The New York herald., 1922-11-26
Amateur Players
of Greenwich in
Three Playlets
The Riverside Players Draw
Large Audience to Sound
Beach Club.

The Sound Beach Golf and Country
Club at Greenwich was the scene OF a
brilliant dramatic performance Friday
night, when the Riverside Players pre-
scented three ono act plays. The per-
forrnance was repeated last night. The
club rooms were crowded with many
prominent people from Riverside. Sound
Beach and other sections of the town,
az well as a number from out OF town.
The plays presented were "Hearts."
one act play. by Alice Gerstenbers.
the parts being taken by Marion Shaw.
Gertrude Pierce. Airline Tenlpleton. and
Mollie Reeves Three Pills In Bottle.
a fantasy In one act, by Rachel Lyman
Field. tho characters being Ann Kelly.
Mary McDevett. Joe Louden. George F..
Walden. Cresop Watson. Angela Wood
and Cecilia Peck, and The Pot Boiler"
n one act satire. by Alice Gerstenberg.
with James Graham. Warfield Kelly,
Arthur Norris, Helen Wall. Philip Ober
and Geraldine Gill.
Mrs Mary Hill-Brown. OF New York
was the director: Mrs. Harry 4. Mon
tague, manager: Harry E. Montague.
treasurer: Norman Warner. stage man
ager: properties. Leo V. Backes: set
tings. Arthur Norris and Hubert Il.
Reeves; costumes. Mrs. Irving NJ. Shaw,
and electricity. Arthu Warner.
Two orchestra seat for yesterdays
matinee at the Metropolitan Opera were
donated as first prize for the Blue Prize
Bridge party at the iPickwick Arms on
Thursday, the proceeds OF which went to
a children's endowment bed for the
Greenwich Hospital. Tea was also
served. Mrs. Edward W. Packard was
treasurer OF the committee. assisted by
Mines. william A. Evans. George
w. Dawson. John A Topping. Samuel
r. Pryor. Nathaniel Webb. Edgar d.
Pouch. Theodore L. Pomeroy and S.
cristy Mead.
Mr. and Mrs. w. Herbert Wiley en-
tertained number of prominent men
and women at q reception and tea given
at their homo here last Sunday after
noon to meet the dean OF Lincoln. who
IS here on q visit from England. also
Countess de Monteil OF Paris. France,
and Mre. Maud Crosby of Halifax. Can
ada, their guests Among those present
we're Lady Muir Mackenzie. Baron ;.
de Piles. Mr.. and Mrs william A.
Rockefeller. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert w.
Hsmlin. Mrs. Seymour J. Hyde. Worrall
Hyde. Mr.. and Mrs. Clement Cleveland.
anc Mrs. Charles n. Ianier, Mr.. and
MIRA J. r. Scutter. Nr. and Mrs. James
II. Perkins. Mr.. ana Mrs. Morton c..
Nichols. Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin y. Curtis,
Mr. and Mrs. Julian w. Curtis. DR.. and
Mrs. George -. Vincent, Mr.. and Mira
James II. Quan. Col. and Mrs. Charles
Arthur Moore. Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar D..
Pouch. Mr.. and Mrs. Y. Dimon Bird. Mr..
nnd Mrs. w. r. Decker. Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore l.. Pomeroy. Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert kingsbury and Mr.. and Mrs
Frederick L. Yeager.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen 3. Forbes OF Old
Church road are visiting Mrs. Forbes's
brother and sister-in-iaw. Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur Hstely in Monterey. Cal. Mrs
Hately was Miss Hester Hyde, daughter
Of Mrs. Seymour J. Hyde OF Greenwich
and New York.
The Travel Club met at the home OF
Mrs Douglas Graham Smyth in Belle
Haven last Friday afternoon. william
n. Howe gave a lecture on Literary
Scotland and England" Soprano solos
were sung by Mrs. Charles IT, Martin.
accompanied at the plano by Mrs. Tfar-
old Wellstood.
Mrs. Henry p. Field OF Lake avenue
have left for Birmingham, Ala, where
she will make an indefinite stay. Dur