Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23
ITypothetae Honors
Memory of Franklin
In Feature Program
Entertainment Commemo-
rating His Birth Held
Most Notable Event in
| Organizations History.

One of the most notable soclal
events in the history of the Typothetae
Of Washington was the entertainment
and dance Monday evening in the
garden room of the Mayt1ower Hotel.
concentrating the 221st anniversary
of the birth of Benjamin Franklin.
The evenings entertainment opened
with brief address. our Patron
Saint" by Oscar T. Wright. past pres
ident of the organization, followed. by
the presentation of a musical playlet
In one act entitled Benjamin Frank
Inns Birthday Party" The scene OF
the playlet was the garden OF Ben
Franklin's home in Philadelphia In
1850. Charles +. Crane, president OF
the Typothetae. took the character OF
BENJAMIN Franklin, Mrs. Oscar I.
Wright appeared as Mrs. Deborah
Franklin, his wife; Miss Katherine
Riggs. Sarah, Ben Franklins daugh-
ter: Mrs. Frank P. Howard. as Mis-
tress Abigail Carlton. guest; Mrs
Grace French Tooke. as Mistress
Betsy Hancock; Percy Oliver, John.
the negro manservant, and Sydney
Oliver, as William, houseboy.
The guests participating in the gar
den party were Miss Margaret Book
err Allison, Miss Louise Adams Bessey.
Miss Kathryn Brown, Miss Florence
Bugbee, Miss Emily Cooper. Miss
June Doorley, Miss Isabel Flora, Miss
clara Forbes. Miss Catherine Gross,
Miss Laura Hayes, Miss Cecile Little
field. Miss Helene Luve. Miss Jane
Marshall, Miss Helen Neumeyer. Miss
Aarriette Rissler, Miss Wlnifred
Royle, Miss Anne Simon, Miss Fran
ces Simon. Miss Florence Tournier
and Miss Virginia Woodward of the
Tuesday Evening Music Club and Mr..
Ralph "A Packwood and ar. Thurston
L. Ferris.
The musical program included the
following selections by the Tuesday
Shepherds" o. Dear. What Can the
Matter Be" Nearest and Dearest"
and sally in Our Alley
Sidney Oliver sang THE Dumb
Wife" followed by selections on the
harp by Miss Katherine Riggs. which
included 1.-The Fountain Harp of
the Winds" and Believe Me if All
Those Endearing Young Charms"
Mrs. Frank p. Howard, in charge OF
the musical program rendered the fol-
lowing vocal selections. accompanied
by Miss Riggs on the harp and Mrs:
Tooke at the piano: The Second
Minuette." Sweet Maid" and when
Love Is Kind
The musical selections concluded
with the singing of Drink To Me
Only With Thine Eyes" Il Know a
Bank" THE Lass With the Delicate
Air" and "Amo, Arnas, / Love Lass.
BY tho Tuesday Grazing Music Club.
ali of the persons representing char
acters were attired in colonial cos
tune, and the large audience present
expressed its appreciation by gener-
GUS applause throughout the evening.
&l.0 conclusion nf the MIA Vlot the
evening was devoted to dancing. a
buffet supper was served during an
4ntermiSsion.
The committee in charge of the af-
fair was composed of Mr.. Peter
Becker, jr., chairman: Mr.. James D.
Bligh, vice chairman; Mr.. John Col
poys, Mr.. Charles Cooke. Mr.. Lewis
Dreusonstok, Mr.. Will Dunn, Mr.. w.
A. Edelblut, Mr. Lee Z. Eynon,~ Mr..
ris. Mr.. Howard S. Fisk. Mr.. Jere-
miah Flanagan, Mr.. Cornelius Ford,
Mr.. Charles Gum. Mr.. Z. j. Heir
ling, Mr. Frank p. Howard, Mr.. John
c. Jenkins, Mr.. George B. Kennedy,
Mr.. Z. T. McPhilomy, Mr.. Thomas l..
Moore, Mr. A. w. Noack, Mr.. S. Percy
Oliver, Mr.. Ralph A. Packwood, MIR.
Carroll G. Ross, Mr.. Frank W. ROW
zee. Mr. Allen Smythe. Mr.. j. r.
Stake. Mrs. FL r. Stanford, Mr.. Ed
ward F. Steele, Mr.. H. c. c. Stiles,
Mr.. William ~ Schaefer, Mr.. James
r. Sullivan, Mr.. AL. l.. Tennyson, Mr.
Lewis NJ. Thayer. Mr.. Benton webb
and Mr.. f. II. Walker.
The guests of the Typothetae dur
ing the evening We're Public Printer
and Mrs. George Fl. Carter; Director
Alvin W. Hall, Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, and Mrs. Hall; Asst.
Director Clark r. Long and Mrs.
Long, Asst Director John j. De
why and Mrs. Deviny, Asst. Di-
rector Dawson and Mrs. Dawson,
Supt. of Public Schools Frank w.
Ballou and Mrs Ballou, Asst. Supt.
Stephen E. Kramer and Mrs. Kramer.
Mr.. c. William Schneidereith. Mr..
Irving Gordon, Mr. Gabriel Pollock,
Mr.. Edward S. Hutton and Mr.. Frank
I. Ellis of Baltimore. Md; Mr.. Dun
can McLaren, instructor of printing,
Abbot Vocational School, and Mr.. r.
NJ. Nash, United Typothetae OF
America.