Evening Star Newspaper, June 10, 1927, Page 21

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1927.° ARTS CLUB FETE COLORFUL EVENT Annual Program Given on Devereux Lawn Presents Many Rare Attractions. More than 500 persons last night enthusiastically received the annual June fete of the Arts Club of Wash- ington, staged on the lawn at the es- tate of Dr. J. Ryan Devereux, on Bradley lane, Chevy Chase. A va- riety of colorful and entertaining acts were presented, constituting the most elaborate affair of its kind ever given by the Arts Club. A bright moon shining through the trees helped lend color to the scenes presented on a natural stage furnish- ed by steps leading down a terrace on the lawn. Scenes were staged on the porch, the side step of the house and around a pool, the dancing num- bers especially making a lovely pic- ture with the reflections in the water. Romantic Scenes Included. Included in the acts were romantic scenes, lines from Shakespeare and humorous take-offs on the trend and slang of modern times, along with court scnes of past generations. The McKinley Dancers furnished a sup- porting cast to many of the scenes, lending a touch of beauty as they danced, their colorful costumes set off against a sylvan background by white and green lights. The program was opened with the presentation of ‘The Dark Lady of the Sonntts,” by George Bernard Shaw. Complications arose when Shake- speare, played by Aaron M. Rosenthal, made love to Queen Elizabeth, repre- sented by Anne Ives, The Dark Lady, his love, played by Mariam McDaniel, suddenly apppears and claims him. Many fiery scenes follow, with the queen threatening forceful ejection of the mysterious man, later prov- ing to be Shakespeare. The warder, played by Leslie Waudby, is given a scolding for letting in the intruder, but in the end the queen promises Shakespeare support in the establish- ment of a national theater in Eng- land. “Glimpses of the Moon.” The next act, “Glimpses of the Moon,” the most elaborate on the pro- gram, won much applause and pro- vided rounds of laughter with subtle humor in well said lines. It was the story of a twentieth century king pre- paring to marry off his daughter, who, at the time set for the wedding, as- serts emphatically that she does not want to be married, but wants a ca- reer as the efficiency expert in a boller factory. Ordered to marry, the princess swoons. The king, played by Ed- ward E. Muth, commands the court attendants to ‘“‘unswoon her.” They ask “how?” The king then asks his “high lord chamberlin,” played by G. A. Lyon, to search the records for a precedent on ‘how to unswoon a The precedents prove obso- -1t is then decided to call the “fairy godmother” for aid. The fairies dance and after other acts the program is concluded with the princess ‘‘un- swooned” and anxious to marry. The play was written by Mrs. Henry Hayes of the Arts Club. Other Characters Listed. Besides the “king” and high lord *‘chamberlin,” other characters in the play were as follows: Page, Theodore Tiller, jr.; princess, Frances Clark; bridesmaids, Helen Thompson, Muriel Gray and Charlotte Clark; a lady in waiting, Adelaide Borah; a flower girl, Martha Kemon; a fairy godmother, Caroline McKinley, and a cat, F. G. Ashbrook. Fairies—Mary Callaway, Judy Lyeth, Ruth Shoemaker, Muriel Shaver, Mary Schultz, Alice Callan, Dorothy Parsons, Martha Fisher, Martha Stieg and Ruth_Critchfield. Ladies and gentlemen of the court— Mrs. Paul Bartsch, Mrs. L. P. Cle- phane, Mrs. Joseph Fairbanks, Mrs. L. A. Bauer, Miss Anne Devereux, Mrs. Gerrit Miller, Mrs. R. L. Neu- hauser, Paul Bartsch, L. P. Clephane, Gerrit Miller, L. A. Bauer, Joseph Fairbanks, R. L. Neuhauser and W. J. Peters. “Ballet of Lanterns” a Hit. “A ballet of lanterns,” with Chi- mese costumes, provided another hit, Miss Helen Fetter as Chow Wan and |{{ Ralph Herrin_ scoring in a pretty scene. Others in the act were J. Martin Scranage, Margaret Germond, Clara Hepner and Marion Campbell. Other acts included a love scene, by Orme Libby and Maude Howell Smith, and operatics with the partici- pants paired as follows: James A. Barr and Helen V. Harper, Ellsworth Con- don and Emily Harrold, Raymond G. Moor. and GCaorgia Hazlett, Harold Angelico and Anna Patterson. Dra- matic_scenes by James Otis Porter |({ and Lulu G. Adams, and by Will Hutchins, Kurt Nothnagel and Ed.a Ellis Hilton. The McKinley Dan- cers came in with a series of pretty dances at the end of most of the | scenes. Directors of Presentations. The presentations were under the general direction of James Otis Por- ter, with operatic scenes directed by Mary Cryder, Paul Bleyden and Harry .gelico, while dramatic sc 1es ./ere directed by Anne Ives Mrs. Ilenry Hayes, Maude Howell MURDER IS SENSATION IN FEZ, GROSVENOR FINDS ON JOURNEY National Geographic Society Head Has 2,500-Mile Trip in Morocco. Takes 1,000-Mile Motor Tour in Southern Spain—De- scribes Delights. Property and life in Fez, Morocco, re so secure that a murder is a 10- year sensation, Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, president of the National Geographic Society, declared today on his return to Washington with "Mrs. Grosvenor and daughter Lilian, from a six-week trip abroad, during which they mo- tored 2,500 miles in French and Span- ish Morocco and 1,000 miles in south- ern Spain. “Shortly before our visit,” Dr. Gros- venor related, ‘“an American from Washington had his pockets picked while in the bazaars, which are al- s as crowded as New York sub- s in the morning. He reported his to the pasha—10 100-franc notes, $40. Before sundown every bill had been recovered and the pickpocket and his confederates were in jail. Debtors are imprisoned for failure to pay their obligations, and the insane are con- fined in a madhouse with an fron ring around the neck and chained to the floor. “I was in southern Spain when Lindbergh made his wonderful flight to Paris,” Dr. Grosvenor said. “There every one was profoundly affected by his feat and by the accounts of his personality. They regarded him and his achievement as the symbol of what America signifies to all people, namely, spiritual courage and prac- tical ability. Nothing is more absurd that the report that America is hated abroad. Our country is genuinely ad- mired and respected by the over- whelming majority of the masses everywhere.” Women Are Burdened. Dr. Grosvenor said women probably hold a lower place in Morocco than in any other country in the world. “You see them,” he said, “bent double, carrying on their backs for many miles huge packs of fodder for the horses and cows. Men ride stal- lions only, for mares do not work and carry no loads, because their strength must be saved so that they may foal strong, healthy colts. But_no burden is too heavy for women. You will see a man riding comfortably astride his horse or donkey and his wife trudging behind in_ his dust and carrying his baby and the family belongings. And yet you see mo dis- contented female faces. Crushing labor has been their lot for countless generations and they accept it as stupidly and patiently as the donkeys. “The French policy is not to inter- fere with the customs, the dress, the lands or the religion of the people. They have built- hospitals- for the natives in all the large centers and are training native nurses. They in- sist on vaccination and hygienic safe- guards, In their research laboratories they have already made important dis- coveries relating to_ the tropical diseases peculiar to Morocco, more Smith, Will Hutchins and James Otis Porter. The dances were directed by Caroline McKinley, while C:enn Madi- son Brown was in charge of the light- ing_effects. Committee charmen were as fol- lows: Costumes, Mrs. W. J. Pete music, Theodote F. Gannon; ground: Willlam I Deming; supper, F. V Dewart; publicity, Bess Davis Schre ner; printing, G. A. Lyon, and light- ing, Glenn Madison Brown. 5 Put one on—the ‘pain is gone DEScholl’s Zino-pads Quick, safe, sure relief from painful callouses onthe feet. Atall drug and shoe stores Ebonite — different in looks, different in per- formance, different in other gear lubricant. Just say “EBONITE” Be Surs You Get It. 20 Cents a Shot ONRTE RS B500 ol By iy Wy - R Al Good Deaters’ S BRRRs - Ewi DR. GILBERT GROSVENOR. particularly in dysentery, which is so troublesome and so little understood in all warm latitudes.” After leaving French Morocco, Dr. and Mrs. Grosvenor motored through Spanish Morocco, visiting Tetuan and Ceuta, and then crossed the Straits of Gibraltar to Algeciras. Contrary to the prevalent belief, they found the motor highways of Spain excellent, with the result that they had a com- fortable and most enjoyable ride from Algeciras along the coast to Malaga, thence over the superb mountain passes behind Malaga to Granada, where they visited the Alhambra, in which Queen Isabella gave her jewels to Columbus to finance him and sent him on his historic voyage; then they motored through continuous olive orchards for several hundred miles to Seville, where is Columbus’ tomb, to Toledo and Madrid. Interesting to Americans. Spain is a remarkable country and particularly interesting to Americans because of her historic associations with our continent. Her people look happy and are prosperous and the visitor is welcomed heartily. Her cities, cathedrals, landscapes and mountain ranges are indescribably beautiful.” ‘The French protectorate of Morocco, Dr. Grosvenor sald, has bullt in Mo- rocco more than 15,000 miles of sur- faced road and many thousand miles of dirt road during the last eight years, Wide and straight avenues radiate in all directions from the cap- ital of the protectorate, penetrating even into the High Atlas mountains which have peaks as highas the Mat- terhorn and the loftiest summits of the Alps. The French have planted trees for almost the entire length of these roads, on both sides of the road- way, employing hundreds of thou- sands of eucalyptus, poplar, locust and plane trees. Dr. Grosvenor followed one of these roads just completed to Khenifra, in the High Atlas, where is the residence of El Hassan, a Moorish chief who can muster 15,000 horsemen and who owns 5,000 cattle, 8,000 horses and 20,000 sheep. Woven From Hair. The chief’s tent of black cloth woven from camel and goats’ hair, in which Dr. Grosvenor was entertained, meas- ures 90 by 150 feet, the entire floor being carpeted with purple rugs and the walls decorated with handsome draperies woven by the women of the clan. El Hassen is one of the 14 sons of the late Moorish chief Maho Ham- mon, who long resisted the French advance. One day all his sons ap- peared at the French camp and sur- rendered, whereupon the French com- mander sent word to him that as his sons had laid down their arms, it would be wise for him to follow their example. The old chief replied that he had ordered his sons to come in and render allegiance to the French, but that he was too old to change his habits. He continued his deflance and was soon afterward shot and killed by men commanded by his own sons. By making his sons surrender the old pasha saved for them his vast property and insured that one of thfim became his successor as chief. El Hassen can neither read nor write, such accomplishments being re- garded by the Berbers as too effemi- nate for the chieftain of 15,000 horse- men. He employs secretaries to keep the tale of his flocks and herds,” Dr. Grosvenor said. ‘Shortly before our visit the French, on completion of the road over the mountains, had pre- sented -him with a powerful automo- bile, which he is learning to drive.” Served in Capital. At Fez Dr. and Mrs. Grosvenor were entertained by the Governor General and Countess de Chambrun. The lat- Black Auto Enamel Becker’s Best, $1.25 Qt. BECKER PAINT & GLASS CO. 1239 Wisconsin Ave. West 67 WHEN THE BOYS A-CAMPING GO Clothes that are comfort- able and cool, sports togs that are practical and serv- iceable are in high demand. The P-B Boys’ Shop meets every need of outdoor fel- lows from 3 years up to .early manhood. 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At their palace they met a general professor of aviation who had won great fame several years before their visit by saving the lives in a leagured -post by dropping_from an airplane bundles of ice. Day after day the general, skillfully eluding the Moorish gunners, had managed to re- plenish the water supply of the be- sieged French by dropping ice inside the fort until the garrison was re- lieved by reinforcements. “Fez is probably the most interest ing place in Morocco,” Dr. Grosvenor sald. “It is a city of 150,000 people and is probably nearly 2,000 years old It contains many splendid examples of ancient Moorish art and architecture It has a water supply system and running water that was installed many centuries before Paris or Lon don had running water. The affairs of the city are directed by the heredi- tary Pasha of Fez, who appoints all the policemen and city officlals and administers justice without any inter- ference from the French.” African Bird Fades in Rain. Brightly colored when the sun shines, the feathers of an African bird recently studied by Dr. I. Krumbiegel, German blochemist, become a sad spectacle when wet by the ratn. ‘The brilliant hue of its red feathers faded to a pale pink. Food the bird eats probably supplies minute quantities of the natural dye's ingredients, says the Popular Science Magazine. Known as turacine, the dye is a compound containing copper. P — Kj%mu FLOWER GUILD SEEKS GIFTS FOR ‘SHUT-INS’ * | Issues Appeal, Emphasizing Eager- ness of Invalids to Receive Spring Blooms. The Washington branch of the Na- tional Flower Guild, which regularly | distributes blooms to invalid ‘“‘shut- |ins" of various institutions of the city, today issued an appeal for more flow- vrs to carry on its work. 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