The Washington herald., 1921-04-16
RELIEF !
TABLEAUX CHARM
LARGE AUDIENCE
Applause For Feature of
Entertainments For
Refugees.

Perfectly exquisite" almost de-
scribes the tableaux vivants shown
at the Russian Embassy last even,
ing for the benefit of the Russian
refugees, who were driven from their
native land by the Bolshevists.
Words can't begin to describe the
loveliness of every single tableau,
each one lovelier than the one be-
fore.
They were staged and directed by
Albert Sterner. the prominent New
York artist. who. il certainly to be
congratulated on last evenings en-
tertainment, one of the several fea-
lures of a series Of social entertain
ments held under the auspices OF the
Washington branch Of the American
Central Committee for Russian Re-
lief, of which Mrs. Robert Lansing
Is permanent chairman and Mrs
Borden Hartman is chairman of the
present campaign body.
Buds and Matrens Take Part.
The participants in the tableaux
were all prominent buds and ma
irons in society and representatives
,of the various embassies and lega-
tions. which added much interest.
The scenery was made especially for
the pictures. and in each case was
perfect in detail. and the lightint
effects were delightful. The hand
some. spacious drawing-rooms of the
embassy made a lovely setting for
the brilliant throng.
The audience was composed of al
Of the elite who were not include d
in the pictures. II was a very rep
resentative gathering. among those
present being the Russian Am
bassador and Nine. Bakhmeteff. the
Peruvian Ambassador and Nine. Pc
yet, the Argentine Ambassador and
Nine. lie Breton! the Cuban Minister
and Nine. de Cespedes. the. United
States Minister to Switzerland and
Mrs. Hampson Gary, Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Lansing, Mrs. Marshall Field,
Henry de Bach, counselor of the
Russian Embassy, and Nine. de
Bach; Prince and Princess Gagarine.
Mrs. Livingston Farrand. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles J. Bell. Mrs. Wilfre.
Dupuy, Admiral and Mrs. H. H
Rousseau.
Netherlands Counselor Present.
w. H. de Beaufort, counselor of
the Netherlands Legation: DR.. J. 3 .
Hubrecht. secretary of the Neither
lands legation. and Nine. Hubrccht;
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Atherton,
Gen. and Mrs. McCawley, Mrs. J.
Borden Hartman. Admiral Newton
A. McCully. Mrs. David Barry. Miss
Cora Barry. the Misses Uribe. Mr..
and Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, Mai
George Oakley Totten, Horace Lut-
trell. Mr.. and Mrs. william A. Scully,
Miss Isabelle May. Mr.. and Mrs
George T. Marye. Miss Eloise Brown.
Miss Mildred Brown, Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Harlow, Mrs. Walter Bruce
Move, Mr.. and Mrs. Avon Nevius, Mr..
and Mrs. Hokan Steffanson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Tuckerman. Mrs. Cra-
han Of Seattle, Washington. who is
visiting here, Capt. and Mrs. q. c.
Calhoun. Capt. Partridge. Robert L.
Craigie of the British Embassy staff.
Maj. c. Z. d. Bridge of the British
Embassy staff. Mrs. Randolph Minor,
Mrs. Charles BouShton Wood. Mrs.
Gist Blair. Capt. and Mrs. william
Schwartz. Mrs. F. B. Moran. Mrs
Robert Hinckley. Miss Gladys
Senator Walsh. Sylvanus
Stokes. jr.. Mrs. Hare Lippincott. Mr.
and Mrs. William !. Deming, MS.
F. S. Nash. Mrs. DeIos Blodgett, Mrs.
Charles G. Matthews.
Omcers In Audiesce.
Maj Harold Raynor. Capt. Cahill.
Miss Madeleine Austin. Miss Nir-
ginia Mckenncy. Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Hight. Representative and
Mrs. Frederick c. Hicks, Mr.. and
Mrs. Warren Delano Robbins. Wal
ter Penfield, Mr.. and Mrs. Randall
Hagner. Comdr. and Mrs. Tom Hag-
ner, Mr.. and Mrs. Newbold Noyes.
Prince Lubomirski. Mrs. Julian
James. Admiral Andrew T. Long.
Mrs. James Carroll Frazer and Mrs.
King Carley.
The program was as follows:
l. Spring" Mrs. Richard Emmet.
Misses Helen Minnigerode, Sylvia
Meredith, Alice Denning. Caroline
Jackson, Emma Bamson, Marion
Kimball and Irene Robbins. Piano
by Miss Jeanne Rowen.