Evening star., 1920-02-11
|HULL0 Washington
PLAY Of FEATURES
|. CHARMS AUDIENCE
Debutantes and Others in So
Ciety Entertain at Ma
rine Barracks.

! view interspersed with music, was
| given last evening in the band room
at the marine barracks. by a group of
! dobutantes, young diplomats and
! other members of smart society. AL
! gernon r. NJ. Greig, the atuhor and
producer of this piece of imperti-
! nence in two acts and fourteen
great enjoyment for the large audi
| ence which througed the room and
| overfiowed to the balcony on the sec
ond floor, where the boxes were ar
| ranged. Miss Anne Gordon, the debu-
| tante daughter of Mrs Barnett, wife
| of Mai Gen. George Barnett, com
mandant of the Marine Corps. wrote
additional lyrics for the play. as did
! ] Harker of the British embassy
staff. The Marine Band. under the
! leadership of Lieut.. Santelmann. gave
| splendid support, accompanying both
| the singing and dancing numbers.
! Capt Dwight Partridge proved very
! able stage manager and was assisted
! by Col. l.. e Lee:
| a ZeSt and SmoothneSS seldom seen
! in an amateur performance. and the
| chorus, composed of a group of the
prettiest girls in washington: sang
! with considerable volume. Their cos
! TUNES were both effective and beau
! tiful The play will be repeated this
evening and the proceeds for al the
performances will go to the Children's
Hospital.
Portrayal of Scenes.
| The scenes in the first act included
! "a colonial room in the home of Mr..
| Deecee. 1920" "a ballroom in the nome
| of Mr. Bayard, Washington, 1909, fol-
! lowed. and the succeeding scenes were
! "anywhere in Washington, 1920" ''Ye
cave dweller's home, washington,
April. 1917" "a diplomats office. 1920;
! covered entrance to reception nall
and "a Royal Reception"
The scenes in the second act were
"a peep into the future. the supreme
Court. 1910 (O." A delightful bit OF
comedy was enacted in this scene.
where not only the Chief Justice, but
all the other justices and the court
| attendants were women Ihelr lreat,
ment of the mere male who pleaded
for the right to run for Congress won
rounds of applause "A street, any
Sunday afternoon at o'clock, 1870,
proved equally entertaining ano
concert platform followed. Near
any girls heart. leap year, 1920" gave
| a delightful opportunity to Miss Lind
say Wood and Miss Margaret Harding
to show their dramatic ability. They
made fascinating nurses IN their heo
| Cross costumes. Chevy Chase Cup
any Wednesday night, gave sh Snue
light on the pastimes of the deou-
| tantes while sitting out, ana the
program closed with a little scene
called ION the way home. In which
Miss Helen McLanahan and Mr.. Ches-
! ter Lockwood took part.
| cially good and included many topi-
| cal songs The dancing. too, was
cleverly done, especially the dance in
! which Miss Virginia Eckels and MISS
Elizabeth Kingsbury took par part In IN
| erforts of many professionals in that
( line.
Members of the Cast.
Those taking part in the cast in
| cluded Miss Mildred Bromwell, who
played the important part OF MIS-
Deecee; Miss Anne Gordon. Miss
Miss Margaret Harding, Miss Cora
Barry. Miss Louise Delano. Mrs. Graf
| ton Minot, Mr.. and Mrs. George Car
rett. Mr.. and Mrs. James Dunn, MISS
Virginia Eckels: Mr. and Mrs; John
son, Miss Alys Downing. Miss Helen
McIanahan, Miss Eleanor Johnston.
Miss Marjorie Wright. Miss Marcia
| Chaplin, Miss Barrine Drake. Miss
Oiyve Graef. Miss Anita Henry, Miss
Delphine Heyl, Miss Frances Hop
kins, Mrs. Howard Hume, Miss Ce-
ella McCallum, Miss Myra Morgan.
| Miss Marie Sims, Miss Helen Tucker,
Miss Lindsay Wood, MISS Helen
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| in the first act, displaying voice of
| great beauty and power; Algernon
F. NJ. Greig, who only made one ap-
pearance on the stage. taking the
| Prince of Ruritania, lively parody.
we suspect, on the recent visit Of a
member of one of the royal houses
| of Europe: and the flutter among the
debutantes and the catty remarks of
the older guests at the royal recep
ton" attendant upon his arrival were
especially well depicted.
Others in the cast included l.. b.
HeemSk ERIK, whose scene in a diplo-
mats office was a splendid bit of
part of Mr.. Deecee, and Hugh Cock
rell, as a gentlemen of the State De-
partment played their parts with
spirit Emile Fontanel, Edwin Wat
Chester Lockwood. r. H. Hadow
Thomas Dunham and Harold Jones
also took part.
Those in the Audience.
Those in the large audience includ-
ed the ambassador of Argentina and
Nine. lie Breton, Miss Lloveras Nine
Cremer, wife of the minister of the
Netherlands; N. H. Lahovary, Mrs.
Marshall Field, Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
George Barnett, Mr.. and Mrs Henry
iGetty Chiffon, Sir and Lady Arthur
Willert, Mrs. Franklin K. Lane, Miss
Nancy Lane, Miss Frances Hampson,
Mrs William Haywood, Capt. anu
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