The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-17

Among the box parties for the Princeton
Club show tomorrow afternoon
will be one for the senior class of the
Cloverside School. After the afternoon
performance the class will be the guests
of the New York Chapter d. A. R.. at
reception at the New Willard Hotel.
given in honor of Mrs. William Cummins
Story, candidate for president general
Invitations are out for a dance that
will be given by Mrs. Henry King at the
Mercantile Club tonight in honor of her
house guest, Miss Gertrude King, Of New
York.
The engagement is announced by Mr..
Robert Edmond Bradley of his daughter,
Madeline Oldfield Bradley, to Mr.. Richard
Dunnica Micou.
Mrs. Clarence Eugene Doyle has as her
guest during the Easter holidays her
sister. Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth Casey,
who, as Miss GILES before her marriage,
was popular belle in army and navy
circles here.
Mrs. Horace Lurton. jr., is entertaining
her sister. Miss Sallie Richardson. of
Nashville, for the Easter holidays at the
home of Justice Lurton. in / street.
Miss Jane Austin, daughter of Repre-
sentative Austin, will have as her guest
for Easter week at the Burlington Miss
Anne Hazen, of Knoxville, Tenn.
Mrs. Thomas II. Sherley. mother of Rep
resentative Swager SherIey. who has been
entertaining her niece, Miss Bessie Potts,
at the New Willard, will have as her guest
next week Miss Belle Norris. of Louis
vile, Ky. Later Mrs. Sherley and Miss
Norris will go to New York and Phila-
delphia for brief visits. Miss Potts has
returned to her home in Philadelphia.
Miss Jane Austin. daughter Of Repre-
sentative Austin. of Tennessee. is plan
ming to sail in May 'or Glasgow and
other parts OF Scotland. where she will
be the guest of friends, spending the
summer in the Highlands.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Wilson Of Lex
irgton. Ky, are here for the week. the
guests of friends. Mrs Wilson, who is
the granddaughter of Kentucky's first
governor. Isaac Shelby. comes to present
10 the Continental Hall a. bust Of her
illustrious grandfather.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Blount, OF
Georgetown, left last week for Dallas,
Tex. where they will be guests of rela-
tives.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Vandergrift. who
are at Virginia Hot Springs for the
spring season, were hosts at a pretty
luncheon for a merry party of young
people at the Daniel Boone Cabin. most
o. whom climbed the mountain trail and
remained until after nightfall for tea
Some of those in the party were Miss
Grace Ellis, Mrs. Arthur Middleton, Miss
Blandina Griffith, Miss Alice Vandergrift,
Mr.. Walter C. Jones. Mr.. Edward w
Cady, and Mr.. Newton Perry.
Miss Katherine Jennings, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Hennen Jennings, has re-
turned to Washington after a visit to
Lady Evelyn Grey. daughter of the gov
ernor general of Canada and Countess
Grey, at Government House, Ottawa.
Mrs. Abram Simon will leave Wash
ington to-day for Salt Lake City. where
she will be the guest of her sister and
brother While in Salt Lake she will
attend the wedding of her sister. Miss
Lottie ObeRdorfer, and Mr.. Arthur Cohn.
on April 300
Lieut.. Samuel J. Logan. U. s. A, re-
tired, has taken as his bride Miss Jessie
Maud Stockland. of Rochester, n. Y,
who nursed him in his recent illness
Lieut.. Logan, who is fifty-fve years old,
was taken Ill while in Syracuse. Miss
Stockland was sent to nurse him, and
her attention to Lieut.. Logan led to
courtship and finally the marriage of the
pair in Buffalo last Monday. Lieut. Lo-
gan arrived in Washington Saturday with
his bride, and is staying at the home of
his brother, Rear Admiral l.. c. Logan,
202S Hillyer street northwest.
Simply Cynthia" the musical comedy
be presented at the Columbia Theater
tomorrow afternoon by the Triangle
Club. Of Princeton University. requires
more than seventy men, all of whom are
undergraduates of the university. 1t is
distinguished among college dramatic
clubs by the fact that everything con-
nected with the production of the play
is performed by undergraduates. The
play must be written by an undergrad
uate, as must also the music and lyrics
The club has Its own orchestra. 1t de-
signs its own scenery and costumes and
manages everything connected with the
lighting and change of scenery required
in a performance. The Triangle Club
gives its shows in many of the leading
cities of the East and West, and for the
past six years has always shown before
packed houses. The Triangle Club this
year has staged one OF the most brilliant
musical comedies in Simply Cynthia
that II has ever produced. This is the
twenty-ninth season for the club, and it
promises TO be a very successful one.
The club has always been distinguished
for the brilliancy of its plays. and this
year Is no exception. The scenery was
designed by H. NJ. Harry, II, and 1t rep
resents a New Orleans hotel in gala at
tire for Mardi Gras week. The light
effect in the second act is fascinating. It
is dreamy and yet dazzling. The shadow
pictures of the jewellers in the evening
Is a feature of the play. The dreamy
light effect. the colored quartet with its
quaint old melodies, the waltz music of
the orchestra coupled with the graceful
gliding and whirling of jewellers, and the
songs Of the chorus in four-part music
carries everything before il. The acting
is of a high order and would do credit to
professionals.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L Clark will leave
for New York tomorrow for a few days
visit.