The Washington times., 1906-04-23
.BELASCO BENEFIT
WILL Be BRILLIANT
Society Will Take Active
Part in Event.
FOR THE FRISCO SUFFERERS
Many of Best Seats and Boxes Have
Already Been Taken by Promi-
nenr People.


Probably the handsomest matinee
house of the season at the Belasco viii
be witnessed there Wednesday after
noon. Society people are vyins with
one another in the purchase of boxes
and seats, and in securing prominent
people as guests TO fiji them.
The benefit is for The unfortunates OF
San Francisco, and there viii be no de-
lay IN their receiving the benefit. Tor
the house receipts viii at once be turned
over TO the Red Cross Society. which
will distribute them.
Mrs. Richard II. Townsend. Miss Pat
ten. and several other leaders have the
sale OF seats in hand, and the latter
may be either secured from them or at
the theater.
Mrs. Mcmillan has sec. .red four boxes.
Mrs. Townsend three. Secretary Root
and Secretary Taft have each taken
boxes, as have also the Minister from
Norway and Nine Hauge. Mrs John
r. Mclean. Mrs Hope Slater, Mrs.
Boardman. Rear Admiral and Mrs.
CowIes, Senator and Mrs. Wetmore.
Senator and Mrs. Buckley, General and
Mrs. Corbin, the Misses Patten. and,
in fact a large number Of the most
prominent people IN the city The liveli-
est possible competition IS being mani
Tested in securing seats and boxes, and
probably by tomorrow morning, or not
later than tomorrow night. even stand
ing room VIII be AT a premium
Louis Mann and Miss Clara Lpman.
who hold the boards at the BelascO this
week in Julie Bonbon.' are themselves
showing a lively interest IN the sale Of
seats.
Rev. DR.. Stafford viii be greeted by
an equally fashionable contingent when
lie gives his lecture on Julius Caesar
at the Belasco. Thursday afternoon
Among those who have secured boxes
are Monsignor Falconio. the French
Ambassador and Nine Jusserand. the
FHazilian Ambassador and Nine. Ma
buco. the Cuban Minister and Nine
Quesada. Ex-Governor Carroll. Mrs
Story. General and Mrs Moore. Mrs
Hill. Mrs. Robert Hinckley. Mrs J. F.
Barbour. Miss Sands. Mrs William h
Carr. Mrs. Robert Potts. Mrs William
NJ Irwin and Mrs McCasSneY
This lecture is also beTeTit ana Tor
the Society of Work for the POOR
| Churches and the Ladies OF Charity
Rev DIT. and Mrs. Charles Nelson
SpaIding announce the marriage Of their
I daughter. Miss Elizabeth Appleton
! Shading. 20 Walter Jules Douglas, on
Tuesday. April u. at New Brighton, Pa.
After May - Mr. Douglas, who is one
of the old residents OF Washington. Will
bring his bride 10 this city To live. and
they will make their home az the CHI
bourne 1875 Calvert street. Mr. Douglas
is bridge engineer for the District and
] well known among business men Of the
city.
Mrs. Marinda Louise DeWolf has is
sued invitations for the marriage of her
daughter. Miss Madeleine Bella DeWof,
to George Albert Mills, at St. Margaret,i
Church at s O'Clock Wednesday, April =.
DR.. Frederick D. Power and Mrs
Power. who started upon a trip 10 the
Holy Land a few weeks ago. left the
larger body of their party in England.
and have been making a short tour OF
the mother country They san Tor
America on Wednesday and VIII be at
home May 3.
Already many supper parties have been
formed for the evening OF the 9th. 10
follow the tableaux which VIII be given
for the benefit Of St. Johns Orphanage,
IN the New Willard.
a table hole supper viii ne SerNeu
I'm the dining-rOOm Of the Willard, for
which tickets can be had from Miss
Catherine Ridgely. The tickets for the
tableauX are on sale al T. Arthur
Smiths, in Sanders & Stayman's.
Miss Clayton. sister OF the Baroness
Moncheur. is visiting Col. and Mrs.
Davis on Long Island.
The Classical Club OF the George
1 Washington University was entertained
| last Saturday evening at the home OF
! Miss NJ Elsie Turner Mrs. Mitchell
! Carroll. wife of the president of the
/ organization. read an interesting paper
| from personal experience of House
/ keeping in Modern Athens
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Keonigsberg, of
| Chicago. Ill, who have been spending
/ the past couple weeks in Baltimore.
I have returned TO this city. where they
will spend some time with Mrs. Charles
Kaufman. OF Eighteenth. street.