The New York herald., 1922-05-28
BOSTON IS JARRED
BY ANOTHER PARTY
Actresses Beaten in Revel
in Commonwealth Ave-
nue. House. 8
ONE SENT TO HOSPITAL
Dance by Geneva Mitchell
Of Sally Company a
Feature.
LOSES ZIEGFELD JOB
Starts for New York to Tell
Her Story and Seek Re-
ZIEGFELD j
Starts for New York to Tell
Her Story and Seek Re-
instatement.

Special Dispatch to The NEW YoRK HERALD.
BosToN, May 27.-Revalations that
will shock Boston, depicting wild rev.
elry participated in by business and
professional men, naval officers, Har-
ward students and others who iden-
tify themselves with the city's "best
families" were promised to-day by
the chorus girls who attended a mid
night orgy at 246 Commonwealth ave-
nue.. in which two actresses were Sc
verely beaten. ~
Members Of the party revealed
story Of a dance by Geneva Mitchell,
late principal in the musical show
SSally." clad only in flimsy black silk
pajamas. The dance was done to the
accompaniment of tinkling glasses.
laughter and jest. As it progressed
the chorus girls were shocked, they
declare.
Miss Marie Levon, recently, one of
the chorus girls of THE Last Waltz"
company. who was gagged at the party
by some of its male members. described
Miss Mitchell's "pajama shindy.''
miss Mitchell is trying to put all the
blame on Eleanor Lazon and me-" Miss
Levon said to-day. "She said that we
we're the boisterous ones at the party
and yet she danced in black silk pa
5amas."
Miss Levon described how she was
gagged with a towel by some of the
men Of the party. She said she had
been in the hospital for several days
and pointed to ner eyes. which are still
discolored, and a swollen jaw.
Harvard Boys mt ReveI.
Three Harvard Gold Coast" boys
were present at the revel. 1t was fur
ther revealed that a naval officer who
was present objected to the rough treat
ment being accorded to the two girls
who were injured This objection. 1t Is
stated. aroused the wrath Of the four
men engaged in the attacks on the girls
and they set upon the officer, beat him
severely and threw him bodily out the
back door. The men, it Is stated, were
encouraged In this act by one OF the
chorus girls who staggered to her feet
and shouted Throw him out !"
AS result of the revelry Miss Mitchell
has retired from her role in the sally"
company and the Lazon and Levon girls
have danced their finals in THE Last
Waltz company.
When Marilynn Miller refused to con-
tinue in the leading sally" role If Miss
Mitchell remained In the cast Florenz
Ziegfeld telephoned from New York. re-
placing Miss Mitchell with Claire Mill
er. the stars younger sister.
II.
trunks.
"I am taking the midnight train to
New York." she said II will present
the whole case to Mr.. Ziegfeld and /
am sure he will set things right" She
said she intended to devote all her at
tention first to prosecuting her suit for
annulment of her marriage to the
wealthy Yale graduate. Robert Savage,
whom she married after a two hours
courtship.
'Two Separate Parties.v
Miss MitchelPs grandfather. Samuel
Rice. who lives with her at the Com
monwealth avenue apartment, said
there were two separate parties on the
night or the orgy. He said those in
his granddaughter's party included n
man by the name OF Snow. "a French
speaking fellow called Billy and two
naval officers
Miss Lazon and Miss Levon in
formed Mr.. Rice they believed they
were being taken to a dancing party
by the three men. When they found
themselves In the house they tried TO
get out. but were refused permission to
depart. They had a few drinks and
then things became dizzy, they said.
''They started to scream and II was
the screams that attracted my atten-
tion," said Mr.. Rice.
large broken window in the front
OF the house testifies to the wildness of
the party. 1t is said one girl threw
a champagne bottle through the window
in an effort to get out OF the house.
Mr.. Rice says he found one girl fight
ing off two men, the girl was yelling
as II in Mysteries, and third man was
guarding the door.
IT told her not to fear. that would
protect her." said the elderly rescuer.
The party was too wild for Geneva
Mitchelrs maid. She thought she would
. be In a better element in Florida among
her own folk and she departed on the
dav after the spree