New-York tribune., 1911-02-19
Resides Dancing, There Were
Vaudeville and a Tiny
Play Given by Anna
teurs in Aid of Blind.

r VALENTINE, with society ouos'
bellies and matrons sttenoing on ms
y majesty. held court last week AT 'he
,,a,ortinienne in aid Of the New YORK
feo .,,on for the Blind. A huge ucKe'
,,,ss,on. announcing the fete under
OF au''... Of the President and Mrs
the p,, tho foreign ambassadors, half the
Tar o,d an endless list OF distinguished
49,. and patronesses, opened the doors
pau ,1o+el Astor and permitted you 10
Of w ,.o cantlet of flower girls and favor
sellers. oo,,nrce beau
.,sa Girl in a stunning gray gown ohereu
N'o,.,s. a petite little miss IN green p'oi,
80 heart-shaped favor coaxingiy' ai,o
'.s, ny the entrance to the grano odi'-
~ ~ glorious blonde in white heiu up
1..ch of American Beauties with "lnhihs
~ You had almost TO pretend you
could not sec. , ,...,s r,,oraed bv
.,ynv Of fiuttering little beauties with
.,,ysnir programmes, was n pretty sIsi''
- .-roy-pierced hearts, suggestive OF the
p s,on decorated the boxes. and strings
y southern smilax were draped between
-, was the stage at one end. with
4-,.souslv closed curtains. the tunefui
~'sss,ra under the leadership Of Manuel
msn .r,ns of the Hippodrome. hundreds OF
D. aued with chatting people and
20, space behind the seats, where the
s.,,nr people, restless with waiting, en-
..vsd an inpromptu dance until the lights
'essar,v dimmed, and amid the soft sour
rSrc for places the curtains parted.
80 scane was a French garden very
80. ,he Tuileries, and the programme said
sp.-t No. /. Barcarolle, Contes d'Hoff-
=, Ofenbach. Danced by Baroness
,--.ard Won Rottenthal. VINO has generous
Fs,,r,eered her services" The baroness,
.,o is a petite beauty. with an aristo-
-, head Of Titan hair, danced very
s.,o,,,v and pretuly in smoky gray cos
80 of many swathing. fiuttering wells.
~. cassing Of society's favor for the bare
,ont dance may be forecasted by the
s,ocr,ngs and tiny slippers the baroness
,ro-. when the curtains closed amid the
..,louse young man started down the
80 rt,h an enormous bouquet of flowers.
Is Was very young man, and very
,-oou Young man, and the bouquet, as has
80 said. vas enormous. AZ almost every
,,.n he trlpped on It, but half way be
ssen,ed 10 strike the trick and at last deliv-
cred the great big bouquet TO the tiny
baroness amid thunder of applause. Then
The curtain went down, the house lights
dashed up and the audience turned to It's
chatting and very big programme.
There were a number OF pages devoted
10 announcements Of the needs of the as
ISOLATION. a full page drawing by Edwin
Blashheld called Love end the Blind,
valentine written by Helen Keller and
pictures OF the Lighthouse, which is the
sssocistion's headquarters. in seth street.
On the cover was a verse by Oliver Her
ford
no Love is blind. Love is the King.
Good people. fearken ye!
II Is the King commands this thing
For those that cannot see.
n. house lights suddenly went dim again
ard 10 the beautiful Liszt "Eclogue.' up
ven, the curtain, and Miss Whitman
csxd The Invocation to the Goddess OF
Love" Although the number was an
rpnced as a Greek dance, Miss Whitman
also danced in stockings. Surely, society
seems TO frown on naked toes once more.