New-York tribune., 1912-01-12
DANCE TO AID HOSPITAL
Fancy Dress Ball at Sherry's a
Brilliant Affair.

Fancy dress balls are favorite form Of
diversion on the part of New York society,
anording as they do to people the oppor-
,unitv of giving free rein to their artistic
,aetos Last nights ball of this kind at
shcrr,,'s was one OF the most brilliant and
succossful that has ever taken place here,
ard additional zest was impaired to the en-
iovmant thereof by the knowledge that it's
Chiect was charity. The net profits, amount
inc II is estimated, to some $4,000 or ST.
ooo will 20 to the Lying-In Hospital, at
I'm street and Stuyvesant Square.
Tho committee I'm charge of the affair
consisted of Mrs. Austen Gray. Mrs. Payne
Whitney. Mrs W. Delaney kountze. Mrs.
W coadby Ioew and Mrs. J. Norman de r.
Whitchouse. and they received the guests.
rbdv likewise set their veto on any resur-
rection Of the much discussed dances known
&c the turkey tTot" and the grizzly bear,
and those who anticipated witnessing these
stons were doomed to disappointment. II
,s only fair to add that three of the patron
esses who had been most active In the or
panization Of the ball were prevented from
be,ng rresent-ATrs. Arthur Scott Burden
owing IN her departure for Europe and
,tre William X Vanderbilt. jr., and her
sistor Mrs Hermann OelriChs, through
tho death the day before yesterday of an
uncle in California.
MANY dinners were given in connection
with the ball notably 10y Mrs. w. Pierson
Hamilton. Mrs. Payne whitney, Mrs. Penn
broke Jones. Mrs Clifford \. Cochran. Mrs.
Ernest Iselin. Mrs. Paulding Fosdick, Mrs.
= LYMAN short Mrs James Abercrombie
Rurdon. Mrs. H. J. Rerwlnd and Mrs. Cor
nclius G. Cuyler, the various hostesses after
ward taking their guests to the dance,
Some Of the costumes attracted much
attention. such as. for instance. that or
Mrs Reginald G. Vanderbilt. who. without
even the suspicion OF a jewel. looked par
ticuIarIv dcmuro and Philadelphian in a
Quaker dress and hood Of the most strlct
simplicitv. She presented In this way a
striking contrast to those natives of the
Quaker CITY. Mrs Craig Biddle, and her
sister. Mrs Robert Goelet. who were ar
rayed in the most gorgeous Of Oriental
costumes.
Tho Orient seemed indeed 70 offer par
ticular fascination to many of the women
and Young girls present Thus. Miss An
zonella Kane camo as an Egyptian woman
Miss Dagmar Wetmore as an Indian girl
Miss Eleanora Sears as japanese geisha
and Mrs. Howard Gushing in Turkish at
tire which was also affected by Mrs
Frank I. Schoonmaker Mrs Ogden Liv-
ingston Mills. formerly Miss Margaret
Rutherfurd wore an Arabian costume or
white and black. which suited her 10 per
fecrion the Bedaween appearance being
enhanced by the characteristic Arah mode
of coiffure.
Mrs French Vanderbilt. Mrs. w Gosdhr
Loew. Mrs. J. Fred Pierson and Mrs Guy
ler. wore dresses which suggested tho court
~ Versailles I'm the eighteenth century. Fnd
Gshy Deslys was impersonated. hut on
mieux" by Miss caro- Brown. Mrs. Will
lam Woodward appeared as butterfly
Mrs Austen GRAY had found Inspiration
for her costume in one Of the most charm
ing NJ Gainsborough's feminine portraits,
and Miss Sybil Douglas was resplendent IN
the array ~ lady ~ the court Of the
Doges Of Venice in the seventeenth cen-
tUrN.