Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-21
MASK AND WIG CLUB.
An Excellent Performance of "Sir
Robinson Crusoe."

1SuD1uSOA VI uSOS
| Washington society gathered en- masse at
| the Lafayette Square Theater last evening
| to witness "Sir Robinson Crusoe,' the ff-
| tenth annual production of the famous
Mask and Wig Club of the University of
Pennsylvania The theater was crowded and
! the orchestra looked like a mammoth box
| party. The performance was a surprising
| ly good one. for there was not hitch dur
ing the whole evening Sir Robinson Cru
| Soc is neither drama nor a comic opera
and is dubbed by the young collegians
| musical melange. There is just enough
plot to carry a great deal of excellent sing
| ing and dancing. There particular
1y good voices in the company, but they
blend well and the boys certainly can
dance. The authors of the production have
drawn very literally for the songs and
choruses upon number of the successful
comic operas of the season, and familiar
airs from The Country Girl THE Silver
Slipper The Bilionaire' and the Mock
ing Bird lent an additional charm to the
evenings entertainment
The scene of the first act is the deck of the
yacht 'Derelict,' and of the second at the
Philadelphia Country Club. Mr.. Pc Long
Green, the owner of the yacht, has kid
| naped his Wall street rival, Mr.. Ivan
Kidd, and daughter, and under pretense of
a cruise in New York harbor, has sailed out
to sea and in very few minutes-just long
enough to have some rollcking songs and
dances-the yacht runs aground and is
boarded by Robinson Crusoe and his merry
companions, including. of course, Friday
Among the passengers are a Corsican count
"Gonzabo.' and his widowed sister, Mrs.
Lavender" The latter falls in love with
Mr.. Wadd' and Robinson Crusoe" is
s,nitten with the charms of Miss De Greene
and many complications enSue. Mr.. Wadd
induces Robinson Crusoe" to capture the
yacht and sail back to New York. Mr..
Wadd gives fete at the country club IN
the second act to celebrate his safe return
and then there is lots of fun.
The chorus of fifty young men, half of
them dressed girls, is a remarkably good
one. That the latter make such cookbook
ing blond soubrettes is undoubtedly due to
the fact that they such good-looking
boys. The costuming was varied and very
effective. The leading ladies were Mr.. r.
c. Bartle and Mr.. l. H. Jones in the roles,
respectively, of Mrs Lavender and Miss
Wadd." They acted and sang we'll and
looked the parts to perfection. Mr.. l.. X.
Mellon Mel was Nj Wadd;1 Mr. G. S Mitchell
Robinson Crusoe'' and Mr., B. H. Ludlow
Count Gonzabo. Incidental to the second
act there was an admirable travesty on the
boudoir scene of "Du Barry In the role
of "Du Barry Mr.. Bartles burlesque work
of the very highest order. The au-
dience very liberal in its applause, and
the songs and choruses We're demanded
again and again. The young actors seemed
to enjoy themselves as much as the au-
dience did and responded willingly. The
amount of time and care expended in max
ing such complete performance must have
been prodigiouS, and it goes without saying
that no other amateur dramatic OrganiZa-
ton could have achieved such a success.
AS has been said, the audience a
distinguished one, many of the box holders
entertaining friends. Among them were
Mrs. Roosevelt, the Secretary of State and
Mrs. Hay, Justice Brown, the Secretary of
the Navy, the Austro- Hungarian ambassa-
dor and Baroness Hengelmuller, Lady Her.
bert, wife of the British ambassador; Col.
Edgerly, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sackett,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, the pay
the Misses Kean, the Misses Horstmann,
Mrs. William F. Daley and her daughter,
Miss Reta Worthington Ridgeley; Mr.. and
Mrs. George F. Huff Gen. and Mrs John
A. johnson, Commander and Mrs. Miller,
Mrs. Slater, Mrs. Audenried, Mrs. H. S.
B. Beale, Mrs. James F. Barbour, Mrs.
Robson, Mrs. John r. Mclean, Mrs. West
inghouse. Senator Elkins, Commander and
Mrs. Wallace, Rear Admiral Kenny, Mrs.
Story, Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Theron, Mrs. ii.
c. Perkins Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Legare,
Mrs. Postlethwaite. with large party of
young people as her guests; DR.. and Mrs.
Yarrow, Mr. and Mrs. c. c. Glover, Mr..
and Mrs. H. c. Campbell, Capt and Mrs.
Wheeler Mr. and Mrs. Payton Russell,
Miss Olive Risley Seward, Gen. Woodruff
and Miss Woodruff, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Nelson Page, Miss Sherreu. Mr. and Mrs.
Blair Lee Mr.. and Mrs. Denegre, Col. Ran
dolph and the Misses Randolph, Mr.. and
Mrs. Victor Kaufman, Col. and Mrs.
Denny, Mrs. Lowerie Bell, Capt. and Nine.
Vignal of the French embassy, Commander
and Mrs Switzerland, Mr. and Mrs Ar
thur Brice Mrs. Charles Parrish and Miss
Parrish, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bell. Mr..
and Mrs. Nathaniel Simpkns Mr.. and Mrs.
Boomer Mr.. and Mrs. Rockhill, Mr. and
Mrs. Rudolph Kaufman, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Bennett and Miss Tuckerman.