Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1913 — Fortnightly Club Musical. [ARTICLE]

Fortnightly Club Musical.

On Wednesday, Feb. 27th, a most enjoyable musical program was given at the home of Mrs. Walter Gumm. The opening number was a piano solo “Aufforderung Zum Tana,—Weber— by Miss Callie Bonner. A recitation, “Black-Eyed Mehltable,” by Mrs. Fern Lough, was followed by a ladies’ quartette, giving “Hats of Other Days.” These ladies appeared crowned with hats, “marvelous in a hundred ways.” Passing in review before their appreciative audience of club sisters, the quartette trilled the description

of their millinery in the following words: “One year large, the next one small; First they’re low, and then they’re tall; Round ones, square ones tor the nation, Follow each In quick rotation; Tons of straw and miles of braid, Heaven conceived and deftly made, Marv’lous in a hundred ways— These hats of other days.” The accompanist, Miss Bonner, wore a merry widow of last fall’s carnival date. The real curio of the array was an extremely modestlittle lavender bonnet of ante-bel-lum days, loaned by Mrs. Bloom. It is needless to add that these singers—Ladies Geier, Gray, W. E. Peck, and Broadie, met with rounds and rounds of applause and answered the recall very graciously. A sketch read by Mrs. Crain was entitled “Origin of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonota.” Mrs. Wm. Geier gave a monologue, ‘That One Slip,” with Miss Bonner at the piano. “Egyptian Love Song,” by Miss Bonner, was an artistic closing number. Mrs. Gumm was assisted in serving by her daughter, Lillian. Souvenirs of the club musical of ’l3 were tiny white and green frogs,' their musical notes reading “How Can I Leave Thee!” The next session of the club is the annual election, Miss Bonner, hostess. The N. 8. Sew Club is meeting with Mrs. Rainier this week. The Study Club meets Monday, March 10th, Mrs. Hargreaves, Hostess. The Dance Club has issued invitations for a masquerade on Tuesday evening, March Hth.