Evening star., 1941-05-11
} Benefits
Hold Interest
OF Society
Horse Show, Tour
OF Gardens, Fiesta
Are Arranged

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Arranging three entertainments
for charities is occupying much time
Of Capital society. The Washington
Horse Show will begin Friday and
continue through Sunday, under the
sponsorship of the Junior League
for the benefit of the social service
department of Childrens Hospital
It will be held at Meadowbrook
Farm.
The Georgetown Garden Pilgrim
age, which had such success yes
terday, will be held again next Sat-
urday. with II homes being opened
for the benefit of Childrens House
In Georgetown.
The third event is the fiesta Of
Chest agencies. which will be held
Friday. May %, on the grounds Of
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Carroll Glover. jr This fiesta is
an entertaining way of presenting
exhibits and demonstrations Of the
,S7 welfare services which Chest
agencies help support in Washing
ton.
tMarionette Performance
To Begin at Horse Show.
"Childrens Day" which will be
held Saturday at the horse show,
probably will be the most gala Of
the three at Meadowbrook Farm.
'Rumplestiltskin," the new produc-
,tion Of the Junior League Marion
'ette Committee. will have its pre-
,niere that day, and will be pre-
sented at three performances.
"Rumplestiltskin," the charming
18th century fairy tale. has been
adapted for the Junior League
,narionettes by Mr.. William Wilson
of Washington. and original music
has been written and will be sung
during the production by Mrs. Eu-
gene Sloan, Mrs. E. Robert Klnne-
brew and Miss Barbara Boiling.
Mrs. Andrew w. Cruise is director
of the production which will also
give one performance at the horse
show Sunday afternoon.
Two Casts Selected
For Each Production.
, Mrs. Detlow Marthinson. chairman
of the Marionette Committee which
has shown the former production
of Hansel and Gretel to over 10000
children in the District Of Columbia,
said there will be two full casts for
each production. Rumplestlltskln
will be played by Miss Juliet Dulany
and Mrs. Reginald Conley; Fiddle
Dee-Dee by Mrs. Harry Fowler and
Mrs. Francis Almirall; the King by
Mrs. William H. Van Benschoten
and Mrs. A. A. Hoehling, jr, the
Miller by Mrs. Eugene Sloan and
Miss Louise Alexander; the Attend
ant by Mrs. C. r. Weaver and Mrs.
Charles Shannon.
Costumes for the puppets have
been made by Mrs. John o. Hender-
son and her committee comprising
Mrs. Conley. Mrs. Van Benschoten
and Mrs. F. Vernon Foster. from
sketches made by Mrs Robert w.
Parker who did intensive research
In the libraries for authentic cos
TUNES of the period.
The girls not only make their own
puppets. costumes and scenery but
arrange lighting and set up the stage.
Mrs. Francis Almirall Is in charge
of scenery, Mrs. c. r. Weaver and
Mrs. Detlow Marthinson Of lights,
Properties are in the hands of Mrs.
Charles Shannon and Mrs. A. A.
Hoehling, jr.:: Mrs. Andrew W. Cruise
supervises all puppet construction
with the help of Miss Juliet Dulany
and Miss Louise Alexander.
Several performances are sceduled
after those at the horse show and
before summer some in the wards
at Children's Hospital. the Christ
Child Convalescent Home and the
Health School.
Beautiful Georgetown
Gardens to Be Open.
A variety of beautiful gardens will
open for the Georgetown Pilgrimage
next Saturday The home of Mrs.
F. L. Berlin. one of the show places
of early Georgetown, will be in
,cluded in the tour. "Evermay' was
built in 1892. and named by Samuel
Davidson, one Of the men who sold
the land to the commissioners on
which to locate the Capital.
An innovation has been provided
In next Saturdays tour, when Do
Yetta Klaber, landscape architect,
will be present in the garden of Mrs.
Devereaux Green, 3128 p street, to
discuss plant material and garden
design.
One of the Dunlop family houses
which later was occupied by the
. Robert Todd Lincolns and now is
owned by Mrs. Arthur Woods, will
be open next Saturday. This Is
garden of unusual charm, as 1t re-