Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-13
CLOVER CLUB PRESENTS
mad OF MARCHFELD"
Clever Comedy in Which
Georgetown University Girls
Please Large Audience.

| The Glover Club of Georgetown Uni
versity yesterday afternoon presented
THE Maid of Marchfeld.'' musical COM
edy in three acts, singing, dancing and
acting in way which evidenced careful
| training and real ability. The students
were warmly applauded by large au-
dience. The production is to be repeated
at the Columbia Theater tonight.
The comedy started with a plot, which
was getting along very nicely in the third
act. but which suddenly died. That was
a part of the plot. Karl, strutting
, Austrian lieutenant. went to the village
of Marchfeld. and there fell in love with
Arlette, despite the fact that back in
Vienna he was engaged to Helen. While
her fiance was away Helen allowed
Prince Oscar to make love to her. Then
there was Hans. a countryman. in love
with Arlette. The two couples and Hans
came together in Vienna cafe. Before
there could be any developments, an
nouncement was made that the plot was
dead, in order that unrestrained JOY
might reign.
Chorus and Dazzling Gowns.
Like all real musical comedies. there
was chorus. and the gowns worn by
the chorus girls We're dazzling in the
extreme The music was light and tune
full, and all had a local color. The grand
finale was called THE T Street Stride
The book of the comedy was by E. Met.
Donnelly. IA. assisted by Marlyn j.
Brown. Is. and the lyrics were by Mr..
Donnel1y. T. Harry Healy, IA. and
Richard Barrett. IT, were the pianists.
Joseph Grimes, II; d. Loughran DAILY,
'16; Dolphin V. Rodriguez, Il: Gardner
L. Duffy. '16; Michael l.. Donahue, 10.
and Joseph d. Mccarthy, Is, took the
leading parts with credit and others in
the cast We're Edward l. Deylin, Jr;. IA;
S. Guy Megargee. II: Gerald S. Curry.
II: William Butler. '16; Edward Net.
Donnelly, IA: Cornelius McGrath. 10. and
b. V. Chisholm, IA. The following were
in the chorus: Messrs. McGrath, Page,
Grove, Rabaut. Amy Morris. Klauberg,
Cullinan. Phillips. Wright. D. Mccarthy,
Hickey, Lamorelle, Flanagan. Roach,
Mcclure. Curry, Megargee. Croxley, Car
ter, Ray. Carroll, Donahue and Roe.
List of Patronesses.
The patronesses We're Nine. Jusserand.
Lady Spring-Rice. Sonora Calvo. Sonora
Calderon, Sonora Riano, Mime. Pezet, Sc
nora Canongo. Mrs. White. Mrs. Nc
Cumber Mrs. Sutherland. Mrs. Williams,
Mrs. Myers, Mrs. Walsh, Mrs. Baker.
Mrs. Barber, Mrs. Brooks, Mrs. Eugene
Carr, Mrs. W. Kearny Carr Mrs Carter,
Mrs. Clabaugh, Mrs. Cochran, Mrs. Cot
ter. Mrs. Devereux, Mrs. Dixon, Mrs
Evans, Mrs. Gould, Mrs. Hamilton. Mrs.
Lennox Mrs. Mclean, Mrs. Maddox,
the Misses Merrick. Mrs. Murphy, the
Misses Riggs, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Taylor,
Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Vaughn Mrs.
Wright and Mrs. Wynne.
The boxes were taken by the faculty OF
Georgetown University. as guests of Rev.
Father Donlon, s. j., rector: Justice
Gould, Mrs Gould and their daughters.
DIR. and Mrs. George FULLY Vaughn. Count
and Countess San Estaban de Canongo OF
the Spanish embassy. Mrs. Thomas III.
Carter and Mrs. W. w. Dixon Mrs Car
ters guests were Senator and Mrs. Thom-
as j. Walsh of Montana. DIR. Lennox OF
the Catholic University and Mrs. Lennox,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles t. Thompson, Mr..
and Mrs John James Walsh and Miss
Sallie Williams, daughter of Senator and
Mrs John Sharp Williams. Others In the
large audience were Mrs. Daniel w. Ba-
ker and party, Mr.. and Mrs. George L.
Hamilton, with their sons, and the Misses
Hamilton, the Misses Riggs and large
of students from Trinity
College Georgetown Visitation Convent
and other fashionable schools of the city
and students from Georgetown University
and the Catholic University.