Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-05

pups owned BY Inward connsllys ali three
prixea in the c2a&a-
In the fox terrier class the first prize was
awarded to F. 8. Tyler, and the second to
Valentine Muenhihaus.
japanese terriers. Mrs; Rogers was
awarded first and Miss Mable Hume Sec
ond.
Among the French bulldogs DIR. .Rhett
Stuart's entry was given the first prize.
DIR. Evans took the first IN the Boston ter
rier class. while the FIRST among the Great
Danes was won by Mr.. Simon yyolfs en-
try with Mr. Howe Totten second and Mr..
L Nicholson third. H: T. oxnard's st.
Bernard took first In his class Among
the bull terriers the first prize won by
Mr.. Mclean with James Holmes entry
second. In the toy black and tan class
| first and second, and Miss Katherine Elk
| ms dog the first prize in the class for Eng
lish bull dogs.
| Performance on the Green.
| But the climax of the day was the ex-
| qu'site performance on the green under the
| direction OF Mrs. Barney.
| Inc story of the pastoral which enforces
| the oft-toid adage that ''in simple things
| the sweetest Joys may lie,' concerns the
experiences of a lad who runs the gamut
simple delights and his own true love.
Strephon, country lad, grows weary OF
sylvan amusements and rustic maids: for
ne has read of courtly scenes OF elegant
ladies and more refined delights AMI
dreaming of such things he learns to de-
| splse his rustic Chloe; and determines to
set forth and nIngle with the fine world
Al last strephon finds himself one of tho
oahd OF dainty seekers of pleasure For A
time, weary OF court intrigue and we'll
known diversions, they amuse themselves
win the artless worship of a country boy
put soon growing bored they abandon him.
and he finds himself ignored, his purse
stripped bare utterly alone
Mournfui and humbled poor Strephon
comes 10 gaze once more upon the scene
I'm, .nat mao once been all his joy. But look
ing almost in despair. on the rich autumn
iand. ne feels little hand slip in his ana
turning sees his Chloe who through All
the days when he had wooed false GOO
b ben haa neen true to him. He embraces
her with glad tears and they walk en-
pracingly through the happy fields
was not the bare story Of the fickleness
80, -, o. ephoh or the ctnstancy of Chloe that
nn "uu ,' me interest, that being mere thread
On Wiich was strung a succession of ex-
Qulsite scenes and situations providing on
portunty for tableaux dances and songs
In Infinite variety.
Strephon's lesson in sincarity r.,, .hro,,r,
the spring. summer and autumn. and the
changes IN nature during these periods
were personiffed by a host of beings that
seemed con1ured up from the worlds OF
iaFy romance and Already.
A Merry Sprite.
FIRST 10 enter was a. merry sprite n
breath of spring. bringing with her a gentle
Following of zephyrs. merry little girls and
a little green elf, who promptly made the
green sWards blossom with crocuses and
Vioiets While the flowers miraculousIy
sprang from the ground at the touch Of tba
faIr1es, In futtered Spring
MISS Jarin in diaphanous wells an Iris
VISION Lhat glided over the world and made
Inc 1ife ASPIRATIONS of the rustic pool spring to
me with the burst of flower life
Strephon, surrounded at once by a crew
OF merry milk maids. finds the bucolic at
mosphere of the country distastefuI TO |
MN ana seorns the advances of Chloe Miss |
Wise), vision out of LAS You Like IT |
whose grace and color deserved a more
faithful heart. Fleeing from her solicita |
ttohs otrephon escapes and time rolls on.
spring gives place to summer. A troop |
OF rose garlanded little girls of every type |
OF warm and blushing beauty clad in long |
tralllng VeStal robes of white usher in the !
rlch season and Summer in opulent benevo-
fence scatters the richer flowers of the
prime
Miss Magruder as the Summer produced |
an immediate impression of the glamour of |
June in it's fullness.
Strephon now becomes acouainted with
the attractions and artiicialities of the |
social world Pierrot and Pierrette, the
Misses Fremont, dance in bewildering skill
before him. a magnificent scene from
'Veronlque.'' by Mrs Fremont and Mr. Ga
retssen, acquaints him with music dainty
little children in courtly manner and ladies' |
ana gentlemen in powder and patch per-
form stately minuets for him. but all pass |
from him and leave him to his own bitter
reflections
Then comes Autumn. Seldom has such
magnificent riot of color been seen on any
stage. DIANA, with crescent bow and tiger |
skin thrown loosely over her shoulder en-
tiers with train Of hunters. Autumn her
self followed by harvesters and winners
and beautiful host dedicated to Racchus |
and Ceres. brought nd Mic
Miss Ruggles. as Autumn, was a present
ment of the richness and glow of the sea-
son, and recited her lines with much feeling
and effect
Strephon, wandering back into the couu-
try autumn fields, finds the milkmaids
dancing under the checkered shade and
his Cloe still faithful. and as they embrace
the whole pageant of the seasons again
passes before their eyes as a promise OF
years of fullness still to be-
oh" exclaimed a box holder, rs 1t not
beautiful. 1t makes one happy just to see
for once such color and such lovely girls"
Cast of Characters.
The complete cast Is as follows Marine
Band Orchestra. Leader. Lieut. santel-
MANN Cloe. Miss Wise: Strephon, Mr.. Man
ners; Jean Mr.. de Boloque; Scene first.
'Veronique'. Mrs. Fremont and Mr.. Gareis-
sen; P1errot ct Pierrette, Misses Fremont;
spring Miss Janin, Miss l.. Merriam. Miss
Crosby. Miss Mary A. Webb. Miss Brom-
well, Misses Smith, Miss Eleanor Johnston |
Master Slater Miss Aurora de Oueseds. I
Miss Magruder Miss GLADYS
Hinckley, Miss Marion Wise. Miss Endora
Clover, Miss Sophie Johnston, Miss Mary
Webb. Miss Doris Haywood. Miss Marie
McCauley Miss Ray Slater. Miss Lois Cas-
satt. Miss Adelaide Heath, Miss Beatrice
Glover, Miss Letter Montgomery; autumn.
Miss Ruggels, Miss Richardson, Miss Lulee
Noble, Miss Bessie Sessions, Miss Nancy
Nef. Miss Carr, Miss Ester Slater Miss
Frances Williams, Miss Bessie Russell
Shepherdesses-Mrs Denny Miss Betty
Davis. Miss Jean Loring, Miss Emily Fitch |
Miss Olga Converse. Miss Alma Ruggles, |
Miss Enrol Brown, Mrs. Swayze, Miss Sallie
Walker. Miss Madeleine Bradley. Miss
Catherine Ridgeley, Miss Marian Stevens.
Mikmaids-Miss Ester Denney Miss |
Eleanor Parker. Miss Anna Cockrell, Miss
Lydia Loring. Miss Marian Leutze Miss
Olivia Howard, Miss Carryl Crawford Miss
Suzanne Carroll. Miss Frederic Morgan,
Miss Margaret Ridgeley.
Minuet-Miss Robson, Miss MattingIy |
Mrs. Chapman-Smith, Mrs Lee Phillips, |
Mr.. William c. Denny, Mr.. Frank Poe. Mr. |