The Washington herald., 1908-04-28
PLAYDRAWSFASHION
BrilliantAudience Witnesses
"COnquering Cupid"
MANY NoTABLEs IN THE BOXES
Jusserand, sfr. Perry
Belmont, DIR, Dudley Morgan, Rep
resentatfse oIeOtt, Mrs. EIkihs,
and Mrs. Montgomery Hosts of
Different Theater Parties.

"ConqueriHg Cupid" was the attraction
OF all others for society last evening. The
audience was one of the most brilliant
and distinguished Of the whole season.
The French Ambassador and Nine JUS
serand were in box and had as their
guests the Secretary of State and Mrs.
Root and Assistant Secretary OF the
Treasury and Mrs. Beekman Winthrop.
On the opposite side Of the house Mrs.
Stephen B. Elkins had as her guests In
the stage box her sister, Mrs. Arthur
lee: her niece, Miss Katherine Brown;
Senator and Mrs. Knox, and Mr.. John
Barrett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont had in
their box Miss Mathilde Townsend, Miss
Evelyn Walsh. Count Hatzfeldt. Of the
German Embassy; Yiscount de Cham
brun, of the French Embassy, and Mr.
William F. r. Hit
DR. and Mrs. James Dudley Morgan had
family party, including Miss Mildred
Merrick. Miss Elenora Morgan. Mr.. Nc
Munin, OF Baltimore, and Mr.. Edwin
Abel Morgan.
Representative and Mrs. Van Vechten
Olcott had as their guests, Rear Ad-
miral and Mrs. Samuel Lemly. MIR. and
Mrs. Lee Phillips. and Mr.. Robert c.
Eimore. Commander and Mrs. Irwin.
Mrs. Mccartney, and Mr.. Frank P. Rich
artson occupied the adjoining box.
The officers of the Paint and Powder
Club were conspicuous IN the stage box
on the left side of the house. They were
DR.. Thomas H. Backler. president; Mr..
Harry T. Poor. Mr.. Carroll Rosen. Mr..
F. A, Robinson, Air George Knapp, jr,
and Mr.. Raleigh Thomas.
Mrs. W. E. Montgomery also had a
large box party.
Among those IN the orchestra were Mrs.
Taft, Senator and Mrs Depew, Miss
| Paulding and Mr. Paulding: Miss Can
non. daughter Of the Speaker Of the
House of Representatives; Senator and
Mrs. Thomas II. Carter, DR.. and Mrs. P.
j. Lennox. the Minister from Chile and
Nine Cruz. the Minister from Colombia
and Nine. Cortes, the Minister from
Haiti and Nine. Leger. the military at
tache OF the British Embassy and the
Hon. Mrs James. the military attache Of
the German Embassy and Nine. Won
Livonius. ex-GoV John Lee Carroll of
Maryland whose guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. Gordon Cumming. OF Maryland Wis
count and Viscountess de Sibour, Mrs.
Ross Perry, Miss Margaret Merrick, Mr..
and Mrs. John T. Devine, Mr. and Mrs.
John r. MagTuder, Or. and Mrs. Alexan-
der Magruder, Mr.. Maurice Nabuco, the
Misses Carlo and their brother, Mr.. Car
ha II Do
Milton E Allies. Mr. and Mrs James T.
Barbour and their supper guests; Repre-
sentative and Mrs. BoUrke Cochran, the
Misses Cullen. Dir. and Mrs. Gibson
Fahnestock. Mrs. Chatard, MTs. George
NJ. Boiling Nine. Godoy and Miss Godoy
Mrs. Z. Francis Riggs Mr.. and Mrs
George T. AIarye and their house guest
Mrs Claude "A. Swanson, wife
Of the governor of Virginia. Mr.
and Mrs Henry Cleveland Perkins and
Miss Perkins. the Misses Patten, Mrs
Henry May and Miss May Mrs. James
H. Sands, Miss Olive Risley Seward, the
Misses Sands. Mr. and Mrs Edward
stellwagen, Mrs. Slater. Gen. and Mrs,
Storey. Col. and Mrs. Symons and Miss
Symons. Prof. and Mrs. Charles d. Wal
colt, Mr. and Mrs J, Nota McGill. for
mer Minister 10 Spain and Mrs Hannis
Taylor and the Misses Taylor. Mrs. Cliff
ford Walton, Nine. Lorando, Miss de La
rue. Mrs. Arthur Powell Davis. Gen. and
Mrs. Corbin, Mrs Henry Simpson. Mrs.
r. A. !. Pescid. Mrs. J. L. Kolb. Miss
Margaret GOwans. Miss Margaret NJ Cox,
Mrs. Otto G. Garges. Miss Katharine
Lay, Mrs. Kate r. Mann. Miss Geraldine
johnson. and Mrs. Oscar p. Schmidt.
The young. girls who sold the pro-
gTammes were an attractive feature of
the evening. They were Miss Pauline
Magruder, Miss Mildred Merriek, the
Misses Trescott. Miss Lillian Stone. the
Misses Taylor. daughters of Hon. Hannis
Taylor Miss Jane Sands, Miss Marion
Sands, Miss Louise Chase. and Miss
CoCkrell.