Evening star., 1929-12-03
LEAGUE
! CAST WORKS HARD
Social Engagements Are For
gotten in Preparation for
Annual Carnival.

No group of Broadway syncopaters
are being put through their PAGES more
strenuously or with less regard for time
limits than are the Junior League step
pers, rehearsing with tireless energy for
their annual carnival, "Fete Mutt"
cabaret show to be given on December
.l3 in the ball room of the Mayfiower
Hotel. Engagements are going by the
board; social functions being neglected
and even the coveted morning beauty
Sleep sacrificed while so members of
the cast climb out of their beds in the
early hours and report for the daily
drill in the garden of the Mayfower.
where Lehr Knowles is whipping his
ehow into shape.
Mr.. Knowles directed the highly sue
eessful circus staged last year by the
Junior League to raise funds for the
social service program undertaken an
nually by the group, and he is expected
to- produce an equally colorful and en-
tertaining performance this season.
u The "Fete Mutt" program. as outlined
{ by Mrs. j. Blaise de Sibour chairman
Of the cast committee, will include 10
features, the exact character of which
are not to be divulged so far in advance.
BY name the acts will be as follows:
Opening ensemble, Revolutionary River,
feature solo, Matched Parade Girls. A
Comedy Team. Oh. Baby, Where Can
You Be. speciality, the Chaperon, Snow
Ballet end finale.
Costumes Picturesque.
Bizarre and picturesque costumes are
being designed for the SHOW" which
will be staged with all the Broadway
trimmings. Many of the most promi-
nent members of the Capitals younger
F set are taking part, including Miss
Virginia Peters, the talented young
premiere danseuse of the show around
whom many of the scenes revolve, and
their highnesses the Princess Elizabeth
& and Princess Marie Antoinette de
Lgne, daughters of the Belgian Ambas-
Sador. Miss Peters is the niece of Mrs.
Eldridge Jordan. who presented her to
. WASHINGTON society recently.
Working quite as tireleSSly as the
performers, are the various committees
assisting with ARRANGEMENTS for the
affair. Mrs. Cary T. Grayson Is general
chairman, under whose direction the
following groups are working: Cast
committee, Mrs. J. B. de Sibour. chair
man: Mrs. William Mann and Miss
Virginia Peters. Publicity. Miss Marion
Jardine. Boxes, Mrs. Newbold Moves,
chairman, and Mrs. Leander-MeCor-
mick -Goodhart. Arrangements. Mrs.
T. Trubee Dawson. chairman: Mrs
David S. ingalls,: Miss Dean Acheson
and Miss Cora Barry. Patronage. Mrs.
Charles c. Glover, ir.. chairman, and
Mrs. Franklin II. Ellis Invitations,
Miss Sallie Hews Phillips. Tables. Mrs.
c. Rowland Chase, 3rd, chairman, and
Miss Rebecca Davidson. Program, Mrs.
Margaret Aspinwall Allan, chairman;
Mrs. James NJ. Shoemaker, vice chair
man: Mrs. Winslow Vandevanter Mrs.
Gardner Rogers Mrs William T Mann
Mrs. Hugh Rowan. Mrs. Frederick
Bradley, Mrs. Eliphalet Andrews, Mrs.
e. K. Morris, Mrs. Theodore Moves, jr.,
and Misses Helen Strauss, Caroline
johnson. Ann Carter Greene, Rahel
Davies, Mary Louise gohnson, Halle
Brooke and Norvell Munford.
Members Back Committee.
This will mark the first affair given
BY the league under the leadership of
It's new president, Mrs Sidney Thomas,
elected this season to succeed Mrs
Walter l. Edge, wife of the newly ap-
pointed Ambassador to France The
entire 400 members of the organization
are backing the committees in a con-
centrated effort to make the "Fete
Mutt" a signal success. The proceeds
will go as usual to further the social
service work Of the league, for which
purpose it was formed in 1914. The
Washington group is one of 100 such
leagues scattered throughout the coun-
try which are organized into the Asso-
citation of Junior Leagues of America
representing the concerted effort of the
younger members of society to accom-
plish something worth while In their
respective cities. The total member
ship Of the association has passed the
22OO0 mark.