The Syracuse Journal, Volume 29, Number 36, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 7 January 1937 — Page 5

THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1937

Social Activities Will Brighten 1937

Social Events Liven Post-Holiday Season Many Parties Have Been Arranged; Visitors Here From Many - Sections By EVELYN HARRIETTE

OW that the very glorious “social holidays” of the year have passed and life goes back to its daily routine, we tuck those cherished memories away, to be taken out out And fondled at intervals.

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There is no greater balm for the spirits than a series of ■dinner parties, teas, “at home”, etc., —the kinds that either further cement family bonds or give one a sense of joyous abandon. It’s a perfect sunset for the Old Year and a glamorous sunrise for the New. Happily,i Northern Indiana’s social life does not cease with the holiday close. Parties, bridges, family reunions, and friendly visits continue to fill the social calendar, as we may see by the following:

The Ladies of the Round Table met Monday night at the home of Mrs. O. G. ICarr. The subject, “Where Would You Like to Go”, was discussed by Ann Bertram and Clela Hoopiijigarner. “Skypaths 'through Latin America”, from the National Geographic Magazine, was given by Mrs. Carr. A paper, “Travels Through Africa” including the- “ Cairo-to-the Cape Tour”, written by Mrs. Carrie Kapp, was read by Mrs. Bertram.) The new officers elected for 193738 were; President, Mrs. Latham, Vice President, Mrs. Bachman, secretary, Mrs. Kline, Treauserer, Mrs. Blocker. T Refreshments were served by the hostess. Sjtyacuse Chapter O. E- S. will hold the first stated meeting of 1937 on Vfednesday evening, January 13. Newly elected and appointed officers Will be instiled. Mrs. William Macomber and children of Kendallville and Miss Mary Jensen, nursemaid expect' to leave Thursday for Naples, Florida where they j will spifend the next several weeks. Mr. jand Mrs. Roy Adams of Indianapolis will join them. .Mr, and Mrs. Jerome Denslow and and daughter, of Elkhart, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Schleeter, Sunday. ) J, Mr.) and Mrs. Harry Wingard and daughter ’Luellaj, visited Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Click), Sunday. Mrs; Albert Keller, Chicago, is visitirig her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Bowser. )’ * Earl Menzenberger will leave this week for a trip (through the south. Mrs. Isabel Grieger returned' from Chicago last week, and is spending this week in South Bend. Mr. and Mrs. |j. E. Grieger went to Chicago Friday, to father, who is a patient in tnp Presbyterian Hospital. Bruce Gollan; Chicago was guest of Mr. and Mrs. Sol Miller, Sunday and Monday. L. T. Heermari and son, Spencer, spent the week end with Mrs. Heerman in Syracuse Mrs.) Roy Darr is reported ill. Mr. nd Mrs. {Sol Miller nd Mrs. Betty Clark were in Fort Wayne, Saturday. Mrs. Clark has taken a position as saleslady in the coat department of Earl Groth and Co., Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. William Bowlel spent the holidays with their son, Forrest in Memphis, Tennesee. Calvin Pfingst,. Chicago, spent the holidays with his mother, Mrs. J. D. Pfingst. * | • —-

Co-ed Chosen Queen of Rodeo \ HEHE * I E9EL JI ■ H ? lh i W Ts X 1 BkCA ’MKr 1 ’w r vl IIMBn I iwh HflMOniHhK « Ijhs <JBI fc I ... '■ - Catharine Schroeder Queen of the “Frontier Days” rodeo and carnival of 1937 at Cheyenne, Wyo., will be pretty Catharine Schroeder, 19, co-ed at Purdue university, who is a daughter of one of Cheyenne s pioneer families x > and an expert horsewoman.

| STAR Hgß I s. 1 fll EG,**' \ ■■ mNI ■ ... r* ~ • John Connors who plays the leading role Eddie Swift in “Feature Story” which is to be shown at the “Pot Luck Dinner” in the Gymnasium of Syracuse High School next Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Wilt have gone to St. Petersburg, Florida, for several months. Mrs. Harry Porter, formerly of Syracuse, is visiting in St. Petersburg, Floida with her parents, for the remainder of the winter. Mr. ;and Mrs. H. A. Bowser, Chicago, have moved here and are occupying the home of Mrs. J. H. Bowser. Mrs. Davis, Terre Haute, has been visiting her brother, Dr. Clark. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Houseman, Elkhart, spent New Year’s Day with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ward. Lawrence Juday, Sylvania, Ohio, spent several days here with relatives. Mrs. Orvfllq Sage who is visitng her grandmother, M?s. Lenora Mills at Milltown, Ind. is ill with the flu. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Rogers have moved to the' Dillingham property on Boston street.

Shortage of Plays Chief Problem of Theater Today 1 HL J .flu?- * rfirrth / F’-A // W. Vk / WMHjr' HP" JI ■ ißi « I \\ fl M \ ' ( fl HMh ■■ v} fl Xi m* •' ' ■ > Such Is Opinion Voiced by Jane Cowl, ! Vetran Star of Stage

By MAURICE MERRYFIELD CLEVELAND, Jan. 7, —(INS)— “It’s true* there has been an amazing revival of the legitimate drama both on the road and in New York, but the crying need of the theatre today is for more good plays.” & It was Jane. Cowl speaking. Her remarks were unctuated by a powder puff as she repaired her makeup. She turned from the mirror of her dressing table backstage at Cleveland’s Hanna theatre, where she was starring in “First Lady”, to further comment bn her statement. “You can’t imagine how many people are trying to write plays and now impossible most qf them ’are,’ she continued. “Every mail brings a flood of manuscripts. You have to go through them in the hope of finding something with possibilities because it’s so difficult to obtain a play, but nearly all of them are hopeless. Play Shortage Serious “The play shortage is really serious in more ways than one. Cleveland, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Denver and a score of other sizable cities are experiencing a considerable revival of interest in the drama but there aren’t enough plays to go around and managers can’t fill their booking dates.” Miss Cowl paused a moment to give directions to her maid who was laying out her gown for the next act. It was readily apparent how she projected across footlights the char-

Stranger Than Fiction

“I guess it must be Fate,” Bill mused as he sat down at the table in the neighborhood restaurant where I was obtaining some food for thought. “What must be Fate and why all the gloom?” I asked, pricking up my ears for what sounded like the beginning of a good yarn. Something happened to me a few months ago and I’ve never gotten over it. It all began this way: “I used to eat with Mike at a certain restaurant near the office every day at the same hour. We noticed a young girl who ate at the table next to ours every day. She was a very attractive girl but she would never give us a tumble. Finally, after having, seen her regularly for about three months, Mike went over to her and asked her if she wouldn’t join us at lunch every day since she was eating alone all the time and we might just as well have the pleasure of her company. She smiled and said that she would be happy to join us on the condition that she would be allowed to pay for her lunch. This was jake with us, and so every day we three had otlr meal together. “The girl was a secretary to the vice president of a large packing house, well educated, refined, and I found myself looking forward every day to twelve o’clock. We became quite friendly. I took her out several times and she brought me home to meet her folks and her younger sister, a girl of about twenty. I saw her quite often after that and I liked my “restaurant girl” more each day. ” “So you asked her to marry you and then found out that she had a husband and thre* children to support,” I volunteered. “No, nothing like that. Well, I had determined to propose to her the next time I saw her. The following Saturday she called me at my office and asked me to go with her

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acter she was doing with such force and As she moved about the dressing room, talking as she prepared to go on stage for the next act, her expressive gestures and the intelligent interest with which she discussed various phases of the theater left one with an impression that here was a person of rare charm and personality, one who might well succeed to the title once held by Ethel Barrymore, ■ “first lady of the theater.” Tough on Newcomers “There’s an even more serious angle to this play shortage,” Miss Cowl resumed. “Thousands of boys and girls want desperatly to go on the stage. There is also a host.of others, experienced actors of established talent, who are walking the streets because they can’t even get a ‘walk-on’ part. The scarcity of plays makes it impossible for the newcomers to get a break. And not all of them are merely stage-struck youngsters; some are undoubtedly embryonic Bernhardts or Irvings.” When asked whft advice she did give to fledglings with dramatic ambitions, she immediately replied: “I always tell them to give up the idea arid try something else. It’s such a long hard road to travel. But if one is determined that it’s the stage or nothing, then the best way is to make connections with some stock company or one of the summer theatre groups. I really don’t believe the average Tittle theater’ does much for one. ”

By Evelyn Conn

| and her sister on a plane ride. j “I didn’t, feel terribly excited over the prospect, but I couldn’t let her know I was afraid, so I accepted. Then, too, it would give me the chance to propose. “I met them at the airport at two o’clock and after having made sure the pilot and the plane were in the “pink” for flying, we went up. That ride sort of took the wind out of my sails and I didn’t have the energy to propose. “That was in the latter part of June. The next day my “eatery girl” told me she was going to, Colorado for a two weeks vacation/ We corresponded regularly while she was away and when she returned, I met her at the depot. I was so glad to see her that I almost proposed right there in the middle of all those crowds, but I decided to wait for a more opportune time. “I was in the pffice when she phoned one day arid asked me if I wouldn’t like to go up in a plane again the following Saturday. I rather hesitated, remembering that “sinkey” feeling I experienced as the plane soared into space, but I mustered up enough courage to give her a faint ‘‘yes.” Saturday came around with its usual rate of speed and I was all ready to leave at 1:30. In fact, I was opening the door when a woman entered and asked for me. I took her into my office and she started telling me what sounded like a long story. So I excused myself and called up my dream girl to tell her that I would be late, and that if I were not there by two -o’clock, to go ahead with her sister/ as I would have to forego the pleasure of the plane ride.' I was right. My client talked until 4:30, so, of course, I went right home. / “I ate dinner and read for a while, and then the phone bell pierced its wail into my ear.

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“I growled a ‘hello’ and then . . . and then" ... He couldn’t go on.

I spilled some coffee in my lap in anticipation of a grand climax. “It was my honey’s, father calling to say that Marge and her sister had been killed instantly in the plane crash. I was like a madman. I grabbed a cab for Margie’s home. Her father met me at the door, clinched my hand and said, “You have no idea how thankful I am that you were detained at your office this afternoon.”

Bill put his head in his hands and I got such a chokey feeling in my throat that I was unable to comfort him a minute. “And what gave me the final wallop,” he continued, “was when her father gave me a letter that Marge had written me while she was on her vacation, but that somehow I never give her the address of the new apartment I had moved to while she received because I had neglected to way away. “In the letter she told me she had just realized how much I meant to her and wouldn’t I please hurry up and propose?” GEO. L. XANDERS ATTOKNEY-AT-tAW Settlement of Estates Opinions on Titles FIRE and OTHER Insurance. Phon? 7 Syracuse* Ind. i/jv" jßrete | OPTOMETRIST GOSHEN. HMANA.

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