San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-18
Clubs and Club Women

son, Lottie Sehorn and Flora Mcneil
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The Musical Round Table of thu
! Woman's Club held its regular month
ly luncheon at noon Tuesday, March
IS. with Mrs. Richard Vanderstratter
| and Nine. Frieda StJerna as chairmen
! for the day.
The table was laid for fourteen
guests. and deliberately decorated with
crystal baskets filled with sweet peas
and carnations, crystal candlesticks
with pink candles, pink msiine bows
and streamers and trailing ferns.
The main feature of the musical
program was Roy Repass' playing Of
the Grieg Sonata in ID Minor. Mme.
Frieda StjernR sang annie Laurie,
with Mr.. Repass. accompanying.
Short talks on musical current events
were given by the guests present. who
were Mrs. J. W. Holt, Mrs. ]. NJ.
Krakauer, Mrs. Cornelius O'Neil,
Mrs. T. s. Walker. Mrs. I. NJ. Dech-
man. Mrs. ]. ii. kirkpatrick, Mrs. s.
J. Freedom. Roy RepaSs. Mrs. Rich
ard Nanderstratten. Mrs. NJ. B..
Smith. Mrs. c. w. Titus, Mrs. Wood
White and Nine. Frieda Stjerna.
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The Texas British Woman's Club
met in regular session the first We'd
neSday of the month with a large at
tendance at the home of Mrs. Ralph
Hugo.
At the business meeting which pre-
ceded the program. il was decided TO
donate $40 toward the Art Leagues
purchase of the Julian Onderdonk
"Bluebonnet" picture.
The principal speaker Of the even
ing was Mrs. Lewis Krams- Beck, who
was introduced by Mrs. +. X. Riddle,
president of the club. Mrs. Beck had
for her subject the ancestral manor
house Of George Washington's family
in Northhamptonshire, England,
which was bought by a group of pub
lic-spirited English people and pre-
scented to the American nation, on
June 81. 1921, as a place of public
pilgrimage.
During the social hour which fol-
lowed Mrs Beck's interesting talk,
delicious refreshments were served,
with Mrs. II. G.. Guenther pouring
tea.
The next meeting of the Texas-Brit-
ish Club will be on April Z, with Mrs.
Jackson and Mrs. Kitchens as hos
tesses.
The Bluebonnet Club met Wednes-
day afternoon with Mrs. W. Lang.
Alter Tie interesting meeting bunco
was played and prizes awarded Mrs.
Paul Seerig, Mrs. F. Neff and Mrs.
G. Lykin. Refreshments were serv-
ed to the members. Mrs. Olin Dull
mig. 800 Peach street, viii be next
hostess.
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The Clio Club of Breckenridge
High School entertained their winning
debaters and declaimers with beau
tifully appointed banquet at the Orig
inal Mexican restaurant. Margaret
Norton. president OF the club, opened
the program with a welcome to the
guests. Toasts were given by Grace
Rheiner. Louise Crow and Alice Coll.
A goat, tied with Main Avenue colors,
was presented to each winner. They
were told to avoid having them
sheared before they returned from
Austin. The concluding number of
the program was the extinglishing
Of the three candles which represent
ed the three honor clubs. b. ii. S.
Congress. Periclean Debating Society,
and Breckenridge Debating Society.
Miss Juanima Wells representative
of the Times, extinguished them
with a very clever remark about
each. The honor guests included the
winners, Mavis Scott, Helen McNiel.
Florence Newton, Theodore Weiss and
Willis Ellison and members of the
faculty. Miss Johnson, Miss West,
Miss Jary. Miss Lewis, Miss Dickey
and Miss Adah Gibbona, the spon-
sor of the club.
On Wednesday afternoon at the
Ursuline auditorium, Miss Norma
Leigh Dickson will speak on the
drama of Russia, interpreting Anton
Tcherkoff's "A Marriage Proposal"
the third Of the series of interesting
lectures on dramatic art. Everyone
is cordially invited to attend.
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There will be called meeting of
the executives of the Council of
Mothers at . o'clock Thursday. March
p, in the oak room of the st. An
thony Hotel. At 3 o'clock Thursday.
the board of MANAGERS of the Council
will meet in regular session in the
oak room. At 4 o'clock there will be
a called meeting of the Council of
Mothers and Parent-Teachers' As
ISOLATION, at this meeting the council