The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-23
TEN DAYS GHYETY PLANNED
DURING pRE,LENTfN SEASON
BY NEW YORK SOCIETY FOLK

only ten days remain before the be-
ginning OF Lent, and they will be eX-
ceptionaIly gay. The ball may be said
to open tomorrow afternoon with the
pantomime and tableaux vivants at
the Plaza. organized by Mrs. Waldorf
Aston. Mrs. John Jacob Aston and Mrs
BENJAMIN Guinness. with the assistance
Of Mrs. ogden Mills, Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Mrs. William Payne
Thompson, Mrs, Clarence Mackay, and
Mrs. Henry Rogers Winthrop as patron
esses. II bids fair TO constitute the
climax and red-letter event Of a season
that will remain notable in the annals
OF New York society for its amateur
theatricals.
Some Of the most attractive women of
the fashionable set viii appear in the
tableaux, Mrs. John Jacob Astor repre-
senting ROmneys That's and also ap-
pearlng as one OF Sir Joshua Reynolds
Three Graces." the other two being
portrayed by Mrs Henry Rogers Win
throp and Mrs. T. r Thomas. Mrs.
Freddie Beach VIII be shown in the IL
Illuminated frame on the darkened stage
as Romney's Nature" while Mrs VIII
liam Payne Thompson Will figure as the
the living representation of Burne-
Jones painting OF Hope" and Miss
Edith Deacon is TO be seen in the role
Of Sargent's "Carmencia," Mrs. Benja-
min Guinness will be .'Semiramis," Mrs.
J. 3. Eustis will be ''SalambO, Mrs. +.
r. Thomas is to be the Phyllis Of
Mary Cow, while lie Bruins beautiful
painting entitled The Girl With the
Muff." will be represented by Miss Elsie
Rowland. Greek. Spanish, and Louis
XVI dances figure on the program, as
well as a skirt dance by Mrs. Arthur
Scott Burden and Mrs. Howard Cush-
ing. while Mrs Waldorf Astor and Ly-
dig Hoyt VIII appear in the pantomime
entitled lie Revellion de Pierrette."
Most OF the tickets have already been
sold, and large sum OF money is now
assured for the poor OF Albemarle
county. IN Virginia. for whose benefit
Mrs. Waldorf As.or has organized the
whole affair. Julian Mitchell and Prince |
Pierre Troubetslkoi have charge OF the |
posing and stage management and Ma !
Ian Frankie Will furnish the music.
After the second and evening perform |
ance there win be table d'hote sup |
per, for which Mrs. Tohn Jacob Astor. |
sdrs. Stuvvesant Fish. Mrs. Harry Payne |
Whitney, Mrs. George J. Gould, and |
other WeIl-known women nave engaged |
tables. ard while it Is in progress the !
big ball pom viii be cleared for the |
dance which is TO follow
On wednesday Mrs. Waldorf Astor, |
who has been the prime mover and chief l
organizer OF the entire affair. sails FOR /
England TO rejOin her husband at her |
home at CIivedOn. on the banks of the |
Thames. During her stay in America |
she has been the guest OF her sister. |
Mrs. Reginald Brooks, and OF her cous-
IN, Mrs. John Jacob Astor, Colonel As
tor is just at present IN the West In |
dies.
Mrs. John Duncan Emmet. vino was |
Miss Josephine Drexel, gives a dance on |
Friday evening At her house on Madison |
avenue for her husbands niece, Miss /
Margaret Harris. one Of the pretJiest /
debutautes of the season. and on Satur- |
day, that is 10 say, on February .. |
which comes but once IN four years, /
Mrs w. E-.e'en Roosevelt VIII give a |
leap year dance at her house on Fifth /
avenue Mrs. Henry Alexander has Sc /
iected the same evening for fancy /
dress dance at the Colony Club for her /
daughter. Eleanor, and At DelmOnICO's /
the Saturday Dancing Glass. managed |
by Mrs huntington. viii give its last /
dance OF the seasons series.
Robert Gerry will bid farewell TO a /
very gay and festive bachelorhood at |
a dinner at the Metropolitan Club on /
Friday 20 which he has asked a num- |
Der OF his cronies. including, OF course, /
those of HE friends who are to ofhciate |
as ushers at his wedding to Miss Cor |
nelia Hartman on the following Tues !
day They are Frederick KernOchan. |
the police magistrate; Robert Goele-. |
Bradish Johnson, John s Ames, and |
Averell Hartman; also William Stack i
pole, AIonson Morris. and Aaron Davis. |
the latter OF Boston. Peter Gerry viii |
act as his brothers best man Miss !
Mary Hartman viii be her sisters !
maid Of honor. and her bridesmaids VIII |
include Miss Elsie Rowland. Miss Anita |
Peabody, Miss Carol Hartman. Miss 1
Ruth Averell. OF Rochester; Miss Ma |
rlon Clarke. and Miss Margaret Dix, |
who can boast Of having offciated in |