Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-09
CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY
PLANS FOR ANNUAL ENTERTAIN
MENT NEXT MONTH.

The yearly entertainment for the benefit
of the Christ Child Society is an event
that draws Washington society out in
force, not only for sweet charity's sake, -
to which the Christ Child makes such
strong appeal, but also because the pro-
gram offered on these occasions is always
charming and unique. This year a per-
formance by the well-known Paint and
Powder Club of Baltimore is announced
for April 6, at the Belasco Theater, where
the new comic operetta Don of Doraya,"
will be presented for the first time to a
Washington audience.
The libretto, written by Mr.. Arthur Robb,
is a sparkling combination Of love and ad-
venture in South America. The music,
written by Mr.. Louis II. Fisher, jr., is
gay and catchy enough to suit plot full
of light fanciful combinations, in which
Spanish soldiers, toreadors and revolution
lists figure with fashionable ,modistes, mod
els and show girls
There are SiXty-eight men in the show,
and their representations are excellent.
Among the features of the entertainment
will be: Mr.. Charles Andrew Mccain. as
Aurora Elvira the wealthy American
of the FIorodora Sextet; the pony ballet. in
which sixteen little men, dressed in tufts
and furbelows, will dance, and the chorus
girls with their Marcel waves and stunning
gowns
The work of the Christ Child, from SIM
pie and silent beginnings, is widening into
greater scope and usefulness every year,
and to it's original purpose of making little
ones happy at Christmas has added sew
ing. millinery, stenography classes, clubs,
libraries, fresh air work, and, of late, a
settlement among the Italians in the
northeast section of the city, where the re-
suits are already most encouraging.
List of Patronesses.
The list Of patronesses, including many
of the best-known women in Washington
society, is as follows:
Mrs. Shaw, Mrs. Taft, Mrs. Charles
Bonaparte, Mrs. Garfield, Mrs. Edward
D. White, Mrs. Depew, Mrs. Carter, Mrs.
Clark, Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock. Mrs. E.
Francis Riggs, Mrs. Henry Cleveland Per-
kins, Mrs. Edward Simpson, Mrs. Hannis
Taylor, Mrs. Thomas M. Gale Mrs. Freder-
lex B; Mcguire, Mrs. George F. Ha mil
liam. Belden Noble, Mrs. Robert Hinck-
ley, Mrs. Charles Carroll Lee, Mrs Ralph
Cross Johnson. Mrs. J. Nota McGill, Mrs.
R. A. sweeny Pescia. Mrs. D. P. Mozart
ney, Mrs. R. Ross Perry. Mrs. Charles
" aicott, Mrs. Courtenay Weems, MOI
George NJ. Boiling. the Misses Cullen,
Nine. Jusserand, Nine. Mayor des Plan
ches. Lady Isabella Howard, Baroness Won
Hengelmuller, Baroness Won Paningartten,
Lorando. Mrs. John R. Mclean, Mrs.
Slater, Mrs. George F. Marye, Mrs. Henry
May, Mrs. Thomas M. Chatard. Mrs. Fran
els B. Loring, Mrs. John p Storey, Mrs.
Philip H. Sheridan, Mrs. r. R. Wallace,
Mrs. Theodore Mosher, the Misses Riggs,
Miss o. Risley Seward, Miss Patten, Miss
Emily w. Mason, Miss Thompson, Miss Ella
Lorraine Dorsey, Mrs Maurice Francis
Egan, Mrs. J. Dudley Morgan Mrs. William
NJ. Irwin, Mrs. J. Edward Stellwagen, Mrs
Kate R. Mann, Mrs. Henry E. Simpson
Mrs. Maurice F. Tally, Mrs. Arthur Powell
Davis, Miss Merrick, Miss Acosta and Mrs
Henry Harrison.