The Washington times., 1916-04-09
JEAN ELIOTcC
- LETTER.

anybody In Washington was at the So
ciety Circus last night. and everybody
waved enthusiastic over the greatest
show on earth" as staged by George
Oakley Totten. jr., general manager.
The real hit OF the evening, with all
dun Difference to the pretty ladies who
rode bareback and the gallant lads
whose stunts" weer hair-raislng, was
the bull hero OF Or. Breckenrldge's de-
licious burlesque bullaght. He remind
ed one of nothing so much as Guy Wet
moro Caryl's lamb. which
.In n fashion common to all It's kind,
Galloped in front while IT ambied De-
hind"
The bulls anonymous hind legs were
worth going miles to see. indeed they
were. 1t is rumored that they were
a boy scout. Certainly they had will
OF their own. as we'll as plenty OF enter
prise and originality. and added no
little to what some one called the Tot
tensemble. Lieutenant LeBreton was
a Joyous toreador in the same striking
costume Blair Spencer wore at the
Beaux Arts I,all.
The performance began with a flour
ish of trumpets-Marine band trumpets,
if you please-all same like regular
circus and Just like a regular circus
was the parade.
Facing in sedate dignity just ahead
OF the band wagon, drawn by four of
George NJ, Oysters blue ribbon perch
erons. was a fascinating little Pierette
person, leading thirty-two inch pony
on whose back was perched the tinlest
dog imaginable. Some of her friends
professed to recognize Helen Buchanan
in the Pierctte persones-and they prob
ably knew.
All the usual participants In an up
to-date, well conducted circus were
there-and then some-acrobats, rope
walkers. clowns, toreadors. ringmas-
fers, the Leadville coach, lndlans'
COWBOYS. chariot racers-the last the
two little Devereux kiddies. whose race
was one of the "thrillers" of the even
ing. There were thirty or forty men
and girls on prancing steods. gayly ca
parisoned. of course. Eth? Why, both
steeds and riders caprisoned-what-
they may be.
The last act of the parade, to be-
come the first of the circus proper was
the tournament from the Beaux Arts
hall. hailed by shouts OF Joy by all
who had seen it there. The cast was
much the same as on the previous
appearanco and Margaret Schwarz's
fiery steed vas just as screamlnsly
unmanageable as at the ball.
t.dythe Howard quite covered her
self with glory by her handling OF her
triple tandem-Mr. Totten also rode
tandem, managing his team cleNerlg-
and Anne Tracy's German police dogs
gave a stunning exhibition. waiter
Tuckerman had no opposing candida,e
for his role OF villain
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At,o1otber The show was we'll worth
the price-the quite considerable price
OF admission, and its novelty anorueu
NO end OF amusement to Mrs. Draper.
Mrs. Oxnard, Mrs. Charles Bousntoh
Wood. Mrs. Fahnestock. Col. Robert
NJ. Thompson. and the rest VINO nave
nIIed the hoxes at the intermnaole
balls or the winter. 1t netted Good''
sum tor the army !. NJ. u a. ...
Assistant secretary of Agriculture
and Mrs. Carl Vrooman are anticipat-
ing with unusual pleasure visit from
Mrs. Vrooman's cousins, Miss l.etitia
stevenson and her brother. Lewis
stevenson. They are coming to Wash
inrton for the opening of the ID. a. H.
Congress on the seventeenth of TINS
montb. when a portrait of their moth
or, the late Mrs. Adlai Stevenson. Will
he presented TO the society with lifting
ceremonies.
Mrs. stevenson, the wife OF the Vice
mi & a
tion. was a former president general or
the D. A. r. Lewis stevenson Is sec
retarv of state of Illinois. His daugh-
ter, elizabeth stevenson VIII DC Win
him.
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An Important Feature.
The Washington Clu0. which cele-
brated it's silver anniversary Thursday
mas welded considerable social in
fuence In the twenty-five gears of Its
existence. 49,
While never claiming to be ultra
,a shionable. and always avoiding any
sort OF public discussion, this body OF
representative Washington women has
carried out that part of their constitution
decreetnC that "thc particular object
and business of our society Is the cs-
1aDISnmCnl Nnu VI ." N'"'
for literary purposes, mutual improve
ment, and the promotion of social in
tercoursc."
The club was started in 1891 by five
women representing the most distih-
Kuished element of Washington society,
with Mrs. Samuel Phillips Lee, mother
OF Senator Blair Lee, at their head =!
Mrs. Lee later became president of the
organization, and her niece. Mrs.
stephen o. Richey. is now president.
All of the incorporators are now 90
while MCrs. RIchey and Mrs. William
A. Hammond, widow of the late sur
geon general Of the army, who were
among the promoters of Thursdays
celebration, are among the few sur
viving charter members.
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Some Interesting Gifts.
Ever so many interesting bits or sill
yer were among the gifts of the men,
ners to their club, and the ceremony OF
SSelr presentation was quite delightful.
Miss Jennie Mason Gibbcs, chairman
Of the anniversary committee, made a
charming little speech, and Mrs. o. n.
Titmann accepted the gifts on behalf OF
the clubLlpembers, while Mrs. Samuel