The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-05
Tiny ACTORS ACT WELL IN
REVOLUTION.
Lafayette Funds Volunteer Players at Century
I~heatre-Review by Washington and La
fayette-An Inaugural Ball.

George Washington and his stan
Martha Washington and her friends
Lafayette and a number OF French
troopers held the stage at the Century
Theatre yesterday afternoon while scores
OF Colonial ladies and their escorts ac-
complishcd the stately minuet in a way
that won the applause OF the entire
audience.
The players were all so small that
they were overburdened with the i'm
mense cockades and in one instance a
little Colonial gentleman. aged 3. and 80
plump that he was fairly bursting from
a plum colored uniform. became so in
terested in watching his friends that the
big curtain came down and
tumbled him over into the footlights.
Under the auspices Of Lafayette Fund.
whose aim is to send kits and supplies
to the French soldiers in the trenches, q
number OF New York children. each OF
whom can boast of a real Colonial an
cestor. CAV The Children's Revolution
written by John Jay Chapman.
Review and Inaugural Ball.
itAhb htOool SHallltI SUSTAINED
the role OF the Father OF His Country.
supported by his little brother. william
Aston Chanler. Jr.. AZ Lafayette. and
the two reviewed their trusty soldiers in
high piping voices. At the Inaugural
Ball little Miss Diana Dalziel appeared
as her ancestress. Martha Washington.
ard among the prettiest OF the little
dancers was Miss Phyllis Benkard as
Miss Gusts. The little ladies all wore
Nahffn taANt.larnt xtfpg aud Aa N o. ~ as
fifty participated in the ball.
The French troops in full dress uni
form were represented by "A battalion OF
cadets from the New York Institution
for the Deaf. and they kept perfect time
to the drum. which was beaten by one
OF their number.
The original Americans were repre-
scented by four Indian boys from the
Garden River reservation who per-
formed a wal dance for the benefit OF
Col. Washington and his stan. An Irish
folk dance was another feature for their
entertainment.
The tableauN vivants were first on the
programme. n they showed children
In a wide gold frame, grouped as copies
OF the old masters. Hiss Polly Phelps,
as a Reynolds baby. was the only one
To- stir, and she turned her head to look
out into the audience. The appeal Of
France 20 America, written especially
for the occasion nv Richard Harding
Davis. was given by Ashley Chanler. too
tiny to speak plainly. who asked the
audience to please help all the French
soldiers who have little boys at home
me Miss Eleanor Coward. as the
Muse OF History. reviewed the wars OF
the past century and welcomed a for.
lorn little mite az the greatest sufferet
OF all the nations, Belgium,
Others of the Young Players.
Among the children who tool part
were Gladys olcott. Alice Beadleston.
Genevieve Fox, Barbara and MINI Bro
kaw, Douglas Robinson. Elliot Schiefre-
lin. stephen lar Rensselaer,. Richard
". Brett. william Bergh Kip. Granville
Curtis. Austin j. Flint and Polly and
Elsie Phelps.
The committee on arrangements in
cludcd Mrs. William Aston Chanler, Mrs.
Frederick Y. Dalziel. Mrs. Newbold lie
Roy Edgar and Miss Emily T.. Sloan
Among tire patrouesses were Mrs. de
Acosta. Mrs. Charles r. Alexander. Mrs.
Robert Bacon, Mrs. James \ Burden.
Mrs. Henry Clews. Mrs. Frank Curtis.
Miss Julianna Cutting, Mrs. Peter Fin
ley Dunno. Mrs Stuyvesant Fish. Mrs.
Sherman Flint. Mrs. George Gould. Mrs.
George y. Gardiner, Mrs. William Gooch.