Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19

The next meeting will be held the
second Friday in October.
The Holy Rosary Dramatic Club
met Thursday night at the home OF
Misses Stella Micro and Elvida Peerce.
IS E street Leo Balducci presided
over the meeting. An assistant bust
ness ma mayer was elected in the per-
son Of Michael p. Chiesa. The direc-
tor. Paul Messink. submitted to the
club A tentative schedule OF produc-
tons for. the coming season. which
was approved mystery play is 10
open the season. with review Toll
lowing. a Lenten play viii be given.
and the club will close its activities
with its old standby. farce comedy
New members were introduced-Miss
Carmela Soldano and Fred and James
Ferrara. Miss Elvida Peerce and
james Ferrara contributed TO the
evenings mirth with some clever i'm
promptus.
The boys of the club. the Lophers.
who spent q week at North Beach re-
Gently. had an enjoyable time despite
unlucky weather conditions.
An executive meeting was held at
the home of Misses Regina and AVA
Lavezzo. 434 Massachusetts avenue.
at which many matters were dis
cussed A Halloween dance is being
planned to celebrate the anniversary
of the organization OF the club.
The National Fellowship Club will
open it's Fall season Thursday and
Saturday nights of this week at the
Washington Hotel. The clubs days
at the Washington. however, are num-
bered for on Saturday night. october
., the semi-weekly dances will he
given in the ballroom Of the City Club.
the attendance at the Washington be
ing too great for the accommodations
of that place. according to Jean Monk.
president of the club.
This club was organized December
20. 1924. at the Cairo Hotel. with a
membership OF IS. There are now
/ 500 active members on its lists. not
including friends and visitors who
have never signed up as members
The club is a practical demonstra.
ton of the theory that the human
family ID more social than clannish.
From the beginning the idea OF genu-
inc fellowship was featured at every
meeting. and the stranger is made to
feel the moment he enters the hall
that he is one of the big family.
The highest standard of social con-
duct is maintained at all times. 1t is
estimat ted that $4,000 people attended
Ine CluD " udnCGS last SSdSoil. ana ot
that number only FIVE individuals
were rejected.
The ballroom of the City Club will
accommodate approximately three
times the number of people who
crowded into the hotel quarters last
year.
Asked how such club came into
being Mr.. Monk said: THE averaG sc
man or woman knows what it means
to be In a large city and away from
home and friends. The welcome smile.
reinforced with a genuine handshakee.
is A balm Of Gilead 10 the lonely soul.
After the war found myself strand
ed in Washington. 500 miles from rela.
tives and friends. 1t was then that
the thought came TO me of the need
OF such an orga niZation in city
! where so many thousands consider
themselves strangers or sojourners
about that time | visited a small
social club which was meeting in a
recitation room in the Wilson Normal
School. There were about 35 people
in attendance. and ! could see quite
forcefully that the need of we'll
organized social club in this city was
great. In a short while | was asked
to become president Of the orsaniza-
ton. and the National Fellowship