The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-10
Wonderful Display of Occultism by
Non-Professional Promised at
Suffolk's Big Event-Women
Work Hard for Masque

Cross, treasurer,
Francis Markoe has been directing
the dramatic part of the masque, and
no will read some OF the lines as the
various queens pass before King
David. who will be surrounded by his
court. AS some of the queens that
Swinburne depicted in his well known
work were considered rather naughty,
such have been eliminated, and none
but those who figure pictorially in
mythical history have been retained.
In the cast of the masque Adrian
Larkin will impersonate King David.
The queens will be:
Bersobd,, Miss Marjorie Curtis, who
will be attended by Mrs. Courtlandt
Nicoll, Mrs. ]. Copper Lord, Mrs. Fred
erick Martin Davies. Miss Mary Davis
Landstreet and Miss Cornelia Living
ston as court ladies.
Ahoithah, Mrs. Joseph Earle Ste
vens. with attendant gladiators.
Cleopatra, Mrs. William H. Barnum,
with Ethiopes in her train.
Abihdu, Mrs. Morton Breese. attend
ed by the Misses Charlotte Potter and
Margaret Thaw as dancers.
Asubdh, Mrs w. De Lancey
Kountze, with acolytes and priests.
AhoIa, Miss Millicent Rogers, with
fruit bearers IN her train.
Ahinodns, Mrs. Lawrence McKeever
Miller, who will have two deerhounds
on a leash and as her attendants Miss
Helen Krech and Miss Evelyn Preston.
Semirontis, Mrs. Duncan s. Ellis
worth. with two horsemen.
Hestone. Miss Gladys High, who viii
have a torch bearer.
6hr'ysothentis, Mrs. Edward Van In
gen. attended by rose maidens.
Amestris, Mrs. Oren Root, with Miss
Mercedes de Acosta, Miss Katherine
Mackay and Miss Vouletti Proctor as
perts.
Pasetheo, Miss Eleanor Lamson. who
will be attended by a group OF sailors.
AIacteT Mrs. Albert Gallatin, with
Miss Helen Potter as thurifer.
While all the personages of the
masque are of biblical or NEUROLOGICAL
times, the costuming will be OF the
English medieval period. the queens
wearing great hennins and other huge
headdresses. which with their robes Of
state have been faithfully copied from
old colored engravings, originals Of
which are In the British Museum.
Reed Orchestra to Play.
The incidental music for the masque
has been selected by Mrs. Henry H.
Rogers and Mrs. George Barton
French. and in keeping with the an
Gent times depicted will be played by
a reed orchestra. Mrs. Charles H.
Sabin has been acting as chairman OF
the masque and tableaux and Mrs.
Peter B. Wyckoff as the general chair
man.
show the various phases of the moon,
have been arranged by Gerome Brush.
who has his studio IN the Art Village.
Among those to pose are Mrs. David
BOWS, Mrs. Joseph B. Thomas, Mrs.
Marshall Russell, Mrs. Edward Van
1ngen. Mrs. Charles Lindley. Miss
Florence Ellsworth, Miss Roberta
Mitchell and Miss Audrey Osborn.
These tableaux will be novel and ar
tistic and the eclipse period Of the
moon will be shown with the final
dropping on them OF the curtain.
Mrs. Edward Van Tngen has been at
tending to the sale of boxes and seats.
Among the purchasers are Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles b. Alexander, DIR. and
Mrs. Peter B. Wyckoff. Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Gallatin Mrs. Robert Waller,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles e. Mitchell, Mr..
! and Mrs. Lucien Tying. Charles Hay
den. Mrs. Charles T. Barney, Mrs.
William Constable, Mr.. and Mrs. Al
fonso p. Villa. Mr.. and Mrs. T. Nor
rison Carnegie, Mr.. and Mrs. Kurnal r.
Dabbitt. Mr.. and Mrs. James l.. Bar
clay. DIR. and Mrs. P. Flewellen Cham
bers, Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin W. Krech.
Mrs. Henry Pearce. Mr.. and Mrs. Fair
fax Landstreet. Mr.. and Mrs. De
Lancey Nicoll, Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan
j. OBrien, Ralph J. Preston, George
W. Curtis and Mrs Eli K Robinson.
Among other purchasers are Mr.
and Mrs. Victor Mapes, Mr.. and Ms
William H. Hirst, Mrs. Robert c
Black. Mr.. and Mrs. Eben Byers, Mr.
and Mrs. ]. Denison Sawyer, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Stevens Ulman. Mr.. and Mrs
E. du Pout Erving Mr.. and Mrs. C
tiffany Richardson, Mrs. Hobart, Mr.
and Mrs. Carrot A. Hobart, Mrs. Jo-
: seph Flannery, Mr.. and Mrs ]. 1nsley
Blair, Mr.. and Mrs Henry w. Sage
! Mrs. Charles e. Miller. Andrew Mellon
Mrs. Hoffman Miller, Mr.. and Mrs
Robert ]. Turnbull, Mrs. Henry w
Torney. DIR. and Mrs. Norman E. Dit.
man, Seelye Benedict. Col. and Mrs
Robert Means Thompson, Mr.. ant
Mrs. Goodhue Livingston. Mr.. anC
Mrs. Henry H. Rogers. Mr.. and Mrs
Duncan s. Ellsworth. Mr.. and Mrs. f
Ashton de Peyster, Mr.. and Mrs
Chauncey Oicott. Mr.. and Mrs Eugene
Van Rensselaer, Thayer, Clarence H
MaciOay and Charles H. Sabin.