Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-19

MyHE Phlladelpnla opeiauS SoSietS 10 W
a II rive robin Hood" this week on Thurs
!. night at the Metropolitan Opera House,
I'M ali the proceeds from that production,
"A another one on Monday, the twenty
~, arc 10 be divided among the Knights
! 3 rolumbus. the Urquhart Auxiliary OF the
~ Cross and the equipment Of base hos
IA, units organized in this city for service
broad.
/ The Knights, members of the Red Cross
! "a persons interested in the base hospi-
/ ~. are making every effort to raise large
| s.,n from the performances. Aida was
|-,,.r IN December by the society for the
~. hospital units, but the fact that the
! w.,ropoltan had opened its season with
r,,da" a week or so before took from the
..,srest of the general public. and the re-
.,,s then we're not so great as had been
.x,sired. The staging OF Aida" cost very
ereat deal. naturally.
4 y aRohn Hood" will not he so expensive,
Ia too. II Is a most tuneful popular light
I..ra. and those who do not care for grand
.,.ra will find all the fun and melody they
K ant in this.
". II. Fitzgerald. who directed the
airing of robin Hood" when the famous
! pcstonians toured the world with DE ko-
1v>n's greatest success, will also stage the
| nroductions of Thursday and Monday. and
M principal parts will be taken by Kath'
! IN Mckinley. who will sing Maid Marian;
1 usrle Stone Langston. Alan.a-Dale; Lottie
roeben, Annabel Eva Ritter. Dame Dur
I M: John Noble, Robin Hood Horace
/ mood. the Sheriff; Herman Bub. Sir Guy;
/ fhsrles Shuttleworth, Friar Tuck Jesse
mich. Little John, and Frank Comfy, viii
gcarlet.
There will be a ballet by thirty-hve
Ancers trained by Miss Frances Fitch,
and Wassli Leps will conduct the per.
mrmance, which will be the forty-second
| dyen by the society in its existence OF
Twelve years Thirty members of the or
chestra will accompany the production,
lind IL it begins to come up to that which
|,ths Operatic Society gave two years ago 1t
Win certainly be splendid. There is very
[ktle Of the amateur about the operate
lbciety.
1 As usual. there will be many boxholders,
/ and with Mrs. Hcckscher as its president
! md her large number of friends, there is
4 nttle doubt of the success of the social end
n the performances.
|1XIELL, the Dillingham; and Hazlehurst
w families certainly had a surprise,
| lidnt they? When Bessie Dillingham; came
|op from Catonsvillc to spend a week with
{her grandmother, Mrs. Dillingham;, and was
Blaming, as her family thought to be
married in April, they little dreamed that
|she and Ned Hazlehurst would just decide
bot to wait till April but would proceed
n marry during that very week. Such
nems to have been the case, however, for,
ough both families approved OF the match
Va there was no objection of any kind,
<e principals evidently thought they
Epuld just elope and not wait. SO they
have gone blissfully away on 10 wedding
"Trip. and that is all anybody knows yet.
Bessie is very pretty and Ned Hazehurst
"a some good locker, too. He is the son OF
and his mother was Miss Dolores Lammot
Ned is an engineer and has been engaged
IN chemical work since his graduation from
Penn last year.
Bessie was up here in November, when
he engagement was announced, and quite
few little entertainments were given in
her honor. Her father Is Harry Dilling-
ham, son of the late Joseph Brinton
Dilingham and Mrs. Dillingham;, of 2206
Walnut street. Her grandmother is sister
y the late Mrs. Henry Pepper Norris, who
hyed at 22l4 Walnut street. Her son, Henry
Pepper Norris, you remember, married his
eousin, Alice Norris, about five years ago.
That marriage was also in the nature Of
Hn elopement, but that was because being
1rat cousins Mr.. and Mrs. Norris naturally
Kpected there would be opposition from
heir families, and so decided to be married
md tell about it afterward, VIII n they did.
u Is expected that Mr. and Mrs. Haze-
lurst will live In Philadelphia, though moth.
rg 10 known Of their plans.
NANCY WYNNE.
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