Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-30
WOMEN OF PRESS
. GIVE STUNT PARTY
Guests From Official Life
Share Merriment With
Washington Writers.


gave its first big stunt party last
night at the clubhouse of the National
Association of University Women, the
event taking the form Of a cabarel
supper grill, with all Of the talent
selected from the Press Club mem
bership
The party went off with a bang
that places 1.-THE ladies say--on
par with the famous old Gridiron Clut
as favorite sister. and writer's OF
politics, religion, society and thrillers
turned their various gifts into an I'M
promptu program of fun and frolic.
The more than 20 guests OF honor
representing stateswomanship and
departments Of law and order ano
mere civic life, were received by Miss
Cora Rfgby, president. and Mrs. Sallie
V. II. Pickett, vice president or the
club, and with the members they
were seated at small fiower.decked
tables. After that the ringmaster and
chairman of the entertainment com
mittee, Miss Katharine Brooks
brought on her specialties with rush
OF fun and good humor.
Bang Out Your Stories"
The Budding Berlins opened the
service with Bang Out Your Stories
On the Old Machine" with a rafting
tune that sometimes sounded like
Pack Up Your Troubles"
Miss Ruth Kleipberger, as chair.
man of the constitution committee,
rudely interrupted the brilliant intro.
ductor, remarks of Miss Brooks by de-
manding another vote on the clubs
constitution, when such turmoil arose
that a runner was dispatched to the
home of Vice President Dawes to get
a little advice on constitutional law
and Senate rulings, hut soon returned
empty-handed, as the Vice President
said the Senate would not allow him
to have any rulings.
A song, Our Constitution" showed
Miss Kleinberger's vocal powers. and
Miss Bessie Poe, as Sing Nankee Pc,
parliamentarian of the last Chinese
parliament, interrupted proceedings
with some high-fown sentiments ex.
pressed in Chinese.
Miss Emma Pearley Lincoln as the
Swami of the evening forced the COM
pany to concentrate on the program as
much as it could. Gilda Gray was
there in the person of Miss Helen
Fefter In native Hawaiian costume,
and, accompanied by Miss Jackie Mar
tin on her famous Stradi-ukulele, she
gave some native dances.
Freedom Of City.
A messenger rushed in with tele.
gram to the club, saying. THE city is
yours tonight, bandits and all
tSigned) Edwin B. Hesse, chief Of po-
lice
Nine. Lotus Lantern WI of the
Picking Herald, later apprehended as
Mrs. Vylla Poe Wilson, recorded the
evenings proceedings on a tablet as
big as biscuit board. The woman
politicians received some snappy sug-
gestions and We're well taken off" by
Miss Maxine Davis, and Miss Ruth
Jones gave her famous monologue on
tine Society Editor
A telegram arrived from Berkeley,
Calf. signed VIII Rogers. poet-lariat
and the worlds most-traveled mayor.
which ran, please detail your club
humorist to hold down my cot in the
White House until i finish my term
out here"
Another message, this, time from
Holm Hall. Va, said: Hello you.
Much ado. Would / do? McAdoo."
Miss Lincoln and Miss Gourley
Edwards presented a dialogue between
city editor. and a publicity writer
and then the tuneless and budding
Berlins sang a parody on Yes Sir,
That's My Baby"
House spokeslady, did some work
that reminded Mrs. Herman Gasch to
tell some more Secrets of the White
House Kitchen"
Domestic Affairs.
Mrs. Ann Hard, one of the timid
members of the club, attempted to
walk across the room at this point
and tainted, but was sufficiently re-
vived later on to sing '.'the Gridiron
Song" with bowling success. But a
message was received by Miss Rigby,
saying: please tell my wife to rush
home. the biscuits are burning.
(Signed). BILL HARD.
Miss Mildred Brown and Miss Jackie
Martin sang some ditties captioned
'Uncle Sans Step Children-The
Navy and Air Service"
An international pageant-some-
thing quite new to Washington society
featured Miss Jessie MacBride as
director, and the countries represent
ed, with many interludes. were: China,
Miss Gertrude Brigham Mexico, Miss
Katharine Lewis: Russia, Miss Mar
garet Germond; Miss Margaret Hart
and Miss Corinne Frazier, two Brazil
ian nuts Miss Blanche Joyce and Miss
Gourley Edwards. as Pan-America;
Miss Martha Strayer, Nicaragua, and
then Margaret Hart blew in as a
Scotch high-ball and did a bit of
genuine United States jazz.
Miss Bess Schreiner appeared with
warrants for the arrest of the woman
politician who told too many secrets,
the White House spokeslady was
pinched for the same offense, Gilda
Gray was grabbed because of the airi-
mes of her costume-notwithst
the presentation of the kcy to the
city by Chief Hesse-and the last
warrant was for the author of GER
tain stories. An appeal to the lady
lieutenant of police, who was found
among the guests of honor, prevent
ed overlooking the wan"
From Queen Marie.
Harking back to rood old days. a
cable came from ldarie, Queen of
Rumania, dated Bucharest, January
30: Regret my mileage book ran
out before / could accept your kind
invitation for tonight. / suggest as
your slogan, Stop. look. listen, also
Hear no evil, see no evil. write no
evil but never leave out royalty
There were also messages from two
persons conspicuous in the news.
The guests of honor, who entered
into the spirit of the clubs first stunt
party. were: Representative Florence
p Kahn of San Francisco, Calf; Rep
resentative Edith Nourse Rogers of