The Washington herald., 1914-04-19
CAPITAL bellies
in GREEK DRAMA
Thirty of Younger Congress
sional Set Will Take Part
in Pageant.
REHEARSALS TO START
Real Beginning to Be Made This Week
on Work of Preparation at Old
Builders Exchange.
REHEARSALS TO START

With the work Of rehearsing for the
Greek pageant-drama, The Fire Re
| gained" beginning in earnest this week,
more than thirty members of the younger
Congressional set have interested them
selves in the production. and most have
volunteered to take part in the choruses
or dances
| When Miss Gladys Hinckley, radiant in
white robes and silver helmet, appears as
Pallas Athene. there will be among the
Grecian maids. who do her honor, many
! of the capitals most widely known
young women.
Miss Agnes Hart Wilson and Miss Mary
Ellen Wilson, daughters of the Secretary
of Labor, are among those who will join
the rehearsals this week. Both are eX-
perienced in amateur theatricals and will
be given prominent roles. One OF the
leading singing parts will be taken by
Miss Flora Wilson, daughter Of the for
mer Secretary of Agriculture.
Many Are Interested.
The participation Of the members Of the
younger set is due largely to the efforts
of Miss Genevieve Clark. daughter OF
Speaker Champ Clark. Miss Eleanor NJ.
Connolly, sister Of the Representative
from Iowa, is secretary OF the Junior
Auxiliary of Neighborhood House. of
which Miss Clark is president. and has
worked hard with her. The Congress
sionaT' list of young women who will
take part beside those mentioned in
cludes:
Miss Jane Austin, Miss Clare Aber-
crombie, Miss Mary Baker, Miss Carrie
Lee Chamberlain. Miss Clara Cline, Miss
Lucille Clark. Miss Stella Carter, Miss
Dorothy Campbell. Miss Clare Dixon,
Miss Betsy Dupre, Miss Marguerite
Ffear. Miss Clara Francis, Miss Nina
Floyd, Miss /. Hawley, Miss Eleanor
Knowland. Miss Elsie Kindel, Miss Eliza
beth Kent. Miss Lloyd, Miss Louise
Langham, Miss w. LEngle, Miss Marcia
Murdock. Miss Isabel MCGEE. Miss Agnes
Nelson, Miss Evangeline Prouty, Miss Re
becca Patton. Miss Agnes Shackelford.
Miss Eugenia Sparkman. Miss Martha
Shreve, and Miss Genevieve Walsh.
Miss Josephine Newell, daughter of F.
H. Newell the director of the reclama-
tion service, and Miss Isabel MCGEE,
daughter of W. H. MCGEE, Of the govern
ment land office, have given their names
Mary Pugh, daughter of Arthur B.
Pugh, examiner for the Interstate Com
merce Commission. Others who have
taken an active interest are Miss Rather
inc Ainslee, Miss Jeanette Baker. Miss
Amy Bennett, Miss Pearl ]. Calhoun,
Miss Margaret Cannon, Miss Sue Coutes,
Miss Catherine Carter, Miss Margaret
Fechteler, Miss Margaret Gould. Miss
Elizabeth Garland. Miss Irene Ludwig.
Miss Evelyn Lesher, Miss Clara La Fol-
lette, Miss Elizabeth Matteson. Miss
Hildegarde Portner. Miss Marie Peary,
Miss Dorothy, Quintard, Miss Jean Rob-
erts. Miss Madge Stokes, Miss Frances
z. Walter, Miss Jane Walter. Miss Reiss
Chafre, Miss Lydia Clark, Miss Beatrice
Cameron, Miss Margaret Peckman, Miss
May Bigelow, and Miss Dorothy lie Due.
Girl Drariatists Volunteer.
The Girls Dramatic Club has sent a
list OF thirty members who want to ap-
pear as vestal virgins. They are:
Miss Edith. Parsons, Miss Louise Roy
all, Miss Kathleen Perkins. Miss Juliette
King, Miss Carrie Bell Farthing. Miss
Dorothy McCauley, Miss Lenora Murray, |
Miss Gladys Middaugh. Miss Betty Ober, |
Miss Alpha Pugh, Miss Alice Sergeant |
Miss Lydia Stearns. Miss Elizabeth Shu- |
mate. Miss Helen Haun, Miss Mallory |
Young. Miss Sylvia Metcalf. Miss Flor
ence Brumm- Miss Ruth Brown Miss