The Washington times., 1903-04-16
PRIVATE THEATRICALS FOR
BENEFIT OF ORPHANAGE
Plays Presented at the Home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Boardman.

The private theatricals, for the benefit
Of st. Johns OTphanage, which took
place at the home Of Mr. and Mrs
Boardman, was the most important event
Of last evening The audience was lin
tied to go persons. the seating capacity
of the ballroom, which was used for the
occasion The dining room. adjoining
and opening into this room. was admira-
bly, adapted for the stage, as it, like the
other rooms on this floor, is several
steps higher than the ballroom.
The cast of the first play, The Ambas-
sador's Burglar" By Miss Caroline Duer,
included: Mrs. Hamilton Fish Webster,
Miss WeJmoTe, Baron Geyers, Guy Nor
man, and II. c. Norman
Those taking part IN Dean HowelTs
Sleeping Car" were Mrs. W. w Rock
hill, Miss Ethel Horstmann, Colonel
Parker, Colonel Simpson, Guy Norman,
H. c. Norman, and Hugh Legare
In this play a quarter Of a section,
made up of berths of a Pullman sleeper,
was seen on the stage. They were So
cured from Chicago, and set up by a
stage carpenter, whom Mrs. Boardman
kept employed on this work for the past
week.
The Countess Marguerite Cassini, Miss
Josephine Boardman, Miss Patten. Miss
de Smirncff. and Miss Maud wetmore
sold programs, and Mr. Riano, of the
Spanish legation; Major Charles McCaw-
ley, Col. Clarence Edwards, and Lieut.
Edward McCauley. were the ushers.
Among those present were the Rus
sian ambassador and Countess Mar
guerite Cassini, the Italian ambassador
and Nine Mayor des Planches, the
Austro- Hungarian ambassador and Ma
dame Hengelmuller, the British ambss-
sador and Lady Herbert. the Secretary
Of State and Mrs Hay, the Secretary Of
the Navy. the Admiral OF the Navy and
Mrs Dewey, the Belgian minister and
Baroness Moncheur. the Spanish min
lister. the Danish minister, the Swedish
minister, the secretary of the French
embassy and Nine. de Margerie, the
secretary of the Austrian embassy and
Nine. Won CaIlenberg, Mr.. and Mrs.
WaterIow, of the British embassy; JUS
tice and Mrs Holmes. Senator and Mrs.
Lodge, Senator and Mrs. WetmoTe, Sen
ator and Mrs. Hale, Mr.. and Mrs Chand-
Ter Hale, Senator and Mrs NewIands,
Mrs. Guy Norman. Mr. and Mrs Arthur
Brice, Mr.. and Mrs. Sackett, Mr. and
Mrs Joseph Hoppin. Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Nelson Page, Miss Field, John
Fox, the Misses .Kean. Miss Christine
Roosevelt. Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Wads-
worth, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Patterson,
Miss Letter. Mrs Hobson, Mrs. Auden-
rted. Mrs. Story. Mr.. and Mrs Crop
per, Mr. and Mrs Thomas F. Walsh.
Mr. and Mrs. LaTz Anderson. Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Ellis. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Glover, Miss Glover, Mr.. and Mrs. Pres
ton Gibson, Mrs. Slater. Mr. and Mrs.
Edward McCauley. Mr.. ODonnell, the
Misses Hitchcock, Miss McKenna, Miss
Louise Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Reginald
De Koven Miss Biddle, Miss de Smir-
noff, the Misses Wallach, Woodbury.
Blair. John H Merriam. General and
Mrs. Bates. Miss HoTstmann. Mrs. Clar-
ence Edwards, the Misses Patten, C. c.
Wauters, Mr.. and Mrs. Payne Whitney,
Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Howard. and Count Montgelas-
To accommodate the large number of
persons who could not obtain tickets
for last nights performance, the theat-
ricals will be repeated this afternoon.