The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-21
NOTABLES TO ATTEND
BRILLIANT THEATER BENEFIT


With the President and Mrs.
Coolidge as box holders and many
notables in the audience, the
special performance of David Wark
Griffith's spectacular film, Amer
ica," is being given tonight at
Polls Theater for the benefit of
the boys at Walter Reed Hospital.
The sale of seats has been extreme
ly brisk during the past week, the
boxes bringing as high as one hun
dred dollars each. Similar gen.
erous premiums have been paid for
seats in the orchestra and balcony.
The audience promises to be one
of the most brilliant of the year.
The committee, which has been
tireless in it's efforts on behalf of
the benefit, is headed by Mrs. James
w. Wadsworth, jr., and includes
Mrs. Thomas Bell Sweeney, Mrs.
Eldridge Jordan, Mrs. Charles War
rem, Miss Margaret Lower. Mrs. w.
l.. Finley, Miss Margaret Wright,
and Mrs. Scott Thropp.
| The special performance, it will
! be recalled. has been donated by
Mr.. Griffith and the management
of Polls Theater, Mr.. Griffith
choosing this generous method of
| acknowledging the aid and co-opera.
ton extended to him by Govern
| ment officials. innumerablc indi.
vidUals, and the officers Of various
patriotic organizations in Washing
| ton and vicinity during the gigantic
task of making the film.
Visitors from New York tonight,
representing Mr.. Griffith, will in.
clude Albert s. Gray, Miss Carol
Denpster, who enacts the principal
feminine role in America" Neil
Hamilton, who portrays the young
patriot hero, and John l.. e. Pell.
who is responsible for the historic
accuracy Of Mr.. Griffith's film.
The list of patronesses is dis
tinguished one, headed by Mrs.
Coolidge, and including Mrs. Charles
=. Hughes, Mrs. John w. Weeks,
Mrs. Curtis d. Wilbur, Mrs. Harry
New. Mrs. Hubert Work. Mrs.
James ]. Davis, Mrs. Henry c. Wal
lace. Mrs. David Reed, Mrs. Francis
Warren. Mrs. Nicholas Longworth,
| Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Mrs. Eliot
Wadsworth, Mrs. Parker Corning,
Mrs. Mayhem Wainwright, Mrs.
George Barrett, Mrs. Charles Bough-
ton Wood. Mrs. Larz Anderson,
Mrs. Truxton BeaIe, Mrs. Marshall
| Field. Mrs. J! A. Johnston, Mrs.
Clarence Sheriff. and Mrs. Eugene
Hale.
Mr.. and Mrs: John Hays Ham
mond were hosts on Saturday after
noon to the Archaeological Society
of Washington, the speaker for this
meeting being DR.. Manuel Ganio,
directNr Of the Bureau of Anthrop.
ology Of Mexico. Robert Lansing,
president of the society, received
with Mr.. and Mrs. Hammond and
DR.. Gamio.
Mrs. Fontaine D. johnson, jr., of
Lynchburg, Va, has announced the
engagement of her daughter, Louise
Fontaine, to Frank J. Gillian, the
wedding to be celebrated there in
June. Miss Johnson is q niece of
Senator Carter Glass, land Mr.. Gil
liam Is a missionary to the Congo,
Africa, at present taking post-grad-
uate work at Columbia University.
MISS BERRY WEEDS
PHILADELPHIA MAN.
Miss Donna Otey Berry, daughter
of Mrs. Buckner McGill Randolph,
and Theron Ball Clement, of Phila.
delphia, were married today, the
ceremony taking place at 1 o'clock
In Christ Church, Georgetown. 1t
was followed by breakfast at the
home of the brides consin, Mrs.
Edith A. McCarteney, 1923 Dunn.
barton avenue.
Bishop James Henry Darlington
officiated, assisted by the Rev.
James Blake. rector of Christ
Church, and the Rev. George At.
kinson. The bride was given in
marriage by her brother, Philip
Taylor Berry, and had her sister,
Miss Katherine Compton Berry, as
maid of honor. The bridesmaids
were Miss Louise Randolph, step
sister of Miss Berry Miss Katherine
Beach, Miss Annette McCarteney
and Miss Dorethe Heiberg.
| Three brothers Of the bridegroom,
Charles Francis Clement, of Bryn
Mawr; Martin Wilmington Clement,
of Pittsburgh, and Maj. John Clay
Clement, of Washington, were in
the group of ushers, which also in.
cluded Guy NJ. Baldwin, of viii
Transport, Pa: DR.. John Barnwall.
John Keen, Frederick Mueller, Harry
Adams, all of Philadelphia; Gordon
Lerby. OF Sunbury, PA, and VIII.
liam Wilmington. cousin of the
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