Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-29
SEVEN ALLIED ART ASSOCIATIONS
TO HOLD VERY BRILLIANT AFFAIR
The Academy of Music Has Been Leased for Tuesday,
February 22, for the Masque of 1916Rehearsals for
st. Francis Entertainment Under Way

SNOCIETY and the arts will combine to
- make tho Masque for 1916. given un-
der the auspices of the seven allied art
organizations of Philadelphia, In the
Academy Of Music on the evening of
Washington's Birthday. an affair of un-
usual briliancy
Already nearly all of the boxes for the
performance have been sold to persons
socially and artistically prominent in
Philadelphia. The private sale of boxes
is under the direction of Mr.. William
Shewell Ellis and Mrs. Shillard-Smith.
The following is a partial list of box
holders: Mrs. Edward 7. Stotesbury.
Mrs. c. Shillard-Smith, Mrs, j. Madison
Taylor, Miss Violet oakley Mrs. Yorke
Stevenson, Mrs. Joseph +. Sinnott Mr.
Herbert Welsh Miss Mary Butler, Mr.
Oscar Mertz, Mrs. John Harrison, Mr.. s.
N. Bourne, Mrs. Lorins Drouet, Mr.. John
u. McIlhenny Mr.. Charles Bond, Miss
Emily Sartain, Mr. Theodore B. Search
Mrs. James c.. Stilwell, Miss Janet
Wheeler, Mrs. w. c. Madeira, Mrs. Hor-
ace Howard Furness, Mrs. Horace Wells
Sellers. Mr.. Percy NJ. Chandler, Mrs. L.
Webster Fox Mr.. E. j. McAleer. Mr.. 7.
Henry Jarrett Mr.. w. w. Adams, Mrs
]. w. Coales, Mr.. Mullenberg. Miss Mary
A. Burnham, Countess de Santa Eulalia.
Mrs. j. Louis KetterlinuS and Mrs. George
H. Stephenson.
The Maslue will he given in a series
of seven pictures. each picture under the
direction of one of the seven allied art
organizations, and each picture will be
a part of the basic story, which Will pro-
ceed and develop by means of the eN-
pressve action of the performers and
without the spoken word.
The music for the Masque Is under the
direction of Stanley Muschamp, Jr who
has had so much experience in the dit-
hcult task of arranging and adapting mu-
sic to similar purposes.
Miss Beatrice Fox has been cast for
the principal feminine role in the Masque,
in which about 300 artists will participate.
Two or three times a week the cast and
the eight different choruses of the revue,
You Don't Say" which will be given in
the ballroom Of the Bellevue-Stratford on
Friday evening. February I, for st.
Francis Convalescent Home. rehearse at
the Walton. The revue, which is in two
acts. is replete with clever dances and
dialogue while the music, which has been
specially composed for the occasion. is
catchy and original. These elements will
add greatly TO the success of one Of the
largest amateur performances given for
charity this winter.
During the performanCa Miss Alma
Crate viOllnist, will play accompanied
by her sister, Miss Marion Crate, An
other special feature will be a picture
dance by Miss Mae Dawson and Mr.. Ed
ward Carrier while Mr.. Robert ". Bell
will recitc
Wonderful Light in Your Eyes" is an
especially pleasing chorus. as the girls
participating are all of a petite type
The group includes Miss Rosanna Gill
lespie, Miss Dorothy Mundy, Miss Mar
garet Butler. Miss Anna Toland, Miss
Gertrude Zane. Miss Rosemary Frenzy
Miss Gertrude Cronin. Miss Irene Nc
Closkey and Miss Marion Northrop.
Among the women who have consented
to act as patronesses are Mrs. John
Loughran. Mrs. John j. Macdonald Mrs
Thomas Gillespie, Mrs. Robert G, White,
Mrs, G. Martin Brill. Mrs. Stephen Simon,
Mrs. Harry A. Poth. Mrs, j. r. EIirst,
Mrs. l.. Carberry Ritchie, Mrs. Jonathan
=. Edwards, Mrs. Caleb Milne, Mrs
Samuel Castner, Mrs. Philip Castner, Mrs.