The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-12-26
OAMEREL IS CHRISTMAS PARTY IN RICHMOND
The Famous merry Widow" Star Entertains His Com
pany with Festivities at the Westcott-lhe
Professional Entertainer.
An actors Christmas. celebrated in
This manner, possesses certain


this manner, possesses certain
pathos.
1t is an attempt to reproduce the
holiday atmosphere of home. For
home is the social institution that
looms large on the horizon at Christ
mas-time.
When you hear boy from the Choir
us getting to his feet to respond to
friendly toast and saying, in an en-
barrassed fashion, that he appreciated
/: the good will shown him more than
he could say and that he hadn't
thought of anything like this but had
expected to spend the day alone and
what a delightful surprise it was, 1t
makes lump come into your throat.
When you see lot of chorus girls,
who in the lure of the footlights. dane
ing and singing and smiling and CO.
quoting with the audience seem gilt
tering and unreal and relegate them to
the siren family-when you see them
; later, as charmed with their little
gifts as an ingenious school girl and
they modestly thank Mr.. Damerel and
everybody else and say what a lovely
party it is and how they never dream
ed of such a Christmas celebration for
them-you recognize the fact that a
chorus girl is, in the long run, just
like her sister the other side of the
footlights.
1t was a long table, all decorated
with ferns and scarlet poinsettas that
greeted the members of Mr.. Damerels
i company after their meeting in the
foyer. And, after the guests were
seated, and the lights turned low, it
was gorgeous Christmas-tree that
glittered into the range of vision,
placed in the smaller room beyond, all
covered with gifts, which were dis
tributed before the supper was serv.
ed, Mr.. w. w. Decker, the company's
press agent, acting the part of the I'M
costumed Santa Claus.
And it, when everybody was toast
ed in delectable drinka bles, the ora
tory was that of the family party, rath-
er than of the banquet table, that only
accentuated the success of ''Damerefs
Christmas party"
And everybody's health was drunk.
from Mr.. Damerel 10 Mr.. Tom De-
laney of the crew,"-who, by the
way, ran the star a close second in
post prandial speeding making.
From Mr.. Otto Klives, the manag-
err, to Mr.. Mort Singer, presumably
reveling festively in his eyrie in Chica-
go whence he directs the fortunes of
1.-The Heart Breakers"
From a visiting advance man." to
Mr. Murray, the local theatrical boss,
who avowed that in all his career he
had never seen a company all so
friendly and on such good terms.
Sure this was much from Mr.. Muir
ray"
as Miss Macdonald, proved herself a
capital raconteur, but Mr.. Hume, like
all true and gentlemanly comedians,
declined to postulate but contented
himself-but not the guests-with a
bow and kissing of the cup.
And If Mr.. Decker impaired, conf
dentially. under the genial stimulant
of the Christmas spirit, that he was
one of that grand army of press agents
hero charge up San Juan Hill-what
of that! Was it not merely surface
indication of what may be done at the
primaries?
And when he presented Mr.. and
Mrs. Damerel with great silver tray
for the serving Of tea, possibly
with the Damerel monogram engraved
on the ba 'ssround-did not Mr.. DAM
! erel make the speech of the evening?
No gayer merrier or more thorough
ly enjoyed Christmas party was given
in this city than that of Mr.. and Mrs.
Damerel for the members of THE
Heart Breakers"-and there wasn't
one bored person or one dull moment.
And the favors must not be forgot
ten-long, very long, silk stockings for
everyone, all filled with candy and
nuts and fruit.
And last, but not least, was Mr..
Bayfield,, of the Westcott, who was
toasted ito the limit" and who said it
was all Mr.. Lloyd the chef, and whose
| guests Mr.. and Mrs. Damerel were
while in Richmond-Mr. Bayfield, and
Mr.. Damerel being old friends and
who made some very apropos remarks
about the pleasure it gave everybody
to have the "Heartbreakers" visit
Richmond.
And then Mr.. Lloyd, the self-sacrific-
ing chef, who stayed up all night to
chaperone the supper and the side
board, was given the theatrical Chau-
tauQua salute