Evening star., 1920-02-09
SOCIETY PLAYERS
FACE FULL HOUSES
Every Seat for Premiere of
''HuIIo Washington" Tomor-
row Night Is Sold.

When the curtain rises tomorrow
evening AT the performance of "Hullo
Washington, the musical comedy
which society folks are giving for the
benefit of the Chldren's Hospital at
the marine barracks. the young actors
viii find themselves facing a capacity
audience. This fact is assured in that
all available space for the initial per
formance has been sold and those at
the head of the production We're ap-
pealed to throughout today by per-
sons seeking even standing room for
the show
The seats for the Wednesday even
ing performance are selling well and
all indications are that the Children'S S
Hospital fund will be augmented by
several thousand dollars at least as
the result of the production. Seats
for Wednesday evening may be had
from T Arthur Smith, the street
theatrical ticket agent.
1t was early this morning when the
scores of society girls and diplomats
who are taking part in the perform
ance began to wend their way home-
ward following Il strenuous dreSS re-
hours in the large music hall at the
barracks. Algernon F. Nj. Grelg OF
the British embassy. who wrote
"Hullo. Washington" and is directing
the production. announced to the cast
the. he was very much pleased with
the rehearsal and warned every one
not to allow themselves to give way to
stage fright" when confronted by the
large audience anticipated for the lnl-
tial performance.
Wounded Men to BE Guests.
This evening the final dress rehear-
sal of the show will take place at the
barracks and then the young thes-
plans will be given a rest until the
matinee tomorrow afternoon. 1t is
fair to invite several score. of the
wounded officers and soldiers at the
Walter Reed Hospital to attend the
matinee performance.
Mrs. Grafton Minot. who will i'm
personate charitable woman who
ments for the soldiers. was the de-
cided hit at the dress rehearsal of
last evening. She got a laugh with
every line she read. and her skit es-
peCially appeals to those who saw
service in the Army and Navy: in
fact, to any one who attended char
ity performance given in the Army
camps during the late unpleasantness.
Bid for Praise of Audience.
Misses Eliza Detn hInSSDuTS anu
Virginia Eckels bid fair to win the
hearts. of their audiences with a dance
which rivals similar things done on
the professional stage. Miss Anna
Hamlin. daughter Of c. c. Hamlin of
the Federal Reserve Board, has also
very amusing part. and may be
counted on to get a good hand when
she makes her exit. Chester Lock-
wood. Miss Helen McLanahan. Miss
Mildred Bromwell, Miss Olyve Graef and
others are practically assured of
gracious applause.
among those in the cast are Cora
Barry. C1ementina Bartolucci. Mildred
Bromwell. Marcia Chaplin, Lieut..
Commander Collins, Louise Delano,
the Misses Downing. Barrine Drake,
Anne Dulany, Mr.. and Mrs. James G..
Dunn, Virginia Eckels. Emil Fontanel
Mr.. and Mrs. George Garrett. Olyve
Graef Elizabeth Grinnell, Anne Cor
don, r. H. Hadow. Anna Hamlin.
Frances Hampson, Margaret Harding,
Capt Harker, Eleanor Harris. l.. b.
Heemskerk. Anita Henry, Delphine
Heyl. Katherine Hitchcock, Frances
Hopkins. Elizabeth Howry, Mrs.
Hume, Eleanor Johnston, Elizabeth
Kingsbury, Mary Custis Lee, Ramona
I1efevre, Louise Littauer, Chester
| Lockwood, Cecilia McCallum, Helen
! McLanahan, Mrs. Grafton Minot, Myra
| Morgan. Carolyn Nash. Capt. Part
| ridge, Katherine Robinson. Marie
Sims. Mrs. Emery Smith. II. '. Ten
! nant. Mr. and Mrs. John w. Thomp-
son, George Triplett. Helen Tucker,
! Col Watson, NatZ Weller, Lindsay
Wood and Marjorie Wright.