New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-08
NINE. AIDA SINGS
IN COTTON FROCK
"ChanSonS Ell CrinOline"
at Plaza Attracts Many
Society Women.

Mrs. Riley Miles Gilbert, of 500 Park
av., gave luncheon yesterday at the
Colony Club for her debutante daugh-
ter Miss Mary Frances Gilbert Her
guests, numbering fifteen. included
bliss Anne Gilbert. Miss Edith Sloan,
Miss Rita Boxer. Miss Eleanor Vreden-
Durgh, Miss Helen Ridgely Morgan.
Miss Evelyn Scott. Miss Eugenia Full
.cr. Hiss Elise +. Rice. Miss Margaret
Erhart, Miss Caryl HackstaT, Miss
Frances Peek and Miss Wealthy Lewis.
The third of the series Of four
thursday morning "Chansons en-
CunOLEe,' under the direction of Mrs.
K. W. Hawkesworth and Charles h.
Slayter, was given yesterday AZ the
Plaza. "The Story of a Cotton Gown"
was presented. The stage was set TO
represent cotton field in the South.
and every process of the making of a
cotton dress, from the actual picking
Of the cotton 10 the wearing of the
completed gown. was shown. Nine.
RANGES Aida wore the cotton gown
and sang songs OF the South. Manuel
Qulroga, the Spanish yiolinist, played
ana plantation singers were heard.
The pa.roDesses for the series are
Mrs. SJuy.esant Fish, Mrs Charles
Dana Gibson, Mrs. John v. Alexander.
Mrs. Edwin Gould, Mrs. J. Horace
Harding, Mrs. Moses Taylor Pyne,
Mrs. James Roosevelt, Mrs. Ormond G..
Smith, Mrs. Seth Low, Mrs. Arthur
Curtiss James, Mrs. Edward Y. Brett
ung,' Mrs. Samuel II. Valentine, Mrs.
Walter James, Mrs. ]. Herbert John
stone and Mrs. Douglas Robinson.
The marriage Of Miss Maud Ken
nedy, daughter of Mrs. II. Van Rensse-
laer Kennedy, to Eric Winston will
take place IN April. The exact date
has not been set, but il will probably
be In Easter week. The engagement
was announced last spring.
Miss Gwendolin b. Condor. daughter
OF Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gerald Con-
don. will be married 20 Philip u. Al
mour. son Of Mrs. Patrick A. Valen-
tine, this afternoon, az $3.50, in the
Church of the Heavenly Rest A re-
ception will follow at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Condor, % East 10Th st.
Mrs. Walter Glib will give dance
tonight at the Brooklyn Heights Ca
sino for her daughter. Miss Althea
Glib. Receiving with Mrs. Glib and
her daughter will be Miss Margaret
Mercer. OF London. who is a guest Of
Mrs. Glib. Miss Mercer is a daugh
ter of Brigadier General David Mer-
Ger. of the Royal Marines. and Mrs.
Mercer, who was formerly Miss Keith
crime Lawrence, Of Boston.
Mrs. Edwin A. Stevens, OF All Park
ay., will give dance at Sherry's Feb
ruary 3.
Mrs. William Church Osborn. who
was the guest for a few days Of Mr..
and Mrs Vanderbilt Webb in Cam
bridge, Mass, has returned TO town.
Mrs. Clarence Winthrop Bowen and
her debutante daughter, Miss Roxana
Winthrop Bowen, were "at home" yes
terday afternoon at East 63d 81. Mrs.
Bowen will give another reception Jan
uary Il and dance January % at
Shcrry's.
Marshall Field, the fsnc6 Of Miss
EVELYN Marshall. left the city yestcr-
day FOR Chicago. where he will remain
for two or three weeks. Mrs. Charles
H. Marshall will arrive from France
in few days, when arrangements
will be made for her daughters mar
rage.
Mrs. John +. Alexandra will give
dinner dance az her home. 10 East SD
At, January 2l. for her debutsnte
daughter. Miss Anna r. Alexandra.
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