New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-05
Aid Mrs. Hartman to Make Bene.
fit ON Astor Roof a Success.
DANCE FOLLOWS VAUDEVILLE
Entertainment for Milk Com
mittee Will Be Repeated
This Evening.

Scoutmaster Palermo Of Troop 100 Boy
Scouts, read last week that Mrs. J. Borden
Hartman would give a vaudeville per-
Torrance for the benefit OF the Committee
for the Prevention of Infant Mortality Of
the New York Milk Committee on the roof
OF the Hotel Astor last night, and as one
Of the rules of the organization reads
Lend a helping hand" he wrote 10 Mrs.
Hartman and offered the services Of HIM
self and troop
That was why last night on the roof Of
the Aston. interspersed with the beautiful
flower and programme girls" In their
dainty black ana white uniforms were a
dozen or more scouts. costumed in rugged
khaki as for field service.
They handed out programmes after the
programme girls got tired OF selling them
for-"oh, just as much you will give,
and they passed around literature that ex-
planned how two cents day for one year
will educate one mother" to the advantages
Of pure milk.
And they stole occasional wide-eyed
glances at the stage when they rushed up
flowers.
First came Stephen Brown, who sang one
OF his latest compositions. You're My
Baby" He was followed by little Miss
Margaret Kerr aged eight years. who per-
formed Highland fling that so delighted
one of the Scouts (aged about TEN that
he clean forgot TO rush to her the armful
OF flowers that had been ntrusted 10 him.
The Gavotteers. an English company
whose specially is old-fashioned dancing
next held the stage. The roof had been set
as for a cabaret. tables all about and green
walters who had been carefully warned be-
fore the arrival Of the company not TO spill
anything on the ladies dresses but until
the Gavotteers appeared there had been no
sign OF the cabarets most popular attrac-
ton.
After a minuet the orchestra dashed IN
a most unseemy manner into the music
for the turkey trot Eyes frightened. and
the young men who had been leaning nom
chalantly against posts smoking the cigar
cites that had been sold them at charity
bazaar prices by the programme girls. stood
straight. eyes front.
But what blow The performers lookei
at the musicians in a panied way and pro-
ceeded TO dance an old fashioned Cavotte
1t is not only the working girls who are
being educated TO Substitutes" and lust
as good as the bunny hug" It would APP
pear.
Miss Dorothy Jordan came all the way
from Boston 10 perform some charming
Greek dances. and the other amateurs who
performed were Miss Marjorie Curtis. Miss
Julia Robbins. Miss Olga wibors. Mrs p.
X. Matthews. Robert Breese. Henry Ives
Cobb, tr, and Monroe Robinson
The programme will be repeated tonight.
and, as was the case last night, will be
followed by Informal dancing
Associated with Mrs. Hartman as
patronesses were Mrs. Peter Goele, Gerry.
Mrs. Frank Gray Griswold. Mrs. William
Goadby Loew. Mrs. Charles d. Dickey
Mrs. r. Fulton Cutting, Mrs August Bel
mont and Mrs. Z. II. Hartman
Tho programme was as follows.
Song, You're NJ BABY. Brown
by tho author stephen frovr
scotch SONGS and dances
The Gavotteer-
dn a selection from their rep.rtoir.I
Prologue spoken by Ann Uynne
Ninu.t Of the period 1870. ........ Boceherini
Louise psrnley and John Murray-Anderson.
GrAceful Dances -.....-.... German
Modern Adaptation Of a Gavo,te. Irving B.rl'n
] ne RAINIER w al'z -... .......... Joyce
Louise Darnley and John Hurray-An derson
Monologues.
Miss Ruth Draper
Dance. Legende from Denslorosa
Miss Dorothy Jordan.
Improvisation.
Miss Ann Wynns
Bert williams
Russian Trio
Mrs T. r Mathews. Miss Olga viborr ana
Robert Preess
Dance. TansFra
Miss Dorothy Jordan
The Revue by the Cayety Ouarteife
Mise Marjorie Curtis Mise Iuia Robbins
Henry Ives Cohhs. 1r. end Monroe Robinson