New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-19
aircraft Hover Over Wal
dorf Stage as Mrs. Bel
mont's Operetta Is Sung.
uyDE PARK LOVERS
WIN SKY BATTLE
vollie Has No Trouble Convert
mo All Oshkosh to Cause in
Vigorous Campaign.

Zeppelin raid on the Naldori-As-
-. and suffrage parsde-with
-. hand. Inez Milholland and all
s.,sed the climax OF Mrs. o. II. T.
o.,uon,'s votes .for-womcn operetts
lui night.
melinda and Her sisters IS satire
;,,nolite society. with a suffrage
- I, tells the story OF Mrs. Pepper.
Io.skosh. and her seven daughters.
:, - whom have been extensively
,n,.,,s IN the feminine arts Of dane
,;,rirr. The drama and music.
T,e seventh. Nolhc. is that unmen-
s..,b,e ibinr. "a sufrogette, and no
lin Oshkosh would ever have known
y. horrible secret had not Mollie
,-,.t in upon her mothers first mt
,.-s~with whole parade Of mill chill
-, and oppressed widows. Needles
=, cay. since Mrs. Belmont wrote the
.,.r The whole cast is converted By
Nellie.
Marie Dressler was Ma Pepper last
.:.A,-s marvellous Ma Pepper, with a
l.,, bright. green train over kittenish
,rr, Of gold gauze. wearing a NAM
-, iswelled butterfly. Miss Dress
~. srent bought all the jewels from
-. lower Of Jewels at the San Fran
,.,,o Exposition. and she exhibited
ro,, Of them last night The things
tbs, happened to the buttons OF the
...is pefsons in the audience when
y, Pepper smoothed her butterfy's
v,res or tripod over her green train
,sn only be limited at.
zeppelins Surprise Audience.
The Zeppelin raid was led by Miss
Dorothy Fellows Morgan. The first
I'm. the audience Lad that anything
more militant than Miss Dressler's ges-
,u,es was to be feared from the suf-
t.se opera came at the beginning Of
he second act. when through the dark
80, searchhght flashed on two Yep
p,lins.
Soon the sky seemed full Of them
fsming yellow craft. az least twenty
..bes long. suspended on the ends OF
s,ss like toy balloons. The chorus
divide Park lovers held pocket flash
gsts In their hands, which they
;.red on the ZcppeIns. on one an
cher and then extinguished them
uapletely. IS they sang;
10. little search s6' fade forever
nm i.-.t .a.e-.,5e y d. ne Ze7pe,ins dear ,
d sou 90 interfere With US.
MPepper sat on a gold throne and
t.rni herself with de ight at the
ordinances Of her SIX talented
a.ghiers. except when Nellie Pepper,
he classic dancer. appeared IN art
n.is which shocked even Oshkosh so
ct,y and compelled her mother 20 hide
ie head
Then she played her offspring a mean
tick After getting them 70 enter
ln Der guests for nothing and. my
tssr sou know how costly opera sing
gs are nowadays. and what II would
lave cost Il there hadn't been home
altn, 10 draw on-Ma Pepper took her
green train over her arm and pro
,ssded with a song and dance Of her
own, which sstirizes modern drama and
ne Russian ballet The aud ence lost
i,s second series Of buttons when she
wore:
/ U i,u' daily vrh Russian irathei bale
~ hs bale, shall not daily w'tl me
Debu;antes Play Chorus Girls.
The choruses we're composed largely
q oebuiantes. who were greeted with
rounds Of applause az this their first
iipearance on the stage. They were
,1red with flowers az the end Of the
ifst act. while Miss Dressler had 20 be
"atented with wee paper bouquet
NO inches wide
Tie audience was the largest and
most gorgeous that ever app.auded
mirage argument or watched a sut-
Nage parade. The diamond horse shoe
s,ieh Is grand operas proudest boast
lac nothing on the first row balcony
d this first night of suffrage opera.
The complete cast was as follows:
y tsa Pepper ............ Ms, Made D-.ss'e-
,tt Igrr. ............... Miss Pam lay
!r.ief ............ ........ Ar. ldaha lls
Is.str ........... 1llle Ol pee lr Foatc.ay
f-ler ..-...... ...... N., Cutldoyu Mig
81 Fewer ........... ....... Aiis, Fmns Nehe,
i tflef. ........... Mrs g.. srh.urcf White
~ roper .......... ........ VI .- Grace Hf s'ed
F.iIvf ................. Mss Mario Doro
l n. s--a4. .....-........ Mis- Ruth Cunningham
j ~ ,lla.-. ............... Miss J0sepn.ie Han
i F.r. .....-t-... .'ia4ic bcefiflil
~ Do. ess......... .......... .... Paul Leysace
4 ~ W0trnp. ................. John Warner
n A'oa RAJ. ............ Mrs Muhe Draper
,'iuii1ge ............ Wcha-d Fletcher
II ''....+ ......... ..... Addison Miner
4 20 Is-1'-Nis' a.. Aodroya Nine. Frances
- NS Bets lee from Dublin Miss Dorothy
Il I'9..,'-laa t Little Search isht
II ~ hrs Schirmef White Miss Aileen
Il - Nie ADELAIDE se1gslci4 Ms Florence
~ hNt.a eastman. M-s Henry fierreloni
n ~ 90 Miss haftur X. Barhe
i -. elera lr.ma domains Italia ldc. Count
j y 800, '-m tie Royal Opera House. Mo-
go, danoag Nellie PerIer Miss Pam Day.
.I-sr- .i--. tf- i'.le Pepper Llphonis. MISS
Ft r,- MIS- assisted lf Lrue-t De Nf+rn,
IN W'eoe es.-. Misc Carl Hacksisif. Mis-
81. NJ, A,s constance Peabody. Miss Anne
ls,,i n re j. McApi. Harm & cushing So.
- "e'',oi hery Jenkins. Morris Mchlm
i h.r.i-s Ter b'.-e Pepper Diana. Ms 0face
i .ss a.. Nts Marc Nrany. Miss Kathryn Is.
= as simplorosa Bristei Miss tsDl Hscf
h.,s- ,.H hes7 f.e-reront Perry Mss Constance
81. ahl Mss Norsare, Erlsr,
I'D sosns-Dols Pepper. Iphisenia Nile
81. 90 Mo'ge Pepper. Atlanta: Miss Ernmy
/ a.. ,il's >futl1rosa Brsted Mis- kathryu
/ ~ HIS Nsll hsnn Miss Barbara Cushma'.
1 -. zee Morst. Miss Ms1on TIFFANY, Miss
4 49, font and Miss Margaret Erhau
1 3i-- - puade-Mrs CharIes Oelrcis jr. Mrs
\ llt-r.' vvh,aa Miss s}mphorosa Br.s,ed. Miss
n s5i-,.N hschc. MS. Maud hahn Miss Eleanor
i.s n s'aA.ei Miss barbara Cushmau. Mis-
II -iir,.- ,,eN Miss Marion nruy. Miss Carl
III .s- a. Nl" liu lcns MFs HEM rierep0gi
e.. ~ a lfIdlls Srd.Wick Miss Alleeu S,de-
III ~. ~, Frances Adj Mss Helen Hamilton
~ s,l.s Marie Dof1 Miss Alice Preston Miss
ssgs. Mls, MsfgsrcitS Schuyler. Nj,
I'll rslrs- ',.mah Miss S,hl Nane. Miss Minnie
". WIS herre do Port Miss Ada AndfOyA.
III srss Mo- EfIar Miss kursan. Ms q.
sca n, Anne ae1if. Miss Florence White. Mr..
Ill -'ea harac,i AID Miss Il. Jean Wilcox
CHARLES Greenough was in
s,,.sge o' The sale Of programmes, as
- ysTsn oy Mrs. II. G. Whigham, Mrs.
Fl iilten, Miss Joan Whitridge,
., .1 haaa Biddlc. Miss Eleanor Lam
snu Miss Louise Islem.
III 4-Oig those present were.