The Washington herald., 1909-05-07
DANCES WIN FAVOR
Mrs. L. G.. Barber Gives a
Notable Entertainment.
PRESENTS & FINE PROGRAMME
Her Dancing Deals with Rhythms
OF Life, from the Trees 10 the
Putnam, Hiss Marcy, Of Boston, and
Teachers OF High school Assist

Mrs. Lucia Gale Barber gave one Of
the most notable entertainments yes
terdsy afternoon in Masonic Auiito-
rum It has been Washington's good
fortune to hear and see IN many years
Glasses OF young girls and children,
under the leadership and direction Of
Mrs. Barber, gave some beautiful exhi-
bltions Of rhythms. with music inter
pretatons. In classic garments, be-
wildering in their grace and eolOrs. and
with veritabie poetry Of motion.
Mrs. Barber deals with the rhythms
in HE, from the trees 70 the human
body. through every phase OF plant and
human life. Mrs. ingalls,. Miss Put
nam, and Miss Marcy, Of Boston. as
sisted Mrs. Barber, In addition to some
Of the young women Of the Western
High School and some OF the teachers.
Tne music used was all classic, the
works Of Chopin. Mendelssohn. Wag-
ner, Schumann, and others Miss Sally
Mason was at the plano, Miss Florence
Wieser Played the cello. and Master
Irwin Bcernstein the violin. Especially
. AMAtlEoAaHEf dS well a. Original. MdS
Mrs. Barbers exhibition Of the evOlu-
tiOn OF the dance in natural sequence
Of rhythms. from the martial rhythm
10 the religious, then the poetic, dra-
matte. and the victorious. all expressed
with the most appropriate rhythms.
motions. and music, bursting into the
real dance at the finish.
The exhibition OF the basic rhythms,
-yfv h-r % ~
young girls. in the limitations OF ami
mails from the lower order 20 the high
e. were Of much Interest. and afforded
rOme amusement. Mrs. Barber wore
gown Of much beauty. OF silver gray
radium. trimmed about the neck with
pearls, and pearls were twined in her
dark hair. The audience was a cul
tured and discriminating one. many
men and women in scientific and edu-
cational circles being present and
showing their interest and appreciation
IN enthusiastic applause.
List Of the Patronesses.
The patronesses. the greater number
Of whom were present. were as follows:
Ms. James 5 sherman. Nlrs. Arthur .. ADD
William Ear .Aub7rse, Ms. Albert Cliford Bar
ney. Ms A A. Birney Als. Charles J. Bel. Mrs
Jay Bancroft, rs 4 II Blair. Mrs- John ;.
Blair Mrs. Ju't-s - Burrows. Miss Alys z. Bent
ley. Mrs Sc soae Mrs Frank ByrEm. Ms
Prank q. B. Julia T.. Bodash. Mss Bris-
tol. Ms. ten. Mrs William Kessny
Car Mrs. A...-ae C.-roIl MTs Chstsrd. Mrs.
DAVID ChidloV M CArsncp D. Czrk. Mrs W
Bourks Coekran. Ms Louis A. Coolidge. M-s-
William She-Heid CoWles. Mrs w Murray Crane.
MrS Whitman Gross Mrs Charles Conner, Mss
Mary Cryder Mr. William II. Chsney. Ms Albert
Wrr WfFrfnu
Mitchell Depew. Mrs. jonathan p. DolIiVsr. Mrs
2. Tissny Dyer. Ms. John Jog EdsGa. T.. Miss
Harriet EIlis slrs. Richard F. Ely. Mn- Franklin
Enmons Ms. ". Ashton Evans. Mrs &. Worth-
ing1o1 Ford. Mrs joseph 3. Foraker. Ms. GeoIge
Edmund Foes. Mrs r. Fisher. MrS. John &
Fremont Ms. Augustus 2. Gardner Mr. Elmer
Gates. Mr. GeorEe Lewis Gillespie Miss Anne N.
G0dinz Mss Edifh L Grosrenor. Ms. Fl shelby
Hammoud. Mrs Richard A. Harlow. Miss Estels
T. Helmau AIrs William II. Heron MTs. Edwin
". Higgins Ms Ebenezer J. Hill Mrs.. Justina
r Hill. Mrs. T. A Holtnn. Mrs Archibald Hop
kins Miss G-Ecs Porter HOPKINS. Mr.. ElbeTt =.
Hubbard Mrs. Georzs r Huf. Ms Samuel Rohh
Ireland. ME. HcuDea Jennings. Ms. Charles J.
Happier. Ms PhiIander q. kno1. Dr.. / Il.
Lamb. Miss Isobel Il. Lehman. Mrs.. John A. 10
gar. Mrs Hsnry Cabot Lodge. Mis-. Beverly Ran
dolph Mason. Mis-. HeuTT B. F. Nscfsriand. Mr..
NJ A Mz-tindaie
Mrs. A. GarriSr, McC1intock. Ms John P Ne
Ereu. Ma GeorEe A Nye-s. Mrs Euen Spencer
Newell Mrs. William Bel6en Noble Miss Mar
SMILEY NiEon. Miss Ruth Obsrly. Mrs John CsIlsn
OIarEhlin. Mrs. Frcderick 2. PsrdinSt0n Ms.
Myron ". Parker. Ms. Arthur jeffrey Parsors.
Ms. Raymond Patterson. Nrs- SeTeuo 2 Payue.
Mr. HslrT Cleveland Perkins Ms. James Breck
Perkins Ms, A. NJ. L Phillips. Mr.. L. g. b.
Pierce. MIS- Anne l. Pierce. NrS- james G. P1ilinE
Mrs Giles SC0ft Raftgr Mrs Henry T. Rainey.
Miss Janet Richards Ms. s q. Richsy. Mrs.
William I. Robins, Ms G. Psytoa Russell. Ms.
N y SAWYER Mrs Sesfon Sch-oedsr Mr. Phosb-
n. SeabTuok Mrs Thomas q. SelfridEs. Mrs
Thomas ". Sidwel Mrs. Hcztio Slater. Mrs.
Hunt Slater. Ms Willard :. Snail. Mrs> Geous-
T. SrnaIlwood Mrs George Otis Smith. Mrs +.
Fremont Smith Mrs. William Alden Smith. Sirs
Reed Smco1 2irs. Elizabeth J. Somers. MrS. Samuel
Spencer MrsL y d SperTy. Ms Eugene Z. Ste
vsns. Ms. r. c. Steveus. DT. Reteccz StuueT1sd.
M-s George sutherland Baroness Takshira. Mrs
Grace Ldncoln Temple. M1 M0-Ten Thompson.
Ms. James Trlnbe. Ms. Joeerh = Thropp. Mis-
Tuckernan. Mrs Elizabeth r Walton Mrs. Charles
g. Washburn Miss Catherine r Watkins. MrS-
John w Weeks Ms. HeuTy Weeks. Ms. Ten Eyck
Wendsn Ms. Hel-y l. West Miss Edith e. Wes:-
co,t. Mrs David White Mrs. WickeTshsm. Mrs
Ton A. Williams. Miss Anna ". Wilson and Mrs
Augustus :. Wo--hins1ou.