Evening star., 1923-03-22
BY w, III. CLAGETT.

Dear Folks:
When the Soroptimist Club first
breathed. its sweet baby breath on our
fair city / remarked to a certain well
/ known Kiwanian that local male civic
betterment organizations would have to
look to their laurels. but all got for my
suggestion was contemptuous pooh
pooh ~
/ naturally resented the snappy re-
tort, but showed no outward signs of
distemper, and while not one of them
night -bloomin' -cereus, who lay awake
nights worryin' over the ultimate over
throw of the "bulwarks' of society by
their much better lookin' halves, l rully
believe that if the same Kiwanian could
have seen the truly remarkable enter
tainment staged by this recently born
woman'S organization at the Art Cen
ter up on Connecticut avenoo last night
that not only he but members of all
other local mems clubs would fish out
their laures and do a little dustin!
AS guests of Soroptimist Mrs. Will
liam HitZ, good miSsus of our District
Supreme Court justice. more than eighty
members of this hustiin', live-wire, on
ton, blew into the beautifully decora ted
art parlors all dolled out in costumes
Signifyin' the profession or business they
represented, and for fully four hours
all pink-tea fidd!esticks were thrown out
the window and a regular time pre-
vailed.
One Lonely Male.
Bein' the only male party in this
galaxy of brains, beauty and won
derful curves it might be that my
head-piece was turned, but never have
i attended a classier impromtu blow
hV
rollickin' good-cheer dispensers whose
names grace the membership rolls of
the Soroptimist outfit,
Hardly had all pins been adjusted
and vanity boxes checked than Ethel
Pollard, of the Pace Accountancy
School, and chairman of the cheer and
yell committee. wig-wagged her
sisters and all hands gave the yell!
Attagirl.
This was followed by three rippin'
cheers for Ruby Lee Minar, Laughin'
water of the tribe, who smiled be-
nignly and then gave way to Harriet
who was dressed as an Indian maid
and had no hesitancy in leadin' her
sisters in a ketchy outburst, a part
of which went somethin' like thus:
Breaks Into Verse.
We've Easter hats
And Persian Cats.
Anu dumas, wv
! We give you pills
To cure your ills
And drive away your blues.
We sell you clothes,
And silken hose,
Or cosy bungalow.
Insure your life,
Select a wife,
And this is all | know.
Agnes Winn, a real, honey -tidy
lawyer, neatly made uD as mere man,
then hopued to the rostrum and an
nounced that groups would be picked
from the toot ensemble and three
minutes given to each group to pre-
sent an original stunt. This was hot ;
stuff. folks, and after much clever
work. the jedges declared the eunch
headed by Helen Barnhart OF the ;
Continental Assurance Company, who !
showed Old King Tut Immediately :.
latter bein' discovered, to be the
winners of first prize! Mrs. II. Gel
lespie, embroidered garments. done .
cast were Anna Bigelow, DR.. Clara ,
Little, Mrs. Marie Lawyer. Mary p,
Ellenberger, Lulie Dickson, Ethel L. .
Ward. and Tess Meidinger!
The second horse-I r'can eror"-
which put on grand opera" bit,
druggist; Saide Newell, Marie. :
Renters, Edna Dukek. Helena Reed,
from up Commercial Bank way; Garda
Piazza, Mrs. Minar and Marguerite {
Sitgreaves, advertisin' cherub, who
slipped over a turrible clever dance
number.
oh, You DOpey Dan!
BY this time I'd lost all my skeeri-
ness and before KNOWN it had been :
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