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This Florence Gilbert is probably the one listed as a debutante for the 1915-16 season. There's a large image of her as a debutante here: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0613F83E5E13738... Florence Emily Gilbert, daughter of Mrs. Cyril P. W. Dugmore and the Henry Bramhall Gilbert (1861-1911), married Sgt. Russell Evans Tucker at her mother's Park Avenue home, April 1918. Florence's mother, Lilla Brokaw Gilbert Dugmore: (Mrs. Dugmore's maiden name is mentioned in her cousin Irving Brokaw's wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Brokaw )

pennylrichardsca: thanks for the link to the New York Times image of Florence Gilbert. She does look like the same woman in the Bain image. We will update the description with more details.

Miss Florence Emily Gilbert (b.1896) and Miss Kathryn (Kitty) Bache (1896–1979), performed in the suffrage opera, "Melinda and Her Sisters", by Mrs. O.H.P. (Alva) Belmont (1853-1933) and Miss Elsa Maxwell (1883-1963), in which society appeared to satirize society.

Miss Gilbert performed in "Love Letters" and "The Castle Dancers", and Miss Bache performed in "Love Letters", Sporting Sister", "Hello Song" and "Suffrage Parade".

The opera was performed February 18, 1916, in the grand ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.

Miss Florence Gilbert, a débutante daughter of Mrs. Cyril (Lilla Brokaw) Dugmore (1870-1939), and her first husband, the late Harry Bramhall Gilbert (1861-1911), was introduced to society in January, 1916, at a tea and dance for 1,000 at Sherry's. She married Sergeant Russell Evans Tucker, Jr., O.R.C. in 1918. As an aside, Florence Gilbert was a bridesmaid and Russell Tucker, Jr., an usher, at the wedding of Mary Duke and Anthony Biddle in July, 1915. There was no word on who caught the bouquet ;)

Miss Kathryn (Kitty) Bache [note correct spelling of first name], the débutante daughter of the Wall Street financier Jules Bache (1861-1944), was introduced to society in January, 1914, at a dance at Sherry's. She married the theatre producer, Gilbert Miller (1884-1969), in Paris, France, in 1927.

She was a supporter of American theatre who in 1941 helped found the New York branch of the Escholier Club. Columbia University's Kathryn Bache Miller Theatre was named in her honor. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]


 
There is another photograph of Florence Gilbert, and an illustration of Kathryn Bache in the Bain Collection on Flickr:

                             
                    Miss Florence Emily Gilbert                Miss Kathryn (Kitty) Bache
 

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Thanks for the information and for connecting this photo with the probable context of the suffrage opera. We can add to the description when we next update it.

This photo ran in the Sunday (Portland) Oregonian on July 23, 1916 with the caption: "Florence Gilbert, daughter of Mrs. Dugmore, and Kathryn K. Bache, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jules Bache, are two of the society girls who will have parts in the suffrage play written by Mrs. Belmont." oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1916-07-23/ed-1/se...

Lilla Brokaw Gilbert Renshaw Coleman (1892-1975); wife and widow of Howard Price Renshaw (1886-1920): query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10D10F7345517738... www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86795467 www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38452972 In 1933 there's mention of Mrs. H. P. Renshaw marrying her second husband Joseph G. Coleman Jr. of Chicago: select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30A1EF83D551673... "Miss Lila" is also in this photo: This was her mother: This was her sister Florence:

The baby in the photo may be her son John Paine Renshaw (1916-1995), or her daughter Lilla Price Renshaw (later Mrs. Phelps Stokes Hunter).

thanks for the background information and links. We will update the record.