New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-21
A PRETTY FLORAL FETE.
Dances for Stony Void by Boys ana
Girls ON Mrs. Bonds LaSUap.

s.,s.v, &c an outdoor 6ste so successful as the
-. 0sr4v owen By Auxiliary No. OF the
c.on,, VOID sanatorium on Saturday a4tsillOo'
a. che home Of Mrs. George +. NJ bono' ia
-yo,l,ora The weather was perfect neICheF uoo
- -, 900 col6. The time Of the year. with
,u.cs ana fruit trees Just bursting into Oloolh'
,v.e raner than a day In June. and tree'slr'eo
-, A Miss Bonds grounds made a perfect
,,..1 sylvan theatre for the floral Dances WHO"
,avA 10 the festival its name OF rete oes heU'0'
rI.,a had been erected a platform, with great
,,ots Of flowers at each corner, and MaVpOie'
and the programme began with dance Oh
,,o,ths and maidens around the latter. Ing
5.,srs ,,,era Fsessie Waite. Elsie Wheeler, Kath-
crime whited, Mildred Brahe. Francis DoIralnC1'
Josenb sicor. Abby Dunning. Mamie Danleil'
30 Morris Dorothy Walker, Mabel Wray, Guy
AFulliean. Jack Rogers, Ben Barber. Tom Dee'
stanley Waite. Burr Tiffany. Eugene Ward Ed
ward Perot. Charlton Gulick. George Daniell
and Arthur Elliott All were in white, and the
1naidens wore garlands of flowers in their nalr'
around their waists and across their shoulders
Then there was a gypsy dance by Miss Ethei
Cerlach and Miss Lillian Grail. and aTter"aro q
flower ballet with a solo dance by MISS CTall
Last Of all came the great hit Of the AFTERNOON,
though it not a flower dance at an ana wa
executed without the aid of feminine charms
This was the American dance done by SIX boys
in gowns made out Of the national colors' WIN
elaborately curled and beribboned wigs, Ine
American dancers We're Charles Aren't, William
Cary harris. Archibald Doty, Acton Geriach
Howard Phillips and Arthur Elliott
The dancers were coached by Miss Katherine
Strauss, and the young people did remarkably
well. though they had only been able to have
few rehearsals.
The programme Of dances was given twice
and there also a Punch and judy show, in
which the professional magician was ably as
sisted by J. Q. lockwood
d. aaf.l Iad hrrAF rc
N. washington clarendon; a flower stand, in
charge of Miss Isabel Ashwell and Miss Helen
Taylor; a grab bag, in charge Of Mrs. B. NJ.
1amport, and lemonade stall, in charge of Mrs.
William lockwood
The patronesses. nearly all Of whom were pres
emit were Mrs Philip Abbott. Mrs Richard Alb
bott Mrs. Arson Baldwin Mrs. J. Harvey Bell,
MISS Mary Butler, Mrs. TraVers Denton Car
man, Mrs. Eugene c. Clark Mrs. Frederick
Clark, Mrs T. A. Crandall Mrs George c.
Daniel Mrs. Joseph F. Daily, Mrs. Robert Dem
nlston. Mrs. Joseph B. Dickson, Mrs. Charles
Phllip Easton. Mrs. Thomas Ewing jr Mrs NJ
= Feeter, Mrs. James Z. Freeman Mrs Charles
a. GerIach' Mrs William Davis Granger, Mrs.
James NJ Hunt. Mrs w. W. johnson Mrs
charles Gilmore Kerley chairman of Auxiliar nv
20 - Mrs. Albert +. Lawrence, Mrs Henry
11onaI, mrs Guy Phillips. Mrs. Charles Reed,
MIS- Johh Reed, Mrs. Grace w. Roberts Mrs
ID a Robinson Mrs. Ernest Thomson Seton
SaTs- Cnarles NJ Schwab, Mrs. David Scotland
aars. Alexander Smith, Mrs. w NJ Taugsig
SaFs- n X Trotter, Mrs Andrew 2 ITnderbiII
MRS samuel Untermyer, Mrs w walsh
mrs. h Q. Wartng and Mrs Charles A Yon9e'
among others present were Mrs James Fd-
ward NeWcomb, president of the sanatorjlIr1.
ar. and Mrs John Caldwell Coleman Me,
5lanche Potter the Rev. Andrew IynderhiIl Dr
1 A. I " aTren Ferris. DR.. William Bainbridge
DT Bond, Mrs. Wendell Phillips Miss TTeoriets
Easton S"''d CharIes r.
4 The s proceeds Of the festival will constitute
- HIsI contribution toward an endowment for
stony Void and it is expected that Vo,'i, 80
auxiliary may grow out Of it,