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Torrance. Others in that audi.
ence included the Secretary Of the
Navy and Mrs. George Won Z
Meyer and the Misses Meyer, Mrs
Henry F. Dimock, Mr.. and Mrs
John F. Wilkins, MIR. and Mrs
Theodore r. Shuey, Capt. Louis
Little, MIR. and Mrs. Preston Glib
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Vaudeville Car
Isle. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Bruce
Howe. Mr.. and Mrs. Woodbury.
Blair. Mr.. and Mrs. Chandler An.
derson and Miss Gladys Hinckley
There were many more but Of
those mentioned the Misses Meyer
Alice is now Mrs. Philip Owen
Coffin and Julia. Donna Julia
Brambilla. both living in Washing
ton.
The late Mrs. Dimock's house
on Scott Circle where now stands
the Gen. Winthrop Scott apart
ments, was the scene of brilliant
and beautifully appointed dinner
parties. Mrs. wilkins still lives in
Washington and Capt. Little, now
is a major general retired from
the Marine Corps occupying a
charming house in Georgetown.
Then he was one of the popular
aides at the White House. MIR.
and Mrs. Carlisle and the formers
brother-in-law and sister. Mr..
and Mrs. Howe have been leaders
In Washington and Mrs. Chandler
Anderson is another Of the popular
hostesses in the Capital. Miss
Hinckley now is Mrs. McCeney
Werlich and lives in the home of
her mother, the late Mrs. Robert
Hinckley.
Mr.. Shuey was an official at
the Capital and the father of
one of the players. Mrs. Doro-
thy Shuey lived some years in
France, but during World War
II returned to this country and
makes her home in New York.
Her sister Katharine is the late
Mrs. Charles Happier.
Mrs. Herbert shipman. daugh-
ter Of the Edison Bradleys. also
was in the audience that evening.
She was the wife Of an Episcopal
clergyman, afterwards Suffragan
Bishop Of New York.
Benefits Even Then
A few evenings after the OPEN
ing of the Bradley's Theater.
"Grabbe and Runne." a musical
comedy written by Preston Glib
son, was presented in the Play
house just around the corner from
the Bradley's. The players were
amateurs, culled from leading
players on the social stage and
the proceeds were given to local
charities. Mr.. and Mrs. Gibson
gave a dinner party before the
play. Mrs. Gibson was the former
Grace Jarvis, granddaughter Of
Senator James Mcmillan Of Mich
igan. The Gibsons' son and
daughter-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs.
James Mcmillan Gibson. and SON.
in-law and daughter. Mr.. and
Mrs. Gale Mclean, still cali Wash
ington ''home."
The British Ambassador and
Mrs. James Bryce, the German
Ambassador and Countess son
Bernstor1, Postmaster General
Frank M. Hitchcock and District
Commissioner and Mrs. Cuno II.
Rudolph were among the officials
who saw Mr.. Gibson's musical
comedy. Others, whose names
still are familiar among residents
of the Capital, were there that
evening, including Mrs. Edison
Bradley. Mrs. Perry Belmont. Mr..
and Mrs. John Hays Hammond,
whose daughter Natalie also had
O flair for acting; Mrs. John Hay,
whose husband had been Secre-
tary of State; Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam ]. Boardman, parents Of
Mabel Boardman Of the Red
Cross; MIR. and Mrs. Hennen Jen-
nings, whose home is now the
Greek Embassy; Mrs. Robert W.
Patterson of Is Dupont Circle, now
the Washington Club; Mr.. and Mrs.
Christian Hemmick, the former
again making his home in Wash
ington; Mr.. and Mrs. William
Corcoran Eustis, Mrs. Eustis hav-
ing in recent years moved to
Georgetown; Mrs. Thomas F.
Walsh, Mrs. James Mcmillan, Mr..
Frederick H. Brooke. DR.. and Mrs.
William Dudley Morgan and DR..
and Mrs. William H. Wilmer.
Professional Touch Added
Early in the '20s another group
Of amateurs gave several perform
ances of one-act plays in the
Playhouse, also for charity. This
group included Mr.. Hugh v. Ten
nant, who had had a brief expert
ence on the professional stage in
Britain before he came as attache
to the Embassy here. Others play
ing leading roles in these short
plays at the Playhouse were Lou
Use Todd, niece Of Mime. Hauge,
widow of a Norwegian Minister in
this Capital: Betty Hanna. F.
Marion Law and Winant john
ston. Miss Todd afterwards mar
ried s. Parker Gilbert. then an
official in the State Depart
ment. and after his death she be-
came the wife of Harold Stanley
and they live in New York. Betty