Evening star., 1925-05-03
"Mirth and Melody"
To Feature Program
For Wakefield Fund
Pleasing Entertainment
Scheduled In Aid of Move
ment to Restore Washing
tons Birthplace.

An evening of "Mirth and Melody"
will be given at the Mayfiower Hotel
Saturday evening, May 16, for the
purpose of raising funds for the
restoration of George Washington's s
birthplace, Wakefield, Va. Miss Jean
Wilson. the well known monologist,
will furnish the mirth, in character
sketches. Mrs. Flora McGill Keefer,
soprano. with Mr.. Durwood Bower
sox, violinist, and Mr.. George Wilson,
pianist and accompanist, will furnish
the melody. Miss Janet Richards
will give a 15-minute talk on the
snappiest public question of the hour.
Great interest is being taken in this
patriotic endeavor.
Mrs. Coolidge heads the list Of
patrons and patronesses, which also
and Mrs. Wilbur, Postmaster General
and Mrs. New. the Secretary of
Labor and Mrs. Davis, the Ambassa-
dor of France and Nine. Daeschner,
Chief Justice and Mrs. William How
ard Taft, Lady Isabella Howard, Sc
nora de Alfaro, Nine. Wroblewska,
Nine. Wallenberg, Senator and Mrs.
Arthur Capper, Senator and Mrs.
Francis E. Warren, Representative
and Mrs. Adam Wyant, Representa-
tive and Mrs. Louis T. McFadden,
Kelly. Representative and Mrs. Fred
erick H. Gillett, Representative and
Mrs. Fred A. Britten, Mrs. Henry
Wilder Keyes, Admiral and Mrs. Ed
ward w. Eberle, the Assistant Sec
retary of State and Mrs. j. Butler
Wright, the Assistant Secretary Of
the Treasury and Mrs. Dewey, Com
missioner and Mrs. David H. Blair
Maj. and Mrs. Parker w. West, Maj.
n1 AErc Frae ell
and Mrs. Perry Belmont, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Briggs, Mrs. Murray
Addison. Mrs. Frederick Brooks. Mrs.
William H. Brownson, Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. George Barnett. Mrs. Wood
bury Blair, Mrs. Gist Blair, Mrs.
Delos A. Blodgett, Mr.. and Mrs.
II. Blair, Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony
Wayne Cook. Mrs. William Kearney
Carr, Mrs. John Cecil. Mrs. Victor
houn, Mrs. Henry Corbin, Mrs. johns
Allen Dougherty, Mrs. William F.
Dennis, Mrs. Henry F. Dimrock, Mrs.
Peter Drury, Mr.. William Phelps Emo,
Mrs. George Ehle. Mrs. Stephen B.
Elkins, Mrs. Wade Ellis, Mrs. Frank
, lin Ellis, Mrs. w. c. Eustis, Mrs. Glib
son Fahnestock, Mrs. James Carroll
Frazer, Mrs. c. c. Harrington, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert J. Grant, Mrs. Fred
erick Dent Grant. Mrs. c. c. Glover,
jr.; Mrs. r. r. Gown, Mr.. Isaac Cans.
Mrs. David St. Pierre Ballard, Mrs.
Calvin Gage, Mrs. E. B. Grandin, Col.
and Mrs. George Harvey, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gilbert Hitchcock, Mr.. and Mrs.
Rush Holland, Mrs. John Hays Ham
mond, Mrs. ]. Borden Hartman. Mrs.
George D. Hope, Mrs. Robert Hinck-
ley, Mrs. Eugene Hale, Mrs. Bernard
B. Jones. Mrs. Victor Kaufman,
Mrs. Lyman Kendall, Miss Bessie Kib-
hey, DR.. and Mrs. William Mather
Lewis, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Lord, Mr..
and Mrs. Wilton J. Lambert. Mrs.
Louis Lehr. Mrs. David Meade Lea,
Col. and Mrs. Henry May, Gen. and
Mrs. William Mitchell, Mrs. William
A. Moffett, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank B.
Noyes. Judge and Mrs. E. B. Parker,
Mrs. Ord Preston, Mrs. Armstead
Peter, Mrs. Truman Palmer, Mrs.
Duncan Phillips, Mrs. Albert Putney,
Brig. Gen. George Richards, Miss
Janet Richards, Miss Carrie Z. Rogers,
Mrs. John N. Speel, Mr.. and Mrs.
Everett Sanders. Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lard Salisbury, Mr.. and Mrs. Swager
Shirley, Col. Robert NJ. Thompson, Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Thropp, Mrs. Walter
Tuckerman, Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker,
Maj. and Mrs. George Oakley Totten,
Mrs. J. w. Thompson, Mrs. Alfred
Pembroke Thorn, Judge and Mrs. Van
Orsdel. Mr.. Harry Wardman, Brig.
Gen. and Mrs. Mason Wright, Mrs.
Thomas F. Walsh, Col. and Mrs. Raw
son Warren, Mrs. Charles Boughton
Wood. Mrs. o. 2. Waller and Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank White.