The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-13
KETTLEDRUM HAS
MANY ATTRACTIONS
Large Gathering at Annual
Benefit for Samaritan
/ Home.
DANCES OF LAST EVENING

The annual St Valentines Kettledrum
for the benefit Of the Samaritan Home
for the Aged. OF which Mrs Richard
Irwin Is president. attracted a large gath
ering to Sherry's yesterday afternoon,
children predomlnating. This. Kettle
drum Il one OF the oldest institutions of
society and it has been held annually for
more than forty years. The proceeds
are devoted TO the fund for the upkeep
of the home. which Is at Ala West
Twenty second street and which this
year is greatly in need Of funds.
Tables for the sale Of flowers valen-
tines and fancy goods were arranged in
the small ballroom. At the flower table
were Mrs. W. Kn,zing Post Mrs. Clar-
ence Gray Dinsmore, Mrs +. Grosvenor
Goodridge and Mrs. Alfred Wagstaff
At the valentine table Miss Elise l.
Schenkberg presided, and assisting her
were Mrs. Edwards Spencer and Mrs.
William Vail Martin. At the fancy
table were sold many useful and orna-
mental articles, some of which had been
made by the inmates Of the home, and
assisting at this table were Mrs. Efting-
ham Lawrence, Miss Elizabeth Lyncn,
Mrs Gordon Macdonald Mrs James
Bernhard and Mrs. George w Forsyth.
To attract the children there was a table
for toys in charge of Mrs. Gustav r..
Kssel and with her were Miss Louise
kssel and Miss Bacon.
In the foyer of the ballroom were
tables TOR tea and ice cream In charge Of
| Mrs Rowland Davis, Mrs. Hilborne l..
Roosevelt and Miss Shipper, and there
was a room for moving pictures, which
was literally patroniZed. still another
| room was set aside for auction bridge
and coon can, and this was presided over
by Miss Antoinotte Martin Mrs. Henry
/ S. Rokenbaugh and Miss Margaret Rem
| sen. Throughout the afternoon there
was general dancing to Franizen's music
/ and there were exhibition dances by
! Leslie Bassett and Miss Hartman
Among others assisting at the sale were
/ Mrs George II. Kent, Mrs j. Brewster
/ Macdonald Mrs. John Turner Atterbury'
/ Mrs. William Barbour, Mrs. Lewis f.
Frisser. Mrs. Ebert H. Gary, Mrs. Paul
| -. Cravath, Mrs Archibald q, Thatcher
/ Mrs. James Speyer, Mrs. Newbold lie
ROY Edgar. Mrs. William j. Douglas,
Mrs J. b. NJ Grosvenor, Mrs Towar
/ Bates. Mrs o. II, T.. Belmont, Mrs. Al
fred Kessler. Mrs. William d. Guthrie
/ Miss Louise willard, Miss Adelina Mol
Ter. Mrs. Warren r., Dennis and Mrs
Prescott Hall Butler,
The fourth for this season of the New
! Assembly Dances, organized sevl al
! wears ago ~ NIs, Ntllutll - I mn Bo
was held last night al Delmonico's, and
there were some features appropriate Il
the feast of st. Valentine. Tables were
placed around the sides of the ballroom
supper being served as the dance was II
progress, and valentine souvenirs were
distributed during the evening. Anon
the patronesses present were Mrs Frank
lin T.. Duryea, Mrs. Charles l.. Slcard
Mrs. OXFORD NJ. De Mott. Mrs. Richard
Wayland-Smith, Mrs, George A. Bicknell
Mrs. Charles T.. Mitchell Mrs Georg'
II. Branson and Mrs Charles c. Reid
There viii be an extra dance shortl,
after Eanter.
Mr. and Mrs. James \, Farrell Of 81
Garfield place, Brooklyn, gave dane
last night i'm the Tapestry room a
Sherry's for their daughter, Mis-
q Theresa Farrell, and some of her youn
, friends Among their guests were Nj
and Mrs Thomas T.. Murray, Mr. an
Mrs j. \. Hatfield, Mr. and Mrs. Alfre
, johnson, Mrs. Frank Beaches, tn
, Misses kathryn Agn"~. Edith swift
. Virginia Ward, Rose shannon, Clar
a and Elizabeth Kent, Dorothy Conror
Estelle Mulqueen, Alice Roche. Gather