New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-14
r,o,ish Folk Steps and
Hornpipe Seen in Ball
room of Plaza.
CHILDREN REHEARSE
HISTORICAL DRAMA
NAV To BE Presented for Benefit
Of Lafayette Fund-Mrs'
Richards Gives Reading,

,,,A which was organized by DR.. Kari
o.u.rd Miss Christine Foster. Donald
, ':TrcwnSerd and others for boys work
=, transatlantic steamers. dance
ia civen last night in the ballroom OF
". Gotpl Plaza The proceeds VIII be
s.-oto6 10 a fundfor the erection or
Sridirr wheTe tbR boys can live.
TIE dance WaS preceded by p num-
- dinners the h6stSsses including
w., Frank DamroselAo Ans, John d.
1.rrett Mrs. William Lawrence Rot
,lev Mrs. William II. Hamilton,
a. Rowland Russell. Mrs. Louis
S,.orns and Miss Christine 5. Foster.
Grone .hc attractions OF the evening
- old English folk dances and the
N'aors' bornpipc. In the former we're
80 GLADYS Endicott. Miss Isabel
~, Miss Hilah French, Miss Virginia
Tovrserd. Miss Elizabeth Russell and
Miss Alice Pine.
S;5rev p. Fenshaw, n. Chester
vtrrs Donald G.. Townsend, J. Camp
III Townsend. Allen Klotz, n. Chester
V,yos and John Potter. jr., danced the
wos, or the guests appeared in
,7ocks or sailor suits.
Miss Iulaua Cutting was chairman
II the dance committee, and associated
Nth her were Miss Virginia c. Town
.,,I Miss GLADYS Endicott, Miss Edith
p,,s Miss Margaret Bissell. Miss Cara
80; Carroll. Miss Eleanora Kissel, Miss
rslsn T Damrosch. Miss Helen Stearns,
w;ss Dorothy Perkins. Miss Gladys
T,Ncott Miss Gertrude Mali. Miss
Io.snhire Nicoll. Miss Mary c. Edgar,
,gss Isabel Hoyt. Miss Margaret
Tcsnr. Donald c. Townsend, Sidney ?.
T.1sLav. F. Coo Kerr. Richard ).
vD,r,et. Francis NJ Wstrous, John A.
Cox and Mansfield Ferry.
The pa-roreSses included Mrs Her
~ Sa-.crlce. Mrs. Gerald Borden,
Hrs John ID. Barrett. Mrs. Lorillard
Snercer Mrs. Dc Lancey NicoN, Mrs.
Arthur Cumnock. Mrs. R. Fulton Gut
Ing. Mrs. Robert Temple Emmett, Mrs.
william A=tor Chanler. Mrs. William
Person Hamilton, Mrs. Otto Kahn.
Mrs John Greenough. Mrs. James NJ.
townsend. Mrs Henry W. Taft and
Mrs. Rowland Russell.
The last rehearsal for The Chill
5ron's Revolution" which will be pre-
s,rted tomorrow afternoon at the
Park Theatre for the benefit OF the
LAFAYETTE Fund was held yesterday
sfternoon at that playhouse. The
children will play the parts Of famous
Characters Of Revolutionary days. from
whom they are directly descended.
There will be a Revolutionary drama
tsblesus. a grand review of the troops
and an inaugural ball.
A Junior branch Of the Lafayette
Fund has been formed with the twelve
year.old Baronne Nveline dc Bevll!e'
daughter Of Baron de Beville, the
originator OF the idea, as president OF
The girls division, and William Astor
Csnler. IT,. Of the boys branch. Their
work will be for the children Of the
soldiers Of the Allies. The price OF
seats for the entertainment ranges
from 80 cents TO So.
Under the auspices OF the women's
committee of the New York Peace So
Siety reading Of Poems Upon War
and Peace" was given by Mrs. Waldo
Richards yesterday afternoon at the
home Of Mrs. Walston Hill Brown, III
East Twcrty-hrst Street. 1t was given
for the benefit Of the educational and
organization work Of the committee.
The patronesses were Mrs. John u.
Agar, Mrs. R. Fulton Cutting, Mrs.
James R. Mckee, Mrs. George Haven
Putnam, Mrs William Jay Schiefelin,
Mrs. John Bassett Moore, Mrs. Robert
Underwood Johnson, Mrs. David II.
Greer and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie.
Jules Bots, the French poet and
philosopher, will give talk on
La Parisienne ct l'Americaine" this af-
ternoon at the house Of Mrs. Charles
B. Alexander, West Fiftyeighth
Street.
Mrs Frederick P. Sands and Miss
Elizabeth Sands have arrived in town
from Newport and are at the Hotel
Vanderbilt
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Falconer
are at Atlantic City for a short stay.
The marriage Of Miss Noel John
t,on, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. j. Her
bert Johnston, 70 William H. Appleton,
Of this city, will take place this after
noon at the home of her parents, IS
Washington Square North.
Miss Esther Slater, daughter Of Mrs.
Horsto Nelson Slater, will be married
10 Benjamin Sumner Welles, of New
York, this morning at 10 o'clock in the
Church OF the Reconciliation, Webster,
Mass. A reception will follow at the
home Of Mrs. Slater, 44s Beacon Street,
Boston.
In Sc Paul's Cathedral, Boston, to-
cay Al l o'clock, Miss Margaret Wen
nf he
Mrs. George Alexander Strong, Of this
city, will be married to Ensign Clarke
Niihers, [. S. y.
Mrs William Carter Dickermsn, O.
Ns Madison Avenue, will give dance
Tonight az the Colony Club for Miss
Anne Jessup Woodin, the debutante
SSsughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. William II.
Woodin.
Mss Helen ". Lambert, daughter of
W and Mrs Samuel w. Lambert, Of
$50 East Thj-ty-ffth Street, gave a
luncheon yesterday at the Colony Club.
Mrs. George Arents, jr., gave din
Avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. George Barker Hodgman
nave sold their house, 307 West Sew
Sculy-hfth street, and are at the
oo'nam until June /, when they will
~ 10 their country place near Sea-
bright, n J.
Mss N Symphorosa Bristed, daugh-
v OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Astor
nusted, Will leave town tomorrow 70
,l sH iiren Is in Washington. Later she
TTlu BE the guest of Miss Corneia
+e'dy' in Philadelphia