Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-07
1HEATER PARTY AT THE BOYD
tniuuc Society Event in Honor of
Miss Adciinc Nash of Omaha
List OF Guests.

Unquestionably the social event Of the
season. II not of many seasons, was the
dramatic entertainment given in honor Of
Miss Adeline Nash by her uncle, MIR. +.
A.. Nash. at Boyd's theater Tuesday night.
Something like 500 guests had been invited
and there were few who were fortunate
enough to be honored with an invitation
that did not accept. The entire lower floor
of the theater was filed, as well as both
the parquet and balcony boxes, with one
of the most representative society audiences
ever assembled in Omaha.
Immediately inside the main entrance to
the auditorium proper stood Miss Nash and
Mr.. and Mrs. f. A. Nash, uncle and aunt
of the former, who acted as the receiving
party. As the guests arrived they were
greeted with pleasant salutations and shown
Immediately TO seats, none of the latter hav-
ing been specially reserved save those in
the boxes, which were occupied by the hon
ored guests.
The interior of Boyd's theater has sell
dom, If ever, presented a more beautiful or
striking appearance. The boxes were hand
somely decorated with large punches of pink
La France roses, tied with a delicate shade
of pink ribbon, while festoons of smilax
were draped from one to the other. When
the curtain went up for the first play the
auditorium presented the appearance of a
veritable fairyland, the delicious fragrance
of the hundreds of roses adding greatly to
the illusion.
AS to the plays themselves, there were
two offered, each in one act. the first being
a dainty little comedietta by Edmond Rose
and A. j. Garraway, entitled Marble Arch. ="
1t included four characters, which were ad-
mirab,y portrayed by Miss Eleanor Mckee,
Miss Helene Orne, Mr.. John Novak and Mr..
Edward Dvorak. The second piece was en-
titled In Honor Bound and is from the
pen of the well known dramatist, Sidney
Grundy. 1t proved quite as entertaining as
its predecessor and was equally as well in
terpreted by Messrs Novak and Dvorak and
Misses Eleanor Mckee and Eva Grace Smell,
the latter a daughter of the late Millionaire
Smell of Chicago. Miss Smell has been study
ing fer the stage for some time and last
night made her first public appearance. The
gown which she wore in the little play was
decidedly the most elaborate of any that
have been seen upon the local stage this
season and was doubtless the cause Of more
or less envy on the parts of the many well
dressed women in the audience. Miss Smell,
who is quite pretty, has considerable dra-
matte talent and has a promising theatrical
future.
This form of entertainment is decidedly
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first of the kind ever given in the city. its
marked success will doubtless be the cause
of many more of the kind during future So
cial seasons.
The box seats were occupied as follows:
Box "A"-Mrs. Joe Barker, Miss Bertha
Sweusberg, Miss Kountze, Miss VESSEL,
Miss Sellers, Miss Lindsey.
Box "B"-Mrs. Floyd Smith, Miss Creigh-
ton, Miss Allen, Miss Towle, Miss Edith
Smith. Miss Crounse.
Box "C"-Mrs. Nash, Miss Nash, Miss
Meyers. Esther Nash, Francis Nash, Miss
Woodland.
Box "D"-Mrs. Barker, Mrs. ]. n. H. Pat
rick, Mrs. Henderson, Mrs. Willard, Mrs
John c. Gown,
Box "E"-Mrs. Cartan, Miss Peck, Miss
Jean Brown, Miss Higginson. Miss Eliza
beth Allen, Miss Marie Crounse.
Box "F''-Mrs. George Mercer, Miss Mabel
Taylor, Mrs. Downing, Miss Dickinson. Miss
Yates, Miss Eva Kennard.
Box "G'-Mrs. Hitchcock, Mrs. John S
Brady, Mrs. G. w. Wattles, Mrs. Thomas
Orr.
Box "H"-Mrs. Guy C. Barton, Mrs. Ly,
man, Mrs. Yost, Mrs. Gallagher.
Box "K"-Mrs. Cudahy, Miss Jessie Mil.
lard, Miss Kirkendall.
Box 'L"-Mrs. Peck, Mrs. j. X. Cham
bers, Mrs. Fred Davis, Mrs. William H.. Ne.
Cord.
Box "M'-Mrs. Burgess, Mrs. DR.. ALI,
son, Mrs. j. Daugherty, Mrs. e. L
LomaX.
Box ''N"-Mrs. Charles Kountze. Mrs
Harry Mccormack, Mrs. Charles Hull, Mrs
George Joslyn.