New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-14
SOCIAL ITEMS.

The Teachers College Choral Club will present
smart's cantata King Rene's Daughter next
Wednesday evening in the Horace Mann Audi
forum. The leading roles Will be sung by Miss
Grace Daschbach. Miss Schley Bren Miss Emily
Latham Miss Margaret zerbe viii be the ac-
Ethel a House is the president OF the choral 19r
Harriet Stephens the librarian
a large dinner party was given on Tuesday even
Ing at Demonico's by Nile Lalla, who is now stay
ing at the Savoy Hotel
The regular monthly meeting OF the Kraus
Alumni kindergarten Association was held at
the Tuxedo Fffty-ninth-st. and Madison-ave-, yes
terday forenoon Ideas for Christmas in the Kin Kin
jet Of the meeting and presented by Mrs.
kraus. = social followed.
DIT William H. Maxwell, City Superintendent OF
o. Schools will speak for the Crawford Village
Improvement Association on Monday evening at
s. Paurs Church His subject viii be ben, Modem 70 +
winter.
A benefit euchre will be held tomorrow by the
committee on philanthropic work of the National
Society Of New-England Women. at the Hotel Ven
dome, Mrs Todd Of this hotel has gyen .,t the use
ST,i-ets Toa1i Re- obraineI of Mrs r. f Fort chair
man No g Bank-st, or at the door
A
noon Of December s. at the house Of Mrs. William
Cunningham Savage No. E5 Riverside Drive, for
the benefit Of Auxiliary No Of the Guild for Grip
pied Children Of the Poor. The programme was by
the Dannreuther Quartet. assisted by Mrs. Emil
L. Boas. and by Miss Edith r Chapman, who sang.
The following women acted Is p$$JIohfSSes 20 Ge
"a NJ Ra1-r7n1d Ms Granville l. savage
Mrs. G ". Kirchwey, Miss Mary n Kenyon, Mrs
Kari Bitter. Miss L. r. Wellington, MIS- } y.
VENT, Mrs julius H. Seymour and Mrs. E P.
Auxiliary No is the latest school started by the
Guild for Crippled Children, of which Dr.. Henry
Lg TaygT Is 9red 6 snd ad as8 TRa
school draws its pupils from the or1wdef b Fast
come from the homes Of the P9o[ and no no dis
GentiIe Roman CathoIic and Protestant. The only
requirement for admission is that the child shall
be too crippled 70 20 to public school
Among the prettiest articles the Christmas
sale which is now in progress at the Free Indus
trial School for Crippled Children. No al West
Fifty-seventh-st.. is the calendar which, IN the
words Of the motto on the front cover, not only
tells YOU how TO think" but tells you what to
say" The quotations, recipes, jokes. etc. ap-
poste fresh and entertaining, and the calendar IS
pretty to look at. making an attractive addition TO
the writing desk or library table. certain per-
centage Of the sales goes to the children. who
make out their bills and sign their receipts. Even
the little ones who make pincushions are paid for
fe5 G5rsas 6esents for their motheTs and
fathers and little woven paper sachets ana nlotters
Arong the objects which are offered for sale are
hand carved and pyrO etched work on wood and
leather IN screens. desks, tables boxes, picture
frames scrap baskets sewing baskets and brack-
cts Also sofa pillows fine lingerie, opera glass
ba gs sewing bags and large variety Of novelties
sUitab bic for Christmas gifts The sale closes on
the 21st.
Although St Roses Settlement had been in pos
session Of its new quarters, at Nos. 257 and 259
East seventy-frst-st.. for something like two
months II had had no formal reception for its
friends until last Thursday, when It threw open
its doors for a housewarming from until 10
o'clock At . O'Clock the Very Rev NJ. J. Lavelle,
vicar general came with Father Thuente, the chap
lain Of the Settlement. and blessed the house The
s.Veni Creator was sung. the boys choir Of the
Settlement gave hymn to ST. Rose, and DR.. La
,eIIe made an address Miss Edith Wilson, the
resident manager, received, with Mrs William Ar
mold the president; Miss Agnes Manning, Miss
Marv Jones Miss May Crilly. Mss Margaret DA-
Ion Miss Nav Dillon. Miss Meehan, Miss Guiteras
and the residents of the settlement Mrs fIIH-
sir Miss Booth Miss Plattt MISS MAUD Ill
Ion Mics Nswkirk and Miss Eileen Brady.
ST Roses Settlement now comprises Two large
houses Among the various activities carried on
bv it are two italian night classes one IoF HeI
fbe other for women: military drill, a library
eorastc classes and normal class for catechlsts
which gives a two years course in pedagogical
roerho6s Scripture and Church history 1t is pos
for Roman Catholic Settlement workers An in
teIIfpence bureau. Roman Catholic tourists ou.
reau and the AqUinas Library. a development OF
me general reference library TOT catechlstS, are
IN Cr1Dection with the reception the other night
an entertainment given. ano there was an eH-
[itftior nj work by the kindergarten. the sewing
school and the boys basketry class.