The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-04-16
Club
News

south End House, 46 Rut-
land st. was the scene Of a
big evening at the Club 4s
Fashion Frolics, held Friday
evening April /. Children from
the ages of five, young adults
and grown-ups all particle
pated and Joined in the show
which started with refresh
ments, sold by mattresses ca
beret style. Pictures were taken
of the various acts at the
end Of the evening.
The theme of the evening
was costumes old and new,
costumes for the imagination
and for reality and the effect
involved on the wearers. The
show started with the Old
Woman in the Shoe announc-
ing her desire that the Mo-
ther Goose Rhyme involving
her and her children be
changed to form a more realis-
tic picture Of what had real
ly happened in their lives.
Following a pattern, all of
her twenty one children APP
peared in story book costumes.
many of which were made by
the children themselves. They
were followed by older child
rem dressed as they would be
for various professions. Adults
followed them in clothing of
the nineties and twenties and
the present time.
Miss Lillian Jackson enter
tanned us with several songs.
The evening ended with more
refreshments all around. Pro-
fits from the evening have
been given to send a child to
camp and sponsor the newly
formed South End Boys Base
ball League,
The president of Club 4S,
Mrs. Claire Carter, and the
Fashion Show Committee
Chairman, Mrs. Edith Wash
lngton, wish to express their
thanks and appreciation for
q interest and attendance at the
event.
After regular business ses-
sion of the Business and Pro-
fesional Women's Club of Bos-
ton and Vicinity, Mrs. Mary
c. Gordon noted Business
Woman of Boston, will speak
on the subject Women in
Business Come and bring a
friend Sunday, April II tc
462 Massachusetts, Avenue al
$50 PM Come on time, you
will be out by Z.
The Crusaders for the Can
Ger Fund Drive met last week
at the home of Mrs. Beatrice
A. Moody, rs Moreland st.,
Roxbury for an informal Cot
fee Hour. They were greeted
by Chairman Mrs. Harold Nc
kenney, who spoke on the
great need for volunteer work
erS in this worthy cause. She
also told of the great strides
science is making in the field
Of research in the fight for
the control Of this dread di-
Sease. Coffee and cakes were
served by the gracious hostess.
Crusaders present were: Mrs.
Flora M. Anderson, Mrs. Mar
iorie M. Branker, Mrs. Rolline
Evans, Mrs. Matilda B.
Charleston, Mrs. Ruby Han
burton, Mrs. Catherine Head
ley, Mrs. Clarice Sue, Mrs.
Leo Masterillo and Mrs. Beat
reSs A. Moody, all of Roxbury.
The Flick Club presents its
third annual musical tea Sun
day, April "a, 4 to 6 pm. for
its scholarship fund.
Pell Nell Club of St. Marks
Congregational Church. Rox-
bury, which work for the
WEEK DAY RELIGIOUS EDU-
CATION, is having a sale of
home cooked foods at III
Humboldt Avenue, Roxbury,
starting at pm, the week
end of April 80. Included are
baked breads, pies, cookies,
jams, jellies, cakes and baked
beans. The committee mem
berS are: Ethel Johnson, Lii
liam Mcguire, Rose Penn,
Odessa Smith, Addie Hill, vi
Wan King, Hazel Brothers and
Thelma Mosbey.
The Friendship Circle Of
Ebinezer Bapt. Church, Mar
tina w. Overstreet, chairman,
repeats the History Week pro-
gram of the Sherwin School
Bays Chorus Sunday, April "a,
3 pm. Other talent. Silver Of
fering.
Betty Harper Flower Clubs
18th Anniversary Musical tea
will be at Freedom House
Sunday afternoon, May /.