Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-20
ALL-STAR CAMB0L OF LAMBS
Members of Club Fleece Themselves
at Auction of Boxes.
TWENTY THOUSAND REALIZED
william C~OurtleiGh Pays S1,1OQ for
No. 13--wiIIiam Golfers Gets No.
ga for s25O--sOciety MaIrOns
In Charity Ballet.
TWENTY THOUSAND REALIZE

NEW YORK, May ia representative
crowd OF spring lambs met in the Gaiety
theater in Broadway this afternoon and
fleeced themselves and others for more
than $4,000. The occasion was the auction
sale of seats for the Lambs club all star
gambol to be given at the metropolitan
opera house on Monday night, MAJ "A, ana
later in other cities. Among the well
known lambs who acted as auctioneers
and announced that they would positively
appear on the bill Monday night, were
Augustus Thomas, De Wolf Hopper, Wilton
Lackaye, William Collier, Robert Hilliard,
jefferson De Angels, Raymond Hltchcock,
William Hodge, Thomas A. Wise, Douglas
Fairbanks and Maclyn Arbuckle. The
amount mentioned above was realized from
| the sale of boxes and orchestra seats alone.
Mr.. Thomas, the first man up at the
auction block, knocked down parterre box
No. 10, the first choice, for $l,l0O, TO VIII
liam Courtleigh, the actor. Mr.. Thomas
bid in the second choice himself at 500.
Other parterre boxes sold for prices rang
Ing from $500 to $50. TIT grand tier boxes
sold mostly at a $50 premium and orchestra
seats went at SIS.
De Wolf Hopper followed Augustus
Thomas as auctioneer and knocked down
several boxes at SoDu. NHSn tnllbS DG6di
to get quiet he called William Collier, the
comedian, 10 his assistance, who began oy
taking box No. % at $3.50 for himself.
society MatrOns In Ballet.
The ballet from 'The Battered Bride
with some OF the most prominent young
society matrons of New York acting as
ballerinas, was the chief feature Of a
garden fete given here today for the bene-
fit of Hope farm" a protectory for
Protestant children situated at Verbank,
N. Y. The vacant plot of ground fronting
upon Madison avenue from Seventeen TO
seventy-first streets had been transformed
for the occasion into a Roman garden with
persolas, fountains and winding paths
hedged with bay trees.
Chief among those who participated In
the ballet were Mrs. Austin Grey, Mrs.
Arthur S. Burden, Mrs. ]. 3. Eustis, Mrs.
Arthur Iselin, Mrs. ]. Gordon Douglas,
Mrs. Lydig Hoyt and Mrs. Thomas Clarke,
sr.
Aside from the costume dances, visitors
were entertained at various fortune %tellers,
tiny millinery and flower booths in charge
of we'll known society women.
The fete will be continued tomorrow and
Thursday
No announcement was made of the
amount realized on the first night of the
fete, but the hope of collecting S15O,0O dur
ing the three days has been expressed.
Naval Y. NJ. c. \. Opened.
The addition to the naval branch Young
Mems Christian association building neal
the Brooklyn navy yards, Mrs. Russell
Sage's $500, 900 gift 10 the men of the navy
was opened today with appropriate cere.
monies. Mrs. Sage was unable to be pres
ent, but she was represented by a brother
and nephew. The guest OF honor at the
ceremonies was Miss Helen Gould donoi
OF the original building, which was opened
seven years ago, Others present wer'
Loyal Farragut, son of Admiral Farragut
Rear Admiral w. S. Cowles and Rear Ad
miral Seaton Schrider. Letters from Presi
dent Taft, Secretary Of the Navy Myel
and Admiral Dewey were read.
The new gymnasium, one of the fines
in the United States. was formally opened
in the evening with a vaudeville show
! and gymnastic exhibition, which more thar
J 1000 naval employees and jaekies attended
Mrs. AnnIs in Vaudeville.
The stage Of the sensational murder tria
n which has come TO be familiar-the vaude
. VILE stage. was reached In the Hains-Anni
tragedy today when the announcement
was made that Mrs. William F. Annis, wifi
= OF the man for whose death Peter c. Hahn
began serving a Sing Sing sentence thi
n morning. had signed a contract with tn
. United Booking offices 20 play plano &C
compartments in a sketch.
n Mrs. Annis is quoted as saying that sine
= she has been thrown on her own resource
Il was necessary for her to adopt som
means OF a livelihood.