Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-23
CHILDREN PLAY FAIRY STORY
Jack THE GIANT KILLER"
GIVEN FOR CHARITY.
Talented Little Folks Impersonate
Characters and Dance With
Splendid Excellence.

Fairyland in all of it's tinseled, twink
ling glory with Jack the Giant killer as
the central figure of action, was presented
before a representative Washington So
ciety audience Yesterday afternoon, in
the BelasCo Theater.
The fairy play, by Harry Wheaton How
ara, was played by the dancing pupils
of Miss Minnie Hawke for the benefit OF
the Children's Country Home. Judging by
the size of the audience and its enthu-
siasm, it was artistically and financially
d success.
The play in three acts describes the adj
ventures of Jack impersonated by MISS
Minnie Saxon. who. through his clever
ness, and by winning the love of severa
good fairies, was able to rid the country
of q troublesome giant, in the person vi
Thomas Murray. Clever speciality dances
We're interSperSed
The children who participated in the
play and who gave the individual dances
displayed excellent talent. Their WORK
ranked with that of many professional.
The sympathetic audience was most llb-
eral in approval.
An old favOrite among the younger
dancers of Washington. in the person
of Miss Elizabeth Forney. won new lau-
refs yesterday in her eccentric toe dance.
in for large share of praise. This was
especially true of little Miss Margaret
Tucker. a tot of only ten summers, who
did toe dance with splendid grace. She
was the premiere danseuse in the ballet
of flowers and fairies. Inogene Tay
lor. also a little dancer of note. con-
tributed popular number in her imita-
ton of Miss Bessie Mccoy, singing the
wanna Yama Man.
Another bit was the representations of
& IL ,,xr al
who appeared first as the Gibson bathing
girl in miniature black silk bathing
suit. and then as the Nell Brinkley girl
in an enveloping gown and train of white
satin almost as big as herself. Miss
Aileen Shea was repeatedly encored after
her song and dance, national medley.
Miss Olga Converse. daughter of Rear
Admiral Converse. was one of the few
older persons in the performance. She
gave her usual clever dance for which
she has already won name in the So
ciety operas of the past two years. Miss
Mary Mccain. daughter of Capt Mccain.
scored a hit in her dance as La Sevillan-
ita.
Others who won the audience and who
deserve special mention were Mildred D.
Hart. as the Fairy Queen: little Edna
Brown, in an Irish jig Baby Camille
Little. Fascination; Pauline Sullivan
song and dance: jeanette Poole. the
Yachting Girl; Amelia and Louise Guide,
a Dutch song and dance; Minnie Saxon
and Eliza beth Forney. specially; George
Abrams and Hamilton Bell. Scotch dance
Eliza beth Rice and Miriam Williams in
a Cupid dance and Adele Robinson as
Mortal Queen.
The complete cast of the play was as
follows: Jack, Minnie Saxton; Mrs. Hub
bard Jacks mother, Pauline Sullivan;
Mortal Queen, Adele Robinson; Princess
Wee. her daughter. Marion Robinson: the
giant, Thomas Murray: his wife. Imogene
Taylor: herald. George Horning: fairy
queen, Mildred de Hart; elf, Harry Wells
Wood sprites-Hamilton Bell, George
Abrams, James Maloney. Henry Augustus
Willard I'd. Elves-Clifford Corbet
Robert Burklin. Steven Mcclellan, Harold
Draper. Pages-Hamilton Bell. George
Abrams Fairies. flowers. peasants, shep-
herdeSSes, follies.
Society was in evidence at the theater.
as is usual at most performances in
Washington given for charity. Among
those entertaining with box parties were
Mrs. George Won l.. Meyer, who had with
Meyer and Mr.. Won Stumm of the Ser
man embassy; Mr. Won Prittwitz of the
German embassy. Oden, HOrstmann, Mrs.
Stephen b. Elkins. who had with her Mrs,
Lloyd Huff and her two children: MRS.
Wainwright, Mrs Saville and Mrs. l. T.
Mann.
A number of young society women and
army and navy officers sold the programs.
Among them were Mrs. Murray Cobb.
Miss Finley. Miss Weeks. Miss Noble.
Miss Dorothy Gardner Williams, Miss
Denny. Miss Irwin. Miss Helen Downing,
Miss A. Fitch. Miss F. Moves, Miss Ste
vens, the Misses Murrey and the Misses
Chew, Lieut.. Henry Butler. Lieut.. Crank
Lieut.. Foote. Lieut.. Fremont, Lieut..
Read. Lieut. Osterhaus, Lieut. Proctor
Lieut.. Defrees. Lieut.. Cheney and Lieut.
Hola bird.
The list of patronesses included Mrs
NeWberry. Mrs. Meyer Mrs. Bacon Mrs
Dewey. Mrs Harlan. Mrs. Cabot Lodge
Mrs Elkins. Mrs. Weeks. Mrs. Huff. Mrs
Dalzell, Mrs. Hay. Mrs. Draper, Mrs
George L. Andrews, Mrs. WotherspOon
Mrs. Wainwright. Mrs. Glover Mrs
Samuel Spencer. Mrs. c. ]. Bell, Mrs
c. H. Butler, Mrs. Hunt Slater. Mrs. Nc
Fee. Mrs. j. William Henry. Mrs. Arthur
Addison Miss Kbbey. Mrs. Hennen Jen
nings. Mrs. John r. Mclean, Mrs
Arthur Lee Mrs. Montgomery Blair Mrs
H. E. Beale. Mrs. Eustis. Mrs Luquer
Mrs. John A. Johnston, Mrs. Mann, Mrs
Richard Harlow, Mrs. Robert Hinckley
Mrs. Edward Mitchell and Mrs. George
Pullman