Evening star., 1933-02-19
Political Satire Given
For Unemploved Fund

Society, university and club women.
political leaders and captains Of indus
try, and ether men and women Of
Washington representing art, drama,
music and various cultural activities
will be present at Wardman Park Thea
;er. Friday and Saturday nights Of this
week. $50 o'clock. The Chevy Chase
Frantics." which for the past three or
four years have been a social delight
of the Midwinter as presented under
the supervision of Mrs Frederic Far
rington at Chevy Chase Junior College,
will be performed for the benefit of
the unemployment fund of the District
of Columbia by the talented group of
undergraduates of the college.
Staged in the form of clever politi-
cal satire. with musicaN interpretations
by beautifully trained singing and
dancing chorus this seasons Frantics
will be captioned The Inaugural Bawl,"
and sub-titled Mourning Becomes
aimed at the head. of the elephant
and the donkey. respectively, and
adroitly parried by the party Of the
second part, aided and abetted by Miss
Democracy standing enthroned through
cut the play.
Written by Mrs. Harrington, herself,
with Mrs. Robert Ferguson and Miss
Ethel Claire Randall as her chief aides
and supports in production. and with
certain clever students taking care OF
the countless details that always go
into one of Mrs. Farrington's shows"
THE Inaugural Bawl" is destined to
attract almost as much interest and
attention as the real ball itself only
week later
Sponsors for the event include lengthy
list of prominent men and women in
washington life, all of whom will, in
this case, be present to witness the
show. The prototype Of a goodly num-
Der Of Senators and Representatives
will be present on the stage, particu-
larily in the Bacchanalian revel episode,
which is laid in the halls of Congress.
The "baWl' scene, featuring Miss De-
mocr2cy and Jim Farley, Jimmy Walk
er, Senator Borah. and other celebrities,
Will vie with the banquet episode, said
to be the snappieSt scene in the show,
with the foreign nations importuning
Uncle Sam and Miss Amurrika. And
then will come the Firing Squad, being
a very strange interlude of Is minutes,
during which the audience will be ex-
pected to finally choose between the
elephant and the donkey.
Mrs. William Applegate, Miss Sybil
Baker, Mrs. Eugene Byrnes, Mrs. Will
liam K. Butler, Mrs. Willoughby Ches-
ley, Mrs. Charles Fairfax Miss Mary
Fitch, Mrs. Marie Manning Gasch, Mrs.
Howard Knight. Mrs. Ralph Lee, Miss
Ellen Overlook, Miss Georgia Pills
| bury, Mrs. Frank Steele, Mrs. Otto
| Veerhoff, and Miss Jane Young are
among the most recent additions to the
list CT prominent sponsors for the two
performances
Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt, who is
the business director for ''the 1888
Frantics." has placed reserved seats for
both nights at the Office Of T. Arthur
Smith on G street, but orders and res
ervations may also be sent to Mrs.
Swormstedt this week.
Among others who will be present are
Mrs. Elwood Morey, president of the
Twentieth Century Club: Mrs. Thomas
W. Sidwen, DR.. and Mrs. George r.
Bowerman, Mr.. and Mrs. Gerrit Miller,
jr.; DR.. Alice Brosius, Miss Bertha
Noyes, Mrs. Ralph Hallett, Mrs. william
J. Peters, Mrs. c.. Willard Hayes, Mrs.
Giles Scott Rafter, Mrs Francis Good
win, Miss Grace Willis, Mrs. Virgil
Jackson, Mrs. D. K Shute, Mrs. Edward
| B. Clark and former Representative
Samuel Winslo&
The ushers will be Miss Anna Belle
Phillips Miss Jean Berry, Miss Ellenar
Bicket, Miss Mary Graham, Miss Mary
Harrington and Mss Elinor Moses. The
hostesses CT the occasion will be Miss
Jerry Ricketts,, Miss Pauline Strand
berg, Miss Jane Warren and Miss Fran
ces Grant.