New-York tribune., 1915-03-03
First of Gatherings to
Help French Architects
Families Held.
MRS. J. p. MORGAN
GIVES DINNER DANCE
Geological Party" with Real
Circus Posters at Home of
Mrs. G. a. Morrison, Jr.


.+,be front was held yesterday morning
1.-the house OF Lloyd Warren, 1o4l Fifth
Avenue. The subject of yesterdays
.,nfercnce was LA Drame Moderne." ."
3sliyered by Eugene Brieux. The COM
rittee in charge includes Mr.. Warren,
Francis Burial Hoffman, jr., chair
nan: Arch bald Nj. Brown, Duncan
Csndler. William Adams Delano,
Joseph II. Freedlander, William Nj.
Tsylor and John ". Cross.
Among the subscribers for the series
,rn Mrs. r. Henry Hartman. Mrs.
'.Lsrles B. Alexander. Mrs. Frank Gray
c-jsvoId. Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson.
V-s Vavue Whitney. Mrs. EEerton l..
W,n.brop. IT,. Mrs Whitney Warren.
Wrs Stanford White. Mrs. Richard
Al6rich. Mrs. John Jacob Astor, Mrs.
Ebsrles Cary Rumsey, Mrs. John ".
ross. Mrs. Archibald Brown, Mrs.
Duncan Gambler, Mrs. William Adams
nslano. Mrs. McDougall Hawkes., Mrs.
TTancis Burial Hoffman, Mrs. Cor
,sIirs Vanderbilt, Mrs. Leonard NJ.
Tbomss. Mrs. Archer NJ. huntington,
Mrs. Lewis Csss Ledyard. Mrs. Otto Ii.
Kahn and Mrs. lie Roy King.
Paul Chsfiu will deliver the second
'scture on Friday morning, the subject
n which VIII be "The Brenta Re
visited.
Wrs.I Pierpont Morgan gave a din
rsr dance last night at her home. PSI
Madison Avenue. for her daughters.
Miss Jane Il and Miss Frances T. Nor
e,n The guests included some o. last
Sssr's debutantCS, as well as some o.
his seasons buds. Mrs. William Pier
.or Hamilton. Mrs. Charles b. AieN-
Nsrder and Mrs. Pierre Mali gave din
rers al their homes and afterward toon
heir guests TO Mrs. Morgan's for the
dancing.
Mrs. George Austin Morrison, ir,
rave a geological dinner party last
r;obt AZ her home, l5l Central Park
West The dining room was trans
.ormed SO as 70 represent a huge iron
cage. and back Of the bars were placed
aree circus posters Of animals. Among
he grests. numbering twenty, were Dr.
and Mrs. u. Hunter McAlpIn, Mr.. and
Wrs. Mason Jenney, Mr.. and Mrs. Rus
.sll A. Cowles, Miss Florence Murphy,
Mss Newbold, O. c. Herring and Frank
Woodruff. After dinner there was
general dancing, and for this additional
grests were invited.
Mrs Samuel II. Valentine gave n
dinner for twenty-four last night at
b.r home, 5 East Sixty-seventh Street
Wrs A. Murray Young also gave a
dinner last night ct her home, 20 PARK
Avenue.
dance was given last night in the
Dslls Robbia room of the Hotel Van
dsrbilt for the benefit Of the Blue
Ridge Industrial School, in Green
County, Virginia, which is devoted to
the training of mountain boys and
rirls. Many dinners were given pre-
gious 20 the dance, the hostesses in
Guiding Mrs James Brown Potter, Mrs.
William Alexander, Mrs. Winthrop
Cowdin. Mrs John +. Berwind, Mrs.
George Gordon Battle.
The pstronesses included Mrs.
Charles Dana Gibson, Mrs. Riley Mics
Gilbert, Mrs. Charles c. BarroWs, Mrs.
W. Z. g.. Gaillard. Mrs. Theodore +.
Price. Mrs. r. De Forrest Simmons,
Mrs John Randolph Page, Mrs. Ber-
nard J. Harrison and Mrs. j. Herbert
Claiborne.
On the foor committee were Dr.
George Boiling Lee. William Alexan-
der. DR.. John Freeland, John 7. East,
A. +. NcAllstet, Stuart Gibboney and
Dsmserfelt Lewis.
Miss Margaret Huston. soprano, and
John Heath. pianist, gave JOINT re-
,tal yesterday afternoon at the d.
Regis under th, patronage OF women
prominent in society.
The sewing class in aid Of the Fresh
Air Fund Of the Cathedral OF st. John
The Divine met yesterday morning at
he home Of Mrs Frederick Roosevelt
Esst Fifty-secOnd Street.
Among the members of the class are
NFs Frederick F. Lewis. Mrs. Frank
Hunter Potter, Mrs. Richard lrvin1'
Mrs. Charles B. Alexander, Mrs. D.
Hull Browning. Mrs. Joseph :. AueI-
bach, Mrs. Rudolph Schirmer, Mrs
Franklin Butler Lord, Mrs. BENJAMIN
NieoIl, Mrs George Livingston NIchois'
Mrs. John II. Coster, Mrs. Louis l.
Hoyt, Mrs. George l.. Sch,eftelln' Mrs
Frederick Pearson, Mrs. Aiired "Ss-
staff, Nrs. David II. Greer, Mrs ia
Davenport. Mrs. Frank ). " ilhefDee'
Mrs. William c.. Bates and MISS Oaro-
Inc Morgan
This sewing class will meet next
tuesday at the home Of MIS-, JOhn j.
lsein, 50 Last Seyenty-nnth oIiee''
The Colonial Danes Sewing Class,
which works for the Seamen's Church
institute. met Yesterday morning al
ne home Of Mrs. l.. De Peyster I4o'-
msr, 663 Park Avenue.
Nr. and Mrs Elford P. Trowbridge,
Of New Haven, Conn, arrived IN to"i,
Yesterday from Lakewood, y. D. ahd
ere al the Gotham.
Miss Adelaide B. Parker, daughter OF
Mrs. Gustav Stromberg, will be mar,
ned TO Clifford Irving Voorhees, OF
New Brunswick. \. j., on Monday
April >, in the Church of Zion and 81
Timothy. The ceremony will be fol.
owed by a reception at the home OF
he brides mother. $40 Park Avenue
Nr. and Mrs. Henry NJ. Tilford will
return to town from Palm Beach on
March u
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Ellsworth,
no spent the winter at the Hote'
Gotham. have gone TO Ormond Beach,
Ia, TO remain until the end Of the
month
Mr.. and Mrs Louis Bacon arrived in
'own yesterday from Boston and are
at the Hotel Wolcott. They Will visit
friends on Long Island and later 90 10
Washington.
The symphony Club of New York
composed of amateur volinists and
tellists in New York, Will give its an
nusl concert Tor charity this afternoon
az Aeolisn Hall. Ernest Schelling
fisnist, Will be the soloist. The pro
ssseds will 20 TO the American Polish