Evening journal., 1917-01-13
COMMITTEES TO SET
'HEaRY WHIRL' Going
Well Known Men And
Women Strive TO Assure
Great Shows Success
BEST THING EVER"
IS ADVANCE SLOGAN

"The Merry Whirl," to be given at
The Playhouse on Feb z, and 9 for
the benefit Of the children's ward OF
Delaware Hospital. has the tang OF a
Broadway production Everybody is
talking about il. and Everybody. al
ways an excellent authority. says il
will be the biggest thing in Whining
ton IN years. Certainly It has the
backing OF many representative per
sons whose names behind an affair
generally assure social and financial
success. The committees are as fol-
lows:
Entertainment committee-Mrs. VIII
c. Nesbitt, Mrs. f. Lindsay Curtis
Miss Edith Danforth. Miss Marian
Dunham. Miss Mildred Hopes. chair
man
Finance Committee Charles
r. Miller. Mrs. Henderson Weir, Henry
p. Scott, Jr.. Poyntell Johnston, chair
man.
Publicity Committee - Henry p.
Scott. Leonard Yerkes. Josiah Marvel,
l.. Scott Townsend Miss Gertrude
Brinckle, Miss Mildred Hopes, Mrs.
Joseph =. Wales, chairman.
Advisory Board-Thomas f. bay-
ard, w. Winder Laird, j. B. Niles. An
drew c. Gray. George p. Bissell, Rus
sell H. Durham. DR.. Charles l..
Reese. General r. c. DUPONT. Pierre
S. DUPONT. Eugene r. DUPONT. Felix
DUPONT, Lammot DUPONT Irenee du-
Pont, Charles b. Lands, William
Sellers. Charles Patterson. Samuel X.
Smith. David T. Marvel Tilghman
Johnston Henry p. Scott, Josiah
Marvel. l.. Scott Townsend. =. s.
Taite, John .. Bird. Frank l.. Gonna
BILE, Frank Tallman, Thomas W. VIII
son. Ferdinand L. Gilpin. Harry T..
Cause. General James II. Wilson, j.
J. Raskob, Governor Charles r. Mil
ler Bishop John J. Monaghan, John
Bancroft, Alfred Curtis, J. X. Rodg-
ers. Henderson Weir. SpOttswood
Garland. J. r. NeaIy. William Coyne,
Benjamin f Shaw. James A. Smyth.
John H. Dandy, Richard Reese, j.
Ernest Smith. DR.. William g. Speak
man, James Ginns. s. D. Townsend.
. John $. Rossell. j. A. Montgomery,
Charles Topkis.
Ticket committee Miss Emma Kenn
chairman; Miss Blanche Keaveny.
Costume Ccmmittec-Airs. Howard
= Pyle. MIS- Richard Reese, Mrs. Rose
Elliott. Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Il. Wright
Mrs. Frank Garrett, chairman.
Program Nommittee-Alrs Thoma.
: w. Wilson. Mrs Edgar NJ. Hopes, Jr.
: Miss Louise Lea, Miss BlNche Swain
" Mrs. Lewis Rumford, Miss Bessie G
DUPONT, Mrs. Clement w. Miller, Mis-
Margaretta Miller, chairman.
Music Committee-Mre. Leonard z
5 Wales, chairman: aIiss Eleanor Pyle.
Rehearsal Committee-Mrs JOhI
G Bancroft, chairman.
). Floor Committee-Josiah Marvel
s chairman.
= Property Comm'tteo-Mrs Thigh
4 man r. Johnston. chairman; Mrs
4 Gayle Hoskins.
Executive Committee-Mrs. Joseph
p. Wales, Mrs Leonard T. Wales, Mrs
J Monteith Jackson. Miss Margaretta
Miller. Mrs Willard Hall Porter. Mrs
George Brown. Miss Annette Porter
| Mrs. Donald AshbroOk. Mrs. John r.
Neary, Mrs. David Lindsay. Jr. Mrs
Frank Garrett, Mrs. Peter Wr ght
Miss Mildred Hopes Mrs. W. c. Nes-
bitt chairman
. Fashion Show-Mrs. Willard Por.
b ter, chairman: Mrs. Henderson Weir
Mrs. Eugene e. dupont Mrs. Robert
II. Richards Mrs. J J. Raskob Mrs
Francis S. Whitten, Mrs. Montieth
Jackson, Mrs. h. S. Taite. Mrs. II. p.
P Scott
Vanity Fair Booth-Mrs. John F.
Neary chairman; Mrs William s.
! Hilies, Mrs. Charles Rumford, Miss
Jarvis, Mrs II. +. Brown. Mrs. Henry
. Hopes, Mrs. T. W. Wilson Mrs Jo
, seph p. Wales.
/ Candy Booth-Mrs. Donald Ash
brook, chairman; Mrs. T. f. Doremus
1, Miss Mildred Belts. Miss Elizabeth
Pyle, Mrs. j. Bail Peirce, Mrs. Rob
ert Baldwin. Mrs. Perle Sisler Mrs
: George S. Capelle, Jr., Miss Jessie
. Seaman, Miss Grace G. Doremus
: Mrs Joseph W. Pusey. Mrs. c. l. 3
Henney. Mrs Harold s. Schutt. Mrs
Harry r. Speakman.
Flower Booth-Mrs David Lindsay
Jr., chairman; Mrs Charles Gawthrop
Mrs. A. d. Warner. Jr., Mrs. Franci.
S. Whitten. Mrs. H. L. Evans, Mrs. c
z. NJ. Rumford. Mrs Joseph Shaw
?, Miss Mildred Taylor. Miss Esther Dal
D lett. Mrs Edward Ferriday.
b Bag BOoth-Miss Annette Porter
{ chairman; Mrs. Sydney Harrison. Mrs
s w. y. Barnard, Jr., Mrs. J. J. RaskOb
Z Mrs David Ranken, Mrs. Ferdinand l.
5 Gilpin. Jr., Mrs. Poyntell Johnston
I Miss Margaretta Miller, Mss MARY
Armstrong, Miss Edith Montgomery
i, Miss Virginia Kirkus. Miss Eleanor
Bush. Mrs. II. p. Scott. Mrs. II p
/. Scott Jr.. Miss Louise Lea, Mrs
Thompson Brown. Mrs. Walter G
= Tatnall. Jr. Mrs. Caleb S. Layton
: Mrs W II. Porter. Jr.. Miss Anne Gar
J. rett Mss Cecille Hunt, Miss Annl
, Garrett and Miss Eleanor Pyle.
TO MANAGE LOCAL STORE.