Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-12
Group of Debutantes
Aid IN Presentation of
East Room Pageant
Historic Spectacle Depicting
Scenes and Representing
Events of Y esteryear
Scheduled for October 81.

The lovely old strains of Listen
to the Mocking Bird" dedicated to Har-
riet Lane and played by the Ma
rine Band on the White House lawn
during President Buchanan's admins
tration, will be played by the Myer
Davis Orchestra as the musical back
ground for the scene Of the Buchanan
reception to the Prince OF Wales In
October, 1860, when the historic spec
tacle of THE East Room" is presented
at the Willard in the ball room, by
the ladies of st. Margaret's Episcopal
Church in the presence OF distinguished
officials and social leaders in the Capt.
tai City on Friday evening, october "a.
A group of Washington debutantes
will take part in the always charming
old-fashioned waltz, dancing to the
popular music of that day, The Beautl-
full Blue Danube" and wearing the VIDE
hoop skirts Of the period Miss Louise
Hoehling will be the Presidents niece,
Harriet Lane. in this episode of the
pageant. and the guests" OF the oc-
casion will include Miss Margaret Boss,
Miss Elizabeth Brawner, Miss Mary
Henry, Miss Elizabeth Jobe, Miss Mary
Elizabeth Macarthur, Miss Mary Ruben
Miss Mary Shinn, and well as MRS.
Charles Bateson, Mrs. Hugh j. Davis,
Mrs. Frank Hill and others.
Many of the costumes vii! be orig
inals' and all of them will be au-
thentic, the girls having ransackeo orc
trunks and delved into atticS TO ma
the proper raiment for the characters
they will portray on this occasion.
A particularly joyous function, that
of the childrens party given by MRS.
Tvler. the first wife of President Tyler,
for her tiny grandchild, in July, l84l,
will form the basis for one OF the color
full episodes, with Miss Dorothy Yaeger
appearing as the First Lady of this
Occasion assisted by Miss Lila La
Garde, Miss Phoebe Fuller, Mrs. Robert
Grove and group of charming chill
dren, including Mrs. woodrow Wilson'S
small niece. Barbara Boiling; Anne
Clarke, Patricia Morris. Wilma Nichol-
son. Medora Shores, Peggy Thornton
and Margaret Townsend, all OF them
wearing cunning pantelettes ana the
short wide skirts of the day.
In this scene Miss Yaeger will wear
her grandmother's silk grenadine, and
oil the costumes will be original Gre
atoms of that period, handed down to
their present-day wearers.
The big task of costuming correctly
the many scenes and periods In this
historic spectacle, is in the hands OF
Mrs. Owen Albright, and the equally
important work of properly staging the
scenes, with all authentic properties
and accessories, is being directed by Mrs.
Willoughby Chesley, with Prof. Crandall
of George Washington University giving
his personal supervision to the actual
designing of the least room" in all its
stages of completion and its many
changes. An original musical setting
for the continuity of the story has
been just completed by Mr.. Percy Van
Ness, in cooperation with Mrs. Joseph
Wall. chairman of the music, not only
for the pageant itself, but for the dane
ing that will follow. Mrs. Wayne Wirg-
man, author of the pageant, has charge
of the assembling of the large personnel
and the direction of the early rehearsals
of the scenes.