Evening star., 1927-05-22
NEWS OF THE CLUBS
CONDUCTED BY MAMIE LANCASTER

an encore. She sang with much dra
| matte appreciation and beautiful
| enunciation
The speaker of the evening was
| Prof. A f Fucker OF Maryland Uni
versty. who talked entertainingIy on
| the great similarity between the mod
! ern Chimes stage and that of Eliza
! bethan England. based on several
years residence in China. From the
structure of the stage. lack of scenery.
| brilliancy of costumes and absence of
| front curtain, 10 the actors, who are
all men, the chanting of the poetry.
the crudeness of the humor and the
interpoiated gags of the clowns, and
even to the audience. which is all men.
except Il few venturesome women in
screened balcony, the analogy is
striking.
The president. f. V. Wilcox. closed
the evening with Il statement of the
purposes of the society, an outline of
next seasons program. and with Il
tribute to the memory of Charles Han
ford, whose death during the present
season was an irreparabe loss to the
society
AT the last regular meeting the Of.
ficers were re elected as follows. r.
'. Wilcox, president: Airs. Fulton
Lewis, vice president; Miss Helen Nc
Carly. secretary-treaSur Mrs, Mabel
Owens Wilcox. dramatic director. w
r.. Bryant was made assistant dra-
matte director. to be acting director
during the absence of DR.. and Mrs.
Wilcox during the early part of next
season. DIR. Alice Merrill and Miss
Florence t'ladung were made publicity
committee.
Any one wishing copies of next sea
son program. apply to the secretary,
Cd Building, Government Hotels.
the Danes of tle Loyal Legion held
IFS May r,eetins at the residence Of
Mrs. T.. S. Alvord, Cedarstone, Brook.
vile Md. AS this estate is some 20
miles from Washington the society
chartered a bus for the occasion. A
business meeting was held with Miss
Clark, president, in the chair A re.
port was read by Mrs. William Floyd
Mutchler. chairman of the card party
which was held at the New Willard
May 5. the results of which were
most gratifying from both a finan.
cial and social standpoint Plans
were completed for the enrolment of
the members of the society in forming
a living flag. IT was voted to send a
check of So to the United States
Flag Association to found q living
flag in honor of Mrs Mary Logan
fucker. national president of the
Danes of The Loyal Legion. com.
memorating her devotion to the flag.
Mrs. Tucker gave Il resume of the
proceedings of the national society
held at Atlantic City April II and l..
Which included the progress of me.
mortal to Gen. Nelson A. Miles, con-
templated by the society. After the
business meeting the society ad-
Journed to accept the hospitality OF
Mrs. AlVord and her two daughters
who We're hostesses for tea. The
guests were interested in the historic
house built in 1865 and the lovely gar
dens and wooded area of % acres that
surround it.
The ZOnta Club of business and
women held its weekly
lun, heon at the Raleigh Hotel Wed.
nesdaY. ] pm, The president. Miss
Jane Bartlett. presided. Miss Ida MAY
Meyers, chairman of the nationa. con.
vention of the Confederation of Zonta
Clubs, held in Washington last week,
was presented with a large silver pic
tura frame as a token of the clubs
appreciation of her successful handling
c, the convention. The speech OF
presentation was made by ,,Iis3 Isabel
Bacon.
An ovation was given Miss Eliza
beth Harris, president-elect of the
club, in recognition of her election
night as president of the
Woman's Bar Association of the Dis.
trict of Columbia. The treasurer, Miss
Margaret Harper, announced that the
taken for the flood sur
ferers had been supplemented by visit
ing Zontians and had reached the sum
of $3.50
Among the guests were Miss Marie
Dorsch, president of the Zonta Club
of Erie, Pa. who took the part of the
big chief in an Indian dance staged
at the recent convention, and Miss
Edith Ruehl. another Erie Indian. An