New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-18
Many Take Part in Enter
tainment at Ritz for
Blinded Soldiers.
MR.. MKEE'S FANTASY
WARMLY RECEIVED
Younger Members Of Society
Also Appear-BriIliant
Audience Attends.

One Of the most interesting enter
tainments Of the spring was given
last night at the Ritz-Carlton for the
benefit Of the Permanent Blind Relief
War Fund, for French. British and
Belgian soldiers. The programme was
under the direction of Miss Elsa Max
well and Robert Title Mckee, and
consisted Of songs, dances, playlets
and tableaus, given by some Of the
best known artists in the city.
The ballroom was decorated with
flags. flowers and palms, boxes were
arranged along the west side, and a
stage was erected at one end Of the
room. The performance opened with
viii Rogers, who acted as announcer
and other numbers included a recita-
ton. 1.-THE Lesson Of the Fam" by Lady
de Battle; songs by Miss Ada Androya'
Frank Pollock and Tayio Kittay and
bird courtship by the Arnaut
Brothers, from the Frolic.
Molly Converted sketch by Miss
Maxwell, was done by Miss Elsa Ryan,
Fleming Ward, Pirie Bush and Miss
Marguerite Forrest.
In another sketch, Sauce for the
Goose" Miss Ina Claire, Miss Marguer-
tie Forrest, Charles Cherry and Arthur
Stanford appeared.
"yision of Life" Given.
One Of the most interesting numbers
was the fantasy and pictures by Mr.
Mckee. II showed Jules de Pue, phil
osOpher and poet who has returned
from the war sightless. He IS alone
I'm his attic looking toward Montmartre
and the church of Sacre Ceur. Sit
ting at his table at sunset, single
last ray moves along the table and
touches his face. In an ecstasy ne
raises his eyes TO the light, then real
ICES that even this brilliant ray dis
closes nothing. lie falls forward IN
despair and sees "Vision Of Life
showing England, France, Belgium and
America. then and now. Eugene
O'Brien was the poet, and others VINO
posed were Charles Froom; Lady
Colebrooke. as Britannia; Miss Emmy
Wehlen. Miss Gladys Slater, Kenneth
Hill. Donald Brian, Mss olive May
Mass Cathlcen Nesbit. Miss keith
Wskeman, Miss Madge Kennedy as
Columbia, and Miss Janet Beecher as
Europa.
Others who took part in the enter
tainment were Sir Herbert Tree. Miss
Iris Tree. Miss Elsie Ferguson, Lyn
Harding and Maurice and FIorehce
Walton.
A fox trot was done by some OF the
Younger members Of society, lncludlnG
Miss Flora McAlpin, Miss Caryl HACK
staff. Miss Florence Gilbert, MISS hei-
enc MofFat, Miss Constance PEABODY
Miss Gweudolen King and Miss Anne
Scott.
Mrs. Greenough Sells Programmes.
The programmes, with q cover de-
SIGN bv Charles Dana Gibson, were
sold under the direction Of Mrs.
Charles Greenough and assisting her
were Miss Mary Garden and NUMBER
Of debutantcs of last winter
Among those who had boxes were
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. who had as
her guests Mayor and Mrs. Mitchell;
Mrs. pembroke Jones, Mrs. Oliver Har-
riman, Mrs. Whitney Warren Mrs.
Thomas Hastings, Mrs. Chauncey NJ.
Depew. Mrs. william jay, Mrs. Phliip
NJ. Lvdig. Mrs. Burke Roche, Mrs. Arthur
Iselin. Mrs. J. Laurens Van Alien,
Mrs. Cornelius C. Cuyler Mrs. James
Lowell Putnam, Mrs. Austen Gray, Mrs.
Charles Van Rensselaer,, Mrs. Will
lam X. Vanderbilt, jr., Mrs. Alexander
u r. Pratt. Mrs. Herbert Shipman,
Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson, Mrs. Henry
Clews, Mrs. Elisha Dyer, Mrs. James B..
Hacgin. Mrs. j. Stewart Barney, Mrs.
Frederick W. Whitridge, Mrs. William
Douglas, Mrs. Otto II. Kahn and Mrs.
Richard 7. Wilson.
Those who entertained parties at
supper after the performance were
Mrs Vanderbilt, James II. Kidder, Mrs.
Warner VI. Leeds. Mrs. Robert Graves
Moncure Robinson, Mrs. Cyril 2. Dug
more. Lady Colebrooke, Mrs. George
Law Gould. Miss Anne T. Morgan and
Mrs Ormond G.. Smith.