fla, they
went to New York City. Mrs. Foulke
visited her daughter. Mrs. Stanley
Hughes in Newport, R. l., and Later
/. Joined her husband at Washington, D
c. Mr.. Foulke, who is president o.
the Civil Service Reform league, ha:
been spending some time in New Yorl
and Washington in work in the inter
est of the league.
Mrs ]. E. Cathell, of South A street
has returned from Florida where sh,
mas been spending several weeks.
Mrs. Juliet Shirk, who has beel