The sun., 1916-12-05
HEMPEL HEARD AT
MUSICAL MORNING
Socially Prominent People at
Mr.. Bagby's First Of
fcring Of Season.
NINE. CULP ALSO SINGS
Mtscha Elman on Violin. Plays
Music of Four Well
Known Composers.
NINE. CULP ALSO SINGS

People socially prominent turned out
IN force yesterday at the FIRST for this
season Of Mr., Bashy's Musical mor,-
ings, which for nearly twenty-five years
Of the winter, ranking only second to
the Metropolitan Opera. It was held In
the grand ballroom Of the Waldorf
Astoria. all boxes and seats being Allied.
The artists were Miss Frieda Hempel
of the Metropolitan Opera, Nine. Julia
culp and oflschn Elman. violinist. all
f~avorites in New York. At the piano
were Richard Hageman. Conrad v.
Do and Philip Gordon.
Miss Hempel sans an aria from
verdrs "Ernani" and a group Of songs
including compositions OF Mepdeissohn.
Schubert and Strauss and a Swedish
folk song. Mime. Culp sang one group
OF English songs. also -four In French
and the Schubert Ave Maria" Nr.
Eiman's numbers included the Concerto
IN q minor by vivsidi-Nschex and com
positions OF Wagner. Kan Rissland and
wieniawski.
Among those in the audience were the
Due and Duchesse de Richelieu, the
Countess OF Kingston. Lady Coiebrooke.
James j. Van Allen. Mrs. J. Laurens
Van Allen. Mrs. Roche. Mrs. Edward ".
Brsitung. Gen. Horace Porter. Mrs.
John r. Drexel. Miss Alice Drexei. Mrs.
James p. Eustis. Mrs. william c. Relck.
Mis- Amy Ridsway Relck. Mr.. and Mrs.
". Rathbone Bacon. Mrs. Archibald G.
Thacher. Mrs. Hamilton Mex. Twombly.
Mrs. Charles T.. Sands. Mrs. James L.
Barclay. Mrs. Henry d. Babcock. Mrs.
Gouverneur Kortright. Mrs. J. Robert
Mckee. Mrs. Curt Reisinger. Mrs. Henry
phipps. Mrs. Bradley Martin. Mrs. Mich
olas r. Brady, Mrs. w. Watts Sherman.
Twombl,. James D'wolf Cutting. Miss
Margaret Rcmsen. Mrs. WILDER Blood
good. Miss Resale Bloodgood. Mrs.
Henry Scott Rokenbaueh. Mrs. James
Stokes, Mrs. Edwin Gould. Mrs. Ansel
Phelps. Mrs. George wilde. Mrs. Rafael
GOWN. Mrs. Edward c. Potter. Mrs.
Francis c. Huntington. Mrs. Warren
Delsno and Mrs. George II. BENJAMIN.
There were also In the audience Mrs.
Valentine Mott. Mrs. Paul n. Cravath.
Miss Vera Cravath. Mrs. c. Deveilo
La:hrop. Mrs. Charles b. Alexander.
Mss Janetta Alexander. Mrs. Nelson r.
Burr. Mr.. and Mrs. r. de Diax Alber.iri.
Mrs. W. Lsnier Washington. Miss Bcu-
iah Brennan. Miss Amy Baker. Mrs.
Griswold A.. Thompson. Mrs. J. Horton
Iiams, Mrs. Henry Wolcott warnes.
Mrs John Wood Blodget;. Miss Kath-
erthr CumnSck Blodgett. Mrs. Arthur
J Cumnock. Mrs. Clement C. Moore.
Miss Alice De Lamar. Mr.. and Mrs..
Hsmlton Carhart, Mrs. Stunt Duncan.
Mrs Walter y. James, Miss Helen
lanes. Mrs. Frederic r. Coudert. Mrs.
j. Allen Townsend. Mrs. o. Delaney
cost"r, Mrs. Manuel Rionda, Miss Louise
Ward McAllister. Mrs. Jose Aymar. Mrs.
r. Tiffany Dyer. Mrs. George p. Mes
servy, Mrs. Arthur Murray Dodge. Mrs.
J. Henry Alexandra. Mrs. a. Murray
Young, Mrs. William Curtis Demorest.
Mrs W. Lowe Rice. Mrs. Pulitzer. Mrs.
Charles Potter Killing. Mrs. c. Oliver
fselin. Mrs. J. Norton Winslow. Mrs.
Dewitt Clinton Falls. Mrs. H.. Maunsell
Bradhurs,. Mrs. Charles c. Auchincloss.
Mira John N. Bowers and Mrs. Cass
Gilbert.
Others in attendance were Mrs.
Charles II. Ditson. Miss Evangeline