New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-14

taking the lead in the work Of ameliorat-
ing the condition of wOrkingmen in the
city and state. and in other movements
looking toward the public welfare.
For this reason the Soiree Dansante.
which will include an exhibition of inter
national dances in costume under the di-
rection Of Ottokar Bartik, ballet master
Of the Metropolitan Opera House will be
one Of the notable affairs of the season.
As guests Of honor. the chief executives
of the state and city will be present.
Governor and Mrs. Glynn and the Mayor
elect and Mrs. Mitchell have already nou-
fed the committee of their acceptance. Al
though the first tickets were issued only
two weeks ago. reports received at the
meeting of the ways and means commit
tee of the league. held Yesterday at the
home OF the chairman, Mrs. Elmer +.
Black. No 5l2 Firth avenue. showed that
already 50 many have been placed that
the committee has ordered two thousand
additional tickets.
The list of patroncsses includes Mrs.
Willard d. Straight Mrs. Amos X. +.
Pinchot Miss Grace Potter, Mrs. Fred
erck Edey Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton,
Mrs. William Curtis Demorest. Mrs Louis
H. Seaman. Mrs. Oswald Willard. Mrs.
Paul ID. Cravath, Mrs Lewis Nixon. Mrs.
Samuel Untermyer, Mrs. Theodore Roose-
welt. jr. Miss Belle iGurnee Mrs. Robert
Goelet Mrs. William Cumming Story,
Mrs. Nelson Hcrrick Henry, Mrs. August
J Belmont, Miss Florence Guernsey. Mrs.
Howard Mansfield, Mrs James Speyer,
Mrs. Edward l.. Hardness Mrs. William
I T.. McCombs. Mrs. &. S. Whitman and
/ Mrs. William Allen Butler
I For the benefit Of the Junior Gui'd OF
I the New York City Missions Society
| Christmas sale Of flowers. fancy articles.
cakes and candies will be held at the
home Of Mrs H. Fairfield Osborn. No. so
Madison avenue. on next Tuesday after
noon ON the advisory committee Of the
guild are Mrs. William Jay Schieffe!in.
Miss Josephine A. Osborn, Miss Kitty
Lawrence and Miss Mary Edgar
Among the regular attendants at Miss
Doanes Friday afternoon dances At the
Waldorf Astoria are Mrs Edward y.
Breitung Mrs Henry w. TAFT. Mrs. Henry
NJ. Alexander. Mrs. II. u. Belts, Mrs.
Francis Henderson. Mrs. Edward H. Nd
ans and Mrs Frederick II. Eaton.
| Thomas Allan Rector a well known cN-
ponent Of the maXiXe and other new
dances. has been engaged as instructor.
Informal after-dinner dances will be
held tomorrow evening and on the even
| 1 Nn HTk
avenue. Miss Frances Henry will Sivc
instruction in the new dances. Tickets, at
81 q each. may be obtained from Miss
Henry, NO f. East 18th street; Mrs.
Thomas Sinclair, No. 1903 East 55th street.
or from Mrs Henry r. Lounsbery, H.
no. 52j Park avenue.
The marriage Of Miss DOrOthea Draper.
daughter OF Mrs. William II. Draper. OF
No. IS West Sth street to Linzee Blagden'
son Of Mrs. George Bagden. Of this city,
will take place tomorrow afternoon in
Grace Church. Miss Draper. who IS "A
granddaughter Of the late Charles a.
Dana, will be attended by ner sister, Miss
Ruth Draper, and her cousin, Miss Janet
Percy Dana. Dexter Bagden will be his
brothers best man. Mr.. Blagden was
graduated from Harvard In 1896, and is a
member of the Union. University, Racquet
and Rumson Country clubs.
Miss Elizabeth Van Heuscn, daughter
OF Mr. and Mrs. Charles Manning Van
Heusen will be married to Arthur Gould
Hamilton. son OF MIR. and Mrs. William
A Hamilton in Grace Church on January
I4 A reception viii follow at the ST.
Regis. Mr. Hamilton's mother is a cousin
of Mrs George jay Gould.
In Grace Church next Wednesday af-
ternoon Miss BeatriX Jones, daughter OF
Mrs Cadwalader Jones. will be married
! 90 Professor Max Farrand, of Yale Uni
,oroitv owing to the illness Of the
h,.,dagroom's mother only relatives and a
few intimate friends have been invited
,rhere will be small reception at the
homo of Mrs. Jones, No. q East llth
street
Nice Touise Trevor, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs Henry Graf Trevor, of NO. %
East 52d street. will be introduced 10 So
ciety during the winter
nr and Mrs. Allen Fitch, of NO. % west
18th street announced last "eu'cSu"3
the engagement of their second da"sh'er'
Mics Dlantha A. Fitch. to 'oiiioi Ia
,ence Of this city. Miss Fitch' WHO was
graduated from Miss Spences senoo''