Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-28

ropolitan opera House, when Moni-
uszko's opera, "Nerbum Mobile" will
4 he given for the first time in America.
THE entire company will he composed
~ nersons born in Poland although
+bev are now thoroughly Americanized.
Il, the boxes will he Paderewski and his
rife and the Mayor and Mrs. Smith.
The principal parts will be taken by
Madame Kaminiska Grigaitis, soprano;
Afr Thaddeus Gorecki, tenor; Mr.. Piotr
yyizIs baritone: Mr.. V. Figaniak bass
baritone. and Mr. j. 1[ubacki, bass bari.
tome. There will be about $50 voices
IN the chorus.
The Polish Committee of the Elmer,
sency Aid has just received the follow.
ing letter from ex-President William H.
Taft. who is the honorary chairman of
the Polish Victims Relief Fund:
"The conditions in Poland, brought
about by the present war, are so dis
tressinE that every American who can
st all afford to do some part to help
relieve them should do SO. | sincerely
hone that you will be supported i'm your
.8orts toward that end by the people
~ philadelphia, and that your operate
performance for Polish relief will be
great success"
The patrons and patronesses include
Mrs, George w. Childs DreXel, Mrs.
Alexander Van Rensselaer,, Mrs Theo.
dore Cramp. Mrs. Joseph f. Sinnott,
Mrs. Edward r. Stotesbury, Mrs. John
radwalader. Mrs. Henry Brinton Coke,
Mrs William II. Donner, Mrs. John f.
Combs. Mrs. Louis Wolf, Mrs John II.
McFadden. Mrs. Isaac Il. Starr, Mrs.
Samuel Chew, Mrs. Randall Morgan,
Mrs. c. c. Harrison, Mrs. G. Hartman
Kuhn, Mrs. \. j. Cassatt, Mrs. John
Wanamaker Mrs. Thomas 6. Ashton,
Mrs. Samuel p. Wethelill, Mrs. Arthur
Lea. Mr.. Archibald Barklie, Mr.. Theo.
dore y. Ely, Mr.. Samuel d. Lit, Mrs.
A. S. HeCksCher, Mrs John kearsley
Mitchell, Mr. Clement b. Newbold Mrs .
Edward Browning, Mrs. George O. Hor'
witz Mrs. William Ellis Scull Mrs.
Thomas Robins, Mrs Benjamin Miller, {
Mrs. Norman Macleod, Mrs. Reed A. (.
Morgan Mrs j. Willis Martin, Mrs.
.John c. Groome, Mrs. Barclay Warbur- .
ton. Miss Charlotte Sitter, Mrs. George
Fritz Chandler. Mrs Ralph NJ. Town. .
send. Mrs. j. Sellers Bancroft Mrs. !
Rayard Henry. Mrs. Edward Grocer /
Mrs. William r. w. Hentz, Mrs. b. c. .
Madeira. Mrs. Leopold Stokowski, Mrs. .
Cornelius Stevenson, Mrs. Edward Is. /
Rowland, Mrs. j. Norman Jackson Mrs.
w, Howard PanCOast, Mrs. Robert Won
Moschzisker. Mrs. Jay Lippincott Mrs. .
Barklie Henry. Mrs. Edgar NJ. Church, !
Mrs Norris L. Parrish, Mrs. j. L. Nc. .
Nichol, Mrs j. Hamilton Harris, Mrs.
Edwin Mccullough, Mrs Mason l'isle'
Miss Henrietta Ely, Mrs. Allen Stock
ton Miss Sophie Norris Mrs Samuel
w. Meek. Mrs. ELI II. Price, Mrs Her
bert Clark. Mrs. Thomas i. Hunter and /
Mrs, Edwin II. Ware
There seems to be no diminution of
entertaining at Mrs. Scott's Supper
Club, and on Saturday night many par
ties were given, among those entertain
ing being Mrs. George Quintard ior-
WITT, Mrs. Walter Jeffords, Mrs. Charles
Custis Harrison Ir., Mrs Marion
Dougherty. Mrs. Lewis Nelson, Mrs
Alfred f. Norris, Mrs. j. r. Evans Rob
erts, Mrs. Henry II, Pease, Mrs, r.
Spencer Miller, 3D. Mrs, p, Williamson
Roberts, Mrs. Alexander Sellers, Mrs.
Harry Chapman Thayer, Mrs. Thomas
Earle White, Mrs. Samuel Megargee
Wright, Mrs d. Braden Kyle, Mrs
Rttenhouse Miller, Mrs. Horace Allen
Heath Barnard, Edward Cassard, Mrs
W. II. Tevis Kuhn and Mrs. Alfred
Reginald Allen. The Meyer Davis Or
chestra is proving particularly popular
with Philadelphians this season, the
melodies are so haunting and encores
are always forthcoming.
Not content with their home-brand
melodramatic movies number or
fashonables from this city and New z
York are Willing away the time at
Palm Beach by posing in real reel
thriller, with the alluring title The
Island of Happiness" The lead is being
played by no less person than our
own attractive Marie Louise Wana-
maker that was, now Mrs. Gurnee
hunllt anu neI COuSlu' ioloNhtS 'NA'
burton, also is in the cast. Pauline Diss-
ton and Ethel Shields, also of our own
city, are among the movie" actorines'
and there are about two dozen others
in the cast, including Mr., and Mrs,
Lawrence Armour, of Chicago; Mrs.
Hermann Oelrichs. Mr., and Mrs. ID. r.
Calhoun, OF St. Louis; James r. Hyde
and Roger r. Hill, OF New York; John
c. King, Clarence Jones, Harry Oar
lngton, Russell Colt Charles lnman'
George Harris, Elizabeth Bennett
Margaret Bennett, Margaret Hancock
Rosamond Lancaster, Louise Wise, Ade'
laide Jones, Mary Snyder, Peggy Burg
win, Claire Bird, Elsie Rice, Mildred
Rice. Harriet Smith and Mildred
Cakes.
The Aim is to be shown at the Royal
Poinciana on the evening of March g.
the proceeds TO go to the American
Ambulance Hospital at Paris, and
after the performance a sealed vote is
70 be taken TO determine the disposi-
ton Of the film. Unless every one
agrees that it should be exhibited TO the
general public, it will be destroyed at !
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