New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-13
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SOCIETY FOLK POSE
TOAD WAR CHARITY
Living Portraits Presented
for Benefit of Ambu-
lance Corps.

Another entertainment In which
prominent members OF society took
part was given last night in the ball
room Of the Ritz-Carlton for the ben
eft Of the American Ambulance Corps
in Paris. 1t consisted of a series Of
living portraits from old masters,
posed By William N. Chase, assisted by
Miss Elizabeth Fisher, and a number
OF exhibition dances.
A stage erected at one end OF the
room was made to resemble an art
gallery. with one large and two small
frames hung on the wall and in these
the pictures we're shown. In the first
tableau appeared Mrs. Charles b. Alex
ander. in a Holbein; the second was a
Van Dyck, posed by Miss Barbara
Rutherford; the third a Romney, in
which Mrs. Courtlandt Nicoll appeared,
and then followed Miss Kathryne Steele
and Richard Emmett in a Raeburn.
The fifth picture showed Mrs Joseph
Earle Stevens and Lawrence S. Butler
after Hall picture. In the next three
pictures Miss Marjorie Curtis appeared
in a Reynolds, Mrs. Jay Gould in a
Titan and Francis Roche in a Van
Dyck.
In the seventh tableau Miss Olga
Wiborg and Miss Eleanor Mortimer
posed in a Gainsborough, and in the
next one Miss Leonie Burrill and Maui
rice Roche appeared. Others who posed
were Miss Mary Hoyt Wiborg, in Van
Dyck; Mrs. Dwight Collier, in a Rem
brandt, and Mrs. R. L. Bacon, also in a
Rembrandt
In the last tableau Miss Edith Morti-
mer and Francis Roche were seen in a
Van Dyck picture in the large frame,
and on either side of them. in the
small frames, were Mrs. Henry J. Wing
ham, in a Reynolds, and j. F. Hubbard,
in 4 Rembrandt.
Among those who appeared in the
fancy dances were Miss Edith Nor
timer and Gerald Murphy. who did a
Russian waltz. The Danse du Miroir.
which was given at the Junior League
entertainment at the Waldorf -Astoria a
few weeks ago, was repeated by Miss
Beatrice Pratt, Mrs. Walter y. Still
man, Horace Allen, Lynford Dickinson
and William Boulton. jr.
Miss Dorothy Jordan. who came on
from Boston for the affair. gave a
Chopin waltz and nocturne. Afterward
there was general dancing
Twelve young women of society in
costume acted as ushers and sold pro-
grammes. They were Miss Marie G..
Johnson, Miss Esther huchincloss, Miss
Harriet McCook, Miss Theodore Dun
ham, Miss Mary s. Chaplin, Miss Louise
R. Hoadley. Miss Priscilla Bartlett,
Miss Mary Tweed, Miss Eleanor Keep.
Miss Maud Coster, Miss Kitty Kimball
and Miss Polly Kimball The two last
named were dressed as French soldiers.
On the floor committee were Elliot
c. Bacon. Frederick Y. Dalziel. Law
renee S. Butler, Winthrop W. Aldrich,
Sidney W. Fish, Albert Eugene Gal
latin, Francis Burial Hoffman, jr..
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, jr.. lie Roy
King, Benjamin Moore, Percy R. Pyne,
I'd, Francis and Maurice Roche. Will
lam NJ. Taylor, Lloyd Warren. L. Stuart
Wing, jr, and R. Thornton Wilson.
Many dinners were given previous to
the entertainment, the hostesses in
GLIDING Mrs. Perry R. Pyne. Mrs. John
Shillito Rogers, Mrs. Robert B. Brew
Ster. Mrs. John Jacob Astor, Mrs. Gus
tav f. Kissel. Mrs. Robert Bacon. Mrs.
Goelet Gallatin and Mrs. Anthony j.
Drexel, jr.