Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Masque of American Drama to Be Presented in
Botanical Gardens Next Week-Additiona
Features for Red Cross Entertainment

.,ptrE, the many demands on the
- of interchangeable society women,
IS Of them are lending their time and
80. 10 make the "Masque OF American
.p n success. The masque Will be
..nted all of next week in the Botani-
c.rasns at the University of Penn
En,a with performances every might
matinee on Saturday
NJ. J. Willis Martin. chairman OF the
-~.,,ency Aid. has been one oi the
. .,.s, women this spring with many ac-
pO but she has joined in the move
a. make the masque success.
.o,,on was followed by many others,
~ Fl, Kirk Price Mrs. John Frederick
,..a. Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury and Mrs.
s.,,e, +. Houston being but a rev or
-. ubo have lately consented TO act
Is patronesses' o
a. many obstacles had to be overcome
..aor N stage the masquc, the feeling
..or that the University men back
:, Tho affair should be given all the sup
~, nossible. More than 1000 students,
,c.,ra,nr 400 co-eds, are participating in
a., event. and the first combined re-
..,r.aI of all the different sections VIII
4. ho,d tonight. Music by Reginald De
yoven. an orchestra selected from the
philadelphia orchestra under the direc-
.,or NJ Wassili Ieps, beautiful costumes
,,oduced under the direction OF Leicester
. uolland designer of the Seven Arts
,.u-,bese are some of the things worth
.,,o IN see. in addition to the fact that
,he proceeds will be givan to Dr. EDWARD
Martin for his University Base Hospital.
ruE opening of the ladies' clubhouse nj
the Germantown Cricket Club took
MACE Saturday. Music and afternoon tea
~sre the attractive features between the
sours Of 4 and 6 o'clock. The following
rembers received Mrs. William Jay Tur-
,.r Mrs. Mantle Fielding, Mrs. William
a Kurtz. Mrs. Louis c. Madeira Mrs.
Francis B. Reeves, Jr., Mrs Harold NJ.
sul Mrs. Joseph Wayne. Jr. The first OF
the Tuesday teas will he held on May 10.
1 AND as time goes on the preparations
"A for the big affair to be given in the
Bellevue -Stratford on May II, under the
auspices of the Independence Square
Branch of the Southeastern Chapter of
the American Red Cross, are very Won
derful
II is going to be some party, believe me.
In the first place, besides the play of the
evening" "The Loan of Lover" which,
With the choruses connected herewith,
will be the main feature, there will be
dix speciality dances. And who do you
think will be seen in said dances? None
others than Margot Scull, Mrs. Joe Du-
Barry Sd, Ruth Powell, Marie Starr,
Theodosia Cooper and Margaret Berwind.
And the dances, which will be solos, will
represent six nations. Margot Scull will
give French dance and Mrs. DuBarry
will do delightful Scottish one; while
Ruth Powell's vii. be Roman, Marie
Etarr's Russian. Theodosia Cooper's Span
ish and Margaret Berwind's Oriental.
Then Nancy Coleman is to sing Hong.
kong" assisted by bewitching chorus of
"Chinks."
The whole performance starts with the
eurtain-raiser Happiness" in which
Katherine Seeler, Mrs. Joseph Scholes,
George Edwards and Raymond Carrick.
oil Of the Plays and Players will take
part. Don't you agree with me, it will be
some show?
A wee bird told me there might be gen.
sral dancing afterward, but of that I'm
not sure for. alas! most of our soldier
hds will be gone by that time to their
training camps and on their units for
somewhere in France" No. we don't
like to think about 1t, do we? But the
sooner we do look it straight In the face
the better NANCY WYNNE.