The Washington times., 1916-04-09
SOCIETY CIRCUS like
real PERFORMANCE
UNDER big TOP"
Capitals Bellies and Beaus
Eclipse Their Professional
4 Competitors at Benefit.
FUN AND FRoLIC ON THRONE
Riding Clubs Establishment
Crowded With Elite of'Wash-
ington.

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washington society "out.clrcused" all
ite professional competitors last night,
when II produced and attended ''the
greatest show, on earth" for the benefit
OF the army Y. M. G A.
The affair was held In the largo drill
hall OF the Riding and Hunt Club,
Twenty second one y streets north
west. For three hours merriment was
furnished by the amateur performers
The audience which hacked tho gal
leries and every nook and corner of the
clubs quarters, was more thnn good
humored and augmented the ,rerforn,.
ance by its hilarious and jovial spirit
Mrs. W. Sinclair Bowen, Mrs j. Ercnk.
tnridge Rayne, John o. Evan, Capt.
William Mitchell. ". 8. A., and Melvin
c; Hazen. was master OF ceremonies.
rr. Ryan pcNcrcux was ringmaster
and several OF the performers were his
young offspring
Tournament First Event.
A medieval tournament cartained by
Mr.. Totten was the first event on tho
pro.ram. Needless to say, the middle
aFes were absolutely outclasssed. Tie
5ousting was in true knightly form and
funny.
The knights weSe Lieut.. Comdr. !. NJ.
Enochs, Lieut.. ]. Ne Grcely. Richard X.
Tyler. Sterling Stead and Thomas Nor
gan. Trumpeters were represented by
Miss Margaret Howard. the Misses
Scriven and Miss Wahl. Richard Crane
and Lieut.. d. Md. lie Breton were the
lleutenants. and the ladies were Mss
Ethel MacMurray. Miss Ruth Hitchcock.
Mrs. ID. Md. Le Breton. Mrs. Dorothy
Deeble. Miss Blanchard Scott Miss Dor
aNaI
Miss Margaret Brecklnridge.
When the tournament was over the
professionals imported from Baltimore,
or some other place. to aid the society
frank Boro gave novelty wirc-walk-
ing act. and S. Percy Oliver played the
role OF n real circus clown.
Miss Edythe Howard and Mr.. Totten
then gave an exhibition of tandem. each
driving threes.
Police Dogs Interesting.
Miss Anne Tracy then brought forth
her police dogs. which proved one OF
the unique and interesting features OF
the evening. These dogs. "Stonihurst
I.uchs" and "Stonihurst Boro." leaped
m eight-foot fence and demonstrated
how they could guard a prisoner. Wal
ter r. Tuckerman was the prisoner.
A bull fiaht was staged. and thsre
bovine role was taken by w. T. Shca
and Mr.. Breckinridge. DIR. \. f. Hon
lXins filled the role of toreador: w. f.
Pcckham and Thomas +. MorSan, Jr.'
capadores: j. w. TomlinsOn and Doug
las E. Bullock. banderillcros. and NJ. f.
stead and Wilson Haywood. picadores'
musical drill In which the folioW-
ing took part followed:
Miss Margaret Howard Mtss EdEthe
Howard, Miss Janet Harlan, Miss
Myra Morgan, Miss Gerry Morgan,
Mrs. W. Sinclair Bowen, Miss Ruth
Hitchcock, Miss Margaret DevereuX,
Miss Ruth Donaldson, Miss Laura De
JIamlin. Miss Ethel MacMurray. Miss
Helen McLanahan, Miss Nadine ok
nard. Miss Elizabeth Scriven. Miss
katherine scriven. Miss Helen Mare.
Wiley. Lieut.. ID. MD. lie Breton. \; J,
phen de Hedry. DR.. Ryan Devereux,
Lieut.. J. N. Greedy: T. P, Morgan, III H.
Lieut.. Commander j. Enochs.
Trapeze acts by Miss Eta King and
the brothers Maron followed.
Bareback Riders.
An attractive performance was tho
exhibition by society bareback riders
the following taking part, under the
direction of DIR. DevereuX: Miss Ruth
Anderson, Miss Ruth Hitchcock. Capt
il. N. Cootes. Joseph +. s. Devereux;
"Uncle John" loaned by George IL
Russell; ringmaSter, Dr. Ryan Dew
ereux; Miss Helen McLanahan, MISS
Ruth Donaldson, Miss Anna Hamlin
Miss Margaret Devereux. Godfrey
Macdonald. Richard Davidson, Master
John Ryan Devereux; clowns, Rice
and Bowen.
race. Miss Anna Sinnott Devereux drove
one chariot. and her brother. James
i. S. DevereuN the other. Needless
TO say the young lady won. amid the
plaudits of assembled Rome"
A "greased pig race furnis shed
OF the club abbreviated the fun, how
ever. by catching the swine at the
second grab
Hugh Lcgare and George Oakley
Totten, jr.. then were pitted against
William. Littauer and Kent LeERre In
acted as referee, 1t ended IN tie.
DeadwoOd Stage, Too.
And the whole affair ended in true
circus form-with The Deadwood
stage coach and Indians, cowboys
aud the things relevant thereto. Rob
ert II. Chapman directed the per
iormance. and Thomas p. Morgan jr,
Ralph Coffn, Julian F. Bishop, AM
John o. Evans took part.
The patronesses were Mrs. Richard
son Glover, Mrs. Robert II. Chapman
Mrs. Frederic A. Delano, Mrs. william
j.. Draper Mrs Gibson Fhanestock
Mrs Hugh Legare. Mrs. Isaac T. Mann
Mrs. Junius w. MacMurray. Mrs
George X. McLanahan. Mrs. William
Mitchell. Mrs. Henry T. Oxnard, an,
Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman. The pea
nut vendors We're Miss Ethel MacMur
ray, Mrs. lie Breton. Miss Louise De
lano Miss Laura Delano, Miss ILillial
Hendricks, Miss Ruth Wilson, Mis-
Juliet Crosby, Miss Margaret Mickie
Miss Marie Louise Harrington, Mis-
Jane Bigelow. Miss Margaret Fahne
stock Miss Marguerite Caperton. Mis-
Caroline Nash, Miss Katharine Birney
Miss Margaret McChord, and Mis-
Carolyn Ogden Jones,
Those who entertained box parties a
the performance were Nine. da Cana
Mime. Ekengren, Mr.. Constantin Brur
Col. Robert NJ. Thompson. Represent
ative Coldwell. Mr.. and Mrs. Pell. WI
liam p. Emo. Mrs. william +. Draper
Dennis A. Upson, Hugh Legare Mrs
Gibson Fahnstock. Mrs. c. h. Wood
Mr.. and Mrs william Ritter. Cant
Theodore D. Baldwin. Countess de Brie