Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05
VAUDEVILLE "VANITY FAIR"
FULL OF SPRIGHTLY MUSIC
Meange Given at Overbrook Golf Club Last Night Full
of Attractive Singing and Dancing Choruses.
Performance to Be Repeated Tonight

H7HE vaudeville entertainment entitled
L Vanity Fair" which was given last
night at the Overlook Golf Club, mote
than fulfilled the expectations of those
who saw the performance, and as the
program will be repeated tonight it Is
pected that the ballroom will be crowded
to the doors. A one-act comedy, entitled
Which is which," was presented very
creditably by Mrs. Philip Castner Miss
Katherine Stevens. Miss Jean Beasley,
Mr.. Eugene Heine and Mr.. Matthew Ken
nedy Apart from the interesting features
of the show and the grace and charm of
the dancers, the costumes worn made
quite an impression on the audience: but,
then, it was VANITY Fair" and, of course,
thc dressing was up to the hour. The
costumes for the chorus. "Araby," upon
which spotlights were thrown as the
chorus members danced down the plank
extending from the stage to the audito-
rum, were gorgeous in their brilliant col
orings and rich trimmings, while the
skating chorus, attred in white satin
suits and dresses, trimmed with white
fur, and topped with fur caps, presented
an ideal picture OF winter sports. And in
the bandboX chorus the little French
maids i'm blue satin with dainty aprons
made quite hit. The VANITY Fair Girl
TableauN," during whose reproduction
Mr.. Herbert Bear sang The Girl Love
on the Magazine Cover" created quite n
sensation. The poses were shown in q
large frame representing magazine
cover, and the costumes were lovely. Mrs.
Philip \. Castner, in a wonderful cerise
velvet cloak trimmed with fur, and with
rich and becoming headdress, made a
cover" beautiful enough for any artists
pencil Miss Adele NJ. Mosier and Mr.. w.
Allison HAYS, as Columbine and Harle-
quin, she in fluffy white ballet dress. with
pink rosebuds and pink satin drapery, and
he in a many -colored Harlequin costume,
presented n startlingly lifelike replica OF
the original Vanity Fair cover; Miss Flea
nor Carr, as a black and white poster
dressed in black velvet and white satin.
made stunning cover" Miss Frances
Mccain, in a gorgeous red and white
satin costume, also received much ap"
plause The costumes shown in the You
Have Got the Style" chorus were stun
ningi bright cerise dresses trimmed with
black for the girls. and forNthe men black
satin English knickeTbockers Others
were in Hungarian and Dutch attire.
The choruses included Miss Virginia
Wetherill, Miss Ruth Powell, Miss Lucy
Shaw, Miss sydney Wilson, Miss Fred
erica G. Bremen, Mr.. Everett Mosler
Mr.. Ray Harrington, Mr., Robert John,
Mr.. w. Allison Hays, Mr.. Reynolds Pier
pont, Miss Jessie Sparks, Miss Esther
Bisler, Miss Ada Mcdaniel, Miss Helen
Glase, Mr.. Archie Sparks, Mr.. William
Sparks, Mr. James Milholland, Miss Dor
othy John. Miss Eleanor Eveland, Miss
Dorothy Dexter, Miss Rosalie McMichan,
Miss Adele Mosler, Mr.. Joseph Baldi. Mr..
Bartlett Stryker, Mr.. Frank Watkin, Mr..
James Mnholand, Mr.. Louis De Lone,
Miss Elizabeth GLIB. Miss Frances Lei
sen, Mr.. Charlie Walnut, Mr. Joseph
Lamorelle, Mr.. West Jordan and Mr..
William Harrity, Jr.
Among the solo dancers were Miss Ava