Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-13
SANTA BARBARA

CN OCIETY matrons OF this city and
~ of Montecito, Santa Barbara's
~ aristocratic suburb did society
vaudeville Suits as matter of diver
sion from the regular routine of So
cial happenings as the midweek event
of the smart set at the Country club
Tuesday evening, the show being
given for the benefit of the fund for
furnishing the new Country club house,
which Is skirted by the Pacific on the
line that divides this city from Monte
otto.
The lounging room of the club was
transferred into miniature playhouse
with an elevated stage at one end, and
the room was brilliant with electric
lighting, on which the electricians had
labored for several days. The large
and brilliant assemblage of handsome
~ gowned and bejeweled. women with
their escorts made pleasing spectacle
and every one laid aside for the time
being conventionalities and entered
into the spirit of the carnival of fun.
The Cafe Chantant proved another
form of amusement.
The program of the evening opened
with the dainty Swing Song" a
Chanting bit of feminine beauty ana
color, four society girls, in fuzzy, deli
cately tinted gowns singing while they
gallants Colored lights that matched
the gowns worn by the ladies shone
from above, making an enhancing
curtain raiser. The participants were
the Misses Newhall. Miss Bertha Rice
and Mrs Becker, Messrs. Earl Gra-
ham, Field, Becker and Fernald.
"Mademoiselle Psyche Psychic. Gus
todian of the Book of Fate" was Mrs.
Stewart Wolcott, beautiful, bewilder-
l. L., Hro q.
sisted by William Oothout, jr., an Eng
fish society favorite, told the fortune
of w. R. Edwardes. a prominent bach
elor and clubman, who rejoices In CALI
ing his country place in Montecito the
Tub, so truthfully that her words were
no sooner spoken than the prophesies
appear through clever arrangement
of mirrors. First there was shown a
black yelled devil, and as he faded
away there appeared a bunch of flow
ers with ribbon and card attached.
and then the face of beautiful
woman.
In the next number Mrs. William
Miller Graham" who has become
social favorite since her presentation at
the last drawing room of King Ed
ward, and who conceives all kinds OF
follies In order to spend the S200O,UO0
annual income of her husband, having
set her society friends aghast by pro-
viding flowing champagne for their
benefit from a fountain at her country
home on Easy boulevard, Belleguardo,
after a theater party, was the personae
de resistance in a rollicking German
song and dance, assisted by Louis N.
Stott and Captain McKittrick, all pic
turesuuely CARRIED in Dutch peasant
costumes, including wooden shoes, with
scenic investure of special Dutch
orb ut H.
mill Mrs. Graham as Miss Hook OF
Holland was winsome, and bewitch-
ing stage subject, amusingly gowned
in eight fluffy skirts. which gave her
the center of the stage-in fact, all the
stage. She recited to music Il Have a
pretty Pink Petty from Peters" the
trio dancing after each verse, the song
telling how she obtained all her beau
tiful skirts.
Hughginson ct Boulanger, eccentric
and excitable dancers, a clever darky
stunt. was presented by Mr.. Becker,
who played the banjo, and by Angus
tus B. Higginson, who did fancy dane
ing.
Mrs. Peter Pan from Plano, two stuffed
figures that did terpsichorean stunts
were operated by William Oothout ana
Mrs. Becker.
MIS-. joel Remington rathIoib PShAhef,
winsome and vivacious, as Miss Mary
Garden, and Capt. McKittrick as VIII
liam Brighteyes. in tantalizing tenn
perance tract entitled meet Me at the
Bar" sang duet, "Twinkling Stars.
and made the hit of the evening. This
scene was a romantic woodland, spe-
cially painted, using up much of the
proceeds of the entertainment, as Is
usual with society charity benefits
| The Mirror Song" by Miss Pansy
Dean of Pasadena, was cleverly done
by Mrs. Pierce of Pasadena, who sang
with the room in darkness and who,
with the air of a mirror ana spot
light reflected on one of the male au-
| ditors. produced a novel effect.
The concluding number was the
Brothers Banderleg by Earl Graham
and Harry Gregory in the latest Mou-
lin success, 'Goodby, john" introduce
ing hilarious Italian dialogue, supple
mented by monkey and a hand Or
| gan. :.
the society folk