Evening star., 1926-03-21

NEW YORK. March 20.-Brilliant
in unique features and costumes of
continental times, The Sidelights of
Old New York" a historical revue.
will he presented at Town Hall April
10. Scenes of the city in the days of
Washington are to be presented and
every effort has been made to follow
the effect of that era in all details.
Thirty five descendants of well knawn
knickerhocker families will take part
in the cast. and the costumes of the
past will be followed in rehearsal as
we'll as in the performance itself.
Among the scenes upon which
much time and effort are being spent
is the First White House Wash
ingtons headquarters in Cherry
street and the first theater in this
city, which occupied the site on John
street.
Already most of those who are to
take the character parts in the events
have been selected. Maj. Leonard
Cox will he seen as ashineton and
Mrs I. Mackie, youngest daughter
Of AuGustua Van Cortland, will play
the. part of Mrs. Schuyler. She is a
descendant. as was Gen. Schuyler. of
the Right Hon. Oloff Stevens Van
Cortland. who arrived in America in
1889 and founded the Van Cortland
family here.
Gracious Lady Washington"
Gracious Lady Washington will re-
turn TO the present day in the por-
trayal of Mrs. Hunt Slater, whose
mother was Miss Louisa Dumeresq
Perkins of Boston and whose father
was the American painter William
Hunt Morris She traces her ances-
try to the first Governor of New
Hampshire and Vermont under the
British flag. one of whose descendants
was Richard Hunt. the noted archi-
tect who designed the William X
Vanderbilt house.
Mai. Cox. whose characterize tion of
Washington is expected TO set a mark
In excellent. is the son Of the artist
Kenyon Cox, whose murials decorate
the Library Of Congress. His grand
father. Gen. Jacob u. Cox, famous as
the volunteer leader TO hold an indie
pendent command during the Civil
War. was Governor of Ohio and Sec
retary of the Interior under Gen.
Grant In the World War Maj. Cox
received several decorations. His
wife, Mrs. Leonard Cox, who also has
a prominent part in the revue. is de
scended from Lieut.. Col, Samuel
Ward. n member of the Continental
Congress.
Departure From Usual Form.
One of the departures from the
usual form in the rehearSalS of this
pageant which has proved of great
interest to the smart set is that the
participants, instead of meeting for
the first time on the stage of Town
Hall, will attend 'levee" at the home
of Mrs. Hunt Slater, 10 West Fifty
third street
One of the incidents of the revue,
Mrs. Murray Entertains." already is
we'll under way. Mrs. Robert Murray.
Quaker mistress of the mansion of
Belmont. in the village Of lnclenhurG.
which later came 70 he known as Muir
ray tIill. and Lord Howe. commander
Of tho British forces. are the principal
characters. Mrs. Murray is played by
Mrs. James Duane Livingston. The
play recalls. with many sidelights on
Lord Howe's wit social charm and
indifference to military affairs. the
interesting circumstances under
which Washington. from point sit
'uated at approximately Times Square.
directed the perilous withdrawal of
Putnams brigade through the
"Greenwich Woods" and M the West
Side to Harlem Heights after the
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September morning in l77G.
Lindsey Murray Cyril Butler). son
of Mrs. Robert Murray. appears in
the play as a boy, and furnishes a
dramatic phase of the comedy when
he is captured as suspected spy.
Frances Tavern" a Feature.
That famous hostelry, "Fraunce's
Tavern still standing, will have a
big part in the picture wheh IAN
Afternoon at Vauxhall Gardens" is
staged This was a rendezvous for the
first families here in the years just
preceding the Revolutionary War.
Mrs. Schuyler n. Warren is chair
man Of the committee and among the
patrons and patronesses are Mrs. John
r. Berwind. Miss Eleanor De Graft
CIyler. Mrs. Lewis l.. Delafield. Mrs
William Perkins draper Mrs. Walter
Graeme Eliot. Mrs. F,lbert II. Gary,
Mrs A. Barton Hepburn. Miss Helen
I<obhe, Mrs. James F. D. Lanier. Mrs.
Henry r. Loomis. Mrs. Lewis Gouver
neur Morris. Mrs. Ansel Phelps, Mrs.
Nathaniel Thayer Robb. Mrs. James
Roosevelt, Mrs. Elihu Root. ir.. Mrs.
John S. Sheppard. Mrs. Horatio Slater,
DIR. ana Mrs. Fenton r. Turck. Mrs
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