New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-17
TAHLEAUS FOR CHARITY.
u,.-,.,ssrl-L ENTERTAINMENT AT THE
COUNTRY CLUB
nc. KNOWN pEorLE ~ SOCIETY," WHO TOOK

,. ,,vovN PEOPLE IN SOCIETY WHO TOOK
r,pr IN rr AND WATCHED IT
. interesting entertainment was given last night
. .hs country club. at West Chester fer char
80, ,,nd which Will benefit the worthy poor ana
-. ., ,he county for miles about The hard times
90 ~. want of work for the heads Of many FAM
49, IN the county made necessary some practical
~, a,boleso,ue action on the part Of the men ana
non more amply provided for By fortune. and so
J., came about that the wealthy residents about
no country club, a. West Chester, planned an en-
.ar,airncnt for their benefit which was noVei ana
amushS u,r, o
,,a, ar fn. aid OF the unfortunate In the county
,,cluded many things not before witnessed even
IN, lie managers Of high-cass museums 1t was the
.,ost successful entertainment given III that part
~ Wes;chester County since the famous amateur
c,rc,- which James Nj. Waterbury ana some or
his friends gave AT his place near the country
club several years ago.
TIE clubhouse filed with guests. and the
cottages Cor miles around held hundreds or people
who went up from town on the evening trains
number Of dinner parties preceded the entertain
mon, and il was long past o'clock before the
bnIiard-room which used for the tableaus ana
.,,eria;nment began TO fl up At the west end
., .he room there was a stage furnished with red
bangngs ana draperies and lighted with genuine
toolights Before IL. stretched along the MOOR was
a garden of potted pants and some spring flowers
eowed out on the piazzas. which were Illuminated
hv electric lamps was a brilliant one. Everybody
knew everybody else. and the buzz OF conversation
was ncessant until the bell rang. and 1t was an
nounced that the entertainment was about 10 begin
4 rorting of the red curtain and the lively tune
introduced the asscmblage to a Hunt Quadrie.
in which the ladies appeared in becoming costumes
and the men in the regulation hunting rega!ia
With the dneren, figures were suns familiar songs
In This dance were Mrs. Howard y. Potter. Mrs
sidney Dillon Ripley. Mrs. +. Clarkson Potter
Mrs e. C. La Montague, Mrs Charles r. Have
never Mrs g. : Bates. Miss Beeckman MISS
Roberts. r. Livingston Beeckman. Sidney Dillon
R,nIey. J. Borden Hartman, Nathaniel c. Reynal
1Inward Y Potter Edmund Randolph and T. G.
La MontaSne. -
Then. after long pause. came a song The
Garden Of Sleep" by DE Lara, which Mrs r.. e.
La Montague sang. Next was represented the
tableau The Progress Of the Nation Westward
r. which Miss Elsie Waterbury, Miss BeatriX Hoy;,
Miss Julie Edwards and Miss Dorothy Edwards
were the principals. Miss Davenport then reclted,
and next came the Greek dance which was one
Of the most beautiful features Of the entertainment
The young women charmingly arrayed in pale
pink blue and a queer sort of salmon-colored drap-
e-y which in the various figures they managed with
grace and a skill that spoke wonders for the in
structor. In this dance there were Miss Elizabeth
Emmett. Mrs. Butler Duncan. Miss Austin Miss
Clara Moss Miss Adee. Miss Tiffany. Miss Janet
Hoy;, Miss Nellie Adee, Mrs. a r. H. Ellis anu
Miss Julie Edwards.
The tabIeaus Of Winter" in which Mrs. Marion
Story appeared and "A Spanish Portrait. in which
Mrs William Sands was the figure, were heartily
applauded.
II was the Dream OF Fair Women" illustrated
by many beautiful women. which created the SEN
sation of the evening. The lines were read by Pro-
lessor H. H. Boyesen Some of the personages were
represented as follows Miss Lydia Emmett was
Helen; Miss Austin, Iphigenia; Miss Cora Randolph;
lice lfrin mo- %
Who sBpeaTed M this ' e6sia Mss
Adee. Miss Winfred Buck and Miss Janet H0yt,
The next tahleau was Reynolds's The Ladies
Waldegraye" in which Mrs Ho|ard rotier MIS- IFS.
pear2d 10 most excellent advantage 1900.
Ia Toilette" by Spridon, and Miss Charlotte Dem
ming and Mrs Marion story played together
The most amusing number on the programme
then presented and it was surprise to nearly
Freaks" as IT was called. success Win
throp Chanler, showed Thomas Thorne as ..1 the
Bearded Lady: Edwin Chase Hoyt as The
Cannba"; Francklyn c. Hoyt as The Circasslan
Lady Hayemeyer as Zanq0W ana nreTiere
danseuse of the grand corps de ballet ..,,..,,.
The costumes in the grand finale were star'iihgV
After the entertainment. when the chairs. stage
and plants removed, there was dancing ana
later a supper was served Among those VINO WI" ~
housed at the clubhouse in the cottages ana az the
paul Gilbert Thebaud Miss Lilly Day Campbell,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Temple Emmet Miss Mary
Mrs James Hude Beekman, Mr.. ana MIS-
Louis Stafford. Mr. and Mrs. James G: Cooley
Mrs. John Zerega. Miss Smelling. James w. Gerard'
st.; Mr. and Mrs Henry \. Coster. Miss Goster'
Mr. and Mrs Henry j.. Steers. Mrs. Earle Dodge
Mr. and Mrs oliver Hartman jr.; Mr. and Mrs
H. lie Grand Cannon. Mr.. and Mrs ioward .
Janray Reginald Jaanray Mrs; WiaW Il. Iaifray'
Eanshawe Mr.. and Mrs George W McG aior w.
Harry McGin. Miss Anna Sands: Miss George
Gardiner. Mr. and Mrs Walter Watson. jr, ~
Caiherwood. Miss Watson. J. Clinton spencer =.
Victor Loew Charles II Guild. Mr. and Mrs TheC-
dore A. Havemeyer. jr,: Mr.. and Mrs Frederick I,
II. Benedict. Mr.. and Mrs Charles Oerichs MT.
and Mrs. James r j. Lanier GamhridSe ;oo lg
+. De Forest Mr. and Mrs. Edmund j..
Bavles Mr.. ana Mrs Henry PARISH IT.,
Mr. and Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs Miss Fair. MT ana
Mrs. Stanley Mortimer Mrs. John \ IowGfy'
Colonel and Mrs. William Jay Mr.. ana Ms ~
gene Kelly ir., Alphonse De Navarro Mrs fTedeTc
Nelson. Mr.. and Mrs James NJ. waterbury, Mr.
and Mrs Pierrepont Edwards. Mr. ana Mrs. Jacob
Lorillard. Mr. and Mrs De lancey A. k$ne AT
and Mrs Adrian iseln. tr.; Mr. and Mrs, Iohn f;Il-.
Mr. and Mrs Frederick E1ey. Mr.. and Mrs Robert
CarksOn. NJ ana Mrs Peter Cooper Hewitt MI
Roche. Mr AMI Mr. I.ndley Hoffman Chapn ana
NJ. aa1 Mrs. Richard Mortimer .
~ special train from Wes,chcsier was run ,h
I'D O'Clock this morning, and special tripS py 'he
tfpi"N cars made for The Accommodating 81