Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09

%rst Performance Of "Mr. Rip Van Wrinkle" Will
Be Held Tonight by Members of Mask and
Wig Club-Other Entertainments

sr1HE ch-lookeu-ioi W"'u-'o pe'io'"
.,ce of the Mask and Wig will be
- tonight at the Forrest Theatre, and
are the doting mammas and papas,
,,e,, az sisters and sweethearts. who.
.od in their "bestest," will occupy
80 and seats to hear the young
budding geniuses in their latest
- and dance. "NIr. Rip Van Winkle,"
sOn ss,ove is the enchanting name of the
~,.rrnance, but these airy playwrights
-. changed his history a bit, so
A.. instead of becoming twenty years
- as the original Rip did, this
ooes away and sleeps himself into |
..,erty years younger, and there Is
consequently the dickens to pay" when |
.s,s cav young man returns to find |
49, homo about to be sold. However. |
:. the fairy tales 60. he gets there in
.,re and all turns out well, but in the
...-,,,o out there are many occasions for
.ho boys to appear in the latest modes
.,-,v locks and fetching hats. They look
~ like girls 1t is hard to realize they are
rot But let them once speak and its
al on." for manly are the voices which
n,srcolate" through those rosebud mouths.
oh the agonies those tender maidens
-,,eor in order to look Just right! A
.,orv was told me recently by tottering
Mask and wigger Of the early days. You
see 7 was to be a lady in rolling chair
an the Atlantic City Boardwalk, and in
THOSE days was sylphlike you may not
he,ieye 1t. but true it was) and unfortu-
,ately my supports were very long and
gary. OH very thin, so after giving the
natter much thought | hied me to Miss
- at the costumers. and confided to
hsr my awful secret. Don't worry, my
aear.' said she. III give you a pair of
legs to be proud Of So she gave me
one of those buckram contrvances which
make shapely understandings, and, ar.
.yed in all my glory. with brown frock
and golden curls, / was pushed on to the
stage in my chair. Right to the front we
went. but right there on the front row
vas mean cuss who cried out to his best
eirl. Pipe Jim's legs. Like all men
Jim could not stand ridicule, and so he
then and there as soon as his chorus left
the stage proceeded to remove the buck.
ram understandings and returned in the
hter acts with the pipe stems instead"
AMONG those who will entertain at the
"A first performance tonight are Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph s. Lowering, who will give
dinner for their daughter Mary at the
RitzCarlton before the show. The Gus.
tavus wynne Cooks will give a dinner
and theatre party for Emley, who is to
make her debut next winter. Nancy
came out this year, you know, and they
are both mighty attractive girls, by the
way
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank p. Prichard will
entertain at the theatre and then give a
supper at the Ritz-Carlton for their
daughter Elizabeth. who is to be debu.
tante for next year also.
One large party will be given by Heck.
.scher and Edwina Wetherin, who have
Just lately returned from Florida. They
\. will entertain their guests after the per-
formance at the Mask ana Wig clubhouse,
on Ounce street. Still another party will
be that given by Mrs. j. Barton Town.
send, Jr of Overbrook, and the Perry
Aliens will entertain for Gabrielle Hop
AiisOH anu Jay IdlteTSOH, WHO are 10 De
married Saturday of this week.
a IT APPEARS that rumor has gone
y about that Mr.. and Mrs. Mantle Field
Ing will entertain at the Philadelphia
Cricket Club tonight. Isn't it funny how
these ideas get about with no foundation
Whatsoever? Not only are the Feldings
not going to give dance, but they never
even thought of giving one. Perhaps
the rumor started through some ones
Idea Of practical joke, but it seems to
me pretty poor one.
THERE will probably be very few If any
= entertainments during the comins
weeks, unless Red Cross work Is the
object In view, as Americans will not bt
apt to spend freely in entertaining while
the country is at war There will b'
many things for us to spend our pennies
on besides enjoyment. However, as al
work, much sorrow and no play ma,
make Jack a more than dull and melan
ehoy hoy, little enjoyment, or rathe
recreation, now and then will not be mis-
understood. NANCY WYNNE.