Evening star., 1914-04-18
CHILD ACTORS PLEASE
AUDIENCE Of CHILDREN
"Racketty Packetty House Present
ed Creditably at Belasco
Theater.
Master Kingdom Brown, Eight-Year-
Old Star of Play, Shows Prom
ising Talent.

And The Lady Patricia We're dc Ne-e.
formerly OF toyshop. Paris, but more
recently OF Tidyshire Castle Doll
house. in the nursery of Cynthia. wa+
finally welded TO the erstwhile vaga-
bond Of doll land. the gay-hearted
Peter Piper of Racketty Packettv
House And the happy pair went to
live in Racketty Packetty House, given
by the unappreciative Cynthia to thc
real princess, who proved a good land
lord and kind sovereign lady. reno
waiting the house and renovating the
wardrobes of all who dwclt therein
And the happy and righteous ending
OF Mrs Frances Hodsson Burnetts pla~
for little folks. "Racketty Packetty
House, pleased an audience of many
children gathered in Belasco Theater
this morning. The occasion was the
hrst performance of the play I'm Wash
! lhston for the benefit of the House of
| Play. 4as NJ street southwest.
Star Only Eight Years Old.
| The child actors knew their lines and
their stage business. Master Kingdom
bfo"n. who had the role of the doll
| Feter Piper. brought grace. vivacity and
great measure of promising talent 10
| MS part, In which he was letter perfect
ohiy eight years old. his was a PERFORM
ance that left nothing to be criticised
! Ills sisters. Marjorie Brown. as Cynthia.
| me child who did not appreciate the doll
| mouse ana dolls inherited from her grand
mother. and Dorothy Brown. as the fairy
| queen Crosspatch. who lost her temper
when she found that fairies had gone out
| OF fasnion. also had important roles to
play Both made it evident that his
trlonic talent runs in the Brown family.
Inc audience was almost entirely com
posed of children. In squads of FIVE and
ten they came. attended by school teach
ers. women interested in children and
few mothers. There were only one or
two men to look on. The applause was
generous and deserved
| Little Kingdom Brown responding TO
curtain call just like any of his famous
elders on the stage. said:
| We thank you all for your kind ap-
plause of our little play. We enjoy to
play 1t as much as you enjoy to see it
The Cast of Characters.
The cast included:
Old Nurse, Miss Rebecca Fordham
Chany; Queen Crosspatch, Dorothy
Brown; Green workers. Katherine Eos
ter, D. Charles Morganthal, Helen Har-
ter, Doris Vorkoeper, Clyde Sargent.
Margaret Stewart, Edith Woodruff.
Charles Foster and Ruth Mickey
| Cynthia, Marjorie Brown: new nurse
Ruth Hall; John, George Edwards.
James, Herbert E. Bradburn: Peter
Piper, DR.. Gustibus, Meg, Peg. Kilmans-
| keg, Ridikhs, of Racketty- Packetty
| House. Master Kingdom Brown. Hiram
johnson, Edith Atkinson. Martha Liv-
ingston, Ethel Sorrell and lone Darcy:
Lady Patricia We're de We're Frances
Fuller: footman, footman. Duchess of
Tidyshire, Lord Rupert. Lord Francis
Lord Hubert. Lady Muriel, Lady Doris.
Lady Gwendolyn. Lady Gladys Lord
Cyril. ell of Tidyshire Castle. Phillipa
Mickey, Romona Rabak. Doris Eaton.
George Monk. Denny Goodwin William
Jones, Sarah Meyers. Mary Hemminc
| Mary Josephine Hornaday. Florence
Anne Chambers, Vivian Woodruff: Queen
| Crospatch. Little Green Workers the
princess, Miss Adeline Kent. Ladies in
Waiting. Miss Marcia Murdock. Miss
Margarete Fechteler. Miss Ruth Anderson
! Patrons and Patronesses.
/ The patrons and patronesses for Rack
etly-Packetty House" are: Mrs Henry F
Dfmock, Mrs. Larz Anderson Mrs Rlsil
Brown, Mrs. Thomas F Walsh. Mrs.
Wallace Radcliffe. Mrs. Eugene D. Hale.
Mrs. B. r. Mason, Mrs John jay White.
Mrs Josephine II. Fiske, Mrs. George
| Herbert judo. Mrs. John j. Duff Mrs
George A. King. Mrs J. Philip Herr
mann. Mrs. Thomas Truman Gatf. Mrs
Joseph e Thropp, Miss Eliza beth BAN
croft Bliss. Mrs. Henry Salno Graves
Miss Barbara Kauffmann, Miss Bessie J.
| kibbey, Mrs. George Sutherland, Miss
| Helen Snow Jones, Mrs. Ralph F. Bar
nard, Mrs. T. c. Owens, Mrs George Odeil
Mrs. Duncan McKim, Mrs. George Hewitt;
| Myers Miss Zeta Youmans. Miss Eliza
| beth ]. Sonlers. Miss Leila Mechlin Mrs
| Charles Henry Butler, Mr.. ]. Herbeyl
Corning. Mrs. Henry T. Rainey. Miss
| Mary +. Mellon, Mrs. Thomas Hardupp
| Stevens, Mrs Henry c. Blunt, Dr. George
| w. Kober. Miss Harriet l. Porter. Mrs.
| John B. Larner, Miss Sheldon Jackson.
| Mrs. Andrew J. Peters, Mrs. Walter
| Tuckerman. Mrs. Arthur Henning. Mrs.
| John Monk. Mrs. l. L. Nichols. Mrs.
Hennin Jennings. Miss Ethel MacMurray
and Mrs. Philip Henry.