Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-08

and Miss Bessie Wood, one of the SUPER.
yisors. the latter being in charge Of the
sale of candy. Miss Anne Cooling. for
MANY wears principal Of Wilson Normal
until her retirement three years AGO
was the guest Of honor.
other officers of the association in
clude Mrs. Edith Compton Paul, vice
president; Miss Bertha Lucas, secretary
and Miss Pauline Lohma1n, a teacher
at Eastern High School, treasurer. Miss
S. Irene Raver of the Wilson Normal
research department is chairman of
publicity.
Miss Alma Kruger, leading mem-
Der of the New York Civic Repertorv
Theater. who has come to this CITY tn
direct the forthcoming revival by the
Community Drama Guild of John
Tobin's celebrated comedy of the
sixteenth century. The Honeymoon"
at Mckinley Auditorium February 90
and March /, will be the guest of honor
tomorrow afternoon at the Woman,s
CITY Club from 4:30 until 6 O'Clock
Mrs. William Lee Corbin of the
hospitality committee of the club will
be the hostess of the occasion, which
will be attended by members of the
Community Drama Guild, members Of
the player groups in the one-act plav
tournament of the District of Columbia
and outstanding authorities and lovers
of the amateur and professional drama
in the National Capital, as we'll as MEM
bers of the Woman's City Club and
their friends.
Miss Kruger has had a wide ex-
perience in drama of the Elizabethan
period, having played important roles
with E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe.
as well as with Ben Greet's cononanv
in the classics Of that day. John Tobin.
whose THE Honeymoon" made him
famous in the eighteenth century. was
a great admirer of William Shakespeare.
and according to Miss Kruger and other
drama authorities, the delightful comedy
characters in THE Honeymoon" are
clever adaptations of the famous char
acters created by the Bard of Avon.
placed in new situations and rarely
lovely settings of medieval Spain.
Miss Kruger, during her stay in this
city, will make a number of flying trims
to New York to appear in several of
this seasons new productions by the
Civic Repertory Theater there, which.
under the direction of Miss Eva LIE
Caffeine, is having such splendid sue
cess. Miss Josephine Hutchinson.
formerly a member of the Ram Head
Players of this city, is likewise a prom
lnent member OF the Civic Repertory
Co.. as is Miss Leona Roberts, both
OF Whom achieved outstanding success
here at the little Rams Head Play
House on Eighteenth street several
years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. o. Ellis were recently
guests for few days Of Judge ]. C,
Harraman at the Cavalier Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Mcclellan have
been joined at the Wardman Park
Hotel by Mrs Charles Challice, ir., of
Rochester, N. Y, who will pass a few
days here.
Miss Phyllis S. Harley, b. A., somer-
vile College, Oxford, who for the past
four and one-hah years has actively
managed a residence for university
women in Bombay, India, is spending
several weeks at the Dodge Hotel. Miss
Harley comes to the United States as
the first international scholar of the
American Home Economics Association
and while here will observe methods of
institutional management in the princi-
pal home economics schools Of the
country. In addition to her activities
at the university residence, Miss Harley
lectures as a professor in Wilson Col
lege OF Bombay University and also
serves as adviser to several indian COM
mittees working for the betterment Of
their people.
Mr.. and Mrs. George z. Dadmun have
arrived in washington from their
home in New York City, accompanied
by their daughter, Miss Lydia E. Dad
mum, and are stopping at the Carlton.
Mrs. W. w. Wanamaker has come
from her home at Maiden, Mass, and
Is passing week at the Wardman
Park Hotel.
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Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Thompson of
Rochester are at the Dodge Hotel for
the week end.
DR.. and Mrs. z. Blair Sutphen of
Morristown, N. j., are at the Carlton
for several days, accompanied by Mrs.
Beach Hamilton, also of Morristown.