The Washington herald., 1921-01-26
PLAYS And BALL
FOR RELIEF FUND
DOUBLE SUCCESS
Socially and Financially
Drama League Benefit
Reaches Desired Aims.

The Drama League plays and ball
given last evening at the Hotel
Washington for the beneft OF the
Near East Relief Fbnd was quite the
complete success, both socially and
financially, that it gave promise Of
being-and then some.
The Near East made a peculiar
appeal because the money raised for
the fund Is expended in saving the
lives Of the suffering and starving
children in Armenia and the Bible
lands OF Asia.
Then the plays. though amateur,
were exceptionally clever. and the
prominence of the authors and
members OF the casts also attracted
large and smart audience.
Plays Long Rehenrsed.
The plays were long rehearsed at
the home of Mrs. John w. Thomp-
son. who is the author OF one of the
dramas. Mrs. Thompson played the
principal part in her own play,
I Pearls" Besides Mrs. Thompson
there were Miss Nancy Gordon
Jones and Mrs. William Claiming
i
taking prominent parts were Miss
Dorothy bennett, who played the
leading role in "EugenIcally Speak
ing" very amusing play produced
| by tho Washington Square Players
several years ago. Miss bennett is
an extremely good-looking blonde
and well known 20 Washington for
/ her charm and talent. She has been
starring two seasons in her college
class plays at Wisconsin University.
! Others in that cast were ]. NJ. Cur
ton. who is well known as singer
as we'll as star in the College ORA
matte Club Of Syracuse Universt>s,
and c. II. Clifford, an old friend ol
the drama and versatile and pleas
ing in HIS part.
| In Pearls" the charming nttle
play by Mrs Thompson, in which
she played the lead, were Miss MIL
dred Brown, who played the inge-
nue. part and Edwin Trusheim.
student at George Washington Unit
versity and a youth Of marked sbtl-
| ity. who showed a good interpreta-
tion of his part. Mrs, Paul de Hon
Reed. who was Elizabeth Boyd, Of
Philadelphis, before hsr recent
marriage, was very charming in the
leading role OF The Gift OF the
Magii," a story familiar to Us all.
| which Mrs. Burleson has dramatizec.
She was supported by Roger L. Mac
! Andrews, who also showed marked
ability as an actor.
In The Cnlucky Star" the play
/ by Koi Cooper Megrue in which
Nancy Gordon Jones was starred,
there were such able actors as Addi-
son Smith. who has been on the pro-
fessionaI stage with Mrs. Fiske and
ater in vaudevill ., and DetloW Mar
thinson, who is Identified with the
Arts Club. having taken part in a
number OF their plays besides being
a writer Of plays. He filled the role
Of lover to decided advantage. Mrs.
Werner played the part Of maid
very cleverly.
The plays were followed by ball
in which all the guests Joined
Boxes Filled With Social Elect.
The boxes were filled with the
social elect, among those enter
| tanning box parties being Mrs. c. c.
Calhoun. Mrs. Theodore Noyes, Mrs.
r. r. GOWN. Mrs. Cabot Stevens,
! Mrs. Cummings Jones, Mrs. Charles
| Boushton Wood. Mrs. George Hope
Y :.
hoor committee consisted Of the
following: Arthur Bradley Camp
bell, Prince Eugene Lubomirski,
william Eric Fowler, william
Bowie Clark. Maj. George Oakley
Totten. jr., William Stewart Rcy-
burn, Richard II. Wilmer. Douglas
Scott Thropp, George Garrett, Maj.
Alfred B. johnson. Larkin Glaze
brook. jr.. Col. william E. Horton,
| Col. Robert f. Lee, Edward Alsop,
Col. Wise Gardiner Coogan. Horace
Luttrell, Maj. Stuart Cramer. Frank
| lin Ellis, Capt. J. F. Harker. Ralph
Hill, Chester A. Snow, jr., and
Horace westcott.
A committee of eighteen members
of the Junior League acted as ushers.
The committee included the follow
ing young woman: Miss Louise
Delano. Miss Sophie Sweet. Miss
Cora Barry, Miss Mildred Brown
we'll Miss Alys Downing, Mrs
Franklin Ellis, Miss Anna Hamlin
Miss Virginia Hunt. Miss Sarah
King. Miss Louise Littauer, Miss
Nathalie Msgruder. Miss Caroline
Nash. Miss Muriel Denys. Miss Ruth
Larner. Miss Margh erieta Tillmar.
Miss Dorothy Mondell, Miss Lucille
Showalter and Miss Gordon Wood
bury.
Posters Placed on Sale.
Six posters, painted in oil by the
noted miniature artist, Franklin
Brainard Clark, which were on *
hibition in the various hotels. were
placed on sale at the benefit in the
salon des nations. Thesc posters
are unique in design, and it was az
the request Of Mrs. Carl DroUT that
Mr.. Clark consented 10, paint them.
The patronesses for the enter
tainment were Mrs. Woodrow Will
son, Mrs. Baibridge Colby, Princess