Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10
ARTS CLUB FETE
COLORFUL EVENT
Annual Program Given on
DeVereux Lawn Presents
Many Rare Attractions.

More than 500 persons last night
enthusiastically received the annual
June fete of the Arts Club of Wash
ington, staged on the lawn at the es-
tate of DR.. j. Ryan Devereux, on
Bradley lane, Chevy Chase. A va
riety of colorful and entertaining acts
were presented, constituting the most
elaborate affair of it's kind ever given
by the Arts Club.
A bright moon shining through the
trees helped lend color to the scenes
presented on a natural stage furnish
ed by steps leading down a terrace
on the lawn. Scenes were staged on
the porch, the side step of the house
and around a pool. the dancing num-
bers especially making lovely pic
ture with the reflections in the water.
Romantic Scenes Included.
Included in the acts were romantic
scenes, lines from Shakespeare and
humorous take-offs on the trend and
slang of modern times, along with
court scnes of past generations. The
Mckinley Dancers furnished a sup
porting cast to many of the scenes,
lending a touch of beauty as they
danced, their colorful costumes set off
against a sylvan background by white
and green lights.
The program was opened with the
presentatio of The Dark Lady of the
Sonnets." by George Bernard Shaw.
Complications arose when Shake
speare, played by Aaron NJ. Rosenthal.
made love to Queen Elizabeth, repre-
scented by Anne Ives. The Dark Lady,
his love, played by Marian Mcdaniel,
suddenly appears and claims him.
MANY fiery scenes follow, with the
fnrnnf1I1
of the mysterious man, later prov
ing to be Shakespeare. The warder,
played by Leslie Waudby, is given
scolding for letting in the intruder,
but in the end the queen promises
Shakespeare support in the establish
ment Of a national theater in Eng
land.
"Glimpses of the Moon"
The next act, "Glimpses of the
Moon," the most elaborate on the pro-
gram, won much applause and pro-
vided rounds of laughter with subtle
humor in we'll said lines. 1t was the
story of twentieth century king pre-
pairing to marry off his daughter, who,
at the time set for the wedding, as
serts emphatically that she does not
want to be married, but wants ca
reer as the efficiency expert in a boiler
factory.
Ordered to marry, the princess
swoons. The king, played by Ed
ward E. Muth, commands the court
attendants to 'unswoon her" They
ask ''how?" The king then asks his
high lord chamberlin," played by G..
A. Lyon, to search the records for q
precedent on "how to unswoon
lady" The presidents prove obso-
lete.
1t is then decided to call the "fairy
godmother" for aid. The fairies dance
and after other acts the program is
concluded with the princess ''un-
swooned" and anxious to marry. The
play was written by Mrs. Henry
Hayes of the Arts Club.
Other Characters Listed.
Besides the king" and high lord
'chamberlin," other characters in the
play We're as follows: Page, Theodore
Tiller, jr.; princess, Frances Clark;
bridesmaids, Helen Thompson, Muriel
Gray and Charlotte Clark; a lady in
waiting, Adelaide Borah; flower girl,
Martha Kemon; a fairy godmother,
Caroline Mckinley, and cat, F. G.
Ashbrook.
Fairies-Mary Galloway, Judy Lyeth,
Ruth Shoemaker, Muriel Shaver, Mary
Schultz, Alice Callan, Dorothy Parsons.
Martha Fisher, Martha Stieg and
Ruth Critchfield.
Ladies and gentlemen of the court
Mrs. Paul Bartsch, Mrs. L. p. Gle
plane. Mrs. Joseph Fairbanks, Mrs.
L. A. Bauer, Miss Anne Devereux,
Mrs. Gerrit Miller, Mrs. r. L. Neu-
hauser, Paul Bartsch, L. P. Clephane,
Gerrit Miller, L. A. Bauer, Joseph
u ND T
Peters.
BALLET Of Lanterns" Hit.
"a ballet of lanterns" with Chi
nese costumes, provided another hit,
Miss Helen Fetter as Chow Wan and
Ralph Herrin scoring in a pretty
scene. Others in the act were j.
Martin Scranage, Margaret Germond,
Clara Hepner and Marion Campbell.
Other acts included a love scene,
by Orme Libby and Maude Howell
Smith, and operates with the partici-
pants paired as follows: James A. Barr
and Helen V. Harper. Ellsworth Con-
don and Emily Harold, Raymond G..
Moor and Georgia Hazlett, Harold
Angelica and Anna Patterson. ORA
matte scenes by James Otis Porter
and Lulu G.. Adams, and by Will
Hutchins, Kurt Nothnagel and Ed. "a
Ellis Hilton. The Mckinley Dan.
GERS came in with a series of pretty
dances at the end of most of the
scenes.
Directors Of Presentations.
The presentations were under the
general direction of James Otis Por
ter, with operate scenes directed by
Mary Cryder. Paul Bleyden and
Harry A.lgelico, while dramatic
sc 1es .5ere directed by Anne Ives
Mrs. I-enry Hayes, Maude Howell