New-York tribune., 1912-03-22
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Mrs. Vanderbits house, Fifth avenue ana
57th and 18th streets, was crowded vas,s-.
day, more especially in the afternoon for
the exhibition and sale OF faces made bv
the Sibyl Carter Mission and Lace Asso.
citation. Mrs. Vanderbilt not only gave ths
use Of her house for the occasion. but aIso
provided tea and refreshments and engaged
| COnrads orchestra to play during the day.
II was the first time that Mrs vanderbpt
had ever thrown open her doors 10 the gen.
eral public, and strangers, many attracted
more out Of curiosity. with a desire to sea
the inside Of the mansion and It's furnish.
ings, filed the ballroom. the dining room.
the two salons and the Moorish room
throughout the afternoon. Nearly four
hundred tickets We're sold at the door alone.
not to mention the hundreds disposed Of at
the various hotels in the last few days.
Detectives We're in evidence f1re and
there, and some Of the chairs were tied
with bright cerise ana rose pink ribbon 10
prevent their being used. Other furniture
was placed against the walls and roped on
with stanchions, connected with silk cords
a large table I'm the form Of hollow
square was arranged in the centre Of the
ballroom. and on it were lace and drawn-
work pillows, bedspreads table covers, tea
cloths, cushions, etc Many sales were
made and orders We're taken for future
work.
Among the saleswomen were Mrs. Reg.
nald c. Vanderbilt, Mrs William Douglas
Sloane, Miss Amy Townsend, Mrs. Lewis
Iselin, Mrs. Austen Gray, Mrs. William
Greenough. Mrs. Herbert L. Satterlee. Mrs.
Henry Rogers Winthrop. Mrs. +. de r.
Wissman. Miss Lucy Frellnghuysen, Miss
Maude Gwynne Shepherd, Miss Mabel
Choate, Miss Pauline Riggs, Miss Marjorie
Curtis and Miss Mary Parsons.
Society was well represented in the
throng. among those seen being Mrs James
\. Burden, Mrs. f. Henry Hartman. Mrs.
Frederick w Vanderbilt. Mrs. Grenvills
Kane, Mrs W. VI. V. Hoffman, Mrs Henry
Meyer Johnson, Mrs. Karrick Rigs, Mrs.
Charles r. Greenough, Mrs. Wilbor A.
Bloodgood, Mrs. Henry Parrish, sr., Mrs.
Charles 3. Alexander, Mrs W. Rathbone
Bacon. Mrs Thomas Hastings, Mrs. Will
lam H. Force, Mrs. Reginald de Koven.
Mrs. Dunlap Hopkins. Mrs. ]. Todhunter
Thompson. Mrs. f. n. Taller. Mrs. Robert
r. Livingston. W. Rhinelander Stewart,
Mrs. Henry Meyer Johnson, Miss Louisa
Johnson. Mrs. George Bend and Julian Nc
Carty Little.
Two performances Of The Mikado" wM
be given to-day at the Plaza by Miss
Spence's School Society for the benefit OK
the Fresh Air School for Tubercular Grip
pied Children. The first one will take
place this afternoon and the second one In
the evening, while third performance will
be given tomorrow evening at the same
place. Many tickets have been sold, and
large sum il expected TO be raised for tho
charity. Miss Katherine 5. Sands, Miss
Mary 1. Kane. Miss Jean T.. Delano, Miss
Julia A. Dick, Miss Mildred Dodge, Miss
Marjorie Cleveland, Miss Doris Porter and
Miss Elinor Prentss will sell programmes
and act as ushers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose Mcneil arrived in
town yesterday from Tuxedo and are at the
Plaza for a few days.
Mrs. Stuyvesant lie Roy and Mrs. Amos
Tuck French left town yesterday for New
port
Mrs. Charles D. Sabin will give large
bridge party on April 10 at her house, in
West 18th street.
Mr. and Mrs. Archibald S. Alexander
gave a small dinner at the Ritz last night.
Mrs. William H. Harris has sailed for
Europe 10 join her daughter, Mrs. Albert
Symington, and her granddaughter, Miss
Hazen Symington, who went abroad last
month. They Will spend Easter in Rome
Mrs Tew Nichols and her daughter. Miss
Greta Hostettor. who have been abroad
since last summer, will arrive In New YORK
on Monday Mrs Nichols will give dance
for her daughter at Sherry's on Monday
April s.