The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-26
FOR SWEET CHARITY,
New York Society Beauties to rosc
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| as ''pihs Pictures.
! New York, Feb. 26.-For the sake
of sweet charity. Mrs John Jacob
Aston will pose in a tableaux at the
! Plaza hotel this evening and tomor-
row evening. For the same phiIan-
thropic reason Mrs. C."r,lce Mack
! ay will drape herself in filmy white
and stand upon a pedestal as a liv-
horne, one of the famed beauties of
! Virginia, and other women prom
inent in New York's most exclusive
society. The Duchess of Switzerland
, is also expected to participate. 1t is
| expected that the event will be the
most gorgeous society function Civ
en- in the name of charity for many
years. Thousands of dollars have
been expended by the participants
for costumes and the scene of the
entertainment has been decorated
| in lavish style. The proceeds will
be given to the poor whites" of
the Virginia mountains. 1t is believ-
ed that nearly $4,000 will be reali-
zed from the entertainment
The program consists of nine pic
lures, four dances and a pantomime
in which Mrs. Waldorf Aston will
play Pierrette in LIE Reveillion de
Pierette.'
The chief interest will revolve
about Mrs. Aston, and it was she who
suggested the old French legend as
the groundwork about which to
build the tableaux vivants, in which
about fifteen society women will
pose.
The story of the pantomime CON
Germs the dream of an artist and his
| model. The artist is desperately poor
and lives in an attic. He is fairly
starving but engrossed in painting
a portrait of Pierrette, sprightly
model, whom he loves. Pierrette en-
ters the attic in the gown of white
! WIN Po"uCl hdll pdICuSS ou ltl
| cheeks, and black pompons on her
slippers. This is the part which Mrs.
Astor will play.
Pierrette arouses the artist from
his depression by the gift of hamp-
er of supper of cheese, cheap red
wine, and bread. The two pretend
their food is champagne and part
ridge, and, after feasting they fall
asleep and dream Of the master
piece the artist is to paint. Then
a dark change takes place and an il
Illuminated frame is introduced
In this frame Mrs Astor's friends
will pose as paintings from the great
masters. Gainsborough, Rubens,
Reynolds, Hommey, and Natter will
be represented.
The scope of the entertainment
will be wide, and although most of
the pictures will be celebrated works
of art, there will be modern creations
like the 'ibson Girl an Aubrey
BeardSley creation and one OF the
dances will be taken from THE
Merry Widow" The dances will be
Iof national character and will in
clude a Greek dance, Spanish bole-
no, a French dance and the famous
Merry Widow" waltz
AS officially announced, the men
and women who will appear at this
charity entertainment are Mr. and
Mrs. James E. Eustic, Mrs. William
K. Vanderbilt, Jr., Mrs. Payne Whit
ney, Mrs. Ernest Iselin, Mrs. John
Jacob Aston. Mrs Arthur Scott Bur-
den, Miss Cornelia Bryce, Mrs. Ed
ward R. Thomas, Mrs. Howard Cush-
ing, Miss Nora Langhorne, Mrs Will
liam Payne Thompson, Mrs. Fred
erick o. Beach, Miss Annie How
land Miss Leila Bryce, Lydig Hoyt,
Charles Baron. John Alsop, Mrs.
Guinness and her three-year-old
daughter, Meraud Guinness.