nd Arabia. |
| |
|It was a most colorful event--sultans robed in many |
|colors with bejeweled turbans; Chinese mandarins in |
|long flowing coats; bearded Moors, who danced with |
|Geisha girls of Japan, gowned in multi-colored |
|silken kimonos; petite China maids in silken |
|pantaloons and bobtailed jackets; Salome dancers of |
|the East, in baggy bloomers and jeweled corsages, |
|and harem houris in dazzling draperies. |
| |
|Preceding the dancing, a remarkable dinner, |
|featuring the choicest foods of the Orient, was |
|served by attendants wearing the dress of Chinese |
|coolies. The rare old syrups of the Orient were |
|enjoyed by the diners, while the fragrant odor of |
|burning incense lent an air of subtle mysticism. |
| |
|Among the 400 guests present were:[43] |

[43] _Los Angeles Times_, February 18, 1917.

| =CLUB MEETING= |
| |
|At this week's meeting of the New England Women's |
|Press Association, Miss Helen M. Winslow, chairman |
|of the programme committee, presented Joseph Edgar |
|Chamberlin of _The Transcript_, who spoke on "The |
|Work of Women in Journalism." Mr. Chamberlin gave |
|many personal reminiscences of women writers whom he|
|had known in his connection with various |
|publications. He expressed regret that women are not|
|doing more in editorial work, as in the earlier |
|years of their entrance into the newspaper field, |
|and the belief that it would be of advantage to |
|journalism and to the public if they gave more |
|attention to writing of this character rather than |
|that directed almost exclusively for women's |
|departments and others of superficial value. Mr. |
|Chamberlin paid especial compliment to the work of |
|Margaret Buchanan Sullivan, Jeannette Gilder, Jennie|
|June Croly and Kate Field. Mr. Chamberlin spoke in |
|high praise of Miss Cornelia M. Walter (afterward |
|Mrs. W. B. Richards) who was editor-in-chief and h