Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1931, Page 21

PORTIA PORTRAYED BY MAUDE ADANS Famous Actress Returns to| | Stage With Otis Skinner | +as Co-Star. | | | | | i By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, November 4--To the sccompaniment of & record-breaking | cvation, Maude Adams made her bow | Upon the American stage again last | Right after an absence of 13 years. The 59-year-old actress pliyed w‘ part of Portia in “The Merchant cl‘ Venice,” with Otis Skinner as co-star in | the part of Shylock. | It was the first time the actress, who | established herself as a prime favorite In the latter of the nineteenth and | “le early part of the twentieth centuries, ed on any stage since 19 vhm m retired to \ndulu a laste llnkmn. with the mechanics of the | An audience of fashionably groomed | #nd gowned society filled the theater, | greeted Miss Adams with a prolonged | ovation the moment she sf ‘upon the stage and called her again and | usln before the curtain before the last | Ovation Sets Record. She and her co-star were called mi Do less than 14 times, a Cleveland theaters, critics sald. To many in the ludlrnce Miss Adams %as remembered Babbie or Peter Plnmm'hk:hlhe ive an elfin race when she was at the height of ier glamorous career. To others she was only & famous name, for a large of present generation of the- has known her by hearsay has been her retire- Am!m- £ap with a typical Maude Adams pcrtom ance, I.hw.h the part was one far dif- {em thue for which she is best nown, end again l‘.: the final garden scene— Was the consensus of the urmnm Performance Opens 'ro. An innovation of thf v-nnew tmc of ltue ight! .Imro- herself as a re- mln ol her resarch since her retire- ment. Instead of footlights, the actors were #cen in a fleld of diffused light from fro)ecwn high in the balcony. At |pag imes the lighting grew dim and odd tricks in color were performed. The premier performance, which in- troduces a tour of the South and Mid- die West and a return to New England and New York in the Spring, drew Na- tion-wide attention. A few out-of-town crities attended and a half-hour re- view of the play was broadcast upon a national radio network by Edmund Vance Cook, and Shakespearean | ing. scholar. 547 45 SOCIETY (Continued From Third Page.) Miss Margaret Appleby and is the‘ d-ufi:ur of Mr. and Mrs, Maurice B. Mr. and Mrs. Eric Lane of Chicago, T, are at the Carlton for a few days. | Mr. and Mrs. James E. Duke have visit] them in their Trum lMu’lgln Park Hotel thel in-law, Mrs. Charles L. Duke, who will make an extensive n-y here, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Usina of New York City have taken a suite at the Carlton, where they will remain for several days. Miss Ada J. Smith of Holyoke, Mass., 45 at the Dodge during her brief stay in the Capital. Mrs. Lorraine L. McCord has moved from the Army and Navy Hotel to ‘Wardman Park Hotel, where she has taken an apartment. Mr [Robert Legendre was host to a | iy | last evening at_the supper dance | Rt the Club Chantecler. Bri Party Tonight ‘esley Heights Club. The first even%bfld‘e party of the ~season of the Wesley Heights Club will be held tonight when Mrs, William Mc- Cormick Ballinger will be in charge of arrangements, with a committee con- | sisting of Mrs. Russell M. Arundel, Mrs. . Samuel A. Alexander, Mrs. Otto Wendt, Mrs. J. Douglas Rollow, Mrs. Ulric Bell, | Mrs. lery P Knapp, Mrs. Chester A. p Leasure and Aflxmdfl ‘Yereance. Reservations hnv: been recelved from Mrs. Winfree E. Johnson, Mrs. Earl W. ‘Wallick, Mrs. Arfel F. Cardon and Mrs. Edith Pardoe. Mrs. Prederick T. F. Johnson will entertain '.hcm W'l::on colhce:“‘ol:‘b ?: wi n T Apartme 3 Friday afternoon froi 2:30 to 5:30 o'clock. All ex-students of | ‘Wilson College, which is at Chambers- burg, Pa., are invit ‘The International Fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi will entertain at a smoker | Friday evening at the Army and Navy ' Club, in Arlington, Va. Invitations have been extended to the members of Chi Chapter of Johns Hop- ktn.l ‘University in Baltimore, Dr. Thom- as H. Healy, assistant dean of the School of Foreign Service, and M. Leon Dostert, head of the French department of the Foreign Service School. Toastmaster for the occasion will be | the Dme .nd is accompanied by Mrs. l MAUDE ADAMS. Mr. Earl Nash, president of the Wash- | ington Delta Sigma Pi Alumni Club. ‘ A luncheon will be given in the club | house of the A. A. U. W. on I street bturdly when Mrs. George B. Woods | 1 be hostess and Charles G. Ross, member of the press gallery, will be| guest of honor and speaki | Mrs. Otto Veerhoff, Mrs. Charles G. | Ross, Dr. and Mrs, Frank W. Ballqu, Mr. and Mrs. George F. Bowerman, Mr. and Mrs. Delos O. Kinsman, Mr. and | Mrs. Wilson Compton, Mrs. H. Wc-llrnJ Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam C. Van Vieck and Mr. George B. Woods will be at the guest table, and Mrs. Otto | Veerhoff, president of the club, will in- troduce the speaker. Dr. and Mrs. A. R. Baralt of Phila- delphia have taken an apartment at W:rfl.lnln Park Hotel for their lengthy stay. Miss .'oflnhlne E. Hawks of Nc\l’J York has returned to Washington for the Winter and is at the Martinique. Mrs, George P. Doolittle of Margaret- | ville, N. Y., is passing a few days at | | 8. W. Ree | Mrs. Ashbel Hubbard of Mobile, Ala,, | leased an apartment at Wardman Park Hotel for the Winter. Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Touton of | Janesville, Wis., are passing some Hme at the Carlton. The Washington Chapter of the Polish Women's Alliance of America met last evening at the Hay-Adams House, with Mrs. Stanley Zviere, president, presid- . The group will give a party, inci- dental to a membership drive, in the home of Mrs. John Kovaleski, Hamp- shire Gardens, at 250 Farragut street northwest, in the near future. Among the officers are: Vice president, Mrs. Joseph Staniszewski; secretary, Mrs. Matthew Chmylko; financial secretary, Mrs. Helen Giblow, and treasurer, Miss Helen Stortz. Mr. H. U. Cahill entertained a small party at the supper dance at the Club Chantecler last evening. W. C. T. U. PLANS RALLY Delegates From Over Nation to Meet Here Dec. 4 to 7. War on the wets will be waged by the Women's Christian Temperance Union at a conference to be held here at the Mayflower Hotel December 4 to 7, with representation from all parts of | the United States. ‘There will be a demonstration to “ghow that the Junior League and the American Bar Association are in the | minority on prohibition,” according to an official statement concerning ths coming convention. “We will present evidence that down _prohibition,” Marden_DeYo, corresponding W. C. T. e Kalorama Rd A STONE HOME OF SOCIAL DISTINCTION OPEN DAILY UNTIL 6 PM. g . €. & A.N. Miller 1119 17th St. Decatur 0610 iflmuml QT NecTIcuT Avn& Black Caracul Coats « « » When fur prices are down, as they: are now, it is extravagant NOT to buy Pasternak quality furs . .. by all means see our Winter fu r collection—at the new prices, before buying new furs this season! . . . 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