The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-28
Crowds Attend First Two Performances and Enjoy Won.
derful Sights in Auditorium Decorations Lavish
and Beautiful Scenes in the Hail.

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the beautiful costuming OF tho chill
dren and their graceful motions. Lit
tie Elizabeth Witt, In empire gown
and powdered hair, led, with william
Anderson. others following being Mar
garet Evans, Elizabeth Watkins, Mar
garet McVcy. Evelyn Peters, Frances
Vaughan, William Anderson. John
VIM, Horace Palmer. John Springer
Gray, James Parkinson and William
/, Sherwin.
The Mother Goose tableau. enacted
by Hiram Gates, Elizabeth Vaughan,
Grace and Judith Gillian, Elizabeth
Warren and lack Mallory. Braxton
| Valentine, Elizabeth Valentine. Jack
| 1Iagan. Emily Parrish. Berkeley Rob-
ms and Billy Powers. was a most TAX
| ing performance. AZ were the cake-
walk. danced By Mary Evans, Martha
Chambers and Ray Billikopf. and the
Teddy Bear tableau. in which bears In
baby carriages were rolled across the
stage by Dorothy Thiermann. An
! toInette Thtermann. isabella Scots.
Elizabeth raiiaferro. Elizabeth Palmer.
Elizabeth Luce, nancy Stokes, Martha
Wall. Carrie Tailaferro. Katherine
Cary, Margaret Johns, Virginia Don.
nan, Archer Small Ruth Gordon, Eli
I2abeth Gwathmey. Dora Woodward
Francis Darlington. Mary Wilmer and
Emily Addison.
| Entertainment At Night.
| The audience, responding 10 re-
quest made through the press. assem-
bled promptly last evening. and when
| the curtain rose at $50 o'clock, rapt
attention testified to the impression
made by Mrs. j. Jordon Leake's I'm
PRESERVATION OF Abbott Thayer.s beau
u f,1 Wiz oSft,
expression and the framing of .he
ngures-Mrs. Leake's and the two
Ichildren beside her-combined to stamp
the picture indeitbly upon the mind az
truly illustrative OF the purpose OF the
entertainment.
The "Chrlstmas Carols" which came
next, We're splendidly illustrated by
Misses Edith Taylor. Lucy Ford
Workman. Helen Adams. Mary Crump.
Susie Mcguire and Virginia Donnan.
i A tableau called ..The Girl With
back on the stage. Mrs. Clifton Miller
sang beautiful solo. and then Miss
] Kathleen Gum presented a pretty pic
iture as Girl With Muff."
i The funny hit OF the evening was
4 the Coop Dance" that was directed
by Mrs. Williams Todd, and that came
Just ahead OF another admirable tab
leau. Three Maids OF Lea: Three Old
Maids Of Lea.
Il An exquisite picture. in which Mrs.
]. Newton Vaughan posed as Madame
Recamier.' was very effective.
To-day's matinee and evening per-
Torrance will be, il anything. better
than those OF yesterday, the entire sue
cess OF which assures like results for
to-day and Tomorrow, when the Cafe
j Chantant is to cap and crown the
whole.
4 Scene in the Hall.
The scene in the Auditorium yester-
day bore ample testimony to the thor
Z oughncss OF the work of those by
I whom the fete was planned Brilliant
4 lily lighted and beautifully decorated.
:. the hall, with its palms. ferns and
! spruce pines. It's rose arch, It's tulips.
! ,dafodil and poppy beds. it's italian
pergola, It's tea garden surrounded by
!, beds of irises; It's dogwood blossoms.
it's wealth of swcetpeas and orchid
bloom; its butterfly pavilion; it's
!. woodland spring and fairy fountain;
I It's tobacco booth: its motion picture
!, land Humpty-Dumpty shows--all blend
: ed into one great colorful whole
a dazzled the vision and bewildered tho
> senses of the visitor with It's blaze
:. of beauty.
! Young girls CARRIED as morning glo-
| ries. as orange blossoms. as Japanese
| |maldens and as wood nynlphs. added
| to the brilliancy and attractiveness of
: the beautifully carried out plan OF
decoration, shown in the placing OF
4 the diamond-shaped flower beds, the
4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS booths and In
4 the careful arrangement OF the whole
mammoth affair.
Il The officers of the association and
the heads Of committees, including Il.
i. Lewis, president; Mrs. George A.
Barksdale. secretary; Miss M. p TIar-
ris treasurer; Mrs. ]. Caskie Cabell,
4 Miss Page AYlett Royal, Mrs. Virgin
ius Newton, Miss Harriet Tnlcott, Mrs.
John Shelton Williams, Mrs. Robert
4 Guardianship. Mrs. John Kerr Branch.
4 Mrs, N, W Randolph. Mrs, Clifton Mill
Il er, Mrs. George Warren, Miss Rein
+ kardt, Miss Meade, Miss Ryland, Mrs.
Il a. u. Montague, Mrs, James a, Grlgg
4 and Mrs. Robert S, Christian, felt
s Happy that the opening day OF yes
4 tcrday. despite the snow-storm, re-
\ suited 80 prosperously for them At
i all points or vantage, from the lea
4 cream pergola to the wileful fortune
teller, patronage flowed brisllly lin.
u and tho treasurer OF the association
n counted her sheckels last night with
a smile OF approval. The hest thing
i Iof all was that every one felt salts
d fed at having got full value In en-
a change for the price Of admission
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