Evening Star Newspaper, February 18, 1923, Page 53

Q Q0 Girls ‘and Th eir Affairs. Conducted by Helen H. Fetter. AT T A AT AT A DA O D DA DDA AT AA T DA A, T A Q%Q OW that St. Valentines day is past, all the flappers in town are contemplating get- ting new spring hats. The ng are not budding 3 and bluebird: at least not in the city. They are, instead, clusters | ot dainty Lats in wide glass show- windows. Ueually, in marked con- trast to the darker or more vivid iones of winter L . they are of the pastel shades and tints—jade green, delft and baby blue, old rose, salmon i and orchid. The trimmings are | likewise dainty, with a loop of silver ribbon here and a tiny bouquet of Irench rosebuds there to emphasize the expected passing of bleak winter. At times the effect of thess hats, worn with heavy fur coats or rough sport coats, is incongruous, to say the' least, but in their very incon- gruity fairly shout, “Spring 18 coming? The however, are not the n where epring hats are proutinz. The millinery classes at Joth Technieal High School and Cen- ‘rul High School are_humming with the delightful task of girls who are busily making their own spring head- gear. Old party frocks furnish ma- al for making dalnty soring poke honnets, and L wonderful what charming ornaments can be made of a few odd bLeads and some embroid- ory silk. Few peonle who are grown up and upied with their own busSiness worries realiza the practical value of these clasae teaching the girls econcemical ide; It is particularly nteresting to one who ,visli the Classen to disrover how cleverly the wirls themaselves can take old orna- ments, analy how th e made and then work out original ideas and eolor combinat'ons, based principles, that more attrac th the original articles. The mocern girle is a_ wlde-awak Toung person and has proved lLierself increasing’y e person of initiative and resourcefulness. From time im- nemorial the spring hat has been a avmbol of tha dilight in extravagant i-ills of womankind, but it can no longer be emploved with justice to merve in this capacity. Even in the! shops the Kaster bonnet is not the expensive luxur: it uced to be, and tha old custom of savine one's pre- cious new hat for the first appear- ¥nce on Easter day has long since disappeared. Probably the fact that irls are now making own a8 something to do with this, make a good looking | keen it even until the firmiy - in | it so overy- and admire it?- It mature. Where- | are now wearing | ich the su skies Washineton smile | wvhile the stroets are | with derkened slush brief nows of our . on w late winter in benignly. even atill streaked eft from the alort winter Athletic Club Girls Will Arrange Events HIE members beard of the ¢ girls will Vednesday airs of ranging a vithin the evelopment asket ball ime. Those asked to sttend this special eeting include Thelma Castle, Alice anck, Winnifred Faunce, Rozelle ett. officers of"the club and the fol- pwine recently appointed chairmen f_various committees: Basket ball, ertha Smith: swimming, Florence kadding: tennis, Harrlet Kimball adys Mills; dancing, Adelaide yd; membership, Margaret Har: Pat” Manr base hall, Flor. iblicity, Camille of the executive Capitol Athletic Club hold a special meeting | to discuss the business af- | the club, the possibillty of swimming exhibition next few weeks and the of track as well as as a prime sport at this At the last gene: [ub members tr own and the qi 1l season i meeting of the Dictures were on of the basket was discussed at length. was also decided that the club uld relinguish its arrangement to ¢ the Y. W. C. A. swimming pool or the present, possibly res-ummg| ent late in the spring. i proud of its basket team. has been winning victories right along. The game with team from l!\; Marjorie Webster > h & score of 33-22, and the Wilson ormal School team lost to them with core, 43-15. They have also defeat- cd the te: from Eastern College, AManass: Va., and the Strolers, an ndependent iocal team. Tha hext games scheduled are with Friends' School of Alexandria and the team rom the veterans' bureau. The club wishes to arrange a championship zeries to win th title of the District of Columbia. This series will begin on February 24, when the club's team 1l meet tie Hurricaners at the «‘oliseum. T line-up of the Cap-| <tol m includes: Camilie | «'Hara, captain and center; Glad \lills, manager and mide center ymm Harris and Pauline Thoma forwards. nd Winnifred Faunce and | Rozelle Jett, guard: { TO APPEAR IN to right, back row: Olyve B Lert [{ * Front row: Helen R: Jothers fates NAMES FOR GIRLS And What They Mean LSE, Elsie and Alice are three of the prettiest names for girls. They are generally considered as separate names, yet they all have the same or- igin, a corruption of the name Ade- laide, which passed through the stages of Adeline, Adeliza, Aliza and thenAlice. The Latin version of the name, which is stlll popular in the British lsles, |s Alicla. The modern ltalian name is Allsa. Just how the neme Elsie was first used is not gen- erully known, but its relation to Alice is definitely conceded. Ilsa is| an unusually attractive form of the| name and Is distinctly German in its origin. 1t is the German form of El- sie. In Teutonic folk-lore Ilse was a princess who was changed into a river to save her from evil powers. | France has some pretty variations of the name Alice. There are Adele, Alix and Aline. The modern Amer! can girl has adopted Some unique methods of spelling Alice, especially Alys and Allyce. The name ‘is said to mean “nobil- ity.” and the red lily is conceded to be tie emblem of Alice, Elsle und lise. There have been many heroines of plays and books of one of these three names. Few English or Amreican children grow up without having en- Jjoyed Lewis Carroll’s whimsical “Alice | in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking-glass,” in which the heroine ls & very polite little glrl named; Alice. An Alice was also heroine of “Arden of Feversham" and of “Alice, | of the Mysteries,” by Bulwer. The heroine of one of Chaicer's stories was | an Alice. | Qliver Wendell Holmes wrote a| novel in which Elsie Venner was the | herolne. There is also a serles of { nearly thirty books which were read ! by the schoolgirls of the last couple f generations that told of the trials and tribulations of a meek young girl named Elsie Dinsmore' i _ There have been several royal Al-! ices. Principal umong them were| Princess Alice, second daughter of | Queen Victorla, who changed her | name when made Grand Duchess of | Hesse to Alix, so that the Teutonic | subjects could better pronouncs it | Queen Alice, consort of William 1V, | Was sister ‘of the King of France | The Queen of Henry 1 of England | was a French princess Alice. who chose to spell her name Adeliza, onc of the oldest variations of the nam-. Students Prcparing For Technical Play Tm-: girls selocted to play the feml- nine roles in the spring play which will be put on s ortly after Baster at Technical High = School have proved unusually talented. A keen spirit of rivalry exists between the two casts to give the very best that is in their power. The play, “The Road to' Yesterday,” by Beulah Marie Dix. is a charming comedy. Although Tlspeth is the leading | role, the part which gives the Ereat- | St opportunity for character work | nd actlon is that of Malena, sister | to Elspeth. who is a gypsy reading | t and is possessed of a Righly tempestuous temperament. The | two girls playing Malena in the tw casts are Kathryn Keep and Barbee. This wiil be Kathryu opportunity in a principal role, but she has previously had parts in the follow productions at the school: “The Cricket on the Hearth," Toy, T, Y1t 1 Were King’ - ence.” Another important girl's role in the | play Is Elinor, played by Mildrea | Volandt and Helen Walten. Both of these girls have been in many pre-| vious school dramatic productions. | The feminine comedy role, Aunt | Harriet, will be played by Martha | Norton’ and Helen Roeder, both of whom are comparatively new to ex- | perience in large school productions. orah, the superstitious maid. will be blayed by Helen Patterson and Louise Rose. This is a role which will give considerable opportunity for charac ter work. Dolly, the remaining femi nine role, will'be played by Marion Brown and Frances Carrick. The leading role of Elspeth, as de- scribed last Sunday, wiil be played b Ruth Russell an Virginia Pryor, the two girls who have probably had the greatest amount of experience in | school dramaties. < also play an important part in making some of the co: for the different characters to ard the school Is full of busy sewing and fitting and trying parts. i | | 1 | i | | | | | 1 | z 7 | Give Rookie Party. | As is the custom at the beginning| of each semester at Technical High School. the seventh semester girls gave the rookie girls a party on Wednesday. It was in the nature of a Valentine party and the girls frol- | icked around, imitating small chil- | dren as they ate heart-shaped cookies and ali-day suckers. The program of entertainment in- uded a vocal solo by Heien Walten, by Helen Reed, piano | (ertrude mallwood nndi Kauffman, ogue by ®Alice Richmond dnd nders, and a play, “Celestial Love,” directed by Olyve Barbee. The cast of the play included “Ella Cornwell, Mary Kauff- man, Helen Reed, Dorothy Reddish and Blanche Siddall, TECH'S P Mildred Volandt, Helen Walten, Helen Patterson, Mart 4 MERIT BADGE WORK. Other Interests Aleo Taken Up by Girl Scouts. HE weekly meeting of Troop 1, Mrs. Harris Franklin, captain, was held Friday at the home of the captain. The major part of the meeting was taken up with merit badge work. The following girls took the merit badge tests on Satur- day: Needlewoman, Dorothy Moth, Elizabeth Garber, Janet Rutter, Jac- queline Smith and Margaret Straight; homemaker, Elizabeth Garber, Helen Carter, Catherine Platt, Janet Rutter and Jacquellne Smith: cook, Janet Rutter. Saturday the troop held a tea at the home of Mrs. Franklin, for the scouts of the troop. Josephine Dunnam, Dorothy Moth, Janet Rutter and Mar- garet Straight were hostesses, Troop 7, Mre. J, P, Hovey, captain Margaret Martignoni, scribe. The regular meeting of Sunflower Troop was held Saturday at Foundry Meth- odist Church. A new candidate was brought in. The second class girls réported on the merit tests. First ald was reviewed and new patrols were organized, with Mary Ewlin as leader of the pinetree patrol and Edna Manhelm as leader of the light- ning patrol. Games were played and the scouts were drilled Troop 12, Miss Marie Ready, cap- tain: Lydia Hunt, scribe. The troop held no busincss meeting Friday, but spent the time in rehearsing for the play. . Mrs. Dana Durand, ain; Virginia Stephenson. scribe; met Friday at the home of Scout Marjorie Brockett. The girls decided to go on an @ll-day hike on_George Washing- ton’s birthday. New patrols were formed and officers elected. Virginia Deyler passed her tenderfoot test. The troop was entertained by the glrls of patrol 1. who gave talks on the life of Lincoln The troop was invited to a valentine party by the girls of Troop 15 Troop 32, Miss Nellie Dunkley, cap- tain; Edith Robertson, scribe, did not hold a meeting last Friday. In plac of the regular meeting, five of the girly and the captain visited the Cen- tral Union Misslon Children's Home and entertained the children for the evening. Some of the scout games were played and the children enjoyed them very much, Troop 34, Miss Vera Laurence, cap- tain: Winifred Rankin, scribe, The resular meeting was held Monday at the home of the captain, with nine- teen girls present. The meating opened’ with the usual ut cere- nionies, which were followed by a business meeting, with Alice Gibbons as chairman. The girls practiced for the special | meeting to be held at an early date. Tuesday evening the troop attended o ceremonial meeting and entertai ment. which was ziven by Boy § Troop 67, Mr. Woodhouse, master, at Trinity Methodist Ch roop 42, Mrs. . H. Young. captain Eleanor McClure, scribe. The troop t as usual on Friduy. February 9 Opening exercises were Leld. followed by a business meeting. Jrs i Emmet, 2 member of the scout coun- cil, was present. The new ruling con- cerning the salute was read and dis- cussed. Games followed The troop plans to give a mothers' tea next Friday. Committees have been appointed for reception, refresh- ments and activities, Notre Dame Troop. Ceeny, captain; Catherine Barrett, scribe, met In the school auditorium Friday. = Miss Mabel Shannon in- structed the girls in some of the re- quirements for the tenderfoot test, The Girl Scout Officers’ Club has re- ceived & most cordial Invitation from Mrs. Herbert Hoover, national Girl Scout president, to be her guests for dinner at her home Tuesday evening, February 20, at 6:30 p.m For the next few weeks new mem- bers wiil be eligible for the glee club, Mrs. H: Me- Flora-a-Flapper. oung flapper named Fiora J. Bings nces” and flirts and_does many things Braide her school lessons. Te piave, But Flora likes best to The neighbors don't mind when she gives a Jaxz party: pproval they show Is sincere and hearty, en, on the calm of a winter's night, ales, they don’t think 1t's right, Fow launcied toward a vivld apurtmen: “‘Dear me, It someone would only tell Flora J. Binj How badly the neighbors all feel when she sin house people all mutter: So tley picked a cake-eater, “pre. Whoss “line’” was enanpy and wicked the eye. He rolled toward fap he planned To tell tae fair Flora her voice wasn't grand. He started out nobly one Sunday eve Andtoought @ good method to wake ber ieve. Would be to outsing her: so he started in Till the neighbors were crazed with the duet of din. How niceiy caved. The cake-ester beamcd wooed. ‘They were macried and now all the aelghbor ~ liave went Hore -brew to t LAY. our voices do blend," Flora aud fair Flora he landiord to raise their rent. Marion Brown and Framces Carrick. Norton and Kathryn Keep. cap- | conceited and | He schemed and | GIRLS WIN “C'S" Four wi High School are, reading from left to Alice I Tales of Well Known Folk In Social and Official Life »d from Fourteentlh Page.) (Contin and transferred to glass in the nat- ural colors. New and beautitul photos of Sul- grave Manor huve reached some of the American members of the Insti- fute to show the progrees which the society i8 making in transforming the deserted farmhouses of twenty years ago Into the manor it was when the last Washington, forefather of the first President, left it in 1607. The exterior has now been completely re- stored by a process in stucco, which makes it impossible to discover the patches which were imperative, and the old roof has been rendered weather proof. The handsome Tudor arched door and vestibule with the Washington arms, stars and stripes in evidence, are placed in lovely old glass in the transom. A rnoble por- trait by Rembrandt Peale, showing @ Washington in continental uniform, the gift of Lady Sackville of Sussex. | hangs over the great fireplace in the | hall_and makes the lof the first President, the other hav- ing been given by Lady lee of Fare- | ham, is a Gilbert Stuart profile in | an oval frame, and which hangs over the old buffet in the dining room.! The regents of Mount Vernon have | #ent a stiff-backed chair, which is}| | placed in the entrance hall, and from the plants which they dispatched from | w hington's American home to that | in Sulgrave, bar- | berry, arbor vitae and bitterswe winter houquets are gathered through the dead seasou. They make 2 cheery bit of color In a big bowl of American glaze, which occupies the center of the o!d monas table, which Lawrence Washington. ifirst 'Lord of Sulgrave Manor, had pressed into service. Sulgrave was | a chapter house of St. Andrews | Northampton in the centurles before the monasteries were suppressed. of his forefathers According to some visiting archi tects and artists to whom this country isa fanviliar tramping ground, the best result of the war has been the develop- ment of the community spirit in house | buillding. The government villages built all over the country for the im- perative needs of shipworkers and in other lines of Industry, which made {a wilderness blossom overnight into a center of population, all show artistic forethought and resemble the | villages of England and France very closely. But since the war the vil lage of Yorkshire has grown up on the Delaware river near the ancient town of Gloucester and in the heartj of a prosaic Industrial activity. a model of all that dignified, beautiful and homelike, Not a tree was cut, not a hill leveled, but the streets have a charming slant about handsome oaks, and the butters are ofien placed between filne eims and spruces in white stone casings, in order not to ruin any natural decoration of the site. The houses are of brick, built with a symmetry which recalls ‘‘Pomander Walk," and business houses have arch- ed porches, through which charming glimpses of the city and the hills beyond | may be obtained. Thus one may sit at | jeomfort in the shoe shop and try on | ithe wares, while the eve is feasted ! through an_arcade, of & Substantial i brick church of the accepted colonial type with a garden which is a Joy even | in winter with its jolly red berries and | glistening varlegated leaves, Every ispot in the village has been used-to | advantage and there are rigid building {1aws which must be observed. One of the literary shrines of Eu- ! rope which is acquiring a vogue is the {villa Les Charmettes outside Cham {bery in Savoy where the philosopher iRousseau wrote his stinging bro i chures which still make the fictional world turbulent and where he culti- vated the vine with much profit. The road to Les Charmettes leads from Chambery. winding along green slopes and the edge of orchards, with lovely views of the mountains all the way. Rousseau passed many vears rambling over the hiils and through {the woods, botanizing and musing { and agcording to the traditions stop- ping to scribble in his note book. “The { Confessions” were written in villa and that alone would render the villa in Savey an outpost for the lit-| erary. The philosopher of course never owned the place. Tiat would have been contrary to his principles. | But as the guest of Mme. de Warens, he proved so useful in orchards and vineyards, that he became a member of the houschold and all through his confessions, are descriptions of . the Scenery and of the house, which are easily traceable now. For many venrs Dast, this lovely old estate has been on the market, either io rent or to i buy. Dr, Nicholas Murray Butler lived there for a summer and very often It shelters colontes of American artists. | Architects. too, visit it and by them it is pronounced the perfect country home for & gentleman. Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the ving: fOoui B Eberman of Batavis. I1l.. and Mar. garet E. Pohl of Seat Pleasant, Md. Tersice H. Sanford nad Gertrude Marma. | $9Xfien B. Stansberry and Rosie L. Stephen- Ball and Hattie Tailer. T. Waddy and Margaret Moore. . McConkey this " eity Deanison of Oxon Hill, Md. jam’ Dicksou and Mary Johnson. Robert Bradford and Catherine Webster. Thomas R. Marshall and Henrletta Z. Jef- 3., and son. Arthur and nce R. Shook of Paterson, Tirzah G. eencastle, Pa. Willlam B. Reid and Lillian’ Payne. Nathaniel Fleet and Ada C. Brown Thomas W. Wilkes of Hyatteville, Md., and Dorothy Reynolds of Pittsburgh, Pa. I Wellington’s Wit. From Ererybody's Magazine. George Jones, a British painter of mediocre talent and now quite for- gotten took great pride in a fancied likeness to the Duke of Wellington and tried in a degree to make up for the part. A friend who was telling the duke about it one day added that the resemblance must ba very great Dbecause Jones was frequently ad- ! profit from judgm cond portrait | L this | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, | | | | IN SWIMMING. were successful fn recent swimming meet held at Central right: Gertrude Sanders, Rozelle Jett, ek and (seated) Mary Augusta Hoover. Drama in Its Place. Erom Eversbody’s Magazioc. under which people th country labor in any attempt to reap at and opinion in matters artistic will be gained from the followlng expericnce of, the late Creston Clarke, the While playing i he approached the 'HAT means more urious made T r INVESTIC PARE! 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Girl Swimmers at Central Make Good Records. HE girls of Central High School are particularly interested in swimming as their favorite sport right now. They recently held & meet, at which letters wero awarded and {some excellent records made. | Four girls won their “Cs” in_ the first letter meet of the season held recently. These girls and the pointi they obtained are: Rozells Jett. 1 |Gertrude Sanders, 13; Allcs Ranck, 11, and Augusta Hoover, 8. Marie Casa: |ea and Beatrice Coles were the high- |est point winners of those who did Inot get their letters. The breast stroke, back stroke and head tow were the most closely con- |tested, the firat two being won by inches by. Augusta Hoover and Bea- trice Coies, respectively, in a hard, fast race. Roaelle Jett easily won the 220-yard !swim, doing the distance most of the .way in a long, easy English racing stroke and finishing with the crawl. She also won the plunge, with a dis- tance of 46 feet. “Snaps” Morgan gave a pretty ex- | nibitioh of trudgeon and crawl in the form swimming event. , The diving was not up to the usual grade in these mee but the meet !was nevertheless considered a fairly £00d Euccess. The surnmary £how e ide stroke 50 vards)—First, Failon; second, Johnson: third, Casassa. 50-yard back stroke—First, Coles: second, Ranck third, Hord. 50-yard breast stroke— ¥irst. Hoover: second, Sanders: third, Brooks. Form swimming—First, San- de second, tie between Ranck and Hoover. Head tow (one length— First. tie between Gillis and Sanders; second, Casassa. 220-yard Swim—First, third, Coles. second, Hay- Diving—First, Jett: second. Casas | Plunge—First. Jett cock: third, Hoover. Ranck; second, Jett. | How do you do, Mr. Clarke? T saw vour performance last night. 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