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ALUMNAE CHAPTER LETTERS

NEW YORK
Arleta Kirlin's studio apartment was the setting for our Hallowe'en
bridge party. Despite the fact that the day was rainy we had seven tables
and cleared nineteen dollars. The usual cider and wonderful homemade
doughnuts were served. The prizes were also suggestive of Hallowe'en.
As an added attraction. La Rue Crosson, very gypsylike in a gorgeous
red shawl told our past and future. We all agreed that she was a most
optimistic fortune teller. Stella George Stern Perry made her first appear-
since her automobile accident this summer. We are glad, too, to welcome
Wilkie Hughes of Beta Phi, the holder of the A O n graduate fellowship,
who is -studying Public Health Nursing at Teachers' College, Co'umbia
University this winter. Another newcomer was Barbara Porter of Iota,
who is attending a secretarial school in New York.
Our November meeting took the form of a "cosey" at Katherine Mac-
Intyre's. Much time was given to the discussion of plans for the Founders'
Day Banquet, which was held at the Hotel Martinique on the evening of
December 8. Since Gladys Terry is sending an account of the evening to
To D R A G M A . I will only pause to say that it was our biggest and most
enthusiastic banquet, not even excepting the first one.
Although the day after Christmas is not an easy time always to get
people together, a goodly number of alumnae and many of the active N u
girls met in Nu Chapter Room, 69 Washington Place f o r our December
meeting. A small group met at the Forty Two F i f t h Avenue Tearoom
for lunch before hand. We were all delighted to know that the Pan-
hellenic Ball held at the Hotel Plaza early in December had cleared
$2000.00. Plans were discussed for the Panhellenic Theatre Benefit. "The
Princess Flavia" to be held January 26th. We were glad to hear letters
read from Germaine, our French orphan, to whose support the chapter has"
been contributing since 1918. W i t h the money we had sent for her Christ-
mas pre=ent. Mile. Blanchard, Zilpah Wilde's Paris friend, had been able
to buy f o r her, material for a dress, a little f u r neckpiece, and an apron
which will also do for a dress, A t the close of the formal meeting Mrs.
Perry gave a delightful account of the Founders' Day Banquet, which she
attended in Chicago, and told us something of Rho's special customs and
traditions and of her visit to Omicron Pi chanter at Ann Arbor. The
program committee served a delicious tea. with Helen Ranlett of N u
alumnae pouring, and the active N u girls entertained us with music from
the'r "ukes" and songs.
The chanter has been working hard in the sale of Giristmas cards
and s'lk stock'ners and hones to beerin more actively the selling of the
attractive silk lingerie, which the Philanthropic Committee, under Daisy
Gam* rhainnanship is sponsoring.
We are look'ner forward in Fehruarv to the Panhellenic hincheon and
in M^rrh to the Panhellenic card part v. Tf any of you exoect to be in New
York during that time or on any fourth Saturday, do look us up!

SXLOME SCHWERTLEY BRATTON.

SAN FRANCISIO
There was no November meeting as the annual rummage sale was held
on the meeting date. The sale was held in a downtown store which we
rented for three days. The girls worked wonderfully well and we netted
a substantial fund for philanthropic work. Through this letter we wish to
thank all alumnae who sent articles to Berkeley for the sale.