The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-02-19
MILLIONAIRE GIRLS.
in 4SUFF' CHORUS
"cause" Gets Thousands From
TbeatrloaIs Given by Mrs. 0.
H. r. Belmont.

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NEW YORK, Feb. 1s.-sooiety rail-
lied last night In the Hotel waldorf
Astor for the suffrage cause. The occa-
sion was the production Of Melinda
and Her Sisters" two-act operetta
by Mrs. o. II. p. Belmont and Elsa
Maxwell
II the programs, with the dainty lit
tie gilt and brown cover design by DE
weerth. had not sold for a dollar apiece
and sometimes no change given from
yeilowback; II all the boxes had not
been disposed OF at figures ranging from
500 70 $50 and premium for latecom-
ers; II all the seats on the floor Of the
grand ball room had not been sold Tor
Is and so each: ~ society had nPt been
o e1sre Vim n bs essG Of he cause would
have been q FIAT failure from man
ciai point OF View.
But the management Of the show put
duSinr u re%sp sxer ana TIE Suffrage move
ment this morning n many thousenas
OF dollars ahead Of the game. Just how
much was taken in by the debutrnte
program girls and the ticket se'ie en-
the curtain did not 80 up until eIte.
% o'clock, and streams OF patrons kepl
coming in up to midnisht.
Millionaire Chorus Girls.
There were several features In Me-
linda and Her Sisters" that distin-
guished the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT pro-
duction, from n Broadway show. In
| the first place the chorus was made
up Of millionaires' daughters, whose
maids waited anxiously.i I'm the wings
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sables and silver foxes just as soon
as their turn was over. 49,
Secondly, II IL seldom that the "dia-
mond horseshoe" of the Metropolitan
| Opera Houpe IL reproduced so faith
full Il any ether the P sSs.. s eSsr the
| ballroom OF the Wa1dorf-Astor held
more dog collars and ropes OF pearls
than have been seen there for many
q year.
mont and her society friends gave
last night was strung upon the light
est kind OF O thread despite the ap-
parently contradictory fact that Mrs
John Pepper Of Oshkosh In the sub
stantial person OF Marie pre- Dses ,s,
from the town that always figures IL
the comic magazines was aoctaI
climber. and she had vulgarshus'
band who made millions In some
4 y
her home. and various people enter
ed on the slightest pretext ana per
formed different stunts.
Cast Is Impressive.
The program contained many palms
taking characterizations OF the persons
in the drama. For instance. there wal
Mrs. Peppers husband portrayed en-
pably by Preston Gibson. who was de
scribed a. IAN honest. sad sort o.
man, the father OF eight daughters.
Then there was Nellie Pepper pan
Day.. with a talent for dancing no
lIde).. who leaned toward operatit sing
ing. Doilie Pepper (Mile. Odette d
Fontenayl was comlcally tragic.
Pollle Pepper C0wendoiyn Kinsl has
q taste for ballroom dancing. ~ He
MO' n Gr9% the he Sns %y T wsSi.1
was not down on the program for an!
specific talent. but she soon Shove,
what she could do. Beside Peppe
(Mrs. q. shirmer white) was a would
be musical-comedv star. Her sister
BEETLE. as portrayed by Grace Bristed
had a talent for sports" Melinda. tn
youngest OF the Peppers. was not sup
posed to have any qualifications 70
entertaining at all. but Marie Doro tool
that mart.
| IneTC uue0 10 DC bOmc popular DOCK
about the young Peppers. II memor.
serves. In order to describe the daugh
ters OF Mrs. John Pepper. OF Oshkosh
the name will bob up whenever an
humor IL attempted-it would be neces
sary. to write a series Just as compre
hensive. But there were other char
acters that ought to be included.
! Ruth Cunningham and Josephine Ha
took the part OF Mrs. 0rundy and Mr.
Malaprop. gossipa These two part
were strongly outlined. Claude Beer
bohm was the village doctor. Edwar
, Connolly was Mayor Dooless. job
Warner took the part of the Reveren
wont;t2p. the village preacher; Mr.,
3 Richard Fletcher. the veterinary; AZ
Olson Miner. the butler. and Pat
Leysaas, n Danish instructor.
The "Chorus Ladies'
G Here are nome of the "miliionaii
r chorus ladies'" Ailcen ana Adelaic
y sedgwick, Florence Gilbert. Maud Kahl
: Mrs. Harry OelFichE. Barbara Cusl
n man. Mrs. Henry Pierrepont PER-,
Kathryn X. Bache. Florence Gilber
Caryi Hackstaf. Helene Moffat, Col
q stance Peabody. Anne Scott. Mario
a Tiffany, SympharosR Bristed, Margar.
e Erhart, Dorothy Biselow and Renee q
q Point. =.
a best families. you UNDERSTAND, We
= Harry G. CvAhing. Sd. Richard payi
son. Harry Jenkins. Morris Mcki
= Oeirichs r., corld hardly be class.
q as n nero ch0Sas man. for he led u
y suffrage parade. OF which more anon.
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