The Washington times., 1913-05-04
SOCIETY.

The patronesses for the concert to be
Wednesday by the sightIess people of
Washington for the benefit Of the Co
lumbia POLYTECHNIC Institute for the
Blind, the proceeds to be applied to the
employment of sightless adults, are
Madame Bakhmeteff, Mrs Charles J.
Bell, Mrs. Henry ". Brown, Mrs. W.
j. Bryan, Mrs Thomas NJ. Chatard,
Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, Mrs. Stephen B.
Elkins. Mrs. Preston Gibson, Mrs. John
Hays Hammond, Mrs. Robert H.nckley,
Mrs. Hennen Jennings. Miss Bessie ].
Kfbbey, Mrs. Alexander B. Legare.
Madame Loudon, Mrs. Marshall,
MrA. James Mcmillan, Mrs. Thomas
Nelson Page, Mrs. Henry c. Perkins,
Miss Riggs. Mrs. Samuel Spencer. Mrs.
Richard Townsend. Mrs. Walter Tuck
erman. Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, Mrs.
White. and Mrs. Huntington Wilson. I
Among the patronesses for the moral
ity play, Woman" by Mrs. Christian
Hemmick, which will be given at the
New National Theater on May 90 are
Mr4 Pinchot. Mrs. Robert NJ. La Fol-
lette. Mrs. A. H. Burleson. Mrs Charles
Boughton Wood. Mrs william Barret
Rideely, and Mrs. E. W. Robert.
Rehearsals now being held at Rau-
schers are arousing the interest of So
cisty.
The play opens with a dance Of the
'Whiriwinds. Then appear the nymphs
Of Joy with Freedom. In the midst of
their dance of happiness are heard
cries OF grief which scatter the nymphs
in fright. Freedom discovers the
Woman" bound. in the underbrush.
She eymbolixes woman's bound condi-
ton by laws and customs.
Then enter the characters Man, Sin,
Ignorance and Prejudice, who beg that
tho woman be kept in her state of
bondage. But Freedom demands that
she be released and knocks on the
door Of the temple of Justice and asks
that Justice come forth ana judge.
After hearing the woman's entreaty for
liberty and the Mans reasons WIN she
should be held in bondage, and after
viewing pageant of the women Of
achievement Of history. Justice orders
that the Woman be freed.
The play ends with a dance of the
Maidens of Peace
Fifty young women are being trained
Tor the dances of Joy and Peace This
part of the play will be wonderfully
spectacular, as it will represent the
women of history-oueens. women noted
Tor bravery. and women who have won
iaurels by their wit, cleverness, and art.
These women, forty or fifty in number.
VIII be arrayed in all tie spIendor of
their respective periods, and never be-
fore has Washington seen a spectacle
a. gorgeous as this will be- MANY of
the costumes will be made in New York.
This play will be preceded by a little
farce, Some Years Hence" also by
Mrs. Hemmfck
The cast will include Miss Lee, Miss
Elizabeth Howry. Mime. De- Yo AL
phonse Washington Pezet. of the Pc
ruvian legation. and Mr.. Pollock. Miss
Marjorie Sewell, Admiral Evans rrand.
daukhter. will play the part of the
cniid. Prominent society women are
already taking boxes for the plav-
II
Mr. and Mrs. Augustus c. Downing
announce the engagement of their
oaughter. Miss Helen Huntington
Downing, to Lieut. Com. Hugo Wilson
Osterhaus. L. 3 "
The engagement of Miss Downing and
Lieutenant Osterhaus is particularly
interesting. as both Miss Downing and
r Csterhaus are exceedingly popular
~ washington. Miss Downing is con-
ceded to be one of the nrettiest girls of |
the younger set Lieutenant ostarhau.
IL son of Rear Admiral Hugo oster-
hans. l. s. N. and Mrs. Osterhaus. |
He was naval aide at the White House
during the Roosevelt and Tai. Admin |
istrations
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Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Fitch Shepa nd |
have as their guest Mrs. James L. Tay-
lor. Of New York
Miss Edwina EIkins Bruner, of Phila-
deiphia. who is in town for the horse
show. fs the guest of her grandmother.
Mrs. Stephen 3. Elkins
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