Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03
GAY DANCES GALORE
Some of the Attractions of the
Coming kirmess.
NEED ONLY LAST TOUCHES
Dress Rehearsals Will Be Given To-
morrow Night and Tuesday
Night.
NEED ONLY LAST TOUCHES

Everything is in readiness for the final
touches for the society kirmess, which
for three nights. beginning next Thurs
day. will be conducted in the New Will
lard ballroom for the benefit of the
National Junior Republic With two big
dress rehearsals tomorrow night and
Tuesday the society show of the year
will have reached the point where all
that will be necessary will be for J. Low
Hartman. king of the carnival. to make
his opening announcement while the l3J
young society men and women liz the
show wait to crown him with the paper
gold diadem provided for the occasion.
While 1:D society men and women dance
in the show, 300 others will work for the
krmess off the stage. The members of
the Junior League, 100 in number, will
all be on hand to manage the myriad de-
tails of this big entertainment, and 2GO
of the prettiest. girls in Washington will
be in the candy booths. cigarette booths,
lemonade stations and other booths.
THAT Fantastic Rag"
The big star cast gained two, addi-
lions last week. They are Myron NJ.
Parker. jr.. and Miss Ruth Parker, who
will present a dancing oddity known as
THAT Fantastic Rag" Four star So
ciety actors, whose names are yet un-
announced. will appear as added attrac-
TONS in a speciality in the gondolier
group
The speciality work in the Hungarian
group includes foreign novelty,
"Glinka Mazurka,' in which Miss Cath
crime McClintock and Robert Bell will
appear. There is a quartet dance or dis
tinct foreign character in the Hungarian
group also, composed of Miss Cora Bar
ry, Miss Virginia Harrison. Mr.. stewart
Gilmore and Mr.. Lowndes Lavender Mrs
Alexander Britton is the chaperon FOR
this dance.
The. Gondoliers. group which typifies
all the happiness of Italian song and
music. has ..Viennese Nalse.' in which
Miss, Ruth Anderson and Lieut.. carr
Bradford. L. S. A., appear. and also an
Italian quartet. danced by Miss Jane
Sands, Miss Elizabeth Decide. Paymaster
r. w. Schumann and Robert Elmore.
Miss Edith Spofford and Philip Scantiins
will sing the duet in the Gondoliers
George o'Connor Will Sing.
George O'Connor has been cast as the
soloist in the Irish number. He Will
sing two songs. one of them being Mol
~ Shannon, made famous by Anna
Held. Miss Ruth Pillins, one of the
stars of the kermess, and George Lewis
dance the Irish specially.
Two young society women who have
previously made study of Russian music
and dancing will appear in the group
which represents thepeasants of the cars
empire They are Miss Helen and Miss
Virginia Griffith. Miss Helen Griffith will
in PI,SSiap courf dance Miss
Virginia Griffith will appear in the Rus
sian national dance with A. S. Quintarde
and Miss Grace Helen Zane. The Polka
Violette' in the Russian group Will be
danced by Miss Nell Fletcher, Miss Hop
per, Ogle Singleton and Basset Blackly.
The London Gaiety."
The London Gaiety.' for which the
liveliest music possible has been chosen,
is danced by a distinguished group of
society men and women, with Mrs. Jo-
seIh Garrard for chaperon. The barn
dance, which is one of the features of
the London group, will be shown by Miss
Edna NJ. Hirshinger. Mrs. Victor Sidney
Foster. Ballard Moore and Capt. Warren
Dean, 18th l.. S Cavalry. Something
startling will be seen in the novelty
known as the Red Widow" performed
s. Patton The "Aeroplane,' the latest
in fancy dancing, has for its opponents
Miss Marguerite Caperton and A. D.
Surle.
No smarter stage production by anna
tours has been attempted in this city, in
the opinion of those who have seen 1t,
than the polo dance. The Whip-poor-
will trio in this feature is especially
fantastic. and is danced b! three we'll
known Washington women. Mrs. Robert
Henderson, Mrs. Dudley Carpenter and
Miss Woodward. The riding lesson
will be danced by +. P. Turner. A SOLO
feature for this dance will be announced
later.
rom the interesting young men and
women who comprise the Indian dancers
Miss Stewart has selected Miss Mar
garetta Brooke and Myron NJ. Parker,
Ir. for the novel 'wiswam dance
song Sunrise Call makes this number
t. picaily Indian. and the soioist will be
one of the surprises OF the kirmess.
Miss Virginia Harrison, who has
studied ballet dancing in Paris, under NJ.
Raymond director of the ballet at the
Opera House. will be seen in lola"
special number in the Tarentella dance.
La Tarentella' will ne danced by Miss
Mary and Miss Annie Irwin. William
Strong and Mr.. Harrington.
In the Quaker dance, in which it is
shown by dozen spTightly young men
and women that a gray cloak can cover
Wheaton and Alexander &. Gait dance
the William Penn GavGtte.