Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-09
8eauieu Bohemia When Mrs. Van
derbiIt Entertained the Actors.

derbilt Entertained the Actors.
Newport letter to the New York
Herald Society did not quit Beaulieu
Tuesday morning until the gray ligh,
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
oiety and the stage We're mingled in the
companies which ate and drank a,
lseaulieu While the winds crept u,
from the sea and the grass was wei
with the morning dew. Mr.. and Mrs
Vanderbilt at o'clock Tuesday morn
ing We're playing tennis with a party
of their friends.
THE Wild Rose had been given in
the theater especially constructed for
the purpose, and hardly had the cur
tain gone down shortly before O'Clock
than the stage carpenter and mechanic
began their work of demolition. The
owner of Beaulicu ordered the crew oil
his yacht to help guard the property
of Momus while he made merry with
his friends, the world of society and
worl; of the stage
There had been an effort to have two
separate banquets, one for the lighter
spirited and the other for those whose
gravity and years made stageland
place. But the two realms could not be
kept apart. There We're two caterers,
but there We're many Of congenial
moods WHO We're not disposed to accept
the arbitrary bounds of locality
Those who supped beneath the red
pavilion of the Midway Plaisance"
We're of the stage, and they laughed
and sang regardless of the fact that
midnight had long passed over the re
ri a cd
figures which We're going from the sup
per room to the carriages awaiting at
the end of the rug strewn sward Bel
gravia passed through Bohemia.
bohemia asked some to abide and
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 billboards and
whose photographs adorn the rooms of
college students.
Mr.. Henry Lehr wandered down the
plaisance and passed from TIA BILE to table
shaking hands with those he knew and
being presented in turn to those whom
he had not had the pleasure of meeting.
y young gentleman who had no prev
iouS acquaintance with some of the ia
voritcs of the footlights, to whom they
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
We're congratulating her on her dane
ing and two more We're asking for in
reductions MIR. Lehr caused his face
to beam upon the assembled company,
and sat down for moment at a table
where was young person named Ma
Zie.
Won't you have a glass of wine?
said the young woman blithely.
Too much trouble" replied Mr.. Lehr.
Too much trouble"
They gravely shook hands and MI.
Iehr arose and with a profound bow
took his departure.
There are some, fear who are not
provided With wine,' said Mr.. Wetmore.
II am commissioned to attend to the
matter"
rettiSt, composer and musical conduct
or suppcd together. Mr.. Vanderbilt
passed from table to table inquiring as
to their comfort.
At one table he sat down for a few
minutes and talked with 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 at
which sat the members of the company.
Mr.. Vanderbilt, on his own account,
thanked Mr.. Lederer for the highly sue
cessful performance which had been
given. Mr.. Lederer made brief reply.