The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-10
MERRILL Club
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Eastern High School Group
Presents Program Of May
= Comedies
By SYLVIA SEDGEWICK.

The regular monthly meeting Of
the Battery Park GARDEN Club Will
be held Tuesday at tho home Of
Mrs. Hervey, in Bethesda, Md. Mrs.
r. H. Fowler, Of Kenilwortn. D. c.,
will speak on "The Cultivation Of
Water Lilies"
The Merrill Club, Of Eastern High
School presented an entertaining
vaudeville program Of May comedies
in the school auditorium last night.
opening with a chorus OF young
girls charmingly gowned In black
and white, who sang q repertory Of
songs, beginning with hits Of the
eos and ending with modern jazz.
A duet, MARY, Mary Quite Con-
trary," by Alicegene Graves and
Roberta Harrison, made q decided
hit. Clinton Rollins, Melvin Hen
derson, and e. Edmund Pringle won
applause as the Hawaiian Melody
Boys. Hr
V A Chinese fantasy, 1.-THE Turtle
Dove" a willow plate story done in
comedy, and carried out In the
brought many laughs.
Oliver, Ruth Davis, George Madi.
gan, Nathan Clark, Frances Sulli.
Ivan, Sanford Leach, Donald
Bingham and Irma Smith.
The Crystal Ball dance was per-
formed by Dorothy Black, Cath.
crime Brady, Mildred Carroll, Mary
Clarke, Elizabeth Didden, Lucille
Gibson, Daisy Hedges, Marcaret
Lindsay, Emily May, Myrtle Posey.
Dorothy Schenken, Mildred Kettler.
Margaret Smith and Louise White.
Marion Maginnis and William Fow.
Ter gave a fancy ball room number,
and Margaret Beasley and EVELYN
Gosnell did a Swedish skating
dance.
The playlet "In the Spring a
Young Mans Fancy" was acted
by w. s.. Ransom, Marie Moore,
Mildred Repetti, Martha ScrugSs,
Nellie Dalyrymple, Evelyn Bixler,
5Beryle Edmiston, Maude Boynton
and Gilmore Wheeler.
4 The girls chorus was composed
OF r. Allen, I. Anderson, I. Bart.
r. Bayly, e. Benzler, E. Bixler,
N. Boynton, K. Brady, B. Buckler,
N. Carroll, M. Clarke, F. Collier,
M. Cornell, A. Day, F. Dement,, 8.
Elder, D. Gary, L. Gibson, g. Cos
nell, A. Graves, r. Harrison, d.
Hedges, A. Herzog, M. Kerwin, NJ.
Kettler, E. Law, M. Lindsay. e.
May, D. Mehler, K. Moore, r.
hewitt, H. Offut, M. Posey, N. San.
born, D. Stockdale, H. Warfield, e.
WEIGH, H. Wheeler, L. White, e.
Wines, M. Winkleman, II. Wise, E..
Jaeschke, M. Gilmore, e. Davis
and M. Smith.
The program included solos by
Margaret Beasley, Helen Warfield,
Mildred Carroll and Eola Benzler.
Duets were by Maude B0ynton
and Eola Benzler, Helen Warfield
and Mary Tarbell, Alicegene Graves
.and Edna Law, Betty Buckler and
Evelyn. Gosnell, Myra Kerwin and
;Dola Benzler. They were accom-
panied by Edna G.. Burrows.
I The first meeting Of the newly
elected national executive board Of
the League Of American Pen
Women, placed in office at the re-
BENT biennial convention here, vii
take place in the Shoreham Hotel
Monday at 1880 a. m.
& The new officers include MrM.
Harry Atwood Colman, national
president; Mrs. Clarence NJ. Busch,
first national vice president; Mrs,
Bernie Babcock, second national vice
president; Mrs. Daniel c. Chase, re-
cording secretary; Mrs. Hamlin
Cogswell. corresponding secretary:
Mrs. j. Harry Cunningham, regis.
1rar; Mrs. Virginia King Frye, treas
nrer; Mrs. Alice Mckay Kelly,
auditor; Mrs. John Nook, librarian,
and Grace Richmond, historian.