New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-05


ings, September IA and Is, benefit per-
fcrmances will be given for the society.
The interior of the house will be
decorated with American flags and
many we'll known young women will
distribute flags, shields and other ma
tional cmblems. Mrs. Elmer Z. Black |
is chairman Of the benefit committee.
Among the patronesses are Mrs. John |
King Van Rensselaer,, who was vice
president Of the Red Cross Relief Com
mittee that fitted out q ship and sent
it to Cuba at the time Of the Spanish
American War.
Others include Mrs. Frederick W.
Vanderbilt, Mrs. John Henry Hammond,
Mrs. Francis Burial Hoffman, Mrs.
Richard Irwin, Mrs. William Howard
Taft Mrs. Ormond G. Smith, Mrs. Her
bert l.. Satterlee, Mrs. Douglas Robin
son. Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, jr, Mrs.
Ralph Pulitzer, Mrs. August Belmont,
Mrs. Otto H. Kahn, Mrs. o. H. P. Bel
mont, Mrs. Frederick Edey, Mrs. K. A.
C. Smith, Mrs. Nicholas Murray Butler,
Mrs. Walter Damrosch, Mrs. ]. Norman
de r. Whitehouse, Mrs. H. Fairfield Os-
born and Mrs. William C. Demorest.
An all-star benefit for the Red Cross
will be given on September II in the
outdoor Brookside Theatre at Mount
Kisco. In case Of inclement weather
the performance will take place on
Monday afternoon, September IA. MISS
Blanche Bates will appear in Madame
Butterfly" David Bispham will sing,
Miss Virginia Harmed and her husband
William Courtenay, will appear in
skit entitled zone Word" and Edward
Peple. author of "A Pair Of Skies" has
contributed a new sketch, "The Girl"
in which many we'll known actors Will
take part. Seats at 50 so each may be
obtained from Mrs. Henry Marquano'
Bedford Hills, N. Y.
The patronesses include Mrs. Cor
relius Agnew, Mrs. Robert Brewster
Mrs. Winthrop Cowdin, Mrs. StuyVe-
SAINT Fish, jr., Mrs. John Henry Ham
mond. Mrs. Robert Hoe, Mrs. Rupert
Hughes, Mrs. Seth Low, Mrs. George L.
Nichols, Mrs. Frank Hunter Potter and
Mrs. Moses Taylor.
A dance and entertainment for the
benefit Of the Red Cross will be held
tonight at the Shinnecock Hills Golf
Club. Miss Mary HOyt Wiborg is
chairman of the East Hampton COM
mittee and W. Scott Cameron Of the
Southampton committee.
For the benefit of the Red Cross
garden fete and gymkhana will be held
this afternoon at Litchheld, Conn. Mrs.
William Woodville ROckhill is in
charge of the arrangements, and those
assisting her include Mrs. Louis A.
Ripley, Mrs. Edward Seymour, Mrs.
Lewis B. Woodruff, Mrs. Henry H.
Strong, Mrs. Alexander Mcneil, Mrs.
John Lindley and Mrs. F. W. Busk.
Miss Dorothy Bull will manage the folk
dances.
The annual costume dance for the
benefit of the South Side Hospital, OF
Long Island, will be held at the Casino,
Brightwaters, Long Island, on Friday
evening of next week. The dance for
the last three years has been given at
the Babylon Casino, but owing to the
large number of tickets which have al
ready been sold the entertainment
committee has decided to hold the
dance in larger quarters. Tickets are
So and may be obtained from Mrs Ray
nlond D. Little, Babylon, Long Island.
On the entertainment committee are
Mrs. Bayard C. Hoppin, Mrs. Samuel b.
Wagstaff and Mrs. Raymond D. Little
The floor committee consists OF Gros-
venor Nicholas, William Bruce-Brown,
RAYMOND D. Little, August Belmont, jr.,
and James R. Hyde. Among the pa
t-onesses are Mrs. Roger NJ. Minton,
Mrs. Richard Wharton, Mrs. Spencer
Aldrich, Mrs. Spencer Weyman Aldrich,
Mrs. W. D. Parsons, Mrs. ]. Ives Plumb,
Mrs. Alfred Wagstaff and Mrs. GrOsve-
nor Nicholas.
There will be several Out-Of-town we'd
dings to-day of interest to New YORK
society. Miss Josephine Southwick
Pearson, a daughter of Mrs. Frederick
Pearson, will be married this afternoon
to Beverley Bogert, of this city, in
Trinity Church, Newport. Miss Pear
son will have her sister, Miss Lesley
F. Pearson, as her only attendant. Clar-
ence A. Bogert will be his brothers
hest man, and the ushers will be E.
Pennington Pearson and Frederick F.
A. Pearson, borthers of the brides John
A. Gade, William F. Cammann, George
Isham Scott, John F. Talmage and
Charles Hayden. A reception will be
held at Anglesea, Mrs. Pearson's villa,
in Newport.
The marriage of Miss Margaret
schall, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lam Schall, jr., to Robert X. Stafford,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Stafford,
of Huntington, Long Island, will take
place this afternoon in Pequot Chapel,
New London, Conn. Mrs. Z. Franklin
Brewster, jr., sister of the bride, will
be the matron of honor, and Miss Alice
| Couverneur KortriRht, Miss Thelma