New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-16
NEW YORK SOCIETY
Particularly Gay Post.Lenten
Season to Begin Next Week.

Holy Week TO a great extent Is devoted
TO religious observances. and from So
cial point of view the next few days Will
be somewhat dull, with tn" opera ana
theatre furnishing almost the only forms
OF amusement. Owing 70 the absence OF
any entertainments to keep them in town,
many will spend the week at Tuxedo
Lakewood. Ardsley Atlantic City and
country places near New York Many
estates on Long Island, in New Jersey
and in Westchester County have been
opened for house parties.
Sunday. however. will see the opening
Of a particularly gay post-Lenten period
IL will inaugurate practically a secohu
New York season, for Lent coming Sc
early this year caused many private ana
subscription dances and numerous othei
affairs To be put over 10 Easter. We'd
dings. of course, Will occupy consplc-
uous place on society's prog anime, ana
several charitable affairs have been ar
ranged for the last week IA March and
the first part of April.
one OF the Easter charity entertain
ments which is attracting much interest
in society is the annual f6te of the New
York Association for the Blind. which will
be held at the Hotel Astor on Tuesday
March p. The fete has been named Inc
Private Opening of The Panama Canal,
and many young people have signihed
their intention Of appearing in costumes
suggestive Of the tropics. one OF the IN
teresting features Of the entertainment
will be an Argentine tango contest, ana
the prizes for this will include Indian
pottery. beadwOrk and Aztec relics when
have been given 10 Miss Winifred Holt
president Of the association. by some OF
her friends VINO have recently returned
from the isthnus. Another feature will
be the Ballet Of the Waves which viii
take place at midnight in token OF the
opening Of the locks and the flooding OF
the canal Among the young women wh1
will take part i'm this dance are the
Misses Nathalie KELLEY. Susanna Warren
Charlotte Glider. Frances Montague
Ward. Elise FIancke. Sybil Young, Cor
nclia De Lancey Cammann. Gwendolyn
Condor. Priscilla Bull and Frances Henry
There win Doe booths for the sale OF
fayors. Panama curios and flowers. Mrs
Esiffrh ~ t'iSflNM - tt'ai' ''''''- -
committee i'm charge OF these booths. ana
associated with her are the Misses kath-
crime Moore. Dorothea Parsons. kathe'
rine Wilmerding. Constance Moore, Mar
Tory WlnanL Dorothy Wells. Eulalia
Garrison. Beatrice Mahoney, Mildred
Dodge Helen Hiss. olive Nicholl. julia
cheney. Elizabeth Fowler. Louise Bulke'
ley. Amelia I'LL and Alice l.. Abbot. Ma
ior General Charles r.. Roe Will be grand
marshal Of the fetc. Joseph Ho"land
Hunt. master of ceremonies. aud Charlie
Stewart Butler chairman Of the hooi
committee. Henry Morgan Post Is treas
urer. and the executive secretary - Mrs
NJ. r. Sherwood. 80. IN Vest 59th street
from whom tickets MAJ be obtained.
or the committee of honor are Mr. an'
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie Mir. and Nj"
Joseph H. Choate. Mr.. and Mrs. Rober
Fulton cutting Dr. and Mrs John Finley
sir. and MIS- j Borden Hartman. MI anl
Mrs Henry phipps. Mrs. Richard Irwin
Mira. John " Mnturn. Miss Louise lee
schuyler Miss Niuifred Holt and Herbert
T.. Saterlee. President and Mrs Wood
row Wilson head the list Of patrons anC
patronesscs. which includes many of the
foreign ambassadors in Washington. as
we'll as many women well known IN New
York society.