New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19

Mr. and Mrs. James william Halves
Will civ. a bridge party on Friday eve
ming at the Hotel Ansonia. Dancing VIII
follow.
Mrs Samuel Fletcher Hollender. OF 20
West 18th st. entertained the members
OF the New York Auction Bridge CLUB
AZ luncheon last Monday at her home.
The rooms were decorated with spring
flowers. A luncheon and theatre party
will be given early next month. t
Mrs Philip 3. La Roche. OF 100 Madison
ave. will go TO their country place at
Amityvlle, Long Island. early next
month.
The Elmira College Club OF New York
will hold its annual luncheon in the hall
room of the Hotel Plaza on Saturday
April % The tables will be decorated IN
purple and gold, the college colors
The guests OF honor will be Mayor John
Purroy Mitchell and Mrs. Mitchell, Miss
Ida Tarben; John Moore OF the state
Board OF Regents and DR.. Cameron Nc
Kenzie. president Of the college.
The officers of the club are Mrs. George
NJ. Robson, president; Mrs. Albert K.
Bogert, first vice-president; Mrs. J. Ellis
Standard. second yice-president; Mrs
John Conley Meddick. corresponding sec
rotary: Mrs. William @. Norman. record
ing secretary, and Mrs Leon T. lie Wald,
treasurer. The entertainment committee
consists OF Mrs. Frederick Hamlin Mills,
chairman: Mrs. George A. Page, Miss
Amelia Davis Mrs Byron A Kilbourne,
Mrs Julia Roe Davis, Mrs. George NJ.
Sicard. Mrs Charles Douglas Shrady.
Miss Maria B. Cantwell, Miss Edna Null
ford, Mrs. Harold A. Earle, Miss Fannie
NJ Sweet and Mrs. George NJ. Robinson
Elmira College is the oldest college IN
| the world for women, and in two years
will celebrate it's sxtieth anniversary
! A soiree dansante Will be given IA tho
Della Robbia room OF the Vanderbilt
| Hotel on Saturday evening. May ,. for
/ the benefit fund OF the Clearing House
/ for Mental Detectives, which holds daily
clinics in the Post Graduate Hospital
from 9 a. m. TO y noon. The arranee-
ments are under the auspices Of the
Friends League, Of which Mrs Nathaniel
/ Alexander is president, Miss Pearl IL
Leon secretary. Nathaniel Alexander
treasurer and J. Meier chairman OF the
board of directors. other members are
Mrs. Irving W. Bamberger, Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Lissauer Miss Rhoda Bondy and
Miss Selma Maynard.
Miss Broughton, Mr.. Fitzgerald and
other professionals will give interpreta-
tons of the modern dance.
The list of patrons and patronesses in
cludes Mayor and Mrs. John Purroy
Mitchell District Attorney and Mrs.
Charles S. Whitman, Mr.. and Mrs Mar
Gus NJ. Marks, Otto T. Barnard, Mr.. and
Mrs Herman Rider Mrs. J. Borden
Hartman, Mrs Caroline Alexa nder Mrs.
Frances Davidson, Henry w. Herbert
Albert Ridley, DR.. Louis Haupt and Mr..
and Mrs. Herman Baar.
On Thursday and Friday nights of this
week benefit will be given by the Uni
versal Shut-in Society TO aid three Grip
pies. 1t will take place at the Princess
Theatre. Many prominent society women
will occupy boxes, which will be auc-
toned at the Board Of Trade on Tuesday
afternoon. Tickets can be secured at the
box Office OF the Princess Theatre and
from Zue McClary, 14O2 Broadway.
The first night performance Of the Co
lumbia University varsity show, THE
Merry Lunatics," will take place to-mor-
row night at SIS o'clock at the Hotel
Aston, and will be repeated each evening
this week, with a special matinee next
Saturday The Merry Lunatics" is
musical comedy, the joint work Of p S.
Earle, graduate Of the class OF 1904. and
J. Ehret, class OF 1908. There will be an
exhibition Of modern dancing by well
known professionals after each evening
performance.
After an extended trip through tho
eastern part Of the country. the Hamilton
College Musical Clubs gave a concert at
the Hotel Aston on Friday evening. After
the concert there was dancing. Among
the patronesses were Mrs. Alexander G.
Soper. Mrs Oren Root, Mrs. Henry Har-
per Benedict. Mrs. Abel Edward Black
mar, Mrs George Emerson Brewer, Mrs.
FIihu Root and Mrs. Chauncey Shaffer
Truax
Another subscription dance by the Col
/ lege Womens Club took place on Friday
night at the Vanderbilt. The officers are:
| President. Mrs. NJ. Dryden Brewer; first
vice-president. Mrs o. d. NJ. Baker; sec
ond vice-president, Mrs Charles Eidlitz;
/ corresponding secretary, Mrs. James
Bruce Gear; recording secretary. Miss NJ
| f. Dolphin. and treasurer, Mrs. c. G.
Linton