New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-08
Carnival Spirit Reigns at
Many Leading Enter
tainmentS.
DR.. J. II. p. HODGSON
GIVES MYSTIC FETE"
Ritz~CarltOn Has New Orleans
Revel for Children of South
ern Mountaineers.

Most Of the entertainments given las,
night were of Mardi Grcs nature, and
the carnival spirit reigned throughout
the evening. DR.. and Mrs. John Hsmil-
ten Potter Hodgson, Of 20 Washington
Square. gave mystic fete" at theii
home for their daughter, Miss Ensley
hodgson, and Miss Mary Chaplin, Miss
Mary Cushman, Miss Isabel Yeomans
Miss Dorothes Camp, Miss Ruth and
Miss Faith Hayden, Miss Helen Byrne
and Miss Martha Day.
After the guests were gathered in
the drawing room a man from Mars, in
| the person of Arthur Delroy, entered
the room TO entertain the guests. lie
refused 10 show any Of his tricks, how
ever, unless royalty was present
Thereupon confectionery was passed
about among the guests, one piece OF
other a silver bean. The receivers OF
these beans were then crowned king
and queen Delroy then proceeded "a
performed other interesting feats
Then followed fountain OF youth, and
sfterward an old man appeared and told
the tory of his own life, the only man
who never died Then came a flower
with supper served shortly after mid
night.
The guests, in addition TO those al
ready mentioned. included Miss Clara
/ Guthrie. Miss Carta Boggsrt, Miss Jo-
sephne Bedle. Donald Forbes. Dwight
Partridge, Edward Mead. Thomas In
nes. George Treat, Otis Waters, James
Livingston and Lyman Marsh.
A New Orleans Mardi Gras WAS given
/ last night at the tz-Carlton for the
benefit of the uneducated children OF
/ Southern mountaineers. There were a
/ king and queen and the performance
was given before their majesties on a
stage constructed at one end of the
room. Arthur Trowbridge was the king
and Miss Annie Lee Scott the queen,
and several Of the debutantes OF the
season acted as maids Of honor.
There was a Bacchanal BY My Ladies
/ Of the Court" under the direction OF
part in it were Miss Elizabeth Luce,
Miss Sarah Ferrall, Miss Elise Geery,
Miss Phoebe Guthrie. Miss Clara Guth-
RE. Miss Beatrice Andrew. Miss Eliza
| beth Broughton and Miss Martha Ray
/ Stewart
On the floor committee were Edward
/ Simmons Hall. chairman; Mortimer 7.
Arnold, Eugene X. Austin, James NJ.
Beck, jr., Mortimer Delano, James
/ Clarke MacGpire. Theodore Roosevelt
! Pel. Minturn Post Collins. Paul G..
/ Th6baud, Charles Elliot Warren and
Alexander Won Gontard.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Church Osborn
gave a dinner last night at their house,
/ 80 East Thirty-sixth Street, for DR..
John Grier Hibben, president Of Prince
/ ton University, and Mrs. Hibben.
/ The Countess de lie Greze gave o mu-
/ steal last night at the house Of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles steele
III East Sixty-second Street George
! Copeland the pianist, played. The
| guests numbered about 100.
Another of the Tuesday night dinner
dances was given last evening ~ the
+ Waldorf Astoria. Carnival Night" a
pantomime arranged by William Far
rell. was given by Mr.. Farrell, Miss
Donna Balm, Miss Alice Lake. Miss
/ Gladys Jackson. Grafton Virgins and
/ Hugh Thompson. Mrs. Stephen Van
/ Rensselaer, was the hostess.
The last OF the dinner dances ar
ranged by Miss Annabella ELEPHANT
was given in the large ballroom at
Sherry's last night, and there were
some Mard Gras features. The pa
/ tronesses included Mrs. Dom Barber,
/ Mrs. Richard l.. Morris. Mrs. Frederick
Foster Carey, Mrs. Willard $. Brown,
Mrs. Robert +. Tod, Mrs. Joseph How
land Hunt, Mrs. Alfred Wagstaf, jr.,
Mrs. James Parish Lee and Mrs. j.
Prentice Kellogg.
Mrs George Leith gave luncheon
Yesterday at the Ritz-Carlton.