Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-12
FUNCTION YESTER-
DAY AT FORT MYER.
Benefit Of the Soldiers and Sailors Of
the United States-Distinguish-
ed Participants.

! company gathered there of the highest
character but throwing all precedents to
| the Winds the temporary rulers actually
held up the taxpayers and compelled
| them to pay an admission fee to enter
| buildings their hard-earned cash had
bought. And the "peepuT'' not only per-
| mitted themselves to be treated in this
| high-handed manner, but paid the adj
| mission fee several times, and were glad
to do it.
The occasion for this demonstration
was the fete given for the benefit of the
soldiers and sailors of the United States
by the Womans Army and Navy League
| an organizatio of patriotic women whose
| purpose is to make the life of the enlisted
| men of the army and navy easier and to
| give them luxuries not provided in the
regulations.
When Col. William NJ. Wallace, post
| commander at Fort Myer, turned over
| the post yesterday to the representatives
| of the league he found that his success
| ors in office included the wife of the Sec
| rotary of War, of the lieutenant general
| and the chief of staff of the army, and of
| several general officers of both army and
| navy, all of whom were present and all
| of whom were doing something more
than shaking hands with the guests. The
| aHalr was regarded as the social event
OF the season. 1t was of the same char
| acter as was the Red Cross bazaar PLAN
| ned by the Countess Cassini last spring
| but was far more successful because the
[ weather conditions were more favorable
| Great Crowd Present.
| Several thousand persons visited the post
| during the course of the afternoon, the
| hours of the fete being fixed from 1 to g.
| There were three great attractions and
| numerous schemes of lesser interest to
draw the attention of the multitudes. Two
| exhibition drills were given in the riding
| nall by the troopers of the It'll and 18th
Cavalry Regiments and the members of the
Sd and 4th batteries of artillery and a
vaudeville entertainment was given in the
| post exchange building The riding hall
| was packed for both performances.
The exhibitions yesterday were the first
| to be given in the riding hall since the re-
cent repairs were completed. The hall has
| been enlarged and gallery has been con-
| structed at the southern end which holds
just twice as many people the old GAL
lery Opera chairs were provided for the
guests in the new gallery and every provi-
sion made for comfort and convenience.
The first drill commenced at clock yes
| terday afternoon and was given by TICop
c. 9TH Cavalry, and the Sd Battery of field
artillery. The cavalrymen were commanded
by Second Lieut.. John G. Montgomery.
| Troop c is said to be the crack troop of the
9TH Cavalry and it's work in the riding hall
elected great applause. One of the features
of the drill which has not been seen here
before was to have the bareback squad ride
around the saddle squad. the horses of the
| latter lying down, all the troopers blazing
away with their revolvers in imitation of
an Indian attack. The artillerymen were
commanded by First Lieut.. Nones, who
gave one of the prettiest artillery drills his
| battery has put up at Fort Myer since 1t
| came here year ago.
| The second drill was given at 4 o'clock
by the composite troop of the 18th Cavalry.
In this exhibition the saddle squad was
commanded by First Lieut.. Francis H Cam
eron, jr., and the bareback squad by Second
Lieut.. Burnett. This exhibition was also
enthusiastically applauded. The 4th Field
Battery, under Captain t'oote, followed the
troopers of the 10th into the hall with an
| excellent drill.
Vaudeville Program.
| The vaudeville fes ture was presided over
by Mr.. Atwater, wife of Commando At
water of the navy. The directress brought
out all the good amateur singers, dancers
and instrumentalists she could procure in
Washington and elsewhere. The program
presented was long, but never tiresome.
The performance was given in the post
exchange building, and those who present
ed acts or assisted in them were: Miss
Mary Emily King. Miss Leeds Master Heis-
tand Kobe, Mrs. Cove, Mr.. Zebley, Mr..
Keller, Miss Sewall, Miss Marguerite Guy,
Mr.. Gee, Miss Rittman. Miss B:ddle Miss
Gladys Wilkinson, Miss Edna Doe, Miss
Romeyn, Miss Pollock, Miss Kirkman, Miss
Mary Kobe, Miss Eulalia White Miss Mary
Smith, Miss Mary Mccain, Mr.. George H
OConnor, Miss Daisy Joyce Miss Madeleine
tanning, Miss Dorothy Hodgkins, Miss
| MARY MdZeH DuIee, MISS elizabeth NAL
lirson. Mrs. Dyer Miss Catharine Glenn
ents. Miss Pauline Sullivan, Miss Upde-
graft. Miss Elsie sheetz, Miss Elizabeth
Forney, Miss Marjorie Mock and Miss
were given by the pupils of Mrs. Dyer and
Of Miss Minnie Hawke. Mrs. Dyer's pupils
included the Misses Lanning, Hodgkins
Duffee and Malinson. and Miss Hawke was
| represented on the program by Misses For
ney. Sheetz, Sullivan, Mack, White and
Mccain.
The program was divided into twenty
minute sections. and two shows were going
on at the same time, and at each end OF
| the building. The acts were all announc-
ed by card. in the same manner as the
regular vaudeville, and there were no tire
1 some waits. The only feature about the
entertainment at all disagreeable was that
not half the number of people who wanted
to attend the entertainment could obtain
admission to the halls, SO crowded were
they throughout the afternoon.
In addition to the vaudeville entertain.
ment the post exchange building contained
numerous booths. Mrs. Chester presided
over table known as the Golden Goose :;
Mrs. Higginson exercised supervision over
another fortune -defying booth, and Mrs
Dubois disbursed bargains at another
table The candy department was under
the direction of Mrs Kean; the table dis.
| playing fancy articles was under the care
of Mrs. Matile, and a fortune-telling booth
was conducted by Mrs. Barroll. Among
, those who read fate from the lines in the
| palm were MIS- Mathews, MRS. CaprOT
and Miss Fountain Those who determin.
ed things by the gypsy methods and were
dressed for their parts were Miss Deering
| Miss Jackson. Miss Maud Morse. Miss Da.
mar, Miss Parkhurst and Mrs BENJAMIN
Reception Of Guests
The administration building, post head
quarters, was where the officers of tn,
league and the patronesses of the fete tool
their stand and received the guests Mrs
George NJ Sternberg. president of tn,
, league, had charge of this section of tn.
affair. She was assisted in receiving tn,
guests by Mrs. Wallace, wife of Col VIII
liam M. Wallace of the 18th Cavalry, ant
Mrs. Morton, wife Of Col. Charles Morton
, of the 7th Cavalry
The patronesses present were: Mrs. Taft
Mrs. Morton, Mrs. Chaffee Mrs. Dewey
Mrs. Oliver, Mrs. Larz Anderson, Mrs. Au
denreid. Mrs. Ainsworth, Mrs. George L
Andrews. Mrs. Boardman, Mrs. Tasker H
Bliss, Mrs. Bradford, Mrs. George Barrie
Mrs. Burr, Mrs. Cromwell, Mrs. Brewer