The Washington herald., 1921-05-22
OTED RESIDENTS
TO AID BENEFIT
SHOWING OF FILM
Heart of Maryland" Is
Shown Tonight for Wo-
mans Welfare Assn.

A visitor Of international fame
pa many well known residents of
ashington will collaborate this
Fening at Moore's Garden Theater
create the most picturesque ana
nportant FIRST night" Of the the
r1cal and social season.
The opening of the two weeks
nent tonight at the Garden The
er In behalf OF the women's well
are Association will be witnessed
theater parties representing the
hite House, the Cabinet, the Dip
matic Corps and official Washing
pm society. The stage will be rep
esented across the footIights by
iiss Katherine Calvert. the distin-
utshed film star. Miss Calvert. who
member of the famous Calvert
hmily of Maryland, created the title
ole of Maryland Calvert" in The
Feart of Maryland" the central fes-
fure of tonights program at the
on for a personal appearance on
he stage that is to house the pre-
pier showing of David Belasco's
lassic drama in screen form.
VIII show Local Movie.
The completed program for the
Penefit. which was arranged under
fhe personal direction of Tom
Moore, owner of the Rialto. Garden
knd various other Washington the
kters. will include in addition to
The Heart of Maryland the first
Fhowing on any stage of "A Ro-
fnanCe of Washington" the big film
epectscle created in this city and
for which probably 10000 Washing
fonians posed, consciously or uncon-
Fctously. The tlm will be supple
Fnented by numerous artistic vaude-
|1lle acts which have been contrib
Ited to the benefit by Manager Tom
Moore
As a result of activities by a rec
number of committees,
made up of prominent Washington
women. the advance sale of seats
Tor the two weeks benefit at the
Garden Is unprecedented.
In this connection it NAV he well
Of Tom Moore, owner Of the Garden
Theater. every cent of the profits
Will go to the fund that is being
raised by Washington social leaders
TO aid the Women's Welfare Asso-
a philanthropy which en-
ables working women in this city to
obtain the services of the most
skillful and distinguished physicians
at a purely nominal fee
Some idea of the interest which
Is being shown in the benefit NAV
be had from the fact that members
Of the Diplomatic Corps have pur-
chased 300 seats for the opening
night, and that more than 5000
seats have been reserved by famous
for various after
Moons and evenings during the COM
ing fortnight. Fifty Boy Scouts and
fifty Girl Scouts will be sent to one
as the guests OF Mrs. John
Dougherty. Mrs. II. L. Rust and
Mrs George Porter have raised a
'und to send as their guests on
Memorial Day members of the Nc
Toy unit of the Mount Alto Hos
'ital. Mrs. Victor Kaufman and
Mrs. John A. Dougherty are sending
is their guests the soldiers at WAL
Ter Reed Hospital. on Tuesday af-
ternoon. May "a. Mrs. Dougherty
will hav" - her guests 100 soldiers
rom the United States Soldiers
Home.
Distinguished HOstesses.
The following distinguished Wash
ngton hostesses who have been
elected to entertain theater parties
Onight at the Garden Theater and
who have taken boxes for the open-
nE are: Mime. Pezet. Mime. Matthew,
Nme. Cestedes. Mime. Lubomirski.
Nine. Riano. Mrs. stephen r. EIkins.
Mrs. George W. Ehle. Mrs James
and Mrs. Frederick c.
Hicks.
Tonight's audience will also in
,lude a majority of the noted pat
-onesses of the benefit. a list OF
which includes: Mrs
Harding. Mrs. Coolidge. Mrs. Wood
'Ow Wilson. Mrs. Charles f. Hughes.
Mrs. Robert Lansing, Mrs. Edwin
Denby. Mrs. Herbert Hoover. Mrs.
Thomas F. Walsh. Mrs. John A.
Mrs. Victor Kaufman,
Mrs. Charles B. Wood. Mrs George
H. Myers. Mrs Fall, Mrs. c. c. CAL
noun. Mrs. Fafael RGovin. Miss
Rooney, Mrs. John Hays Hammond,
Mrs. Richard Wainwrig ght, Mrs.
Charles 6. Hamlin, Mrs. H L. Rust.
Mrs. Cunningham Hall. Mrs. Ollie
James. Mrs. Wesley VI. Stoner. Mrs.
stephen Elkins, Mrs. Thomas ].
Mrs Archibald Hopkins,
Ars Robert VI Thompson. Mrs Will
am Littauer. Mrs. John W. Weeks,
Mrs. Charles II. Harlow. Mrs. Hem
ans, Mrs William G. Eustis. Mrs.
VI. Holton, Miss Mary r. Adams.
Madame Slavko Grouitch. Mrs.
Henry G. Wallace. Mrs. John A. Le-
eune. Mrs. Maynard G. Burrell. Mrs
:. d. Roak. Mrs. William II. King,
Hrs. Lynn YeaGle, Mrs. Frederick N
Mrs. James Mcdonald,
Miss Janet Richards and Mrs.
-anrRe w Ehla