The Washington times., 1923-12-08
Is Neu Cuban
ENJOY Here
to Stay?
By JEAN ELIOT.

TIME new Ambassador of Cuba,
l. DIR. Cosme de la Torriente,
has arrived in Washington from
Havana, but his wife and daugh-
ter remained at their home in
Cuba and will not come to this
country for a while. The ambas-
sador was accompanied by Angus
to Marchan, consul general at
Havana.
There are rumors, however,
that a string is attached to DR..
de la Torriente's acceptance of
the post here and that President
Zayas has not accepted all the
conditions named. So that we
may find the distinguished Cuban
diplomat q transient visitor.
There is considerable mystery
In the existing Cuban political
situation. An index to it is the
sphinxlike attitude of the State
Department and General Crowder,
United States Ambassador to
Cuba, who has been in this coun-
try some months. No date has
been set by the State Department
for his return to Cuba.
Baron de Cartier de Marchienne,
Belgian ambassador to the United
States, who has recently been
given the added duties of minis
ter to Cuba, is scheduled to leave
for Havana within the month to
present his credentials to Presi-
dent Zayas.
A N enthusiastic audience filled
"A the Playhouse to overlooking
last night when the Dramatic
Club presented three one-act plays
for the benefit Of Miss Mary Adj
Olson Ingle's Lodge for Girls. A
well-balanced bill it was, with
touch Of exotic romance in
"Bagatelle,' liz which Miss
Elizabeth Hanna was starred,
bit OF genuine emotional drama
finely done In THE Bishops
Candlesticks' and uproarious
humor in the farce I'm 1885,"
which brought the program to
close and sent the audience
home in gales of laughter.
Produced under the personal
direction of Foxhall Daingerfield,
all three plays We're exceptionally
good and they went off without
hitch, starting on time and
with no distressing waits between
acts. In fact any adverse criti-
cism belongs to the audience
which seemed possessed by rest
less devil, the scraping of chairs
and the arrival of late Corners
obscuring many of the fine points
in the beautifully played Bishops
Candlesticks.
AS the convict in that fine little
play made by Norman McKinnel
from an incident in LES Miser-
ables,' Hugh Tenant, personal
secretary to the British ambassa-
dor, scored a hit and did bit of
work which was professional in its
finish and marked by very real
dramatic ability. He was given a
rousing send off. Edwin Trusheim
played the difficult part of the
bishop convincingly and appealing
ly, while as the prelate's sister,
"Persome," Miss Marjorie Wright
did a fine bit of character acting.
Miss Caroline Story was a lovely
Marie" and played her small part
well. William Wallace, IS
sergeant of gendarmes, completed
the cast.
ITO Miss Wright must go the
i palm for versatility for she
scored again as Jean" a COM
edy role, in 1899" in which Mar
ion Law had the part of 'Rollo"
played with a real flair for
farce-and Miss Olyve Graef
played Florence" the "vamp' of
the future.
Miss Elizabeth Hanna, who is
secretary and treasurer of the
Dramatic Club, and has been its
its organization, made a radiant
iy lovely "Shabiya, the gezelle"
in "Bagatelle," wearing a costume
of silver and chains of jewels,
with an enormous feathered head
III CSo one wills AMY
by Vinant Johnson as "Kasim,
the philosopher''--he has a voice
that is a tremendous asset-and
Marion Law as "Faroun, the hus-
band" Furnishings for the plays
were loaned by the Old Virginia
Antique Shop.
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Nine. Hauge, president of the
Dramatic Club, took company of
dinner guests to the plays, and
among those in the audience were
Mrs. Stephen Elkins, Miss Ailsa
Mellon, Mrs. Lawrence Townsend,
with her guest, Miss Ellin
Mackay; Miss Laura Harlan, Mrs.
John r. Williams, Mrs. Ormsby