The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-27
SOCIETY FOLK IN
PLAY FOR CHARITY
Opening Tableau in Jefferson Att
ditoriun, This Afternoon at
Two-Thirty.
FULL PROGRAM FOR THE FETE
Music, Mother Goose, Teddy
Bear and Other Features for
Young and Old Folk.

The Charity Fete Association Of
Richmond, which Will begin Its first
sentertainment for the benefit OF the
jpoor of the city in tho auditorium OF
the jefferson Hotel at 1880 o'clock this
afternoon, has the following officers:
Mrs. l.. j.. Lewis. president; Mrs.
George a. Barksdale. secretary, ana
Miss M. =. Harris, treasurer.
Chairman of committees are Mrs. j.
Caskie Cabell. Miss Page Aylett Royal,
Mrs. virginius Newton, Miss Harriet
Talcott. Mrs. John Shelton Williams.
Mrs. Robert Blankenship. Mrs. John
Kerr Branch. Mrs. n. V. Randolph Mrs.
! Clifton Miller. Mrs. George Warren.
Miss Reinhardt, Miss Meade, Miss Ry-
| land Mrs. A. j. Montague. Mrs. James
a. Grigg. Mrs. Robert S. Christian.
The Jefferson Hotel Orchestra will
play at the matinee this afternoon.
Miss Ella Binford being the chairman.
~ violin solo. rendered by little Adele
Atkins, viii be followed by q tableau,
Mistress Mary" with Miss Nancy
Perkins as Mistress Mary" This
tablcau Will be directed by Mrs. st.
George Bryan and Mrs. Graham Hob.
| son.
|
| cakewalk and Teddy bear tableau,
all directed by Miss Binford. will be
succeeding features OF the matinee.
| Children taking part in the minuet
will be Elizabeth witt, Margaret
Evans, Elizabeth Watkins, Margaret
| McNey, Evelyn Peters, Frances
Vaughan. William Anderson, John
| VIM. Horace Talmer, Andrew Gray,
James Parkinson.
! Those impersonating Mother Goose
| characters will include Hiram Gates.
Elizabeth Vaughan. Grace and Judith
Gillian, Elizabeth Warren and Jack
Mallory. Braxton Valentine. Elizabeth
| Valentine, Jack Hagan. Emily Parrish,
| Berkeley Robins and Billy Powers.
| Misses Mary Evans, Martha Cham
bers and Ray Billikopf Will appear in
the cakewalk and in the Teddy Bear
| tableau will be seen Dorothy Thier-
mann, Antoinctte Thiermann. Isabella
Scott. Elizabeth Taliaferro, Elizabeth
! Palmer, Elizabeth Luce, Nancy Stokes,
Martha Wall. Carrie Taliaferro, Kath-
crime Cary, Margaret Johns, Virginia
Donnan, Archer Small. Ruth Gordon,
| Elizabeth Gwathmey, Dora Woodward.
| Francis Darlington, Mary Wilmer,
Emily Addison.
Evening Performance.
| The audience is requested to be in
| place promptly at $3.50 o'clock tonight
Miss Adele Williams will be the chair
man. and the Blues Band is to fur
nish the music. The curtain will rise
on Mrs. j. Jordan Leake posed as
I"Charity," from Abbot Thayer's beau
tiful picture This scene will be fol-
lowed by Christmas carols, illustrated
| by Misses Edith Taylor, Lucy Ford
Workman, Helen Adams. Mary Crump.
Susie Mcclure and Virginia DOMAIN
| The next number includes tableau
a Girl with Cherries Miss Nancy Per-
kins; song from Mrs. Clifton Miller.
and another tableau, Girl with Muff,"
by Miss Kathleen Gum. a Coop
Dance. directed by Mrs. William Todd
will precede the next tableau, Three
Pretty Maids of Lea"-"Three Old
Maids of Lea" Then Miss Annie Rein
hardt's violin solo, and then the clos
ing number. "Picture-Madame Reca-
mier,' by Mrs. /. Newton Vaughan.
Friday Matinee.
At the Friday matinee, with the JEFF
ferson Hotel orchestra in attendance,
Mrs. r. 4. Hunter. acting for Mrs. j.
Taylor Ellyson, will be chairman A
| children's minuet will be followed by
the illustrated story Of Cinderella, un-
der the direction of Mrs. Frank Powers,
in which Mary Perkins will be Gin
derella; Robert Blankenship, Prince;
William Anderson. Page, and the at
tendants-Laura Richardson, Janet
Wyatt. Jean Blair. Sarah Powers. Rose
Caperton. Marie Mcvey and Mary Luce
Miss Frances West, accompanied by
Mr.. Weitzel. will sing. and Miss Mary
Evans will give skirt dance. Then a
tableau, THE Immortals." and scenes
| from Mother Goose-"King at the
table counting out money" with John
| Springer Gray as king; Julia Gray
Moncure as queen, and Dorothy Tenn
pie Cabell as the little maid Dabney's
company VIII be impersonated by Rob
ert Groner, captain; James Scott, James
Moncure, Fred Scott. Anne Benson and
Anne Brockenbrough. Miss Mary
Evans will take the part of RED
Riding Hood" with jackson Chambers
| for wolf" The performance will
close with song from RED Riding
Hood" by Miss Emily Wade and Mr..
| Douglas Gordon.
Friday Night.
Miss Helen Christian will be chair
man on Friday night and the Blues
band Will render the musical program.
The first number on the program will
be a living picture, representing
Madame LIE Brun and Her Daughter"
by Mrs. a. Sidney Buford and little
| Elizabeth Scott. Miss West, accom-
panied by Mr.. Louis Weit2e, will sing
La Carssima." Other pictures will be
| Charlotte Corday,' by Miss Bessie
| Tompllins, and The French Doll" by
Miss Sherrard Wilcox and Mr.. Fon-
tame Jones. Miss BEDFORD will DO
accompanist to Miss Reinhardts violin
solo. and Miss Emily Wade and Mr.
Douglas Gordon will then sing the
| Message of the Violets."
Booths and Managers.
| The Japanese Booth and Tea Gar
| den will be in charge of Mrs. Vir.
ginius Newton and Mrs. John Shelton
| Williams.
Butterfly Pavilion, in chargs of Mrs.
Truman A. Parker and Mrs. Frank
| Iobson.
Woodland Spring, in charge of Miss
| Jennie Talcott.
summer House, in charge of Mrs.
p. M. Fry.
Fairy Fountain. Misses Talcott,
Bullock and Bolts.
Rose Arch, Mrs. A. II. Burr.
Poppy Flower Bed. Mrs. Burton
Marye.