Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-04
Mask and Wig Club.

Ono Of tho really notable events
Of the theatrical. or, rather, enter
tainment. season in the National Cap
ital Is the annual appearance Of the
of Pennsylvania. This galaxy Of ex-
ceptionally talented young men last
evening at Polls Theater presented
Don Quioxte. Jr.. Sleepless knight"
as the thirty-second annual produce
ton Of the, club. and earned the un-.
ence that included many of the
alumni of -syl-vane-eye-a." now
resident in this city. 1t was the first
appearance Of the club here since
Mr. Rip Van Wrinkle" was offered. ct
the Belasco Theater. May Z. 1917. just
the world war "The Bridal Not"
was given In 1918 and the Revue Of
Revues'' in 1919 in Atlantic City,
Wilmington and Philadelphia. WASH
fngton not being visited because Of
wartime conditions. The lapse Of
thusiasm Of the audience last even
ing and the welcome accorded the
visitors amounted to an ovation.
Don Quixote. Jr.." proved to be a
scenically beautiful. gorgeously cos
tuned. cleverly written. tunefully
ate offering. Geographically. 1t had
to do with old Spain. which afforded
ground for picturesque attire and
varihued settings. 1t was In two
acts. one the court yard OF the Golden
Bull Inn. and the other the interior
of the governors palace on the Isle
Earataria. Specialties. dances. en-
sembles. and other features are in
troduced almost without number. AS
the audience was insistent In its de-
mands for encores: the curtain did
not make its final descent until 1870
o'clock. Then followed the custom
airy "yell"- with "lady" Of the
choruS as cheer leader-concluding
with washington" thrice repeated.
The cast included F. II. Ehmann, '21.
landlord Of the Golden Bull Inn; J.
II. Hoff. '22. as Dulcinea. daughter Of
Pietro. beloved OF Don Qufxote, but
secretly betrothed to gypsy chief
tain: Edward Longstreth. 20. as
Omeletta. kitchen vamp: B. b.
Brause, '23. as Beppo. the village bar
Der: r. F. McMurtie. 20. as Don Quix-
ote the bravest of the brave: f. II.
Ledyard '21, as Sancho PanZa. his
faithful second: f. +. Vrooman, 81.
as Manrico. the chieftain of COM
pany of gypsy bandits: b. F. Schroe-
der jr.. '23. as his excellency. the
governor of the Isle of Barataria; II.
/. Curtis, '22, and ID. +. Kingston. %.
az Pepita and Jazita. daughter Of the
governor. and w. II. Clarke. 5r.. %.
ana II. -. fSaTSN1NSeT, 81, tHe ioI c anu
aft, respectively, OF Rosinante. Don
Quixote's faithful steed.
"Rosinante." one Of the most in
telligent beasts ever seen on any
stage. was a genuine feature OF the
production When il was announced
that her father was Russian and her
mother Spanish. "Rosinante" re-
sponded by executing composite
dance. that OF the front legs being
typically Russian. while the move
ments of the hind legs were char
acteristically Spanish.
The chorus. that completely filled
the stage, was largely female" the
gowns and the grace with which
they were worn being revelation:
The girls" outclassed in beauty ana
attractiveness many famed beauty
chorus Of the professional stage.
The thirty-second annual produc-
ton Of The Mask and Wig Club may
reasonably he recorded as perhaps
the most pretentious and notable in
its history.