The New York herald., 1921-05-23
Society and Stage
Players Join in
Aiding Soldiers
Earn $4,000 for the Dug Out
i'm Novel Entertainment
at the Shubert.

a surprisingly large audience consid-
temperature like that OF last night
was attracted to the Shubert Theatre
for the benefit Of the Dugout. club
for disabled soldiers. and 1t was esti-
mated that $4,000 was netted by tine
performance
Mrs. Elizab beth Tyree Metcalfe. a score
of years ago one or the brightest come
diennes OF the local stage. had arranged
the details and most of the participants
| were stars of theatrical magnitude, the
society assistance aiding the general in
terest of the night. Col. Reginald Bar
low acted as master OF ceremonies. an
nouncing the various numbers of the pro-
gramme.
The first comedy on the bill. THE
Natural Conclusion" had to be given
up. as the members of the cast were
obliged to leave town on professional
business However, 'The Impediment,"
by Alan Brooks, acted by Miss Carroll
McComas. Mr.. Sidney Blackmer and
Mrs. Efiingham Pinto. and 'Milady's
| Face" the cast comprising Miss Jessie
Busley. Miss Jessie Ralph and Mr.
George Stuart Christie two amusing
the audience In good humor.
After the comedies there was a little
surprise In the announcement that Mr.
Irving Fisher Of sally would sing,
and he also did much to keep the au-
dience in good humor. Before the chief
feature of the nights entertainment. Mr.
James S. Metcalfe's "The Children of
the Bard" a Shakespearian memorial.
Col. Barlow told of the great work that
the Dug Out is doing and Mr.. James
Montgomery Flagg auctioned off for the
club one of his own posters, selling 1t
for 5000.
Mr.. Metcalfes part in the programme
was most entertaining, and it was
Shakespeare in tabloid form. Some OF
the great characters Of the immortal
bard passed In rapid succession across
the stage, each with few words to say.
There were Puck. Hamlet. Ophelia.
Romeo and Juliet. Beatrice and Bene-
dick. Othello and Desdemona, Petrucchio
and Katherine Mare Antony and Cleo
patra. Richard the Third. Touchstone
Audrey. Rosalind. Shylock and Portia.
Malvolio, Viola, Brutus. Dogberry. King
Lear, Lady Macbeth. Falstaff, Slender.
Anne Page Henry the Eighth. with his
wives Katharine of Aragon. Anne Boleyn.
Jane Seymour. Anne OF Cleves, Catherine
Howard and Catherine Parr Titania
and Oberon and the other characters
from "A Midsummer Nights Dream"
Such cast as that of Mr. Metcalfes 8
fantasy would fill Broadway theatre
for weeks. There were in it such stars
as Mrs. Cosmo Hamilton. Misses Elsie
Ferguson, Eva lie Galienne. Adrienne
Morrison, Constance and F'aire Bnney
Mary Servos, Carroll McComas, Helen
Ware, Ruth Gilmore, Gilda Varesi:
Messrs. John Drew. George Arliss. Pedro
de Cordoba. Ernest Glendenning, Flem-
ing Ward. Wilton Lackaye, John Cope,
Grant Mitchell. Rowland Blackstone and
Gilbert Emery of the professional stage.
The amateur element included Mrs. Ly
dig Hoyt as Cleopatra. Mrs. Stephen Fl. Z.
Pell as King Henry VII, his wives be-
ing impersonated by Mrs. Alfred c. Bos-
som. Mrs. Bradish Carroll Johnson, Jr.
Mrs. Monroe Douglas Robinson. Mrs.
Charles De Rham. Jr., and Mrs. Stanley
Griswold Flagg Sd.
Among those In the audience were
Mrs. NJ. Lawrence Keene. Nine de
weerth. Mrs. Wheldon Keeling. Mr.
Thomas b. Clarke. Jr.. MIR and Mrs.
whi,ewright Watson. Mr.. and Mrs. Theo-
dore r. Pell. Mrs. A. Scott Cameron,
Mrs. william Calender, Mr.. and Mrs
Ira Barrows. Mrs. Dudley Olcott Miss
Abby Putnam Morrison. Mr.. and Mrs
Henry s. Hooker, Mrs. Charles A. Childs
Mrs. Jose Aymar Miss Maude Wetmore.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Winch, Mrs. Ed
ward McVicker. Mrs. J. Harrison r.
vine. Mr.. and Mrs. Theron r. Strong,
Mr.. and Mrs T. Chauncey Mckeever,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles S. Whitman. Mrs.
S. Osgood Pell, Mr. Paul Reimers. Mrs.
Edward " Breitung. Mrs. Richard t.
Wilson. Miss Lille I.awlor and Mr.. Ly-
dig Hoyt.