Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-10-11
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SOCIETY AND THE STAGE.
Beaulieu a Bohemia When Mrs. Van
dcrbiIt Entertained the Actors.

6eauIieu q DOTCIf1Id "HCh ~ GU
dcrbiIt Entertained the Actors.
Newport letter to the New York
Herald: Society did not quit Beaulieu
Tuesday morning until the gray light
of dawn, for the festivities attending
the private theatriCals given by Mr.. and
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt took no ac-
count of the passage Of the hours. So
Ciety and the stage were mingled IN the
companies which ate and drank at
Beaulieu while the winds Crept up
from the sea and the grass was wet
with the morning dew. Mr.. ana Mrs.
Vanderbilt at 6 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing were playing tennis with q party
Of their friends.
THE Wild Rose" had been given i'll
the theater especially constructed for
the purpose, and hardly had the cur
tain gone down shortly before 2 O'Clock
than the stage carpenter n mechanic
began their work of demolition. The
owner OF Beaulieu ordered the crew or
his yacht to help guard the property
of Momus while he made merry with
his friends. the world of society ana
world Cf the stage.
There had been an effort to have two
separate banquets, one for the lighter
spirited ANA the other for those whose
gravity and years made stageland
seem too Bohemian for their dwelling
place. But the two realms could not be
kept apart. There were two caterers,
but there were many of congenlal
moods who were not disposed to accept
the arbitrary bounds Of locality.
Those who supped beneath the red
pavilion of the Midway P~laisance'
we're Of the stage, and they laughed
and sang regardless of the fact that
midnigh had long passed over the re
NTH. When the Cloaked and muilled
figures which were going from the sup
per room to the carriages awaiting at
the end Of the rug streWn sWard fei-
gravia passed through Bohemia.
Bohemia asked some to abide ana
await the coming Of the morn. Some
accepted. The young men escaped from
the tutelage of their elders and asked
Instructions to the young women, whose
names are displayed on b~illboards and
whose photographs adorn the rooms or
college students.
Mr.. Henry Lehr wandered down the
Dlaisance and passed from table to table
shaking hands with those he knew and
being presented in turn to those whom
he had not had the pleasure of meeting.
A young gentleman Who had no prev
ious acquaintance with some Of the ia
vorites of the footlights, to whom hey
were introduced greeted them by their
first names to the great amusement OF
the women.
The innocent child and her mamma
was surrounded by six youths, who
were congratulating her on her dane
ing and two more were asking for In
Productions. Mr.. Lehr caused his face
to beam upon the assembled company,
and sat down for a moment at a table
where was a young person named Ma
zie.
Wont you have a glass of wine?
said the young m blithely.
TOO much trouble" replied Mr.. Lehr,
TOO much trouble"
They gravely shook hands and Mr.
Lehr arose and with a profound bow
took his departure.
There are some, / fear who are not
provided with WiIe,' said Mr.. Wetmore.
Il am commissioned to attend to the
matter"
Actors, singers and chorus girls, lib
~rettist, composer and musical onduct
or supped together. Mr.. vanderbilt
passed from table to table inquirlng as
to their comfort.
At one table he sat down for a few
minutes and talked with a company OF
young actors. After he had left he re-
turned, and grasping one of the young
men by the hand who had been intro
duced to him by his stage name called
him by his real title and inquired about
his family. They had not met for many
years.
On either side of the passageway
down the plaisance were the tables al
which sat the members Of the company,
Mr. Vanderbilt, on his own account
thanked Mr.. Lederer for the highly sue
cessful performance which had beer
given. Mr.. Lederer made a brief reply