The Indianapolis times., 1936-02-25

Face BUSY
Calendars
Many Social Activities
Are Planned Despite
Start of Lent

Indianapolis looks forward to a
crowded social calendar during the
next few weeks, with dances, din
ners, parties and unusual musical
and dramatic offerings scheduled.
Clubs, hotels and theaters an
nounce variety of programs and
events, in spite of the Lenten sea-
son, which opens tomorrow and
continues to April IL.
In addition to the regular weekly
supper and dinner dancing schedule
at the Columbia Club, the enter
tainment committee now is consid-
ering the date and speaker for one
of the clubs outstanding annual
events, the Beefsteak Dinner.
The dinner Is to be in celebration
OF the clubs forty-seventh ami
versary, and is to honor members
who have been on the roster 25
years or more. 1t is expected to be
held during the last week in March.
Junior Columbians are to stage a
Leap Year dance Friday night, at
which girls are. to have cutting in"
privilege, after inviting their own
escorts. Miss Dorothy Ball is girls
committee chairman. A floor show
is to feature members.
Women members and their guests
are to hold a luncheon bridge March
3. with Mrs. l.. w. Mohlenkamp as
hostess chairman. Assisting her are
Mesdames G. E. Mason, E. @. Deb
ner. Glen Griffith, ]. H. Kemper,
berger, Robert H. Ellis and Charles
Seidensticker.
l. A. c. Has Varied Program
Activities scheduled at the Indi-
annapolis Athletic Club include a
varied program for members and
guests during the next several
weeks. A Leap Year dance is TO be
held Saturday night in the Lantern
Room.
The next meeting of the Woman's
Contract Club is to be held March
5, and others are scheduled for
alternate Thursdays. A women's
luncheon bridge is to be held
March 12
a st. Patrick's Day frolic is sched-
uled for March ID in the I. A. c.
Lantern Room, to be followed by
ST. Patrick's Day dinner dance
March IT,
The tenth annual national invita-
tional contract bridge tournament is
to open April /. and continue
through April s. The final activity
of the clubs season is to be an Eas-
ter dance on April H.
Many Arranged for Marott
Five hundred are expected to at
tend the formal Leap Year dinner
dance Thursday at the Marott.
Hundreds of Indianapolis club
women are to attend the birthday
celebration of the Womans Depart
ment Club Saturday at the Marott,
at which Richard Halliburton is to
lecture on Seven League Boots"
The State Assembly Womans
Club is to meet at the Marott March
II at luncheon, and Ward Bel
mont Alumnae are to dance there
'ftdICH Il,
Junior assemblies. which have
been held under the direction of
Mrs. William Byram Gates on al
ternate Saturdays at the hotel, are
to continue during the Lenten
period.
The annual lecture and dinner of
the Indiana Federation of Art
Clubs is to be held at the Marott
March 27.
Eddy Here March %
Music lovers are antici' ating a
concert to be given by Nelson Eddy
March %. under the sponsorship of
Mrs. Nancy Martens, and a pro-
gram of the Indianapolis Symphony
Orchestra March "a. Dinner parties
are being arranged for these. in ad-
dition to those which are scheduled
to precede the performance of
Walter Hampden, March 7, in
"Cyrano de Bergerac."
The second annual Wild Oats
Ball, sponsored by the Indiana Sad
die Horse Association, is to be held
at the Lincoln March Il, under the
direction of j. Perry Meek. The
Players Club is to give another per-
formance March T.