The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-24

ander. w. Douglas Green, George T.
Brokaw, Hugh Rankin, Harvey :.
Ladcw, w. lIa,sted Van der Peel. War
rem Mayou. 4. Dwight Partridge, Fred
erick Wendt. Campbell Howard, Charles
:. Butler. Roland Holt w. Shipper
Davis. Robert r. Livingston, W. jay
Schieffelin, Jr.. Charles III. yelling,
shepard Krech. John T. Terry, Jr.. Wal
bridge :. Taft. Howard \. Plummcr,
Henry W. Warner Nicholas Danfor.h,
Douglas Gibbons, John Harrison, james
$. Cushman. Henry s. Parker shelton
T.. Martin. Theodore Won Eltz Joseph
, Ferris simmons and Minturn Post Col
Inns.
The same procedure will he adhered to
as of old and the time honorcd grand
march win open the ball at 10. This
bail dates from 1857 and but few persons
now living remember the first one held
here. Tickets at 81 each may be OBJ
tanned of Mrs. Algernon $ sullivan, Mrs,
| Henry Clay Adams, Mrs. Adrian II
Lark. and Mrs. Theodore III. Price At
| their respective homes and OF George IL,
Sullivan at 40 Wall street.
Mrs. George Hilard Benjamin has the
boxes for sale at her home. 20 West
! Eleventh street, each morning from II
to l and among the purchasers are Mrs.
| Charles BoughtOn Wood. Mrs. Frank =
| Witherbee, Mrs Edward Pcaslee, Joscbn
| Eastman, Mrs. John NJ. Bowers, Mrs
| T. j. Oakley Rhinelander, Thomas f..
| Ryan, Mrs. Il; Howard Martin, Mrs.
| Edwin III. Weitherbee and the Mayor
and Mrs. j. Purroy Mitchell. In advance
of the ball Mrs. Witherbee will give d
dinner at her home. Fifth avenue. and
other dinners will be given by Mrs.
Edwin c. Jameson. Mrs Hilary r..
Chambers and Mrs Moses Hopkins. TIE
commandlnts OF Governors Island and
the Brooklyn navy ward will attend with
members of their STATS and Gov. and
Mrs. Whitman have signlicd their in
tention Of being present
Another institution OF society. almost
as old as the Charity Ball, the st.
| Valentines kCttledrum, il asking for
patronage on February IL at Shcrry's.
| The proceeds will he devoted to the
Samaritan Home for the Aged, which
IL at Ala West Twenty second street
and which is in need OF funds, like so
many other philanthropic institu' ions.
This kettledrum has been a fixture for
more tl.an forty years. 1t was held in
the early days in the Seventy-frst Regi-
ment Armory. which was at Broadway
and Thirty-fifth street.
There will be a departure this year
from the custom of holding it only
in the afternoon, as it ha1 been decided
20 have "A night session for dancing
There will he the customary attractions
for children in the afternoon and for
those who do not care for dancing at
that time there will be a room set
aside for bridge, under the direction of
Miss Antoinette Martin,
Among the officers Of the home are
Mrs. Richard Irwin, Miss Amy Town
send, Mrs Rudolph II. Kssel, l.. +,
Fslon, Mr.. EtiinGham Lawrence and
Mrs. G. Hermann Kinnicutt. Among the
managers of the home who also take
an active interest in the kettledrun
are Mrs. j. Turner Arterbury, Mrs
: Gordon Macdonald, Mrs. James Ben
kard, Mrs, j, Brewster Macdonald. Mrs
I Rowland Davis, Miss Antoinettc Martin
Z Mrs. Clarence G., Dinsmore Miss II
r w. Martin, Mrs, George II. Kent Mrs
/ w. KNITTING Post, Mrs Gustav r.. Kia,
| sci Miss Margaret Remsen, Miss Eliza,
: beth Lynch, Mrs. Alfred Wagstaff, Mrs
| William Barbour, Mrs, Lewis f, Fris
5 sell Mrs. T, Towar Bates. Mrs Gilbert
| IL. Gary, Mrs. PAU -. Cravath, Mrs
. j. j. IIggln IN, Mrs, Howard Carol.
Mrs fired Kcssltr Mrs, William +
| Douglas. Mrs. Henry Goclet McNickar
Q Mrs. Newhod Leroy Edgar Miss AIDE
. lima Moler Mrs. Hilborne l.. Roose-
;. welt Mrs. Henry $. Rokenbaugl, Mrs
: Prescott Hall Butler Mrs John Dynelrl
r Prince. Miss Louise willard. Miss Rollo
/, Mrs. James Speyer, Miss Elsie Schenk
berg, Mrs. Archibald G. Thacher anC
!. Mrs. Edwards Spencer.
,, There will be held nj the Plaza Of
the afternoon Of February the annua
/, tea and sale for the benefit of tn,
: Masters Day Nursery and Dobb