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4 THE WASHINGTON TIMES SATUEDAY OCTOBER OC ° rOIiEIt 17 1908 1908SOCIETY 1908LSocifirY
ij LSocifirY SOCIETY IN FORCE SEES BEN GREET PLAYS l
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PRESIDENT SMILES SMILESON SMILESON
ON niii GREET norrT bnlmlfcMakes pnnuino CROWDS CROWDSMakes
Makes Short Address ddress at atPerformance atPerformance atPerformance
Performance in the theMorning theMorning theMorning
Morning MorningContinued MorningContinued MorningContinued
Continued from First Page PalOedulgent Pagedulgent
dulgent sun shone resplendent upon hel helmet hlmet helmet ¬
met and uniform making every child chiMspectator childspectator childspectator
spectator gaze wondrously at the con contusion contusion confusion ¬
tusion of orit it all allTo allTo a11To
To many man of the grownups too an anoutdoor anoutdoor anoutdoor
outdoor production of this magnitude magnitudewith maKJIltuvith magnitudewith
with but the fa fashioning > > hionincs of nature for fora fora fora
a stage was a novelty noeJt never before beforewitnessed beforeUne beforewItneet
witnessed wItneet Une ed and there were constant repetltiona rep repetitions repetitions ¬
etitions of surprise and wonder wonderThere wonderThere onder onderThere
There was many a sigh from those thoswho th06Who thosewho
who wanted a peep behind hlnd the wings wingsthat wingsthat wingsthat
that had been en provided it seemed al almost a amost amost ¬
most for the very pur purpose by Mother MotherXature Moth MothNature lotherNature
Nature XatureJust NatureJUltt NatureJust
Just beyond the little slope > > In front frontof frontof
of which flitting actors were ere telling tellingover
over again that wonderful childhood ehlldhOOtIstory childhoodstory
story of Pandora and Midas 1 l < 1a stood stooda
a few screens the dressing drec > Slng rooms for forthe forthe forthe
the handsomely costumed class Farth Farther ¬
er In the rear stood the magnificent magnificentState magnlflcenlSlate magnificentState
State War ar and Navy building to the thenorth thencrth thencrth
north ncrth the White House with the first iirstlady Iir8tad firstlady
lady ad of the land watching the scene scenewhich scenehidt scenewhich
which hidt had In part J rt been her doing to tothe totbe tothe
the south a fountain played the music musicof mU8hof musicof
of its waters fiters falling softly with the thecadences thecadences thecadences
cadences of the voices of those participating partici participating participating ¬
pating in the little mimic world upon uponnatures uponnatures uponnatures
natures stage to the west were the thegaily theIall thegaily
Iall gaily bedecked crowds standing sitting sittingstooping sittingstooplnh sittingstooping
stooping from every ever point of vantage vantageon
on the little knolls that go to make the thebouth theIouth thesouth
south grounds of the White hlte House one oneof oneof oneof
of the most Ideal spots in Washington WashingtonActors WashingtonActors ashlngtonActors
Actors Do Their Best BestIt
It wag WB a pleasing scene and no won wonder wonder on onder ¬
der the actors did their best and everybody every everybody cerybOd ¬
body bOd came away satisfied Htl fted The per performances performance performances ¬
formances moved without a hitch just justas ju justas t tas
as they might ujfon the stage of any anytheater an antheater anytheater
theater congratulations were in order orderfor orderfor orderfor
for every ever member of the committee committeevho committeeho
vho n ho has worked for the success J < of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the novel entertainment and the re results reB results ¬
sults B < llts financially ftnanclall were most gratifying gratifyingThe gratifyingTht
The performance pt > rforIDAnce was perfect in de detail detall detail
tail execution and Greeklike aim aimplicity simplicity stmpUclt ¬
plicity Those who saw the Ben Greet Greetplayers Greetplaers Greetplayers
players in their former productions in inWashington In1Vashlngton InWashington
Washington left the grounds with the thefeeling t1efeeling thefeeling
feeling that if anything anthIn the effective effectiveness etrecUvcness effectiveflees ¬
ness of the wonder tales had been beenIncreased beenIncreased beenincreased
Increased in the al fresco performance performanceIt
It seemed eminently emlnentl fitting that the thefalryiike th thfa thefairy
falryiike fa fairy I ryilke iike creatures cr Atures of Hawthornes HawthornesImagination Hawthornes1maglnatlon hlawthorneshnsgination
Imagination should be revived out amid amidnatures amidnaturos amidnaturos
naturos surroundings surroundln s in the sunlight sunlightnear sunllghtnear sunlightnear
near stowing rtowln streams and upon his historic hUstorlc historic ¬
toric ground groundSchool groundSchool groundSchool
School Children Cl ldren Applaud ApplaudMembers Applaudl1 ApplaudMembers
Members l1 mbers or of the Board of EducationSuperintendent EducationSuperlnterdent Education EducationSuperintendent
Superintendent of Schools Stuart super supervising sJl supervising r rls1ng ¬
vising prln principals jptth and principals from frommany fronlroany Ironmany
many of the schools occupied cccupl t boxes boxesand boxelland boxeand s
and seats of vantage at this mornings morningsperformance mornlngpeIformance morningperformance s ss
performance The schc schl < 1 children and andTheir andtheIr andtheir 1
Their parents occupied the greater por portion porIon perVon ¬
Von Ion of the sets S t8 although AIUon h there were W wareuitdredx re
hundred who took advantage of the theschool theIic th thschool e
school Iic ool childrens matinee matfn e totmy toon instead insteadof
of f the opening performance yesterday casterda
fit is estimated that about a ut 3009 lJersonsall persons iserson5all
Si all were present this morning
Mrs trs Roosevelt RooS velt asked Vice Chairman Chalrn n
West of the executive committee to an anBounce aniiounce anbounce
Bounce that Ben Greet had generously
declined to accept any remuneration for forthe forthe fo fothe r
the productions besides the actual ex expense expense expense ¬
pense incurred The entire proceeds proceedstherefore proeeedthtrefore proceedstherefore
therefore beyond a few minor expenses expenseswill expen expenseswill 8 8wIll +
will go to the Playgrounds AssoeIatloMr Association AssociationMr AssoclaUor rrr
Mr Greet and his players requiring requiringnothing requirinnothing g
nothing for their time or talent talntAIUtough talentAlthough
Although it was said at the close of o f
the performance that it was impossible l lto e
to estimate at this hour the probable probablenet probablenet probablnet e ee
net Income from the White House Housegrounds Housegrounds Housgrounds e
grounds performance every eer member o of ofthe f
the committee seemed especially grati ¬
fled with the success suc of the affair both I
from the social and financial viewpoint viewpointPresidents viewpointPresidents IewpolntPresidents
Presidents Congratulation CongratulationJust
Just after leaving the stage President President1tooseett PreeldenRoosevelt t
Roosevelt shook hands with the tb mom ¬
bers of the executive committee of to toI tne tncI e
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i IltIrs Mrs Bonaparte wife of the At Attorney Attorney Attorney ¬
torney General General2Mrs General2Mrs
2 2Mrs Mrs George von L Meyer and andthe andthe andthe
the Misses Meyer Meyer3Mme Meyer3Mme
3 3Mme Mme Jusserand Wife of theFrench the theFrench theFrench
French Ambassador AmbassadoL4Japanese
4 4Japanese Japanese Ambassador and Baroness Bar Baroness Baroness ¬
oness Takahira TakahiraSMrs Takahira5Mrs
5 SMrs Mrs Victor H Metcalf Metcalf6Jwei Metcalf6ICwei
6 6Jwei Kwei Chih Second Secretary of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the Chinese Legation and His Wife7Mrs Wife Wife7Mrs
7 7Mrs Mrs John E Reyburn Miss MissReyburn MissReyburn MissReyburn
Reyburn and Miss Whiting Whitingassociation Whitingassociation
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association to whose who e efforts the thesmoothness thesmoothnes thesmoothness
smoothness of the performances are in inthe Inthe inthe
the main due and complimented them themupon tbemupon themupon
upon the result of their two weeks weekslabors weekslabors weekslabors
labors The reception committee committeechiefly committeechiefly committeechiefly
chiefly composed com of members of the thecommittee thecommittee thecommittee
committee on street decorations and andcivic andcivic andcivic
civic improvement headed by ChairmanFrederick Chairman ChairmanFrederick ChairmanFrederick
Frederick D Owen also came in fol folpraise folralse folpraise
praise ralse from the distinguished visitorAs visitor visitorAs IsltorAs
As he proceeded back to the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse WbltHouse
House President Roosevelt met a number num number number ¬
ber of Washington lads who were tak takng ¬
ing ng chorus parts in the production of
King Midas the boys then being en enroute enroute enroute
route from the dressing drec > Slng rooms in the
White hlte House Hou e corridor to the stage stagewhere stagewhere
where the play pia was soon to begin They >
halted in single file and as the Presi ¬
dent passed ire he grasped the hand ofand of
each and said something that caused
the blushes to appear beneath all the thepaint Utepaint thepaint
paint and powderExecutive powder powderExecutive powderExecutive
Executive Committee Present PresentThe PresentThe PresentThe
The members of the executive com committe committe committe
mitte were ere all present in person and andassisted anda88l andaseisted
assisted a88l ted today In looking after the com comfort comfor ¬
fort of the patrons pat ron fl Each committee committeemember commItteememb
member memb > r was tUJ warmly congratulated congratulatedwhen congrat congratulatedwhen lated latedwhtn
when the last disappearing actor had hadsought hadsought hadsought
sought the shelter of his foliage JlI ge dressIns dress dressing dressIn ¬
Ins In room and with lth one accord every everyone everyone ¬
one agreed that a most successful andunique and andunique andunique
unique entertainment had been made madepossible madepossible madeposstWe
possible through the courtesy of Mrs
Roosevelt who tendered the use of the thegrounds thebloundli thegrounds
grounds groundsThe bloundliThe groundsThe
The executive committee of the Play ¬
grounds Association who have labored
for two weeks on the project is cur cunpostjd CU1 CU1poetd curposed
posed of Cuno H Rudolph chairman
James E West est vice chairman John B
Sleman jr Arthur C Moses sad nd
Henry I nr S Curtis CurtisFrederick CurttaFrederick
Frederick D Owen headed the recep reception ¬
tion committee from the street decora ¬
tions and civic improvements compris ¬
ing the following
Dr Frank Biscoe Bi e Fred C Bryan
John Doyle Cairnodr Chester M Clark
Lewis P Clephane John C Dalphln
John E Fenwlck F G Elker John K
Fletcher FI tclkr Francis F Wlen Albert J JyOre
Gore yOre Andrew Andre 3 Graham H P R Holt
Henry O Hall Samuel Herrick Herrick F R
Bolt IT I S X Francis B Wheaton V heatoh
John G Johnson Philip F Lamer Arn r J
Jerome Lightfoot II 1 L S McAllister
Henry W T Samson John K Stauffer StaufferI
I John I L Wirt Dr William D Wirt
DIPLOMATIC CORPS LEAD OST1 OST1TO OSTENTATION OSTENTATIONTO
TO PLAY INSPIRED BY HAWTHOR HA WTHORN E
Diplomatic official 0 < < ln1 and resident re klent cir circles circles Jrcles ¬
cles of Washingtons smart society were werewell werewell werewell
well represented repre ented yesterday afternoon on onthe onthe onthe
the White hlte House lawn for the perform performance perforinance performance ¬
ance of the Ben Greet players playersIn
In the central box with the th President Presidentand Preskientand Presidentand
and Mrs Roosevelt were Miss Uss Roosevelt Roose Roosevelt Roosevelt ¬
velt her house guest Miss Parker and andMiss andMIss andMiss
Miss Hagner Mrs Roosevelt wore a amodish amodish amodish
modish gown of white satin striped chifton chif chiffon chiffon ¬
fon with a black picture hat and a ablack ablack ablack
black lace veil Miss Roosevelt was AS girl girlishly girlishly girlishly ¬
ishly attired in a white linen coat s suit suitwith suitwith lt ltwith
with a large hat trimmed with a bow bowof bowor bowof
of cerise satin ribbon Miss Parkers Parkersgown Parkersgown Parkersgown
gown was of checked silk made in injumper Injumper inJumper
jumper effect and Miss 1188 Hainer Ha er wore a abecoming abecoming abecoming
becoming gown of dark blue voile with witha
a large white hat hatOther hAtOther hatOther
Other box holders were Mrs Irs Meyer Meyerwife Meyerwife Ieyerwire
wife of the Postmaster General and andher andher andher
her two attractive daughters MissAlice Miss MiseAlice MissAlice
Alice Meyer and Miss Iiss Julia Meyer eyer MrsMetcalf Mrs MrsMetcalf lrs lrsIetcalt
Metcalf wife of the Secretaryof Secretary or theNavy the theNavy theXan
Navy the Japanese Ambassador Ambaa ador andthe and andthe aldthe
the Baroness Takahira the Assistant AssistantSecretary Assf3tantSooretary AssistantSecretary
Secretary of the Navy and Mrs Irs Tru Truman Truman Truman ¬
man H Newberry who had with them themMiss themllIss themSuss
Miss Newberry Miss Esther Dennyand Denny Dennyand Dennyand
and Miss Henrietta Fitch Commission Commissioner ¬
er and Mrs 118 Macfarland General and andMrs andIrs andMrs
Mrs Irs Gillespie Gi1le ple and Mr Ir and Mrs Irs C A ASnow ASnow ASnots
Snow SnowMrs SnotsMrs
Mrs Meyers Gown GownMrs GownIrs GownMrs
Mrs Irs Meyer wore a handsome princess princessgown princessgown princessgown
gown of handembroidered linen with Withz
z
I a black satin dlrectoire gown and a ahlack Ablack ablack
black hat trimmed with gray gra plumes plumesThe plum plumesThe s sThe
The Misses H es Meyer eyer wore dainty princess princessgowns prince88gowns princessgowns
gowns of white embroidered batiste batistewith batistewlth batistewithblack
withblack with black satin dlrectoire dlrectolresuhes sashes and andstraw andstraw andstraw
straw hats trimmed with big cerise rib ribbon ribbon ribbon ¬
bon bows bowsMrs 00 bowsMrs s sI
Mrs Irs Metcalf was s strikingly handsome handsomein handsomIn
I
in a dark gray y striped tailored suit with witha lth
a black hat Mrs C W 1 Tuttle of California Cal California CAlIfornia ¬
I ifornia who 00 is visiting her wore a light lightgray lightra lightgray
gray ra gown and a agray gray y hat batBaroness
Baroness Takahira wore ore light gray
with asoft a soft brown br n hat and Mrs Irs New
berry also wore r a handsome gray lol to
lette with a large gray hat trimmed trimmedwith trimmedWith trimmedwith
with plumes and aigrettes aigrettesJirs aigrettesMrs
Mrs GHlespte C who has h ha s recently recentl re
turned from her h r summer cottage at Sar Saratoga SATat Saratoa ¬
atoga at wore cream c m crepe crf do chine wiUihat with wlUta
a dtrectolre COAt and 1 black and white
hat hatMrs
Mrs Snow Sno wore a becoming gown of
blue with a blue hat hatDistinguished hatI
I Distinguished Auditors AuditorsIn i iIn
In the audience were the French Am
bassador and Mme ImE Jusserand Ju rand the Bra Brazilian rrazilian ra ¬ II
zilian Ambassador Ambes lWof and Mme Xabueo Xabueoand Xabueoand abuco abucoand
I and Miss 116 Nabuco the Charge Chal e dAftairt dAftairtof dAtiairtssof I
of Mexico extco and Mme Godoy GO O and Aiiss AiissGodoy Mi abet abetodoy 81
Godoy Godo odoy the Belgian B 1bian minister Baron Baroni Barons
J s Moncheur Ionch r HenMartin Henri Martin the charge chargedaffaires chargedsffaires
I daffaires of Switzerland Switz r1and the Minister Ministerof nnast r I
of the Argentine Ar cntlne and Mme Inte Portela
Gen and Mrs H C Corbin Mrs John
lV Foster Sirs lr Carter wife of Sena I
j tor Carter of Montana Mrs Irs Julian
James Mrs Irs Robert Hinckley Mrs Johr Johrjher I
E Reyburn with Miss u s Reyburn anl an l
f jher rE > r hous hlu guest Miss Whiting V1liling Mrs Ir
1 Ri Rtburn Rry burn wore one of f the most stunninG y
toilettes of the afternoon It was a asmokp a11okf asmoky
smoky 11okf colored eel red semiiireclore gown of ofsoft f fsoft fsoft
soft cUn clinging n material with a deep pint pintvelvet pintvelvet
velvet vel picture hat topped with plumes plumesof I
of the same shade as as her gown gownMire
i Mire Marion Oliver daughter of the
Assistant Secretary SEcreta of War ar and Mrs
Robert Shaw Oliver wearing V ari1g a smart smartMORTON snartMORTON smartMORTON
MORTON IS VISITOR VISITORAT
AT THE WHITE HOUSEComes HOUSE HOUSEComes HOUSEComes I
Comes From New York by Appoint APPointment Appointment
ment to Talk Politics WithPresident With WithPresident V h
President PresidentPaul II IIPresident
Paul Morton president pre l tftt of th the 13ge1table Bqwit BqwitaWe
able Life Insurance Company and andformerly aItC1fOrJperiy sadformerly
formerly SeereiArv of tl th I Xafry M eIc es1 es1at ealkd ealkdat i iat
at the White Hous5 no today tOia by appoint appointment appe1MtMonL ¬
ment There was a cenf Cnfer rane raae5 on the thepolitical thepcHUcal thepolitical
political situation in New N w York and andwhile andwhile
while no official statement nag as made de it itis Itis I
is believed that Mr Morton informed the tnePresident
President how Chairman Hitchcock Hitchcockcould Httebe Hitchcockcould ek
could be supplied with < >
tOme valuable valuaMsammunition valuableammunition aluabl i iammunItion
ammunition with which he could maketht make makethe i
tht closing elo ns days of the th campaign effec effective ttfcctive ¬
tive tiveQuestioned UveQue
Questioned Que tion as s to whether he h volunteered volun volunteered voIWIte ¬
teered te red to raise money for or the tb campaign camla
Mr Worton smilingly replied Insur Insurance Insura ¬ I i
ance a ice ce companies s are > barred rred Irom rom + ron n
Itributing to campaign funds now n w
cot suit o white linen and a white hat
lire Murray Cobb in a Jaik blue prin prince princer ¬
cer ce Mrs Richard Butler Mrs Irs Sharp Shar Sharwife p ptits
wife of General Sharp Mrs f Cha Chart C arl tits I
liitriMrdscn Xn Rixey Mr and Mrs v
Jam James E K West Mr and Mrs Hennen H Hen nnen tt
Jennings and Mr T and nd Mrs in W WH H Rap na
ley were among alPOn others ot in the audience audienceDEATH aud audienceDEATH
DEATH IN SUBWAY SUBWAYFOR SUBWAYfOR SUBWAYFOR
FOR UNKNOWN MA MAN MANFirst N j jFirst
First Victim Who Falls Under UnderTrain r
Train Not Identified IdentifiedLad IdentifiedLadAged Lad LadAged
Aged Fourteen FourteenXSTW FourteenNEW
NEW YORK Oct 170ne MM manked w wkitted WIti WItiket
ked in the subway at Twentythird Twentythirdstreet Twertythlrdnat TwentythiStreet
street nat and a My It WK W1 C severely 1IIYt Iy injured injuredat ittJur ittJurat al
at the Fulton street flatten dwmjr the th thraah C Crash I Irush
rush hours today The identity of oItune the theman them1D
man who was ab > killed htwot as lOt been estab esta b ¬
fished He fell f 1I off to the platform in front frontof frontof t
of an a approaching aJ PlOllChlR = = trainThe train trainTlw trainTIN
TIN boy injured at Fulton street is i i
ffJltxIow Fptextow Krncenc KrucencJl ji fourteen years oW
Hundreds 0 of > j passengers paJeeftC were thrown a
into a panic as be fell between bet the plat t ¬
form orm and tIC the train trainTHE trainTHE trainTHE
THE FALL FALLS FALLSabbath
S Sabbath bb4h bt school teaeberQuU teacher Quite right t
Johnny And now when the serpent serpe It
had temped Eve to eat the apple what R hat
dW Eve do doJohnny doJohnruWel1 doJohnnyWeIL J
Johnny JohnruWel1 WelL sbe fall an for it T > i v
GREET PLAY SEEN SEENBY SEENBY SEENBY r
BY I MRROOSEVELT MRROOSEVELTAttends ROOSEVELT ROOSEVELTAttends
Attends Bareheaded WithWife With WithWife rith rithWife
Wife and Quentin QuentinScene QuentinSceneEnchanting QuentinSceneEnchanting Scene SceneEnchanting
Enchanting EnchantingTh
t
Th ltaeI The Theperfcmanoea porfornMnees < < f yesterday afterneea after afterwere afteriIIere
neea were iIIere beautiful 1 uatttal ht many y respot respotprevented resp ° tbut t >
bat tM aet impeiog i BIn < < picture was t tha thatreseaied Ita
prevented ed hy nature Ulle There was wasthe rneed n i iDee4
need for the arttt artists brush to aurrm aurrmtile aurrourthe
the players pIa with an appropriate st srhag set settta stNo
tta hag No artist could possibly bly have ju I I1IpoII 1upon
upon canvas the data of autumn 1 foliag foliagin
in the trees throU through 1 which hleh a warn warnsun warmsun < r rIMIII
sun shove throughout the performance performanceProperty performanProI c cPerry
Property ProI 8rty men and sage tag carpenterseould carpenters carpenterseoold carpentereoaN
eoold never hope to equal the velvet velvetgreen yte yteaWL reve revegreen
green aWL There wa was no need Dftdwia treedwings f fwtogg
wings wia or cnrtmtnc Trees and lid shrubbery shrub shrubhery shrubhety
hery acted et d for the one as well as for forthe for1M forthe
the other They constituted Itted the stag stagpsetting stagCt stagsetting <
setting settingAtrtde settingAatde > > Ct
Atrtde front flO l the artistic touch t > which whictwas whichWaS whicwas
was observed on every hand there > was wasanother w wanother 1 1aaotb
another aaotb < < feature featurtbat that of the Presiotr Presiotrof Pre Prest idf idfol irr irrof
of the United States and the first lady ladyand lad ladla lauIn
la the land actin acting as II host aDd hostEsS hostEsSaod hostessand
and Joining a common cause cau e for the thet thebenefit t tbenefit
benefit t of the Washington Piaygrounda PiaygroundaAseoetetion PlaygroundsAs PiaygroundaAssociation
Association As oeIation There was no suggestion suggestionof U estJlD estJlDof n nof
of formality and the hope op was ex expressed UpreMed ¬
pressed on every Cer hand that now wasthat that thata
nowthere
a precedent had been established e establishedmight there thireJaight
might be more garden parties open to toall toall
all M who wished to enter PresidentRoosevelt President Pre ldfnt ldfntRoosevelt
Roosevelt walked down from the White W1 WhiteHouse te teHOWe
House with Mrs Roosevelt Roo eelt without withoutb t a
hat as did Quentin who whoc laughed laughedheartily
heartily heartll b c during the thetesevidence e performance perorma There Taorews ThreJIOt Theres
ws s not no the slightest slightestthetesevidence t evidence of pomp pompand pmpad pompand
and ad during duringthe left histhe thebox the intermission intermission the Presi President President Presdent ¬
dent left his box and visited many manydiplomatic man mandtpIoRMtUc manyfriends
diplomatic and officialboxes official friends in near nearby nearby nearby ¬
by bydlplotaatk boxes and for once he was savedthe saved savedthe Slvedthe
the annoyance of the everpresent everpresentSeeret everprt everpresentSecret ent entret
Secret ret Service e men He seemed to toenjoy toeajoy toenjoy
enjoy the performances dormances and several severaltimes seeralttea setieraitimes
times started > > tarted the applause appJaU wiucagreeted wh whgreeted wiuca wiiicargreeted
greeted the playersThe players playersThe playersThe
The stage setting > > ettl was so O arran arranthat arranthat arra arrathat
that the players actually seemed tj tjwp t n ntip f r rup
wp out of the t ground They Theypreached ap approached JpNOAeAed ¬
preached westi by i climbing cllmbl the gentle entle knoll knollat knolat knolla
at a < the west we westside t side of the grounds FLit Kirstthe FLitthe i st stthe
the voices were heard in the distance distancethen disu distancethen ce cethen
then by peering eriDg through the f UUdgE UUdgEthe < ili li < i ge gethe e ethe >
the audience could see a head whci whciseemed wh whcaseemed c t tseeJDed
seemed to rise r up and come forward forwardslowly forwardBIowly forwardslow
slowly slow growing Into nto a human formuntil form formuntil formURtit
until 1t It burst suddenly Iy upon the stage stagea st ge gea
a fairy character c araeter in a fairy play
One of the most Interesting features featuresof
of the afternoon was the excellent ex exhibition fXhtbltloa exhibition
hibition given by the score e of Wash Washington Was Wasbtston Wasiagton ¬
ington school children who took part partin partIn partIa
in the performances pedCKJlUUl < < 8 Xot a break did diJthey dljthey didthey
they make from the thelawmen lawmen moment t they ap appeared apr appeared ¬
peared r d at the beginning nlng of f the ice after afternoon aiteBOOn
noon no on until they tbe retired laughing la 1 ng ha hapily haily harile > t
pily rile at the t restoration of their t eir pretty prfttPrlneeu
Prfncees Princess Xarrygold from a figure rigureturned ligureturned figuretu
turned tu to gold by the cursed hand of J
King Midas to a beautiful child wl whmade wLmade d dmade
made all around her happy happyFr happyFrem
Fr From a Hawtharses Hawt 8rnes Tales TalesThe TalesT
The T two plays are adapted by Rose RosOXeill ROSiOXeIIl
OXeill from Hawthorns stories fr frchildren Crchildren f r rchildren
children The lint dealt with a a Pan Pandors PanIcKa Pardons
dons < and the Mysterious tertoea
y Box wlu whlexcited whexcited u uexcited
excited her curiosity curiQ lty The child aLL aLLbeen iiil iiilbeen
been forbidden t rbMh to peer witntn II but as sco scoas s < x xas xas
as she was left eft alone
she be could not n t r
sIt the temptation to find out at who w wi
calling her name from within No SCKV SCKVer SO <
er had she unfastened unfa tlMd the th rope witJi wi wictwhich
which the box was bound than thcr
leaped out Vice Greed Hatred Malce t
Poverty F Povelt lfiL5 H Hunger ser and Del every form nn d
trouble which up to that time tim Ia1 ad i
not afflicted the world These Th furies
tormented her and Del her boyish iovr 10 iota
Theo put deceit in their hearts anl an anJJIa i
made JJIa e them generally gen raUy unhappy until unt
beautiful Hope emerged e rxed from the sanv S sam < L1
box and restored the peace which gad ha1reigned 131relt1Hd gadreigned
reigned before curiosity eurlo lty conquered
In Icy the second play was depicted the theunnatural thtunnatural theunnatural
unnatural desire of old Kin KIng Midas f fgold fgOld
gold The monarch had but on onwish +
wish tab ia the Orielto world to turn to g li lieverything r
everything eY rythIDg he touched His HJ wish wa wagranted waanted way
granted anted but be soon repented pentecl when h
discovered that his food when handK 1
by him was tran transformed Conned into the yd
low 10 metal and the water which he d dsired dsire dt
sired sire to drink became molten gold upr > r rhis i
his slightest Ughte t touch He gave up in inspaJr de deapair f fpJr >
spaJr when upon embracing embracln < < his bean boa a
tifnl daughter Princess Pri Marrygold T Tsaw h haw Isaw >
saw her instantly I tantly ttlyy ttlyythen turn theninto into a gold golden goldenh <
flswre 1Ig re King Midas then en asked the t s d l
to remove the h e curse Ctlr t e with which whichwa > >
wa was afflicted and Quicksilver jrranteil > d
the wish after the King had declared
vimoAif Mmtl lt to be truly trul oenltent