The Washington times., 1924-02-15
WON|EN'S CLUB
DANCE IS BIC
SUCCESS
AN.
Valentine Costumes Brilliant.
sisterhood PlayIet Recalls
Grandmothers' Days.
By SYLVIA .sEDGEWICK.


The costume Valentine dance
given by the entertainment com
mittee of the Women's City Club at
the clubhouse last night was sue
cess. Mrs. May c. d. Johnson
chairman Of the committee, attended
In Persian costume.
Some of the guests present were
Misses Lily and Emma Washburn
DR.: George H.>Girtz, Mr.. and Mrs
William T. Balm, Ingham Mack
MISS Judith M. Barbaux, Mrs. Anna
Lewis, Miss Mary Ladd, Miss Flor
ences Lees, DIR. and Mrs. u. S. G.
Fierce, Mrs. Ella s. Limerick, Miss
Mildred Hainsworth, Miss Lillian
Hollingsworth. The decorations and
refreshments were in the han Is OF
the house committee of which Mrs
3. Nickolaus is the chairman.
"A dance was given last night by
the Curley Club at the Lafayette
Hotel. The guests enjoyed the novel
1avors appropriate to the season dis
tributed during the evening.
Miss Helen B. Woods will be
hostess at the Hurley Motor Com.
pany show room to the Soroptimist
Club Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Herman Hollander brought
Oack a spirit of the "old world in
her portrayal Of a grandmother of
shawl days in the playlet "A
Woman Of Today and Yesterday"
given at the rally of the Sisterhood
OF the Eighth Street Temple, yes
terday afternoon.
This playlet, written by Mrs Hol
lander and directed by Mrs. Harold
Blrnbaum, contrasted the Jewish
wife and mother of yesterday and
the woman Of today.
The modern" women were por.
trayed by Mrs. Ralph Goldsmith
Mrs. Muriel Gottlieb, Mrs. Herbert
Simon, and Mrs. Jerome Saks. Miss
Ruth Pack made very dainty
Japanese maid. The quips Of these
"moderns" afforded the audience
many laughs. >a
Other numbers on the program
were: Selections by Rosey's erches
ira, harp selections by Miss Abram:
OF the Metropolitan orchestra, and
the distribution and portrayal OF
valentines. Living comics were por
trayed by Miss Ricka Cans, Mrs
Flora Oppenheimer, Mrs. Sadie Saks
and others. Mrs. Bertha Hochbere
recited poem. Mrs. Harry Hahn
read and distributed original valen
tines holding verses of club mem
bers. Appropriate refreshments
were served. The rally was In
charge of Mrs. Louis Kronheimer
DR.. Abram Simon gave the opening
prayer.
A guest of the afternoon was
Mrs. Harriet K. Hertz Of Glovers
vile, N. Y, a representative to the
National Federation Of Women's
Clubs, and head of many organiza
tions in her home town.
Mrs. Chester Adair, organist o1
the Fourth Presbyterian Church
will give fifteen minute recital al
the Anthony League celebration 81
Susan B., sAnthony's- 104th birthday
at Central High school tonight
The Boy and Girl Scouts Of Americs
will participate in the programs.
The National Woman's Party will
celebrate the 1O4th birthday o.
Susan B. Anthony at their head
quarters on Capitol Hill. Gail Laugh
lin, attorney from Portland, Me.
will speak. The meeting is ir
charge of Mrs. Nina Allender.
Miss Helen ParkhurSt, of the
University School Of New York will
address the American Association
Of University Women at their Club
house 1884 1 street this evening
The subject of the address will bt
""The Dalton Plan," Of which she
is the author. Miss Parkhurst will
leave for Japan in April to study
the schools and introduce her plan.
At Community Centers.