New-York tribune., 1912-03-23
IN ''M|KADO"
Mentioned in Song as 'Preslden-
tiaI Nuisance Rather Rife"
OPERA GIVEN FOR CHARITY
All Parts Taken by Alumn@. of
Miss Spence's School in Per-
formance at Plaza Hotel.

Politics has even invaded Miss Spence's
| School. the alumnn Of which old-establ!shed
New Yor,; educational institution gave yes
terday afternoon and evening at the Plaza
I their first and second annual dramatic per-
formances IN behalf of that most deserving
/ of charities. the Fresh Air School for Tu-
bercular Crippled Children. In the course
Of most successful presentation Of Gilbert
and Sulivan's "Alikado" the following lines,
certainly never written hy the librett!st, SIR
William :. Gilbert. were boldly introduced
by Ko-Ko Mrs. B. TapEen F'airchldD in the
song They Never viii BE Missed
The Roosc,ctisa nuisance which now is rather
Trc Judicial recalls;
I've get hin on tnc list.
~ comic men. ex-Prcsidelts and clowns OF rri-
They never would lie mifsed. the. noye. would
be Inl.sed.
And Apologies statesmen of compromising
such as woodrov Wilson and Ia Toilette and
lHcvise dear DID Bryan
The task of filing Up the tanks
really could not foil.
Bot YOU know I; does not matter whom you rut
They never would Je missed. they never would
be missed.
As a general rule tho indulgence Of the
audience is heavily taxed ny amateur Thcs-
plans In entertainments sivcn in behalf or
charity. Yesterday afternoon and last
night no such Indulgence was needed or
asked fer Even from professional point
OF lew the production Of the orcretta was
excellent, Miss Carol \. Hartman coming in
far al especially large share OF applause
from the crowded and extremely represen-
tative audiences.
The title role was PLAYED by Miss Cath
aiinc = Burton: NanI;!-poo Chis SOM. By
Mrs Hinman s. Bird ko-ko, by Mrs. 4.
Tappen Fairchild; Pooh-Bah, BY Miss Mar
jor.e Loaycraft: Psh-Tuah. Dy Miss Carol
\. Hartman. The Three Little Girls from
Sclool," NumN yum. Pitti-sing and Peep-Bo
b. Miss jeanette McAlpn. who despite
her recent illness was able TO take her
part yesterday: Miss vorlctti Proctor and
Miss Nathalie Jerrold Kelley, and Katisha,
by Miss Grace +. Henry.
In IN. chorus were Miss Charity Rose
Alkcr. Misc Alma Frances Adams, Miss
Caro- Q. Brown. Miss Carama! Carroll. Miss
H. Dorothy Cramp Miss Mary Ann Deuel.
Miss D!antha Fitch. Miss Dorothy Flagg
Miss Jeannette Flagg. Miss Priscilla Flagg
Miss Antoinette Irving, Miss Louisa John
son. Miss Marguerite Kennedy, Mss Grace
RuggIes Lane, Miss lIarriette McAlpin
Miss Lois Ralli Miss Mildred Rice. Miss
Helen Rich. Miss Revs Ritch. Miss Helen
Rickerts. Miss Frances G. l.. Robbins, Miss
Dorothy Taylor Miss May Terry and Miss
Madelon Wemple.
Acting as ushers we're Miss Doris Porter
Miss Ruth Moller. Miss Eleanor Prentice,
Miss Elizabeth Sabin, Miss julia Dick, Miss
Dorothy Shepherd. Miss Dorothea Oar
Iington, Miss Julia Dick. Miss Mildred
Dodge, Miss Lillian End!cott. Miss Emma
L. Romeyn and Miss Marjorie Cleveland
The entertainment committee for 1872 Is
Miss Margery II. Clinton, chairman; Miss
Margaret Schleffelin. vice-chairman Miss
Grace r. Henry, Miss Alice Damrosch, Miss
Carol A. Hartman. Miss Jeanne Kerr and
the president. Miss Lamont.
The officers OF the society are: President,
Miss Elizabeth L. Lamont: vice president.
Miss Margery II. Clinton; corresponding
secretary, Miss Gladys Jones; recording
secretary, Miss Isabel Foote: treasurer
Miss Catharine 8 Burton. directors, Miss
Amy Ellis and Miss Grace X. Henry. The
society maintains with the cooperation
Of Bellevue Hospital. an open-sir class for
tubercular crippled children. The class Is
held on the Bellevue Hospital ferryboat.
and the society transports the children 10
and from their homes. six days in the
week, employs a trained nurse to visit IN
their homes and secure the cooperation OF
their parents. provides a teacher and at
tendant on the boat, and. In the summer,
sends the children To the country.
The concluding performance. followed by
an informal dance, will take place tonight
at the Plsa "a