The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK
 IN SOCIETY WORLD
Egypta to Be SpIendidIy Pre-
 Sented By a Local Cast
TEA AT MRS. C. WILSON'S
The Fashionable World Interested In Entertainments For Sweet Charity,
 and Several Events Will
 Take Place This Week.
BY ANNIE kENDRIck WALKER.

BY ANNIE kENDRlcK WALKER.
 The forthcoming elaborate presentation
 in this city of Egypta will be an event of
 social prominence Of the pre-Lenten sea- son. There will be three performances
 Friday night will witness the first per 1 formanee. A matinee will be given 4on ] Saturday and there will be third per
 formance Saturday evening
 | The fact that the Jefferson theater has ! been engaged gives some idea of the mag
 ritude of the play, the number of par 1 ticipants, and the care that has been
 used in the production whose very name ! speaks for it's brilliant and historic set l ting.
 "Egypta" is a story of the Nile. It is l laid in the land of Egypt during the reign of the Rameses the Great and DOT trays the splendor of that glorious epoch.
 Incidentally are introduced the romantic I episodes in the life of Moses from the time that he is found in the bullrushes
 until he leads his people out of bondage.
 Eaborately costumed, the whole setting l for the play Is on a magnificent scale 1 The cast includes several hundred young people, and no amateur performance in 1 years has aroused more interest.
 Those who have seen the rehearsals pronounce the musical score to be classl- cal, the heavy chorus numbers and the aras being adapted from the work of standard composers.
 The indications point to a large and fashionable audience. The patron con- mittee and others who are giving their ! cooperation towards making a social suc- cess of the occasion. feel assured of the
 hearty support of the public. and that the brilliance of the audience on the first night will be fully in keeping with the elaborate splendor of the performance. The play will be given under the aus pices of St. Andrews church. The characters have been chosen with especial care.
 Miss Gonzala Byrne as Pharoah's daughter in her regal robes, is an
 ideal princess. Other characters are Miss 1la Nunnally as the mother of Moses, Miss Alice Fallon as Miriam, his sister, Zippora the sweetheart of Moses, Miss May Allison; the messenger angel. Miss Amelia Markstein, and pretty little Corrine vorenberg the child Miriam; Pharoah, Mir Ferd Put man; Moses the Prophet, MT. J. B. LuclSie Aaron, MT. owen Gillespie Amram, Mir. Egst; Jethro, MT. Erin Farley the herald, J. D. Tucker; the Egyptian overseer, MT. Murray Baker; Pharaoh's son the little prince, J. D. Oliver, Jr.; the child Moses. Master Andrews; the baby Moses, Horace Shaw, Jr Mrs. s. R. Coleman is pianist. This excellent cast is aug mented by very large chorus of well trained voices.
 For the benefit of the free kindergarten in this city tea will be given this after noon from to 5 o'clock at the residence of Mrs Cunningham Wilson. The occasion will be a pretty and charm-l ing one, and cordial invitation is ex- tended to all who are interested in kinder garten work.
 Assisting Mrs. Wilson in receiving will be several ladies of the kindergarten as- sociation. No one is ignorant of the work of the free kindergartens, but in order to properly maintain the kindergartens the association needs financial assistance. A programme of unusual artistic excel lence will be presented on Saturday after noon at the musicale to be given under the auspices of Boys Band No. ?, the pro- ceeds of which will go to one of the greatest philanthropies in this city. The musicale will take place at the
 <1,,aA tn tions, both verbal and written, have been issued by the members of the society, which includes thirty we'll known women in the young and fashionable married set.
 A silver offering will be received at the door.
 Mrs. Richard Johnston and Miss Miles sent out cards earlier in the week for tea on Thursday from to 6 o'clock to meet very informally Mrs. Thomas W. Godey of Baltimore.
 Pelham chapter. United Daughters of the Confederacy, will meet this afternoon at o'clock with Mrs. William Streit, Eleventh avenue and St. Charles street.
 A meeting of the board of control of the Boys club will be held this morn ing at 10:S0 o'clock All members are urged to be present. Mrs. A. G. Smith, Mrs. J. T. Baston and Mrs. J. w. Da- vidson have been recently elected mem bers of the board
 The Twentieth Century club will meet with Mrs. w. l.. Rosamond Friday aft