Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-25

fsolleae Dramatlc AssoSie''iOii W. Nie ~
ss,h week in Lent, commonly known as
r..s,on week. Several charities will be
henefted by It,
rhs subject of the play makes such
d,rect appeal to the human heart that
snnareds OF men and women of social
s.r,,pence and of every shade of reli-
p,ors belief have gladly lent their pa
Sewage 10 what is an altogether unique
s.aor+,ire in the dramatic field This
sposs,on Play" stands alone, in that,
..slis Il depicts the life Of Christ from
,sa ,owly birth at Bethlehem to the last
.rsat tragedy of Calvary, the figure of
Sh,,st never appears upon the stage.
tt,s personallty Is there, the figures Of
~ men and women of His day are
,hsra. but the Great Teacher is seen only
q n were by inference. This is con-
,.s.,on 10 good taste and to the inherent
a,slike that theatre-goers in general
hsva always felt toward any attempt to
,.ally reproduce the figure of Christ.
The play will require a cast of more
,han 200 performers, an orchestra of 40
rlsoes and a chorus of 20 voices. Re-
hearsals have been going on for the last
liz months and, contrary to the ordinary
Usage, the majority of them have had to
\. held in the Metropolitan Opera House
itself, since It is the only stage in town
large enough for such a purpose. 1t is
belng staged and directed by the Rev.
william A. Storck. SJ., who spent vir-
stually year in gathering information
"a to authentic scenes, costumes and
music.
The play will be given at least three
times at night and twice during the
afternoons, beginning the night of April
II.
Among the patronesses are Mrs.
Archibald j. Barklie, Mrs. Edward F.
Bsnnis, Mrs John ]. Boyle, Mrs. Louis
Bregy, Mrs. Cecilia A. Burke, Mrs. Ellen
Burke, Mrs. Charles Ellsler Bachman,
Miss Gertrude NJ. Becker, Miss A. T.
Bradley, Mrs. James B. Bonner, Mrs.
c. B. Barton, Mrs. Patrick Carroll.
Mrs. James Newman Carter, the Misses
Cheeseman, Miss Ada Christie, Miss
Mary C. Clare, Mrs. Henry F. Clark,
Miss Catherine NJ. Convery. Mrs. Peter
A. Conway, Mrs. S. Costello, Mrs. Will
liam H. Crane. Mrs. John A. Currie,
Mrs. NJ. c. Campbell, Mrs. Charles q.
Carpenter, Mrs. G. II. Catlin, Mrs. Jo-
seph A. Davey, Mrs. H. G. De Burlo,
Mrs Ignatius Dohan, Mrs. James Dolan,
Mrs Gerald Doyle, Mrs. William Doyle,
Mrs NJ. Doyle, Mrs. William F. Den
ney, Mrs. K. c. Esling. Mrs. Anthony
A. Earhart, Mrs. Walter T. Fahy, |
Mrs. Margaret F. Fay, Mrs. NJ. j.
Fenerty, Mrs. Daniel O'Connell Flynn,
Mrs. Joseph F. Gallagher, Mrs. e. j.
Gallagher, Miss Joanna NJ. B. Godfrey, |
Mrs. Stella OBJ. Golibart, Miss Josephine |
Mrs. w. C. Goudy, Mrs.
George Gowen, Mrs. William Cor
man, Mrs. James e. German, Mrs. |
NJ F. Hanson, Mrs. ]. J. Hagan,
Miss NJ. M. Harrington, Mrs. Frank
Hardart, Miss Evelyn G. Hartley, Mrs.
H. Hartman, Mrs Pembroke Harton,
Mrs. George Hendrich, Mrs. John II.
Herring, Mrs. William p. Heuisler, Mrs.
5. j. Hickey. Mrs. Ignatius j. Horst
mann, Miss Margaret G. Humphreys,
Mrs Thomas P. Hunter, Mrs. James F.
Hare, Mrs. Charles e. Hallahan, Mrs.
George Quintard Horwitz, Miss Margaret
Mrs. Frank ]. Johann, Mrs.
John F. X. Jones, Mrs. ]. Percy Keat-
ng, Mrs. Andrew ]. Heating, Mrs. Peter
keenan, Miss Elizabeth S. Kite, Miss
NJ. Herman, Mrs. Christopher Kelly,
Hiss Lawn, Miss Helen Lawn, Mrs.
Iohn p. Leigo, Mrs. r. w. Lesley,
drs. Kathrine d. Loughlin, Mrs.
l. c. Lucas. Miss Grace S. Nc
'arty, Miss Cecilia McCue, Mrs. M.
!. McDonough. Mrs. William II.
IcManus, Miss Mary J. McManus,, Mrs.
William ]. McShane, Mrs. Charles Nc
'adden, Mrs. Frank McManus Mrs. c.
|, MacElwee. Miss Irene McCloskey.
drs. ]. Willis Martin, Mrs. William
iartin. Mrs. Charles S. Martinez, Mrs.
/ Leo Mattson. Miss A. 1. Meigs. Mrs.
ames ]. Mellon, Mrs. James ]. Mlllar,
lrs. ]. V. Missett, Mrs. James P. Molo-
ey. Mrs. Helen Dooner, the Misses
iontague Mrs. Edward ]. Morrell Mrs.
ohm A. Morris, Miss j. del. Monges,
irs. ]. A. Mundy, Miss Elizabeth Muir
by. Mrs, Katharine A. Mooney, Mrs,
Inna de Moncada, Mrs. James t. Moo
ey, Mrs. M. F. Nassau, Mrs. John S.
iewbold. Mrs. H. P. Nelson. Mrs.
harles W. Naulty, Miss Margaret G.
FHara, Mrs. James A. O'Hara, Mrs.
mile g. Perrot, Miss Pauline q. Plu-
Ter. Mrs. Robert NJ. Patterson, Mrs.
me NJ. ouennell. Mrs. Joseph P. Quinn,
Iiss Meta n. Randall, Mrs. Thomas
ally, Mrs. Elizabeth Biddle Ritter,
lrs. Margaret A. Robb, Miss Florence
iblsy, Mrs. r. NJ. Stanton. Mrs. Estelle
Ieeher, Miss Frances L. Sullivan, Miss
ertha Smith, Mrs. d. A. somers. Mrs.
! 7. stotesbury Mrs. Frank T. Trainer,
US. Joseph C. Trainer, Mrs. John A.
fainer. Mrs. Sarah Troy, Mrs. Sarah
falker. Mrs. Daniel Waters. Mrs. w. d.
latson, Miss Mary White. Mrs. August
fieeand, Mrs. e. ]. White, Mrs. Will
"a 7. Wheeler. Mrs. Charles T. Walsh.
Students OF Chestnut Hill Academy,
smbsrs Of the Glee and Mandolin
pba. will give an interesting recital in
? gymnasium this evening. which will
attended by families and friends OF
the boys. An extensive and varied
ogram Consisting of II n1amhapa will