The evening times., 1898-03-18
PICTURES IN
REHL LIFK
Social Fun in Lent for Ad-
vancing Art.
Tableaux and Puppet Shows in
Which Fair Women Pose as Gu
pids, "Coons" and Princesses.

Society amused itself and made lit
tie money for the advancement of art
at the Waldorf-Astdria, in New York.
Monday night with tableaux and pup
ret show The Society of Decorative
Art was the particular beneficiary. AS
the night marked the fifth anniversary
of the opening Of the Waldorf. the big
ballroom never looked more beautiful.
The throng was brilliant one, most of
the ladies appearing in superb dinner
gowns. .v
While in the assemblage were very
few of the real patrons of art. the rooms
were filled with a select portion of the
society which is seen about the galleries
at important sales. and which talks
glibly of art in the drawing-room.
DR.. Holbrook Curtis. Stanford White,
Peter Cooper Hewitt and Erskine Hewitt
had the stage management. and the gen.
eral arrangements in hand. They pre-
scented collection of tab1eaux which
were really beautiful from an artistic
point of view, though the startling sue
cesses of the evening were OF a humor-
Gus character.
For instance. the house rose at rep
resentation of Kemble's coon pictures
of two negroes and a watermelon patch.
Mrs Fred. Gebhard and her sister, Miss
loorris, were the coons. and the posing
was perfect, both ladies, from their Bal
timore heritage, having some knowledge
of the sub iect.
There was a smart, patriotic demon
stration when the picture, Strained Re-
lations,' was presented. Miss Ethel
Stewart Nc
tcsh posed the scene. which typifed
Spain, Cuba and Uncle Sam. Mr.. NJ.
intosh arranged the pOstures and the
costumes. and did 1t cleverly.
The opening picture of the evening.
which was revealed at exactly o'clock.
was Caldecott's Cupid and the Seasons"
Miss Bertha Munde, garbed all in white
satin with swansdown trimmings, and
holding In one hand a mass of holly and
in the other tiny Cupid. made decid-
ed hit as Winter. Miss Maude Hail. Miss
Zabriskie and Miss Mccullough COM
pleted the group of the seasons.
Miss Morris. John Nicholas, Gerald
Bernhard and Burr Mcintosh were the
figures in a strlkingly arranged group
ing of The Studio OF Du Maurier
Wilfe's Street Scene" was effectively
posed by Miss Patterson. Miss Ruth Ash
more and Brazil Stevens.
Miss Beatrix Hoyt. the golf champion.
made her appearance with Edgar Phelps
in the Princess and the Clever Stu
dent of Howard Payne. Miss HOyt re-
celved quite personal ovation from her
numerous admirers in the room.
Miss Rogers stood all alone as
Beardsley poster. and received a round
OF applause for clever makeup and
posture.
Miss Grace Hutchinson stood in NO.
) Collect Street" and was almost as en-
Enthusiastically applauded as was Miss
Rogers. Indeed the single pictures were
more effective than the groups in the
larger studies.
Mr.. Punch and Two of His Old Fa-
voriteS" was effectively produced by Miss
Emmet. Miss Elsie Brown and Mr. Pea
body.
Gibson's Bachelors Dream" was a
good hit Of the evening as posed by Miss
+. Emmett. Miss Gray. Miss Rogers, Miss
Shaw and Miss Sprague. That was the
most American thing done during the
evening.
Gibson had another representation in
his Tom in a Far-Off Land" Sidney J.
Smith received a round of applause when
he appeared in the picture. Miss Con-
stance Schieffelin. in a beautiful Japan
ese costume; Mrs. Archie Pell, Just home
from Europe; Mrs. J. u. Prince Miss
Horlocker. Miss c. Irwin. Miss Marion
Lee, Miss Emmet and Miss Winfred
Buck completed the picture