Evening star., 1940-04-05
Club Play
Marks 5Oth
Anniversary
Twentieth Century
Members Re.enact
Founding
BY GRETCHEN SMITH.

1Hc 1UuIlQluR OF Cle 1WenJleUn
Century Club so years ago, with a
burlesqued version of modern
board meeting, was portrayed be-
fore club members yesterday in an
amusing two-act play, There's Life
in the Old Girl Yet" Presented in
the auditorium of the Chevy Chase
Junior College, the play was written
and directed by Mrs. Frederic E.
harrington, regent of the school and
club member, with Mrs. Alfred H.
Brooks as assistant director.
The opening scene presented the
meeting of a group of dignified,
genteel ladies in the Sunday school
room of the Unitarian Church in
1890 for the purpose of organizing
IAN association for the promotion
Of liberal thought and broad philan-
thropy."
After two names, "The Saturday
Liberals and THE Renaissance in
Thought, for Women Only had
been suggested, it was decided that,
being on the brink of new era
with the great unknown just ahead"
it would be appropriate to give the
new group the name Twentieth
Century Club.
Sections Organized.
Organization of sections followed
and included thought" "educa-
tion," philanthropy" reform" and
social affairs" departments.
Brought together by Sophronia
Hale, courtly and dignified, the
group was advised to study the
great movements; discuss all things
freely and frankly"
The act concluded with the
triumphant announcement by Fanny
Chamberlain, a liberal, that here
We 60 into the goth century"
The second act disclosed large
modern group assembled for busi-
ness at which parodied committe re-
ports were made to the president,
Nostalgia, assisted by her secretary,
Insomnia
Glamour Girlie, chairman of the
garden section, sang ner report:
Il think that I shall never see,
A billboard lovely as a tree.
Perhaps unless the billboards fall,
I'll never see a tree at all"
Justifying the plays name, Mrs.
George H. Genzer introduced lively
note into the meeting by a gay, in
terpretive dance number.
At the conclusion, Sizzling Susie
reported the death of the education
section. 'The Twentieth Century
Club she announced, has now &C
quired the sum of all human knowl-
edge and no longer stands in need
of education"
Costumes were of the period of
the early sos and COS with bustles,
boleros, voluminous skirts and large
much be-plumed and be-feathered
hats The Self Help Exchange sup
piled few of the gowns while a
number belonged to members, pre-
served as souvenirs OF past gen.
GRAFTON. Miss Emma T. Strider
wore "chic" French robe which
her mother had bought in Paris to
wear to a luncheon given for Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt.
Old Songs are Sung.
Sentimental songs of the 18th CEN
tury were sung by Mrs. Cloyd Heck
Marvin and Miss Blanche Polkin-
horn Dorothy Radde Emery ac-
companied the song and dance
numbers.
Mrs. Phillip Sidney Smith played
the part of Sophronia Hale, Fanny
Chamberlain was portrayed by Mrs.
Godfrey Creyke, Nostalgia was in
terpreted by Mrs Edwin G. Nourse:
Glamour Girlie. Mrs. Gene Robb,
and Sizzling Susie was Mrs. John G.
Ladd. Miss Strider played the part
of Luzenia Beckwith, Mrs. Marvin
was Prudence Nightingale, Miss
Polkinhorn. Mrs. Gen. Coleridge and
Mrs. Genzmer, whose terpsichorean
number won enthusiastic applause,
played the part of Pavloffa.
Preceding the play Mrs. E. G.
Montgomery, president. paid high
tribute to Mrs. Harrington. who in
addition to writing the play was
hostess to the club at luncheon fol-
lowing the presentation Large bou-
quets of yellow roses were presented
to Mrs. harrington and to Mrs.
Brooks.