The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-10

lneSe dances were organized sew
eral years ago by Mrs Henry Bischoff.
Mrs. Ira Barrows, Mrs. Rowland A.
Robbins. MSs. Charles w. Romeyn and
others, and this season the list Of pa
tronesses was considerably increased.
Mrs Bischoff was obliged to retire on
account of mourning, and in addition to
her associates already mentioned the
patronesses include Mines. Lewis II.
I.apham, Frederick Peterson. George
Emerson Brewer. John Larkin. W. Cur
tis Denorest. Richard Welt Lindabury,
Albert II. Ely, William W. McAlpin, \.
Bradhurst Field. Lancaster Morgan,
William Floyd-Jones. ". Augustus
Read. Lytt,eton Fox, W. Lowe Rice,
Charles Augustus Frank, George X. ID.
Schleffelin, Robert A. Franks, J. Horace
Harding, William X. *. Taylor, A. Bar
ton Hepburn, J. Alien Townsend, +.
Burial Hoffman, Charles H. Keep. Pat
rick A. Valentine, stephen Peabody and
John Baldwin Walker.
The last OF these dances is set for
February 8.
1t has been decided TO hold the an
nual Charity Bail for the benefit Of
the New York Nursery and Chi,d's Hos
night of February .. and II is hoped that
notwithstanding the frequent demands
already made on the charltably inclined
there win be the usual generous patron
age that this bail has received from So
ciety for more than half a century. The
high standard Of the ball has been kept
up by the devotion to the hospital OF
women who occupy "a leading position.
and they see to II that the surround
| ings are such that the young women
Of society can attend This season
there has been formed an auxiliary
committee of young women who will
aid in the preparations for the ball
The managers of the ball are Mrs
Algernon s. Sullivan, Mrs. Edward j..
Berwind, Mrs, Henry Mills Day, Mrs
! Frederic Belts, Mrs. John NJ. Bowers,
Mrs. Robert Nicol, Mrs. George Hlllard
| Benjamin, Mrs. Charles Francis Roe,
| MISS Eleanor Du Bots. Mrs. Henry G..
Adams and Mrs. Frank 5. Witherbee.
This ball, first given in 1850, Is the
oldest of It's kind in this city. Tick It's
may be obtained from any of the man
ayers, at the Guaranty Trust Company,
! Fifth avenue and Forty-third street, or
! at the Waldorf-Astorla Mrs. George
| Hllard benjamin will have the boxes on
/ sale at her home, 20 West Eleventh
street each morning, except Sunday,
| from II to I.
George II, sullivan. who for many
years has acted al chairman of the iiooT
committee, has gathered a representa-.
tive body OF men to aid him. It In eX.
pected that Governor and Mrs. Whit
man and Mayor and Mrs. Mitchell VIII
be at the ball and there will also be
many officers OF the army and navy,
Dancing will be continuous after the
grand march, and there will he three
orchj stras in as many bathrooms the
entire suite on the first floor having
been engaged.
The annual ball OF tho New York
Southern Society will be held to-mor-
row night at the Waldorf-Astoria and
will be attended by many Southern fam
illes who make their home in this city
The entertainment committee includes
Stephen l.. Snowden, J. Terry West
Malcolm l.. Meacham and Theodore X
Price. The ball patronesses are Mines
s, Reading Bertron, Lewis II. Woodruff
Jesse d. Beale. Robert C. Taylor, Frank
r. Carpenter, Algernon s. Sullivan, BEN
lamin N, Duke. Stephen l.. Snowden,
Robert r. Dula. Theodore II. Price