New-York tribune., 1912-03-10
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Much of the week now opening will be AZ.
voted to the celebration OF Mi-Careme. tina
festivities, however, taking place under thu
mantle of charity. Perhaps the most nota.
BILE of them all will be the affair known A
the Cabaret de Mi-careme." on wednes-
day evening, at the Hotel Astor, under the
patronage of Mrs. Payne Whitney, Mrs. NJ.
Orme Wilson. Mrs. Lewis Cass Ledyard.
Mrs. Douglas Robinson and Mrs Pinchot
II is for the benefit Of st. Marks Hospital.
and will comprise a series Of musical tab
leaus, in which Miss Mildred Townsend
| viii do the most Of the singing while the
belvedere of the hotel will be so trans.
formed as to represent bit of Quarter
Latin life, with its boulevard cafes. ifs
students, its garcons. its grisettes, ana
last. but not least, its sergeants-de-vills-
that is to say. its policemen. It promises
to be a gay affair.
Sherry's will be the scene, on the follow
/ ing evening, Of a mid-Lent carnival, In the
form OF vaudeville show and fancy dress
dance, in aid Of the West Side Juvenile
Club. Mrs. ]. Pierpont Morgan. Mrs
| Charles Steele, Mrs. Frank S. Witheroes,
Mrs. Robert r. Livingston and Mrs.
Charles W. Bowring are among the patron
esses, and the men engaged In organizing
the affair include Rowland s. Davies, Fred
| erick and Tracy Hoppin and William N.
! Beekman.
Then on Friday comes the cafe chantant
entertainment at the Plaza, In aid OF tho
Chaplin Home for the Aged and Infrm.
an institution which recently moved from
the city TO a model new home at Jamaica.
/ Long Island. The performance will con-
1 sist of a farce and fancy dances, the CO.
/ lumbia University Glee and Mandolin Club
also figuring on the programme. Supper
will be followed by an informal dance.
! On Tuesday afternoon sale for the
J benefit OF the Kips Bay Day Nursery Will
take place at Mrs. Robert S. Brewsters
house, No 100 East 10th street Mrs. WILL
lam c. Borland is president Of the insti-
tuition, and she will be assisted on Tues
day by Miss Dolly La Montague. Miss
Cornelia Chaplin. Miss Esther Auchincloss
I and Miss Charlotte Wyeth.
Leaving town this week are Mr.. and
Mrs William X. Vanderbilt. who sail on
Wednesday for Europe. while Mr.. and
Mrs. H. Forbes McCreery go abroad on
Saturday. Miss Ruth stillman is off to
California on Tuesday. and Miss Helen NJ.
Gould goes West on Friday.
on the other hand, Miss Alice Gouver-
neur Kortwright returns from Palm Beach
the day after tomorrow. and Mr.. and Mrs.
F. Egerton Webb, With Miss Laura Webb.
on Friday. while Mrs. Herbert Parsons is
due here with a party of friends from
Panama on Saturday.
Mrs. William Douglas Sloane, Mrs. ".
A. NJ. Burden and a number OF other we'll
known women have taken boxes for the
"Durbar in Kinemacolor" entertainment.
which takes place tomorrow afternoon at
5 o'clock at the Hotel Plaza, for the bene-
flt Of the Darrach Home for Crippled Chill
dren.
Mrs. Bradley Martin. jr, gave a dinner
followed by musical, last night, at her
house I'm East s7th street. for her sister
Mrs. Frederick f. Guest. who arrived from
Europe yesterday morning. The dinner
guests numbered sixty. The artists were
Miss Geraldine Farrar, Edmond Clement
and Miss Ada Sassol. Miss Farrar sang
English and French songs and duet with
Edmond Clement. from Romeo and Juliet"
NJ Clement was heard in old and new
French SONGS.
Among those who sailed for Bermuda yes
terday on board the Arcadian were Mr..
and Mrs. J. Borden Hartman; their daugh-
ter. Miss Ethel Hartman; Mrs. BENJAMIN
Nicoll. Miss Elsie Nicoll, Mr.. and Mrs.
George L. McAlpin and Miss Dorothy and
Miss Gladys McAlpln.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Pulitzer will return
to town from Colorado on March 20.
Mrs Henry s. Redmond has returned 70
town from Miami, Fla.
Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus ID. Juilliard have
gone to St. Augustine. Fla.