Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-15
ALICE" I'd. C. SATIRE,
is FANCIFUL PIECE
"Blunderland" Adventures Kent
Fashionable House in
Laughter

Alice in BIuaderland" presented
Wednesday night at the National The.
alter by the Twentieth Century Club
proved a highly creditable produc-
tian. In satirizirg the District Of
Co lumbia. Senate House and tho
principal figures in city life. the cast
Of 40 women kept large and fash
fonable audience. including District
Commissioners Rudolph and Bell on
constant qui vive. Settings were al.
unusual colorinE. built fancifuIfy
after the spirit of Lewis Carols
Alice i'm Wonderland
The Modern Morality Play" VAS
written by six members of the club
Sarah G. Bowerman, Isabelle s. Far
rington, Marie Manning Gasch. Lii
liam y. Heron. Gertrude NJ Stevens
and Mabel G.. Swormstedt. and was
produced and staged under direction
of Victor kerney of this CITY, WHO
designed both the settings and cos
tunes.
Through seven episodes the ther?c
OF satire was carried with continuity.
The principal characters were. Little
Alice. Lillian Dame Morey: Big Alice,
Marie Manning Gasch: White Rabbit
isabelle harrington: Mad Halter Ger.
crude Stevens. representing the House
OF Representative; March Hare
Mabel Swormstedt. representing the.
senate: Pig. Alice Crayke: Pepper.
olive McComas. and Dormouse, LII
nan Smith, representing the Police
Department. a company of peculiar
ANIMALS and fantastic creatures Joined
IN the fun. The three District Com
rniasioners. were represented as three
eAecutloners, by Anna Wiley Emma
Strlder and Mary Belle Yard.
vice President Dawes. as the char.
acter OF knaye of Hearts. was chided
ABOUT his famous ride to the Capitol
and later appeared driving both Sen
ate and House with A whip Lenorc
smith played the role of Dawes ana
also that of the Caterpillar. represent
ing the Fine Arts Commission The
Voman's Bureau of the Police De
rartment was taken off by the char
acter of the Duchess PLAYED b.
\ Anna Iiller. and the colored bathing
l beach situation was injected by the
Gold Dust Twins CNargaret Yard and
Margaret Stimsonl.
! Seven maids with seven mons dress
1 ed in Brittany costumes, opened the
show in an artistic prologue with song
and dance. and a fancifuI ballet The
| Lobster Quadrille, was presented by
| pupils from the Marjorie Webster
! School of Dancing.
Costumes We're gorgeous, some gro
| tesque, and blended into the COLOR
scheme of the settings 10 good effect.
Lobby comment paid high tribute 10
| the general excellence of tho tart en-
| tertainment, which was for the bene-
| fit of the Juvenile Protective AssoCIa-
ton and the Travellers Aid Society.
/ Committees for the show included.
Business manager, Miss Emma
| Strider; publicity. Mrs, Benjamin
| Smith: patronesses. Mrs. Francis
Walker; posters. Miss Grace Temple;
| tickets. Mrs. VIII c. Barnes: music,
| Mrs. Eugene Byrnes; ushers. Miss
| Jane Young: costumes. Mrs. William
Maxon; rehearsals. Mrs. L. Il. Nc
| Comas.
Others who took part included Amy
| Eeerhoff. Mary Clark. Beulah Goss,
| Helen Greenlees. Gertrude Mcneil.
Anne Miller. Myra Hendiey. Catherine
| ISallou. Rose Clark. Rene Beard, Ethel
! Ferguson, Alice Ferguson, Grace Bicn-
| nell. Frances SidweU. Lillian Heron,
! Mary Brand. Anna Grover, Leona
| Jackson, Margaret Goodwin. Eve
| Chapline, Amy Neerhoff. Helen Walk
er, Mary Morey and Ethel Able
| The orchestra was under direction
| of bore Walton.