New-York tribune., 1912-02-18
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Earlier I'm the afternoon there win be az
the Waldorf an entertainment organized
by Mrs. Ralph Sanger Mrs. Benjafa!n
Guinness. Mrs. Payne Whitney, Mrs. James
g. Eustis. Mrs. Richard Stevens. Mrs. Ar
thur Iselin and others FOR the benefit OF
the Virginia Day Nursery II will consist
ina series OF tableaux vivants represents
ing famous pictures, especially cid masters,
in which children and also some grown per-
sons will take part. Thus, Mrs. Charles
Cary Rumsey. who was Miss Mary Harn.
| man. will appear with her child as Bel.
lini's Madonna The picture OF Nine.
Vigee lie Brun and Child will be repre-
sented by Mrs. James b. lcustis and her
son. Little Peggy and Mary Keogh will
represent Sir Joshua REYNOLDS Babes in
the Wood" and Sir Edward Burne-Joness
Love Among the Ruins" viii be portrayed
! by Mrs. Richard Stevens and Miss Elsie
! Stevens. Mrs Benjamin Gulnnesss small
son Loci will be seen again in Gsinssbor.
ough's Blue Boy" and his sister. Tanis
Guinness, as Sir Joshua Reynolds's Straw
berry Girl" while John A. Whitney win
| figure as Raeburn's boy with Rabbit"
/ Boxes have already been taken for the af-
fair by Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan, Mrs. be-
Lancey Nicoll Mrs. Douglas Robinson,
Mrs Ogden Mills Mrs. W. Bayard Cutting,
Mrs. Payne Whitney, Mrs. Gustav AM
sinck, Mrs Charles Steele and Mrs. stuyve-
SAINT Fish.
| Another affair of the same kind is Miss
| Winifred Holt's annual fete for the benefit
of the New York Association for the Blind.
at the Hotel Astor. tomorrow night. 1t will
take the form Of representation OF the
Durbar. at Delhi. and the feudstory prIn-
ces, vassal rulers OF India, who did homage
in December to King George and Queen
Mary In the ancient capital OF India will
be represented by An entire brigade Of
hobby horse riders. Among the features Of
the fete will be the presence Of three-ton
baby elephant marching IN a cortege Of
some three hundred members of the New
York world OF fashion arrayed In Oriental
costumes Many dinners will be given
prior to the Durbar festival among the
hostesses being MISS winifred Holt Mrs.
James Roosevelt, Mrs. j. S. Morgan, Mrs.
Peter Cooper Hewitt and Mrs. Prescott
! Hall Butler.
Mrs. Lewis Cass Ledyard. Mrs. J. Fred
eric Kernochan. Mrs Ernest Iselin and
Miss Augusta de Peyster are among the
patronesses and organizers Of an enter
tainment. consisting OF fancy dances by
| debutantes OF the winter, at the Waldorf
| for the benefit OF the girls branch OF the
Public Schools Athletic League.
| Still another entertaisment is that which
| has been organized for Tuesday week at
1 w. Atr hrr Nzth a-fc Al
| Prentiss Mrs. K. B. Lapham, Mrs. Frank
| II. Green and others Of the principal Of
fcers of the New York State Chapter OF
! the Imperial Order OF the Daughters OF
tho Empire for the benefit OF a homo here
for destitute aged men and women Of
British birth The New York State Chap
ter OF the Daughters of the Empire is
composed of women OF British birth resi-
dent in this state. The chief attraction Of
the entertainment will be Miss Kitty
Cheathsms songs.
Francis Burial Hoffman gave a dinner
last night at his house, in East 18th street
in honor of Cardinal Farley. The drawing
rooms were decorated with cut flowers.
and in the dining room cardinal satin
draped the walls and covered the table,
overlaid with Venetian point lace. Yellow
and white flowers, the papal colors, wers
arranged in silver vases and baskets, and
between these we're placed lighted can
delabra. Among the guests were Mons!gnor
Lewis. Monsignor Lavelle, the Rev. Ber-
nard Vaughan, OF London; Whitelaw Reid.
American Ambassador TO the Court Of 81.
Jamess; Joseph H. Choate, Justice James
w. Gerard, Judge Morgan J. OBrien,
Judge John Clinton Gray, Justice Martin
J. Keogh, W. Bourke Cochran, Edward
Bacon, George +. Baker, @. Macculloch
Miller, Eugene A. Philbin, Frederick W.
Whitridge Charles B. Alexander, William
Larkn. Colonel Latrobe. William Wick
ham Hoffman. Talbot olyphant William
| F. Sheehan and F. Burial Hoffman, jr.
The dinner was followed by reception.
with music, TO which the wives OF soms
OF the guests were invited.
The last Of the Saturday Evening Dances
for this season took place last night at
DeImonico's There was no cotillon, but
favCrs were given to the guests, the women
receiving fans and their partners automo-
bile pipes A seated supper was served at
midnight.
Among the departures from town this
week win be those OF the American Am
bassador TO the Court OF ST. James's and
Mrs. yhitelaw Reid, who are returning
to England after a six weeks stay in New
York and Washington. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Cary Rumsey start on Tuesday
for Virginia. and on the same DAY Fred
erick Townsend Martin goes to Palm
Beach. Mrs Oakleigh Thornc and Miss
Margaret Thorne sail on Wednesday for
Europe, and on the same day Mr. and Mrs.
TAYLOR Varnum and Miss Justine Ingersnh
take their departure for Pasadena, Cal.
Mrs. Delaney Nicoll and her daughter,
Miss Josephine Nicoll. are bound FOR
French Lick Springs Ind, Mr.. and Mrs
Edwin Gould for their place on Jekyl
Island and Miss Emily sloane is on on
Tuesday TO Palm Beach, where she VIII
toin her father, Henry T. Sloane.
Mrs. Reginald C. Vanderbilt. Mrs. Ben
jsmn Nicoll, Mrs. Samuel $. Auchincloss
and Mrs. Courtlandt Dixon Barnes were
the patronesses of dramatic entertain
ment given last night at the Plaza by the
cutler Comedy club, consisting Of the per
torn,ance Of "a Box Of Monkeys and III
Great TO Be Crazy" 1t was followed "
q supper and r dance. ---