Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-14

SouSS, uduceS anu speaking parts.
The minister from the Netherlands and
Mime. Loudon will give a dance Tuesday
night next for Miss Helen Taft
Assistant Secretary and Mrs. Beekman
Winthrop will spend the week end in
New York with Mrs. John D. Wood,
mother of the latter.
Prof. Hobhouse of England is a guest
Of the British ambassador and Mrs James
Bryce at the British embassy.
Col. and Mrs. Henry May and family
will spend the summer in Europe. The
former has sent signed statement to
New York paper which explicitly states
that neither the ambassador to France
Robert Low Bacon or Miss Cecilia
May. Miss Cecilia May severed her en-
sagement because Mr.. Bacon refused to
make the required promises relating to
mixed marriages in the Catholic Church.
Mr.. John w. Garrett, recently appoint ed
United States minister to Venezuela, has
arrived at Caracas. He will return to
Baltimore for short visit in June to
meet his wife, who was Miss Warder of
this city. who is now in Rome, but who
is returning shortly to this country.
Miss Emily Winthrop, daughter of Gren-
vile L. Winthrop; Miss Charlotte Cram,
Miss Elizabeth Turnure, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. George Turnure, and Miss Kitty
Lawrence, niece of Charles Lanier. form
a quartet of debutantes whose coming out
festivities will be events of the coming
season at LenoX.
The Japanese ambassador and Baroness
Uchida are expected in New York next
Tuesday to spend a few days at the Ritz
Carlton.
1892" the operate extravaganza which
is to be presented at the New National
Theater on the afternoon Of Friday,
April 81, by the Paint and Powder Club
of Baltimore. for the benefit of the Christ
Child Society of this city, is the same
musical comedy that brought Richard
Harlowe fame and fortune. 1t was first
given the year of the great Chicago
worlds fair-1s93-and caused an enor-
nous sensation wherever given. with Mr..
Harlowe as Queen Isabella of CASTLE.
Mr.. Charles Andrew McCann is to as
sumo the part in the Paint and Powder
Clubs presentation of the piece. and he
considers 1t the best role he has ever had
in tie many years he has been with the
club
The cast and chorus, which are COM
posed in 'their entirety of young men
prominent in the society Of Baltimore.
have been retearsing nightly for almost
two months. having brought the show
lEterpo.ated where the original ones
showed signs of wear. but all the eX-
cellcnt old material has been retained.
along With the new matter. The scenery
designed especially for this years pro-
ductiCn by tins club. The costuming is
The most beautiful in the entire history
Of the Pain. and Powder Club. as all the
order for the various individuals wearing
them. The Leading women and chorus
girls are all impersonated by members
of the club, which is composed entirely
of males. and the result is sometimes
amusing and at other times startlingly
true to life. The gowns are made from
the very latest models. and many eX-
tremely ultra-hobble and harem skirts
arc worn in the course of the three acts
and the four scenes
The first act shows the throne room of
the royal palace of Spain, with Columbus
pleading for money to go in search of a
new and quite undreamed-of world, and.
incidentally, in love with Joanna, the elder
dinand of Aragon. The first scene of the
second act shows the deck of the Santa
Maria en- route for the new world. Then
comes a most startling discovery-Co-
not the America of 1892. The second
scene of this act shows Baltimore's most
beautiful square. Mount Vernon Place,
with the wonderful shaft of the first mon-
rising into the flies of the stage. Here
Columbus. his rather faithful secretary
and two comic conSpiratOrs embark upon
sightseeing tour of the Monumental
city in their historically correct garments
of the period of Isabella. After wander
ing about, witnessing a modern Salome
dance, a bacchanale after Pavlowa and
Mordkin. and hearing some good, old
American rag-time, they set sail again
for Spain and the court of the hen-pecked
Ferdinand.
The last act shows the kitchen of the
palace, with Isabella and her two daugh-
tiers doing the family washing and IRON
Ing. The queens skirts are wrapped
about her waist. her crown Is hanging on
a nearby nail. and her scepter is used to
poke the washing back into the boiling
suds Horrible. grinding poverty has
settled like a cloud over the court of
Spain. THE Barcelona Furniture Com
pany. Ltd" sends for the royal furniture,
on which the installments have not been
paid. Then. in the nick of time, Column
bus arrives; he has been successful and
the sun Of fortune shines once more
throughout the land History is thrown
out OF the window. and all ends happily.
after three hours packed with music.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Akin of New
York will be here tomorrow to visit the
parents of the latter, Attorney General
and Mrs. Wickersham.
Mrs. Akin will remain most of next
week. Mrs. Wickersham is entertaining
at luncheon Tuesday next.
Mrs. Willard T. Block, 1923 Calumet
avenue. Chicago, will be here tomorrow
to be the guest OF her cousin. Mrs. Jo- |