Evening star., 1925-12-13

NEW YORK, December 12.-From
the dlSnitied standards of society of
NeSteryear. the Thursday Evening
Club, which held one of it's meetings
mere recently. maintains one of the
most important positions on the roster
or the inner circle of the smart set.
With the breaking down of many
social barriers by the younger set. as
an aftermath of wartime unconven-
tlonality, much of the traditional state
which surrounded society during the
early period of the century has dis
appeared. 1t has remained for some
of the leaders, who were part Of the
past, to uphold the memory of those
days when the distinctive lines were
drawn in society circles.
The Thursday Evening Club was
founded 45 years ago and its members
have ever held to the atmosphere of
he drawing room when the list of
guests was so carefully Scrutinized.
An extract from its first report de-
lines its aims in the following words:
The existence of an element in the
social life of New York in hearty SYM
pathN with intellectual tastes and
aims The tendency of a. commercial
metropolis is undoubtedly largely in
different direction and the continu
:nce and influence of this club is thus
q matter 10 be greatly desired" 1t
then goes on TO urge full co-operat ton
of members in attaining ends by re
SiStinS every tendency to ostentation
o. extravaganza in its entertainments
and by welcoming to its fellowship
hose whose credentials are TO be
tound in cultivated tastes and literary
and artistic accomplishments"
Silent Protest Against Jazz
AS an example of the silent pro
H. to-. -.
club parties, the latest gathering of
IhiS most exclusive social organiza-
non at the home OF Dr. and Mrs. John
Draper, 1856 East SiXty-fourth street.
may be cited Strict simplicity was
he rule and the entertainment took
ne form of an old-fashioned ''husking
nee" with quaint stunts" so dear to
the parties of half a century ago. On
arrival at the Draper home the guests
received aprons and overalls TO cover
iormal evening dress. Then came
the "huSking bee. " which was marked
by rural dances amid settings of har-
vest time. The homemade acts by
The members present formed a vel
come contrast to the blare of the jazz
hand AMI the flare OF the professional
entertainer, 50 common at the average
social gathering of the present.
The next meeting of the organiza-
lion will take place January : and
the program is to be arranged with
The same charming simplicity. The
officers of the Thursday Evening Club
IRE: Mrs. J. West Roosevelt, presi-
dent; Mrs. George W. Douglass, vice
president, and Hamilton Hill Durand.
secretary and trea Surer. The commit
Zee of arrangements includes the
above and Paul Dana, John A. Dix,
Mrs. G.. Hermann kinnicutt, Mrs. Cor
don Knox Bell. Mrs. Paul Tuckerman
and lie Roy King.
Amon.; the members are Mrs. Joseph
II. Choate, Mrs. Charles A. Post. Mrs
William E. Rice. Gen. and Mrs. Leon
ard Wood, Miss Louisa Lee Schuyler,
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Aldrich Mr.. and
Mrs. Copley Armory, Mr.. and Mrs.
}. Rowland Auchincloss, Mr.. and Mrs
Francis Mcneil Bacon. Mrs. Francis
-. Barlow, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Nelson
Borland, Lawrence Smith Butler. Dr.
and Mrs. Nicholas Murray Butler, Mr.
and Mrs. James Bryne, Mrs. Elihu
Chauncey, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph H.
Choate, ir.. and Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen
u. Clark