New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-30

Charitable entertainments monopOhzed
TO q great extent the attention Of society
in Easter week. which is usually given
over TO weddings. but 10 The next four
weeks matrimonial affairs VIII boz the
feature Of the social programme. April is
one of the most popular months of the
year with the brides. and this season Will
prove 10 exception to the rule. and we'd
ding bells will ring merrily Throughout
the month which opens on Tuesday.
OF course, there viii be many other OF
fractions TO keep society busy. such as
luncheons bridge parties. dinners. chau-
table entertainments and dances. and ici
the next few weeks the social calenddr
will be almost a. crowded as at che
height of the New York season.
With the cessation Of social activities
during Lent society found time 20 MAKE
arrangements for entertainments tor
charity for the post-Lenten season. and
beginning with Easter Monday and con-
tinuing during the week fairs. dances or
amateur theatrical entertainments for
charitable institutions were OF daily oc-
currence Many important benefits VIII
be held this week. and one of the most
interesting will be the special perform
ance of THE Magic Flute al the Metro
politan Opera House for the Legal Aid
Society on Tuesday night In the cas-
will be Nine Gadski. Nine. Iempel. Nine,
Alien. Carl Jorn and Putnam Griswold
Tickets at regular opera prices may be
obtained from Miss Florence y. Doane
No is West 3lth street. or al the boN
c'lice Of the opera House. Among the
patronesses. many Of whom have taken
parterre boxes for the occasion. are Mrs.
/ Pierpont Morgan. Mrs Frank :. With
erbee. Mrs Prescott Hall Butler Mrs
Willard ID. Straight. Mrs Walter H..
James, Mrs. il. Fairfield Osborn, MIS-.
Andrew Carnegie. Mrs Cornelius Wander
bilt. Mrs. James Speyer. Mrs. William
Solomon. Mrs. William e. Osgood Field,
Mrs. j. Borden Hartman Mrs. Edward
ID. Adams, Mrs. Hiram W Sibley, Mrs
Henry Willard, Mrs. A. Murray Noung
Mrs. Seth Low, Mrs. Joseph :. Auerodch,
Mrs. George Haven Putnam, Mrs. lunius
Spencer Morgan. Mrs Edwin Gould Mrs
Lewis Cass Ledyard. Mrs. Howard Van
sinderen. Mrs. James Roosevelt Mrs. y.
Fverit Macy. Mrs. William Ross Proctor,
Mrs. Edward s. darkness. Mrs. Rufus l..
Patterson. Mrs Walter W. Price. Mrs.
Clarence y. Hyde. Mrs. William NJ. Bar
mum, Miss Annie Leary. Miss Annie Burr
Jennings. Miss Carlotta X. Lowell ana
Miss Grace Scoville.
Mrs. Curtis Burnley, tine Southern ln-
pressionist and singer. will give a matt
nee recital on Tuesday at the Belasco
Theatre Mrs. Burnley will present sew
eral new groups of readings and songs
from her own pen The patrOnesses IN
clude Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish. Mrs. Frederic
Nelson. Mrs Dallas Bache Pratt Mrs.
John W. Alexander, Mrs. James Speyer,
Mrs Robert l. Livingston, Mrs. George
r. Wilson. Mrs. James r.. Mckee, Mrs.
William II. Bliss and Mrs Ira Barrows.
one OF the most interesting Of the las
ter weddings will be that of Miss Ethel
Carow Roosevelt. daughter of Colonel and
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt, to Dr. Richard
Derby. OF this city. which will take place
at noon on Friday in Christ Church.
oyster Bay. Long Islano. The ceremony
will be performed by the Rev. Dr.. Roland
Cotton Smith, Of Washington. and the
Rev. Endicott Peabody. of Groton. Mass.
The church organ will be supplemented
by Nahan Franko's orchestra and Miss
Ernestine Merrill. soprano. of Boston,
who recently returned to this country
after seven years study i'm Europe. and
an elaborate musical programme will be
rendered while the guests are being seat
ed and during the service. The orchestra
will play and Miss Merrill will sing later
at the reception and breakfast which will
follow at Sycamore lIll. the country
home Of Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt, near