New-York tribune., 1904-08-26
LARCHMONT LADIES DAY"
Especially Fine Programme for Yachtsmen's
Feminine Guests.

Queens weather for the Larchmont queens.'
remarked a gallant old Irishman on the veranda OF
the Larchmont Yacht Club house yesterday after
noon. as motor car filed with merry. bareheaded
young women. in white duck suits and shoes their
arms and faces suuburned a bright red chugged
Its way up 10 the stoop.
Yesterday was ladies day the club. As on
every Thursday during the season. feminine Larch-
mont and all the women folk OF the members and
their women and girl friends mad the freedom of
the clubhouse and its delightful grounds. Rows Of
comfortable wicker rocking chairs were placed the
length Of the veranda. The private flag Of the club
and the Stars and Stripes hoated gayIy from the
tall, white flagstaff You could see your face in the
brass cannon with which the corridors and the lawn
were fortified. n the of1ng the yachts pranced at
their naoOrings, rocked. whitley and caintily, in
the caress OF some gentle swell The cannas and
foliage plants stood Up crisp and jaunty. the turf
was as green as green could be. there was a sweet
breeze blowing in off the blue waters of the Sound
and altogether there We're worse places on that
sunny, bIowy afternoon than the seaward stoop Of
the long cool beautiful clubhouse.
There was formal dinner TO the fair guests,
but all through the evening the small tables that
had been spread the veranda outside the din
ing room were filed with private dinner parties.
And then the entertainment began in the Theatre
Pandemoniunl. which forms a big wing TO the club
house proper.
"Pandemonum-thats d Greek word-it means
A whole lot er noise, don't you know" the clerk
was heard explaining a visitor from out of town.
are alone they much given to theatrical per-
formances Of a rolhckng nature. There may be
some distant connection between this fact and the
name Of the pretty theatre. which is open three
sides save for awnings TO exclude the wind But
on !aCleS days they give something more serl-
Gus: woman being the unhumorous sex. At least.
On TWO occasions they have done and for both
Charles A Stevenson OF Mrs. Leslie Carter'S
pany, has been responsible
Mr.: Stevenson is not only enthusiastic and
| loyal member OF the LarChmOnt Yacht Club, he
is an equally enthusiastic and legal member OF the
Lambs The relations existing between the TWO or
ganlZauonS are exceedingly cordial, and the Lambs
| are ever ready to frtsk for the pleasure OF the
| yachtsmen. Dante Gabriel Rossettrs "A Last
Confession was the piece de resistance last night,
| Hugo Toland, formerly Blanche Walshs leading
! priest, while Mr.. Stevenson the penitent We
netlan. who had been stabbed to his death All The
] auditorium was IN darkness, and the women hold
! their breath they the priest in Fransoan
habit. kneelIng, crucihX hand, to hear the
/ science stricken artists romantic recital BY a
| Gle eH electrical device they his face change
he mad given his Lombard sweetheart a silver dag
ger with the injunction to stab him with II the
hedrt II me- should be untrue TO her and afterWard
/ they having quarrelled another he
to death-why. the cold shiyers ran up and down
| the backs OF the audience and OF the yachtsmen
| thrilling piece Of tragedy the Larchmont club
| women We're ever called upon 10 witness, and its
| effect was heightened by the original descriptive
| overture composed for the occasion bv Manuel
chestra OF thirtyfve pieces from the Philharmonic
and Damrosch orchestras- The draperles anC
scenery were from the Belasco Theatre.
A cornedIetta was presented by Miss May Duryes
and ". II. Mortimer. and there songs by Miss
Helen Ere6erlcks, and a monoloGue by James Il
Cullen. n. Clay Greene chairman OF the pro
present Many launch parties present from
the yacht clubs along the Sound