The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-11
LECTURE IN AID OF
SOLDIER
,rof. Brander Matthews Speaks
AT French Benefit in
Hewitt Home.
rIpE.A.WEE THE DANSANT

g.. Gre, OF a series ~ lectures for tne
,.asaf OF destitute families II French
p'titr.artis's was gwen yesterday after
Ian AZ the home of the Misses Hewitt.
Isxinrton venue. by Prof, Brander
,,,hevs of columbia University. His
.,lio,t Was English photography what
g. IL md What II ought to Re" These
.,.,u,es nave been organized by tho
,msr.r.r Artists Committee Of 100. Of
.scb J. Carroll Beckwith is the chair
,,n I'm cooperation with the Fraternite
49, ,-t.stes Of Paris. of which organi-
ain, leon Bonnat is the president.
ssor, add esses were made by NJ. Beck
9Th and william A. Colin.
prf Natthcws's lecture was humorous
=, we'll as enlightening. II was de.
cred I'm lie theatre which is attached
o.. ,be Hewitt House. AT one time tho
t,r, Z Peter cooper. the grandfather
4, me Misses Hewitt.
Among those in the audience were
A.. Aired Wagstaff, Mrs. william +.
s,snherd Mrs. Benjamin C. Porter, Mrs.
: carroll Beckwith, :. Montgomery
r,cse,aIt Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson.
,f.s prand,r Matthews. Mrs. Henry To-
;, Nsury. Mrs. Frederic II. Belts. Mrs.
ceeoy sutton. Mr.. and Mrs. William
u Hiss. Ms. william Allen, Mrs. Dun
-, II. kim Mrs. W. Barclay Parsons.
M. lanes -. Green, Miss Eleanor
Levitt Green. James II. Townsend. Mrs.
r. s.ran Johnson and Mrs. John Clinton
cray
l After the lecture tea was served IN the
Venetian dining room. The next lecture
~ the course will AXE place on the
afternoon ~ March "a. at the hcmc OF
Mrs samuel Thoine. 91t Fifth avenue,
when Arthur Whiting will talk on The
American Composer"
, dance for the benefit uf the La.
.ye,te Fund vas given in the Della
pohn'a room VI The Nanderb II last night
under the auspices of the Junior com.
ru,tee OF that organization and tho PAU
I5ueS C.uh. II was called a Full Noon
dance aud the decorations helped To
.,.rv out the effect. for there wer" pale
,.low lanterns strung along the balcony
and MINGLED with the smilaN on the wall.
Mos, of the guests were in black and
rNte and calcium lights were PLAYED on
TIE dancers.
Tie cornwall procession for
,-e " the previous meetings was re-
ralted ard a dance fantastique gotten
rp by Edgar ward was also given.
There was general dancing, for which
CyrraGs orchestra played.
SOM " those present were Mr.. and
Ms James Il. Eustis. Mr.. and Mrs.
" Fairfield Osborn, Jr. Mr.. and Mrs.
Nsvbold I.e Roy Edgar, MIR. and Mrs.
John Douglas. Miss Janet Scudder, Miss
Beatrice Clatlin. Miss Eleanor L.amson.
Miss sara Wiborg. Miss Nouletti Proc
'or. Mss Josephine Osborn, Mss
frances Breese. Miss Janet Hahn.
Miss Camilla Morgan. Maurice Roche
T. Thornton Wilson. Gerald Murphy
al Esmond O'Brien.
F.- III, benefit II the Bide-a-wee
rlrc for Animals there VAS held
Yesterday in the cascade ballroom or
The Bltmure a Mi-tareme the dansant
wider the auspices Of women Interested
VI mo welfare of that organization.
T1t ballroom was crowded ana sur
ru,ding the dancing floor there were
t,hIos AZ which refreshments we're
s.ryei
There were several exhibition dances
; Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Castle. Mrs.
Helen Leo and Nigel Barrie. who CAV"
o., modern dances. and by the baroness
w. Ruttenthal. Who danced n pas seul
:, vaItz music. Mrs. Harry Clys' :
kihb.. president of the organization, ana
several II the officers. among them
Mss Ethel Il. u. Champion. Mrs. VIII.
Ism = liOiEtra. ME. 'tbIEf '''S''
srd Mrs Ulysses Grant. assisted IN
N. arrangements of the dance.
Nnoug the ~patronesses present were
NJ. Winfield Scott. Mrs. Donald Camp
bel. Mrs. Horace stokes, Mrs. \. Y Y
ELLINGTON. Mrs. GEORGE r.. Allen. Mrs.
lour Gehringer. Mrs. Myron u. pater-
., Ms Georges Renault. Mrs. &. u.
Nif.1rll. Mrs. Francis NJ Wilson. Mrs.
rera.ag puer. Mrs. Edwin Palmer. Mrs.
TilnNiu Couch. Mrs. James NJ Railey'
" William orr Barclay and Mrs. r.
\ S,urgis Others were the Misses
rfi Bliss. Helen RAYMOND, Mary Lati-
Glasgow. Jean simpson and Frances
E,,guspn.
-
Por the benefit OF the West side
Juvenile club the annual Mi-Carene
carnival. when has been a feature for
feyeral years. will he held to-night in
- large ballroom OF the Ritz-Carlton
There Will he special dances II panto-
'lmcs among those who will take
rar' are Mr and Mrs. I.angdon Geer.
" and Mrs Herbert Adams, Miss Mar
r"cy shannon, Miss Beatrix Buel, The
Doe ~Steinway and Henry Smith. The
cuNS headquarters are In Greenwich
'.ag" and maintains a centre FOR
fNH. H "a nN UNFlN fnl Nnt1n ltt'It ct ION u