Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-29
SOCIETY ATTENDS
NURSERY BENEFIT
"The Romancers" Presented by
Frank Lea Short Players.
Many Box Parties.

A fine performance of Edmond
Rostand's three-act poetic comedy,
THE Romancers," was given at the
Shubert Theatre last night, the &C.
casion being a benefit performance
under the auspices of the Eighth Ave-
nue. Day Nursery and Baby Shelter.
The players were the members of
the Frank Lea Short Company of
professional performers, and they
scored q big success in the pretty lit
tie comedy from the pen of the author
of "Cyrano de Bergerac," "Chante-
cler" and "L'Aiglon."
Society turned out in large numbers
for the benefit performance, the or
chestra and balcony, as WELL as the
boxes, being well filled, and the fire.
quent applause given the players was
proof that the performance was we'll
enjoyed.
Miss Kathryn Vincent, a beautiful
young girl with a remarkably sweet
and flexible voice, carried off the
principal honors of the evening, her
work at all times being that of the
finished artistic. She rendered Ros-
lands poetic lines In a mas
terly manner. The same is true of
Mr.. Short, who played the role of
blust ring buccaneer, who, instead of
being a real bandit, labored only to
bring loving hearts together
j. p. MacSweeney and Wallace
owen, as the fathers of the two low
ers, who pretended to be enemies,
were capable, as was w L. Granville,
as Percinet, the lovesick swain and
sutton of Sylvette. Miss Eva Quintard
was good in the small role of maid.
The comedy is in three acts, a pretty
woodland scene being used as set
TINS hi erer in ub
good voices were noticeable opened
each of the three acts
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry +. Starr en-
tertained a box party, consisting OF
Mrs. A. M. Stanton, Mrs. Peter
Young, Of this city, and Mrs. j. A.
Rine and Mrs. Harry Havell, of Cald-
well. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas l. Nor
ton had as their guests Mrs. Ba ri
son G.. Thompson, of Glen Ridge, Mrs.
Walter A. Merton, Miss Pauline
Schaeffer and Walter Morton, of this
city. Mr.. and Mrs. John e. Sand
meyer entertained Mr.. and Mrs. John
meyer and Mr.. and Mrs. BENJAMIN
Chaplin, of this city. and Miss Marie
Whitney, of Maplewood.
At the supper which Mr.. and Mrs.
Sandmeyer gave after the theatre at
the Washington covers were laid for
the theatre party guests and Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Illingworth, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. Penn Eagles, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry p. Jackley, Mr. and Mrs.
Glen K. Carver, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
c. Mather and Mrs. w. H. Combs.
Seats in the box and covers at the
supper had been reserved by the host
and hostess for the late Mrs. James
c.. Corlies and DR.. Corlies.
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guests Mr.. and Mrs. Henry g. Athl
and Miss Marco Plum. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest J. Fielder entertained Mrs
Henry Scott, Mrs. Wellesley Taylor
and Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Campbell
Young, of this city, and Fernando
Henrico and Frank French, of New
York city.
The officers of the nursery are: Mrs.
Henry Il. Starr, president; Mrs.
Orosco c. Woolson, first vice-presl-
dent; Mrs. Thomas l.. Morton, second
president; Mrs. Edward g. Worl.
recording secretary; Mrs. Edward A.
Whitehouse, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. Il. Augustus Rine, treasurer; Mr..
Stephen I'll. Plum, jr, auditor; Mrs.
James M. Seymour, chairman eXecu-
tive committee
The patronesses: Mrs. Robert Adams.
Mrs. Henry G. Atha, Mrs. Albert Fl.
Atha, Mrs. James b. Bailey, Mrs.
Zachariah Belcher, Mrs. Herbert
Boggs, Mrs. Clara A. c. Bradin, DR..
Mary Broadnax, Mrs. Blake Caring
ton, Mrs. TORY Darlington, Mrs. j.
Smiley Cory, Mrs. James Cor'ies, Mrs.
David Crabb, Mrs. Frederick P.
Crane, Mrs. Harry G. Currier, Mrs.
Joel Dickinson, Mrs. Moses De Witt,
Mrs. Martha NJ. Eagles, DR.. Sarah
NJ Edwards, Mrs. Jay Ten Eyck,
Mrs. James Floekhardt, Mrs VIII
liam A. Halsey, Mrs. Daniel t.
Hand, Mrs. Ainsworth j, Hague,
Mrs. H. c. II. Herold, Mrs.
Florence milford Hunt, Mrs.
Everard B. Hopwood, Mrs. Rob
ert Illingworth, Mrs. S, Howell,
Jones', Mrs. Richard Jenkinson,
Lowrie, Mrs. John NJ. Leicht, Mrs.
David. Merritt, Mrs. Clement Morris,
Mrs. Fl. w. Nolte, Mrs. w. w. OPP
penheim, Mrs. It. L. Peckham, Mrs.
Frank w. Pinneo, Mrs. Stephen II.
Plum. Mrs. Stephen II. Plum, jr.,
Mrs. F. Edsall Riley, Miss Charlotte
Robinson, Mrs. James Roberts, Mrs.
Wallace M Scudder, Mrs. Coles A.
Seeley, Mrs. Albert Schurr, Mrs. Way
land e. Stearns, Mrs. William Sill
,bereysen, Mrs. Beatrice M. Stern,
Mrs. James nj. seymour, IT., MRS.
Ambrose Tompkins, Mrs. Frederick
Townley, Mrs. Frank Urquhart, Mrs.
Frederic Van Kueren, DIR, Florence
Voorhees,, Mrs. Robert Walsh, Mrs.
James 7. Wrightson, Mrs. Benjamin
Whitehead and Mrs. Gustav Wiede-
MAYER.
The members of the board OF man
ayers are Mrs. Edwin Ball. Mrs. Paul
Buchanan, Mrs. William l.. Clarke,
Mrs. Howard Crane, Mrs. Edward
Ferreira, Miss Florence Hague. Mrs.
Francis e. Heath, Mrs. Harry Havell,
Mrs Everard b. Hopwood, Mrs Eliz-
abeth HiscoX, Mrs. Elwood S. Leary,
Mrs. Edwin NJ Moore, Mrs. Thomas
l.. Morton, Mrs. James Mawha, Mrs
Clarence Newman, Mrs. n II. Peck,
Miss NJ J. Plum, Mrs. stephen II.
Plum. jr., Mrs. Emil A. Reuss, Mrs.
e. Augustus Rine. Mrs. James M.
Seymour. Mrs, Edward e. Sprague,
Mrs. A. NJ. Stanton, Mrs. Starr, Mrs.
w. A. Shaw, Mrs. John e. Sand
never. Mrs. Henry ]. THEM, Mrs. c.
Herbert Taylor, Mrs. H. G. Thomp-
son. Mrs. George w. Tomkins. Mrs.
Woolson. Mrs Edward A. White
house, Mrs, Edward E. Worl and Mrs.
Peter Young.
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