Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-28

ford In brown: Mrs. Peyton Russell In
white; Mrs. William Sheffield Cowles, in a
dark blue and white SIX, yith blue hat;
Reyburn. the Swiss minister. Mr.. Leo Vo-
gel, Nine. Pedernerias. In black; Miss Polly
Morton. In pale blue. Count and Countess
Seckendorn the latter In black chiffon and
Miss Josephine Boardman. In blue chif-
fon gown and black hat.
Rev. DIR. and Mrs. T. S. Hamlin sailed
TODAY from Boston for five months visit
to Europe DIR. Hamiin has Just compieteo
twenty years of continuous service as pas
tor of the Church of the Covenant, aho lssa
Sunday preached a commemorative seInun
on the history of the church. Before their
departure Dr. and Mrs. Hamlin were given
a purse of over 81 loo, contributed by tne
moniai of their appreciation of their pastor
and his wife.
The bali room of the New Willard was
crowded last night in the cause OF chaIily-
The entertainment was for the benent OF ST
Johns Orphanage. and drew togetner
notable crowd of society folk under distin-
guished patronage. There were several mu-
steal numbers in the first part of the even
ing, but the principal feature OF the enter
tainment was series of taoieaux repre-
senting all the human emotons-LoVe,
Pleasure Mirth. Anger, Hate ana Remoise
making series of fifteen living pictures
from the gallery of history. All OF the
tableaux were subjects from the classics,
from Shakespeare, from the ldyis or the
King and other sources. The whole was
knit together with a series of exceptionally
clever verses, constituting The Masic
Book" the work of Miss Miller. daughter
of Commander Miller. The reader OF the
book was the sorceress, Miss Eleanor Terry,
who, costumed and seated at the side OF the
stage. read short lamentations that brought
out In turn sprites who represented the va
--f.1 Aon of e.
claimed few lines indicative of their char
acter the curtain at the back of the stage
was drawn and a pretty picture shown from
some epoch of history. There were Arthur
and Guinevere, Lucretia Borgia, little Pan
dora and her fatal chest, Tristan and Isolde
and score of others.
The musical program included two violin
selections by Miss Roberta Allen, played
with fine technique and exquisite feeling:
two songs by Mrs. T. c. Noyes. one a little
French love song. and the other an old
English ballad. There was also skirt
dance by Miss Olga Converse, which was
warmly applauded.
The tableaux were richly costumed and
very effective. Those who took part were:
Miss Yvonne Shepard. Miss Kathleen
Leupp, Mr.. William Reyburn. Miss Eleanor
Parker, Mrs. Hooe, Miss Fremont. Miss
Louise Maxwell Miss Alice Goodwin. Mr..
Henry T. Williams, Miss Pauline Magruder.
Mrs. Hugh Mel Walker, Mrs. Chapman
Smith, Miss Sallie Schroeder. Mr.. Hunting
ton jackson, Mrs Mitchell. Miss Madelaine
Bradley, Master Robert Bell, Miss Eliza
beth Goodwin, Miss Frederick Morgan. Mr..
Malone. Miss Jennings. Mr.. Newton Gulick,
Miss Frances GoIdesborough, Miss Anna
Cockrell, Mr.. George Deering, Miss Ethel
Seckendorf. Mrs. Marshall Phillips, Miss
Ethel Merritt, Miss Olga Converse, Miss
Clara Emory, DR.. Alfred Hopkins. Mrs.
Ormsby McCammon, Mr.. Ormsby Mccain
mon, Miss Mimi Carr. Master Harrison Hell
berg, Mr.. Henry T. Williams, Mr.. Neil.
Mr.. Newton Gulick Mr. Smith Miss Mary
v. Dodge, Miss Hestor Shepard.
The stage manager was Mr.. James F.
Archibald, the grouping was by Mr. Mills
Thompson; the property manager was Mr..
Albert Clemens.
The committee of arrangements was Mrs
A. D. Addison, Mrs. Fremont Smith. Mrs.
Charles ]. Bell, Mrs. Harlow and Miss
h.tller.
The patronesses were Baroness Hengel-
muller, Lady Durand. Mrs. Root, Mrs.
Cowles, Mrs. Reyburn, Madam Jusserand.
Baroness Speck- Sternburg, Mrs. Taft Mrs.
Jowndes and Mrs. Wadsworth.
Mrs. Charles A. Stillngs will not be at
home at the Ontario on Saturdays.
Mrs Murray Gait Motter will be at home
Informally Thursdays in May at 1871
Summit place.
Miss Anna L. Neuhause daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John A. Neuhause of 3225 p
street northwest, married yesterday
to Mr.. William G. Wirth of this city. The
marriage ceremony was performed by the
pastor of the West Washington Evangelical
Lutheran Church. Mr.. and Mrs. Wfrth Will
reside at 1888 SD street.
Mr.. ]. II. Brown announces tine marriage
of his daughter, Miss Katie r. Brown, TO
Mr.. j. Harvey Raffred of Wilmington, Del,
April %. 1906.
Miss Grace Clear and Miss Pauline
Kunty are in New York, to be gone until
Wednesday or Thursday.