The Washington times., 1936-05-23
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Stage Skits
Tuesday
BY MARY PADGETT

honorary members, members, and
guests of the Professional Writer'S
Club of the Y. w. C. A., Tuesday
night at Z o'clock in the "Y"
headquarters, Seventeenth and K
SITS. N. w.
This recently organized group,
which grew out of a class on
writing, will really be making its
Washington debut" as a recog-
nized club when the affair takes
place.
16 SkitS Listed
Sixteen dramatic skits will be
based on 1875 articles published
during the last year by members
Of the organization. These skits
will be put on by members Of the
Southeast Community Players,
Phil Hayden's dancers, the Ma
tional Academy of Stage Train
ing, the Rose Robson Cohen Ora
matte School, Col. Charles j. Fer
ris and others.
Myrta Ethel Cawood, president
Of the club, will preside. Mary
Margaret Feldman will act as
mistress Of ceremonies.
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Distinguished writer's in whose
honor the program is given are
Albert w. Atwood, John Jay DAILY,
Hudson Grunewald, James Waldo
Fawcett, Gideon A. Lyon, Bess
Heath OlmStead, Howard Parrish,
Bryon Price, Charles Edward Rus
sell, George r. Holmes, and
Richard w. Westwood.
Officers Named
Officers and committee chair
men of the club will act as host
eSSeS at the various tableS-Leah
Stock Heinrich, first vice preSi,
dent; Alice Hutchins Drake, Sec
ond vice president; Rae Robins,
recording secretary; Florence A.
Dietrich, corresponding secretary;
Sara Fay Wait, treasurer; Vera
Jane BouSfield, historian; Ruby
G. Crotinger, registrar; C. Vir-
ginia Diedel, parliamentarian;
Bernice L. Miller, auditor; Pearl
H. Stewart, librarian; Katheryn
M. Doherty, counsel; Elizabeth F..
Ketchum, executive secretary: Cor
nelia CompSon, CHI airman o f
house committee; Mary Machin
Gardner, chairman of membership
committee; Maud M. Hutchinson,
publicity; Mary Margaret Field
man, ways and means; Bertha
ShankS CLANCY, markets: Eliza
beth Burt Craig, reception. and
Alice Rita Deasy, editor Of Bull
letin.
An interesting feature Of the
dinner is the costumes planned
by the pages who will usher the
guests. With Frances Coston as
their chairman, six young ladies
will dress in blue and white gar
ments, decorated with magazine
articles and pages.
Three significant words were
said by Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley,
newly elected president of the
Women's City Club, at the first
meeting of her administration.
They were See America First. "
And Mrs. Wiley established a pre-.
cedent for her club with a pro-
gram which calls for tours once
a month, under the direction of
Mrs. Laura Waters, chairman of
the travel committee and a mem
Der of the board of directors.
The first tour of club mem
bers will include Yorktown
Jamestown, Williamsburg, and
Old Point Comfort, Va. The
group will leave Baltimore, via
boat, on Saturday June 20, and
will return the following Mon.
day.
In August, travel minded mem
bers will visit the battlefieldS OF
Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, and
in September, there will be a Sc
ries of short trips to historic
places in nearby Maryland.
Although Mrs. Waters will 60
to Europe this summer, leaving
on June Is, she will develop the
entire itinerary of the clubs trips
before she leaves. It is planned
to have longer trips sponsored by
the travel section of the Won
ems City Club during the fall and
winter seasons, and the program
will be enlarged with travel lee
lures and motion pictures on his.
toric America.
Mrs. F.. D. Vowel. 4444 Alton
Pl. N. w., will be hostess at her
home to members of the hiking
group of the washington branch,
American Association of Univer-
sity Women, tomorrow afternoon.
Miss Elizabeth Smith will assist
as hostess.
The group will arrive about
$3.50 o'clock, walk in the vicinity.
and later partake Of a picnic
supper.