New-York tribune., 1920-03-13
Society Play
ls Staged on
hanks of Avon
,,.,, Ballroom Looks Like
n. of Old England When
Flower Guild Presents
sSaakesreareC CardenClub'
Margaret White Married
g.comes Bride of Daniel
Bacon at Ceremony in
Church at Key West, Fla.

..r, Of the Plaza ballroom last even
=, where the charming little play,
sTs. ~. Shakespeare Garden Club" by
W. Mabel NJ. Moran, Of Larchmont,
-. given under the auspices Of the
y,,;onal Plant, Flower and Fruit
c,;N Il was Stratford-on-Avon and
y. fantasy was acted on the banks Of
!. river with Shakespeare's wife. Anna
a,Asway (Mrs. Lee Hill French ir.)
.,s several characters from the plays
ii The Bard of Avon in the cast.
me play brought together Mistress
eard and Mistress Page, Miss Sylvia
grcwa and Miss Marion Clifford, re-
suecsively; Lady Macbeth, iu,person
,.sd By Miss Geraldine Hall; Ophelia,
sv Miss Mary stichan: Cleopatra, by
Mss Ada Heinze, and Jessica, by Miss
ziIlah Thompson, and also Cordelia.
perdite, Desdelnona, Catherine, Portia,
Rosalind, Juliet, Titania and Octavia.
who were portrayed by Miss Constance
DeLancy, Miss Virginia de Haven, Miss
Madeline Rees, Mss Dorothy Hsight,
Mrs. Connor Lawrence, Miss Louise
Joueers, Miss Marian Whitman, Mrs.
Bradley Coley, Miss Elizabeth Haldane
ssd Mss Alice Macy Beers.
The action centered around the re-
Guest made by Shakespeare that the
banks Of the Avon be beautitied, and
his heFoines responded to the appeal.
There we're poetic and witty lines and
early Eng ish ballads and dances inter
poated the dialogue.
The play was followed by a fantasy
entitled THE Banks Of the Avon in
Spring" arranged by Miss Janet Jack
500, which showed the lover and his
Ass at work and play. In the cast
we're Miss Lillian Jackson, Miss Janet
Jackson and Miss Ruth Cramer. There
YES an old French song ana a Pavanne
cone by Miss Marian Whitman and
Harold Van Doran. Miss Ada Heinze
isok part in an Egyptian dance as Cleo
patra, and the Merry Wives OF Wind
sor.' Miss Marion Clifford and Miss
sylvia Brown, gossiped and danced.
Nine. Anita Rio gave group of old
laglsh songs, Sigh No More, Nv
siAdes,' She Never Told Her Love"
and 1t Was Lover and His Lass"
Flowers mentioned by Shakespeare
we're represented by group of young
women. the Primrose by Miss Lentil-
aon Clifford, Sweet Peas by Miss Doro-
Thy Battle and Miss Faith Hayden,
Arkspur by Miss Amy Clifford and
Mss Amy Sparks and Holyhock by
llss Ruth Hayden and Miss Alice Hall.
Hiss Pauline Bourne also took part in
his flower fantasy.
among those who had boxes were
aH John Henry Hammond, Mrs. Ar
hur Curtiss James, Mrs. James Roose-
ni Mrs. Oliver Parker, Mrs Herbert
Saiteriee, Mrs. v. Seward Webb,
bays. Mrs. George D. Pratt, Mrs. T.
Co.eman Gu Pont, Mrs. J. Victor Guinz-
Durg and Adolph Lewisohn.
The floor committee, of which R.
lzgersoll Brown was chairman, was
made up o. Littleton Fox, Eckford de
Aay- Il. Van Rensselaer, Fairfax, Leon
ard Cox, Robertson Cleveland. Fairfax
Burger. Otis de r. Brown. Robert L..
5ige CIV, Chandler Bates. Frederick T.
frisltmann. Leigh French, Frank II.
5cu d, c. Douglass Green, Edward
smmons Hal Donald ". Lamb. En-
erSon McMiilin Sd, Theodore Roose-
relt Pell. Henry Wise Miller, Stowe
srAelps, Henry Morgan Post, Charles
Morgan Post, James Sheldon, E. Vail
| ssi'eobns. Morris McKim Pryor, James
Marley Queen. Cornelius v. v. Sewall
~ Edmund ]. Stone, George Temple
Ton Strong, William Trumbull Thomas,
ueorge Henry Warren jr. and George
+ aumford Watts.
The proceeds Of the entertainment
1 viii be used in supplying seeds and
fsrming implements to the she'll
Iaocked soldiers under treatment at
LIE hospital at Dannsville, N. Y, and
also Tor garden supplies to be sent to
ne devastated town OF ST. Quentin, in
| france, IN response to an appeal for
SEEDS and other things from the mayor
Of that city.
Mr.. and Mrs. HERNIA Livingston, jr.,
sAo have been spending the winter
Iil La Jolla, Fla, will make an ex-
ended motor tour through California
,siors returning to their home in New
Dr. and Mrs. Eric T. William Bo-
plst, OF Minneapolis, Mimi, are re-
aMng congratulations on the birth
va ..,a. daughter in that city. Mrs. b.
'uss was Miss Elizabeth Bacon,
Tyugnter, by former marriage. OF
sn. Edwin Sweetser Merrill, of 340
vest seventieth Street.
aF and Mrs. William Gage Brady,
g. Of this city and Scarsdale, will
~ March II on the Vauban for an
Sehded trip through South America.
among the young women who will
ave IN the tea room ct the Flower
ssss in Grand Central Palace on
saSS'sn an Day. Friday, March 19, will
MISS Katherine Field, Miss
Tyssnarlne Post, Miss Janet Robb,
III III lKosalie Bloodgood, Mrs. Amos
,sssefmerhorn Nv and Mrs. Bigelow Til
rsss Mrs. John Prince will be in
sis,se and all will be dressed in Rus
S@m costume. Princess Cantacuze1e-
srss'annsky, rss chairman OF the Amerl-
ipsdi; central Committee for Russian
sslief. will speak.
sord has been received in New
80 ;s o. the marriage in St. Paul's
sssapsl Church, Key West Fla, on
IgissaesTnay T,y evening Of Miss Margaret
hs,se white, daughter of Mr.. and
lexington Mayo White, to Dam
Aa oacon, of this ely. Mr.. Bacon
1pus. member of the Union and other
ass. as. Hamilton NICK. TGombly gave
Ei,s FINER last night at her home in
u H. s~S ~
H. ii j. and Mrs. Peter H. B. Frelinghuy-
n .s ;ss's Morristown, N. j., yesterday
sss and Mrs. John J. Watson it,,
avs we're at Palm Beach for few
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