Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-31

part of the tall, worldly minded mother"
who manages her short husband" and
is overjoyed at finding Count" for her
daughters hand, stands out prominently
as one of the leading stars. The part OF
o contriving and fiashy nouveau rlche
mother is a difficult one for a last years
graduate to impersonate, but Miss Burns
carries 1t off with decided skill and the
complete mannerisms Of the worldly
mamma" AS Madame La Pompadour
in the carnival scene Miss Burns gives
a wonderful reproduction of that per-
sonage.
Unusually graceful and altogether
charmingly grlish, May Walsh plays the
part of Cynthia with an unaffected
ease. She is decidedly light and airy on
her feet and combines charming little
actress with a graceful dancer. Arthur
Hirst, as a "live.wire" hotel clerk put
ting up the prices" in carnival time' IS
an actor of real merit. And then there
are Mildred Carter, Rosalie Hoban
Frank Harrity, Brandon walsh Jonh
Harden and Paul Vanneman, the latter
of whom is so we'll known for MS
dancing. Each and every member Oh
the cast deserves to win praise Friday
night, and they will. There is no doubt
about that, for Cynthia" is a real snow
from start to finish Marie Carrlgan VIII
delight the audience in the carnival act
with her wonderful specially dance OF
Russian maiden in costume.
An unusually large number or we'll
known women will act as 'patronesses at
this years show, and include Mrs. Rop-
ert w. Lesley, Mrs. Robert Thaxter Bick'
nell, Mrs. Edward de V. Morrell, Mrs
James Francis Sullivan, Mrs. Joseph T.
Rogers, Mrs. Hubert j. Horan, MIS-
Joseph Norris, Mrs. Anthony Hirst, MIS-
Harry Poth. Mrs. Ernest La Place, Mrs.
Henry Foster Walton, Mrs. Frank Brun'
ner. Mrs. Henry G. de Burlo, Mrs. John
NJ. Mack, Mrs. Daniel Egan, Mrs. Arthur
Baugh, Mrs. Thomas Burns, Mrs. james
Harrity, Mrs. James Bonner, Mrs. John
T. Dee, Mrs. James McNichol, Mrs. Leon
ard Hickey, Mrs. Jonathan Edwards MIS-
Alexander Davisson, Mrs. Michaei NUT
ply, Mrs. James Mundy, Mrs FRANK
Trainer, Mrs. Robert Quenneli' Mrs'
Joseph Lamorele Mrs Murtha QUINN
Mrs. McMichan, Mrs. John Conway ana
Mrs. John Henderson.
A GROUP of members of fashionable
"A society have taken boxes for the per
formance of Moniuszko's "Sonnets fom
the Crimea," which will be given tomor-
row night in the Academy OF Music IN
mid of tho Paderewsl<i fund,
The Polish committee of the Emer-
gency Aid is in charge of the concert
Mrs Robert Won Moschzisker is chair
man of the special committee. other
members of the committee include Mrs
Edward Browning, Mrs. G. Clymer Brooke,
Mrs. George Fritz Chandler Mrs. ldward
Grocer, Mrs. w. Barklie Henry, Mrs Jay
b. Lippincott Mrs. Edmund III. McCul'
Tough, Mrs. Norman Macleod, Mrs.
Samuel w. Meek. Miss Sophie Beauveau
Norris, Mrs. G.. Stuart Patterson, Mrs.
Edward Rowland and Miss Mary L.
Stewart.
The boxholders include Edward H.
Johnson, Gustavus Remak, Jr., Mrs Ed
ward Browning. Mrs. Samuel W.|Meek'
DIR. George Fales Baker, Mrs. Arthur II.
Lea, Mrs. John w. Coles, Mrs. John c.
Gribbel, Mrs. Robert Won Moschzisker
Mrs. j. Willis Martin. Mrs. Reed A. Nor
gan, Mrs. Robert w. Lesley, Mrs. Nor
man Macleod. Mrs. George c. Thomas.
Mrs. John Cadwalsder, Mrs. Samuel y.
Fels. Mrs. William Burnham, Miss Nina
Lea, Mrs. Herman Loeb Budd Manufac-
turing Company. Mrs. Francis l.. Potts,
Mrs. William NJ. Potts. Miss Mary W.
Iippincott. Mrs. Edgar M. Church, Mrs
GeorgeS woodward. Miss Sallie Houston
Greene, Mrs. westray Ladd, Thaddeus
Gorecki. s. Davis Page, Mrs BENJAMIN
o. Miller, Mrs. Lewis l.. Smith, Mrs
Charles II. Ludington, Miss Mary L.
Stewart. Mrs. wiathrop Sargent, Mrs.