Palisadian., 1923-03-02


guest at the supper.
Games We're played until supper
time, and after it there was a candy
hunt until at half past the happy
little orphans were taken back to
| their Home.
Camp Fire Girls New Circle
So many girls have desired to join
the popular Grantwood group of Camp
Fire Girls that it became necessary to
form new one, which is under the
leadership of Mrs. Fredericks, who
when a resident of Fairview had such
a circle.
Mrs. Fredericks is assisted by Miss
Helen Zabriskie of Miss Bodine's
group, and the two circles will work
in unison. Both recently took hike
! together.
The officers of the newer group are:
President, Helen Dickerson: vice
president, Edna Ertz; secretary, Grace
Deegan; treasurer, Mabel Hattemer.
The other members are Lillian
Dickerson, Claire Mannheimer, Doro-
thy -Venables and Annie Bell.
Helping Hand Society
The regular meeting of the Helping
Hand Society of the Christian Orphan
Home will be held on Tuesday after
noon, March 6, at the Home in Fort
Lee.
The new constitutions are being
distributed to members, of whom
there are now considerably over a
hundred
AS the annual meeting will occur in
April, all members are asked to send
in their dues up to that date to Mrs.
Hotaling, Glenwood avenue, Edgewa-
ter, as she is treasurer and desires to
have a correct and full report of the
years income.
Story Evening
Most successful as social get
together evening and also in its finan
cial results was the story evening
on Wednesday evening at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. N. B. Hartman under
the auspices of the Ladies' Aid So
ciety of the Congregational Church.
1t was an original and experiment
most enjoyable one
The hostess, who is noted as a
ready story teller, began the program
with some jokes, which were matched
by others, and these again reminded
some one of another, and so it went
around, either by voluntary contribu
tion or being called upon.
t.1~ ,.t
were Mr.. r. Thayer, Professor George
Hall and Mr.. Charles Haage, and each
story merited one mark.
The stories resolved themselves in
to groups of English or Irish or Jew
ish, etc, and the prize was finally
awarded to the hostess for the best
stories.
The prize, book, Free Air" was
donated by Mrs. William Heaton.
About eighty people were present
including members of the Christian
Endeavor Society, who came in after
their meeting.
During the evening several songs
were given by Mrs. Merrick, accom-
panied at the piano by Miss Helen
Haage, and after the refreshments of
sandwiches decorated with flags in
honor of Washington's Birthday,
cakes and coffee, every one joined in
singing a number of popular songs.
The silver collection resulted in
about S25 for the women's treasury.
The committee in charge consisted of
the hostess as chairman, with Mrs.
Dicksinson and Mrs. Yeager.
Lecture on Contemporary Drama
The first lecture in the course of
! five on Contemporary Literature and
Drama in Grantwood was held on
Tuesday evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. William Heaton, with the
majority of the thirty-five subscribers
present.
The lecturer, Mrs. May Lamberton
Becker, was in one of her happiest
veins and gave a talk on present day
drama, which kept her hearers anus
l ed and interested from first to last
and won new admirers for her.
Beginning with the statement that
we are having a brilliant theatrical
season-in fact, are the only country
having a brilliant season, of which
one feature is the number of foreign
plays so admirably acted and sup
ported-she gave in her own clever
style the resume of three which have
impressed herr. U. R." six Char
acters in Search of an Author" and
'Loyalties."
Questions afterward brought out
her opinion as to other best plays at
present on the stage. The next meet
ing, on Tuesday, March 6, will be at
Mrs. Hoke's home. Palisade; subject,
Poets" considering Masefield, Haus-
man and De La Ner among the Eng
lish and Amy Lowell, Sara Teasdell,
Vachel Lindsay and Robert Forst
among the American poets.
Helping Hand Tea
Miss Langsdorf of Fore Lee was
hostess on Monday afternoon for a
little tea given for the benefit of the
Orphan Home, her near neighbor.
| Members of the Helping Hand Soci-
ETY. attended the tea and had most
pleasant afternoon with games and
prizes offered by the hostess and with
fortune telling, etc Eleven dollars
was the sum realized.
i To Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Schlicht of
9S Oakdene avenue daughter.
| A hunting dog answering to the
name of Patsy has strayed away from
it's owner, Pat McKenna of 231 Fourth