Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17
'ort Myer Society
Circus Is Foreseen
As Brilliant Event
vashingtons Younger Set
to Have Prominent Place
in Various Colorful Fea-
ture Performances.

swhen the bugle blows announcing the
opening of the Fort Myer Society Circus
saturday. March %. it will mark the
elimination of several weeks of inten-
SIZE rehearsal on the part Of Washing
ten'S younger set to make the show an
outstanding success. In the two per-
fHrmances that are to be held in the
afternoon and evening of that day they
Will open up large and assorted bag
Of tricks that have been learned under
the tuteiege of the officers of the Sd
Cavalry and the 18th Field Artillery.
some of the most brilliant and colorful
OF the events will be the children's ride.
They will be mounted on black horses
and dressed in the costumes OF me-
diaeval pages With an escort OF
tf1lmpeters of the Fort Myer Bugle
Corps in costume they will present a
gittering spectacle. The riders viii in
Guide Marilvn Hines. Jane Mcdonald,
Frances White, Betty Couzens. Ethel
Lnprette, Jane Parker, Mary Jane
Hahany. Allene Harris. Patricia Dono-
van, Sally Mitchell lie Fevre. Nancy
Lalttren, Polly Faraker, Katherine
Never, Louise Chase Meyers. Patricia
Henry and Jean McLane.
THE mounted quadrille, an animated
stildy in black and white, will have as
tie performers Miss Adelaide Bride,
Miss Sally Flint Miss Charlotte Chill
dress. Miss Berendina Gardner, MISS
Rannette Hume, Miss Mary Murray
Hume, Miss Helen Hardenberg, MISS
Dorothea Lane, Miss Caroline Lowmar,
Miss Iuvie Moore. Miss Sally Phinney.
Miss Exelona Hamilton. Lieut.. Lowell
W. Bassett, Lieut. Charles P. Barnum,
Mai. S. Victor Constant, Capt. Julian
cunningham. Lieut.. Mark Mcclure,
capt. James NJ Shelton, Lieut. John
Ocoley. Lieut.. William l.. Coughlin.
CAPT. Louis Gibney, Lieut., Fred Ma
Kinney. Lieut.. Christian Knudsen and
lieut.. George S. Smith. Formal eve
ming attire for the gentlemen and riding
habits for the ladies is the costume for
this event.
sixteen Fair Performers
Rapidly Acquiring Skill.
sSixteen of the fair performers are
rapidly learning that it is entirely pos
Sible to ride a horse and drive another
from the saddle though 1t appeared to
them that such feat was difficult when
tfley started. With the horses harneSSed
ia white trappings and bells tlngling
this event will rank with any OF tnem
for sheer beauty and horsemansnlp.
The actors in this clever little skit are
Miss Ellis Bostrom. Countess Cornella
Szechnyi Miss Rebecca Davidson, Miss
Phvllis Hight. Miss Adelaide Henry,
Miss Marian Jardirie, Miss Hester Ann
IL Fevre, Miss Francesca Mckenny,
Miss Caroline Roebling, Miss Helen
stone. Miss Elsie Tuckerman, Miss Mary
Henry. Miss Florence Wetherill and MISS
Suzanne Bradley The leaders VIII oe
oapt. Hugh j. Fitzgerald and Lieut.. j.
w. Wofford.
"A touch of the rolling fields will be
Wrought to the spectators Wnen the
hslnt ride is given. Four teams OF 1ouf
rtders each will participate and mount
Cd on bay and chestnut horses ana N
tie scarlet coats that are so essential to
the hunt these riders will thrill and de-
lkht the audience. The hunters are
Miss Bostrom, Miss Bradley, Miss Ham
ilfon, Miss Mary Henry, Miss Hight,
Miss Patton and Miss Wetherill, Capt.
z M. Daniels. Capt. Mark A. Dev1ne,
IL: Capt. L. A. Shafer. Lieut.. George
a Hudson. Lieut.. C. H. Noble and Capt.
e r. Godfrey. a..
sThere seems to be no end to the list
eN acts that are to be presented by the
troopers of the post. The rough riders
az Troop F featuring the daring stunts
al the plains and the gymnastic riders
df the Machine Gun Troop, in which
bon, the famous Olympic games WIN
rfer shows almost human consideration
il his care not to hurt any OF the men
that 60 to make up the human hurole.
Artillery to Re-enact
Hhttle of the Marine.
2The 18th Field Artillery will re-enact
the battle of the Marine and such trucks
and tanks as are abroad on that day
vdll be In imminent danger.
! Another feature will be Gas Mask,
ne horse that Is trained to eat like a
human being, while comfortably en-
loving his oats. Levi, one of the worlds
greatest high jumping horses, is to
make one of his few appearances.
ESergt. Frank Smith will put Tony,
Ms educated horse, and Elmer the
Ysind-reading dog, through new series
Of tricks. There are Sharpshooters and
real live clowns to delight the children:
Mai. S. Victor Constant, chairman OF
the ticket committee, announces that
asnong those who have already SUBJ
scribed for boxes are Gen. c. P. SUM
neral. Mai. Gen. w. D. Conner, Brig.
Cen. Herbert o. Williams. Maj. Gen.
frank Parker. Mai. Gen. c. H. Kraut-
hoff, Mai. Gen. Briant H. Wells, Col.
Guy v. Henry, Col. David L. Stone,
Maj. George S. Patton, jr.: Maj. john
(. McLane, Maj. R. L; Foster; MAJ
cortland Parker, Maj Phillip Rhine
lander of New York. the Hungarian
Tgation. Mrs. Cary T. Grayson, Miss
Forence Wetherill, Mrs. N. H. Luttrell,
DR.. Cary Duball Langhorne, Mrs. H.
II. Barton, Mrs. Phyllis H. Murray.
Nrs. Frank Hamiltcsf, Mrs. George lie
fevre, Mrs. r. j. Hardenberg. Mrs.
Francis E. Warren, Mrs. A. B. Butler
Che 3o6th Cavalry, Mrs. Merrill and