Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-04

Lev ONE is greatly interested in
| M. coming annual production of
erov Opera Company which will
~ rpaaenoe" this year, and will be
a. the Broad Street Theatre on
wv % 10 and 20, 1t will be the 18th
w - ,be savoy Company's existence,
NAV say as the years go on the
''u ~, ,,,,roves. Helen Buchanan will
~ take the leading role and Elsie
-..r .ss will have the leading oontralto
Miss Buchanan has a voice of
peis, p.,,onalIy pleasing quality very
r sweet and true, while Miss Brin'
80 il a quite remarkable oontralto
~. Of unusual scope and with an ex-
's.r,oly rich, full tone, The other lead
- ,,,u be taken by Mildred Shat
- rranoes Baily, Elizabeth Harri.
-. Rsn,amIn Mosser, William Keefer,
p,,,,o warren Cooke, who will have the
,.adInr tenor part; Frank Ward and
Alfred Arnold.
~ ,be chorus of rapturous maidens
~ ~ found Marguerite Adams, Lydia
" neatty, Margaretta w. Bispham,
u,nhy II. Blspham, Caroline Ives Brin>
u 4. Marguerite Burton, Mabel Cory,
ss,,..bo,h Cryer, Elizabeth Dallas, Anna
n.rnlston, Dorothy Dlnsmdre, Mary
rsstwick. Dorothy Foltr, Anna Gardi.
az Edith Gillette, Helen Gillette, Eliza
Is r.,h orammer, Serena B. Hawley, Har-
q, usberton, sue Heberton, Dorothea
v.nt Margaret Y. Kent, Dorothy w.
v,rk Marguerite Iautenbach, Gladys
Tavton. Sidney Lear, Mary L, Leiper,
|tsurabeth p. Meyer. Blanche NJ. Patter-
.or Margaret Phillips, Georgiana G. Pit
|r.ld katharine Sexton, Kathlyne NJ.
Ivhs s,,uck. Marie L. Starr, Florence Shoe
|,.aksr. Martha s. Shoemaker, Marian p.
|Touluin, Louise p. Twaddell, Marie c.
|zara.
Tbe dragoon guards will include Howe
ADAMS Sd, Norman Ball. Harry Boden.
|reorse Borda, Sherman Coates, John
#rnrry, Montgomery Forster, James Cor
[dou. Farragut Hail. Robert Hine, Donald
|1enks, Rutherford John, Thomas Le-
[uars. Matthew Maury, Paul McI<eone,
|wuIam Moody, Sydney Morris, Edward
|afurphy, Philip Quick, Wallace Roberts,
|gydney Sherwood, Coleman Sellers, Sd,
Alden Sexton, Richard Sprague, Norman
|sweatzer, Henry Tetlow. I'd, Harrison
|rowpsend, Jr., b. L. Wade and Jamard
.zeckwer.
The management this year includes
matthew Maury, president; Sydney
Sharwood. vice president; Mabel Cory,
|sscretary; Thomas Lewars, treasurer,
and Mildred Shattuck, Plantou Middle
HON and Norman Ball. Camille Zeckwer
Id musical director and Joseph Craig
| BOX stage manager The Savoy Company
was founded among young society girls
and men to revive the Gilbert and Sulli-
ivan operas, so famous at one time.
|There are usually three or four perform
ances and they are always given for
charity. This year the beneficiary will
Be the Children's Hospital.
The patronesses will include Mrs. j.
Howe Adams, Mrs. Alfred Reginald
Allen. Miss Rachel Ash, Miss Ashhurst,
.dR Esmonde II. Austin, Mrs. Henry =.
|BaIly Mrs. Joseph A. Ball. Mrs Clar-
knca Wyatt Bispham, Mrs. Thomas
LAngdon Blynn. Mrs, Henry C. Boden,
BRA Ferree Brinton, Mrs. Ellen II. Bu-
ehanan, Mrs Maurice Burton, Mrs. John
Cadwalader, Jr., Miss Florence Caldwell,
.Ars. W. Marriott Candy, Mrs. Hampton
Carson, Mrs. Herbert II. Clark, Mrs. C.
Howard Colket, Mrs. James c. Cory,
Miss Ada NJ. Grocer, Mrs. Matthew II.
Fryer, Mrs. Trevanion Dallas, Mrs. Ed.
sard Z. Denniston, Mrs. Archibald A.
Dinsmore, Mrs. Thomas Dolan, Mrs.
Thomas Eastwick, Mrs. ]. Lincoln Foltz,
irs. Robert Forster, Miss c. Beatrice
Fox, Mrs. L. Webster Fox, Mrs. Benja-
pain Hawley. Mrs. Robert Heberton, Mrs.
\. P. W. Holton, Mrs. Joseph Hutchin-
bon, Mrs. It. Pemberton Hutchinson,
drs. Edward Ilsley, Mrs. Norman Mar
Fiott Jones, Mrs. William B. Keefer, Mrs.
Frank Granger Kennedy, Mrs. Warren
antenbach, Mrs. Willard Lawton, Mrs.
Henry Lear, Mrs. George II. Lewa-s,
lrs. William NJ. Longstreth. Mrs.
Thomas McCrae, Mrs. Louis Madeira,
Yrs Matthew f. Maury Mrs. G. Plan
|ou Middleton, Mrs Edward Moore, Mrs.
Riliam Morris, Mrs. Edward Z. Meyer,
iFs Charles C, Norris, Jr., Mrs. Louis
II Page, Mrs. William II. Patterson,
Yrs John W. Pepper, Mrs. James de
|sRoh Perry, Mrs. Ryland Phillips. Mrs.
|tobert Pitteld, Mrs. j. Ernest Richards,
aFa. l. Harry Richards, Jr., Mrs. Ed
Htard ]. Sayres, Mrs. Coleman Sellers,
r. Mrs. Alexander d. Sexton, Mrs.
rank ROdman Shattuck, Mrs. Ellis c.
fncemaker, Mrs. ], L. Shoemaker, Mrs.
osnua Shoemaker. Mrs. Walter Starr.
ars w. Yorke Stevenson, Mrs. Leopold
''okoSsh. Mrs. Frederick H. Straw
pf'ase. Mrs. Edwin C. Sweetzer, Mrs.
IpAeph TetlOw. Mrs. Harry Toulmin,
ifs Joseph B. Townsend, Mrs. Edward
aroth, Mrs. ]. p. Twaddell, Mrs. Samuel
wagner. Mrs. William z. Warden. Mrs.
Nelson D. Warwick. Mrs. Frank Wig
pa and Mrs Camille zeckwer.
NANCY WYNNE.