New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-09
NEW YORK SOCIETY


LincoIn's Birthday Will Take
Many Out of Town.
I.incoln's Birthday, on Wednesday next.
is being made the occasion of many house
parties at county seats and suburban re-
sorts and DR.. and Mrs. Seward Webb
started Yesterday with an entire carload
Of relatives and friends, bound for Shell
burne. their place in Vermont, TO remain
until Thursday. Tuxedo, too, will be en-
fete during the next few days, and most
OF the villas and cottages have their full
complement Of guests But in spite or
the many departures for the country, for
winter resorts in the South and on the
Pacific Coast. for the West Indies and
Panama, for Montreal and Quebec. where
winter sports are in full swing; for the
French and Italian Riviera. for Rome ana
for the Nile. the absences are not APP
parent Fifth avenue is just as crowded
as ever on every fine afternoon. The
IA fashionable restaurants are as thronged
as usual at the luncheon. tea and dinner
hours. The theatres play to full houses.
There are few. IL any. gaps in the row or
parterre boxes on opera night at the
Metropolitan. and although Lent COM
menced on Wednesday there have been
dances on every evening since. while, il
anything, dinners and luncheon parties
have become even more numerous than
before on the programme Of society
Perhaps 1t is TO atone for all this world
illness and frivolity that there are so many
charitable entertainments scheduled for
the remaining thirty-siX days OF the peni-
tential season. Not that there is any
thing particularly suggestive Of sackcloth
and ashes i'm the fates organized for these
phianthropic purposes. On the contrary
they are very gay and brilliant, and If
they do not actually start with dancing
they usually end that way.
Among the affairs Of this nature set for
the coming week is, first and foremost,
the entertainment for the benefit Of the
girls branch OF the Public Schools Ath-
letic League. at the Waldorf-Astoria to-
morrow night. under the patronage or
Mrs Douglas Robinson, Mrs. W. Lanman
Bull. Mrs Frederick ". Allen, Mrs. John
Henry Hammond Mrs. Henry Phipps and
Mrs John NJ Bowers There will be folk
dances by Mrs Lorillard Spencer. Mrs.
Harry McVickar, Mrs. Edward c. Della
field. Mrs. Vail Stubblns. Mrs. Charles
Van Rensselaer,. Miss Juliana cutting,
Miss Edith Morgan, Miss Ina Kissel, Mrs.
Goelet Gallatin and Miss Elizabeth Sands.
Afterward there will be general dancing
10 the music Of Conrads orchestra.
Earlier I'm the afternoon Sherry's will
be the scene OF a The concert. the pro-
ceeds of which are TO be devoted 10 the
orthopndic ward OF the Post-Gradua
Hospital. Miss Maggie Teyte and Myron
Whitney figure on the programme. The
committee In charge Of the affair consists
OF Mrs. Stephen n. II. Pell, Miss Louise
Iselin and Miss Joan Whitridge. while the
patronesses comprise Mrs. j. Pierpont
Morgan, Mrs. Lawrence l.. Gillespie Mrs.
Stanley Mortimer. Mrs John Astor, Mrs
Orme Wilson and Mrs. W. X. Wander
bilt Tickets can be obtained from Miss
Doane. No IS West cath street, or from
the foregoing members of the committee.
Mrs. William *. Vanderbilt gave the
use OF her house in Fifth avenue for an
entertainment on Tuesday afternoon for
the benefit OF the work of the Big Sis
ters in the Ch!ldren's Court. Among the
features of the fete will be singing By
Nine. Alma Gluck and playing by Ian
Kubelik and Efrem Zimbalist. Nine.
Fulda Lashunka's name also appears on
the programme.
On the same afternoon there will be
concert at the Waldorf-Astoria for the
benefit OF the New York Diet Kitchen As
ISOLATION. Nine Julia Culp. the contral-
to: Alvin Schroeder. the 'cellst. and
Franklin Hiding the yiolinist. are among
the artists who have contributed their
services. and the committee in charge OF
the affair include Mrs. Edward Tuck,
Mrs Henry 7. Dawson, Mrs. William
Curtis Demorest and Mrs. :. -. Brown.
ST. Valentines Day will be observed
on Friday by the annual kettledrum for
the benefit of the Samaritan Home for the
Aged. The programme includes the usual
Az AoA anu 'ib amy ~
Guiding moving pictures, trained animals.
Punch and Judy shows. etc. A number
OF prominent women OF the fashionable
world figure among the patronesses.
on the same afternoon there will be
special performance OF Peg o My
Heart" with Laurette Taylor, of the Cort
Theatre, in the cast, for the benefit of the
81 10000 endowment fund of Smith Col
lege. Tickets can be obtained from Mrs.
Barrett II. Witherbee. OF No. West 102d
street. and the list If patronesses in
cludes the names OF Mrs. j. Pierpont Nor
gan. Mrs Andrew Carnegie and Mrs.
George W. Bacon.
Mrs. Prescott Hall Butler gives the use
OF her house on Park avenue. for con-
cert on Monday afternoon, February H.
for the benefit of the New York visiting
committee OF the State Charities Aid AS
ISOLATION. Francis Rogers and George
Barrere figure on the programme. Tickets
may be obtained from J. +. Thomas, No.
l05 East 22d street. Among the patron
esses are Mrs. Cleveland II. Dodge Mrs.
Hlborne l.. Roosevelt. Mrs. Richard
Irwin and Mrs Norman 5. Walker.
Mrs. George J.. Rives. Mrs. Samuel