New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-08
Mrs. WILDER BIOodgood
Hostess at Entertainment
Given at Her Home.
MRS. G. VANDERBILT
GIVES DANCE FOR SON
Auction Bridge Tournament at
Plaza TO Aid South Side
Hospital.

Mrs. Wilbcr Bloodgood gave a lunch
con yesterday at her home. 40 East
Thirty-fourth Street, for Miss Audrey
Holman.
Tier guests included Mrs. s. Bryce
" ing. Mrs. Angler b. Duke, Miss Irene
Langhoruc Gibson. Miss Maud r.. Kahn,
Miss Madeleine NJ. Carey. Miss Nathalie
". Wood. Miss Margaret L. Schroeder,
Miss Dorothy Louise Norris. Miss Mary
h. Opdyckc, Miss Adricnne lselin, Miss
Lesley Y. Pearson. Miss Madeleine
nshigrcn, Miss Katharine Dahlgren,
Miss lie Bun Parsons, Miss Marion
Tiffany, Miss Margaret Trevor, Miss
Louise Trevor and Miss Noemi Town
send.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt gave
dance last night at her house. 671 Fifth
Avenue for her son, Cornelius Wander
bilt jr. There was general dancing
throughout the evening. Supper was
served shortly after midnight.
Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt will give
dance tonight at her house. eco Fifth
Avenue for her daughter, Miss Barbara
Ruthcrfud.
Miss LILLY W. Rupert. daughter Of
Mrs. Justus Rupert, returned TO town
yesterday from Philadelphia. whore she
spent the weekend with Miss Dorothy
Louise Norris. the dcbutante daughter
Of Mrs. Alfred Norris.
,lrs. John Narkle gave dinner last
night AZ her house, 1913 Fifth Avenue.
and afterward took her guests TO the
opera.
Mrs. Pierpont Morgan will leave town
for Jeky Island. Ca, on February 10
to remain until the end Of March.
An auction bridge tournament, under
,he auspices Of the ladies' auxiliary
committee of the South side Hospital,
Long Island, was held yesterday at the
Plaza Hotel The patronesses we're
Mrs. August Belmont, Mrs. Benjamin F.
Romaine, Mr,. David Gardiner. Mrs.
George $. Nicholas, Mrs. Gustave
Kobbe. Mrs. Gerald Stuyvessnt. Mrs.
George Jenkins. Mrs. Charles Guthrie,
Mrs. Eugene Lentilhon. Mrs. Alfred
Wagstaf Mrs. julien 7. Davies, Mrs.
William D. Parsons. Mrs. Spencer
Aldrich. ir.. Mrs. J. Ives Plumb and
Mrs. Webster c. Estes, the president.
Mrs. Douglas Robinson is chairman
81 q committee. formed by the Orphe-
linat des Armecs. which will give a
Plaza on February 2S and %. The pro-
duction is being arranged by Lady
Duff Gordon. Associated with Mrs.
Robinson or tnc committee are Mrs. J.
Borden Hartman. vice chairman Mrs.
August Belmont. Mrs. Francis Mcneil
Bacon. ir.. Mrs. Gerald Borden, Mrs,
William Bayard Cutting, Mrs. Willard /
D. Stra ght and others.
Arthur Stanley Riggs author, editor .
and lecturer. viii deliver an address OF /,
the subject Of France: Its Romance,
Beauty and Art at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. George J. Could, S57 Fifth .
Avenue. on Wednesday afternoon, Feb
ruary is. at 1870 o'clock. II is in aid .
of the French soldiers disabled in bat
tie and destitute women Of France. I
Many soldiers whose wounds have in
capacitated them for activity at their
former trades and professions are now
being trained in new ind simpler ways
Of making q living. Women thrown
out of employment and placed Tor the
first time on their own resources by
war conditions arc also being taught
20 be self-sustaining. \ fund IS be
ing established for these persons, and
the proceeds from Mr.. Riggs's address
will be added to IL.
The committee IN charge includes
Mrs. William Aston Chanler, Mrs. An
thoav !. Drexcl. ir., Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt. ir. Mrs Snowden Fahnes-
took. Mrs. John c. A. Leisnman and
Mrs Jay Gould. 10 West Fitty-hfth
street. secretary. Tho price Of tickets
b., 50.
Mrs. Stuart Duncan will give a din
ner tonight at her house, East Sew
cuty-ffth street.
Mrs. ". Dwight Collier will give a
theatre party, followed by a supper
and dance at Sherry's, this evening for
Miss Geraldine F. Adee.
Mrs. Burke Roche will give the first
or a series of dinners this evening at
her home, Is East Seventy-seventh
Street.
The last for this season of the Three
Dances Will take place tonight at the
Plaza.
The second Of the two matinees for
the benefit Of the Brtish-American
War Relief Fund will be given this af-
tornoon al the New Century Theatre.
An interesting programme has been ar
ranged by the committee, Of when
Lady Herbert is chairman
Mrs. John Aston. Mrs. Walter Nay
rard. Mrs Charles Greenough, Mr..
Newbold Leroy Edgar Mrs. Ralph san
ger. Mrs. Howard Cushing, Mrs Arch
bald $. Alexander. Mrs. W. Bourke
Cochran. Miss Dorothy King, Miss Joan
Whitridge. Miss Mary Hoyt Wiborg'
Miss Louise lseln and Miss Irene
Laughorne Gibson Will sell programmes.
The fourth Of the Tuesday dinner
dances for the Lafayette Fund Will be
given this evening in the Della Robbia
Room of the Hotel Vanderbilt.
Another of the Tuesday dinner dances
win be held tonight at the Waldorf
Astoria.
Through the courtesy OF Lucien Bon
heur and ms company a performance
OF "Blanchette" will be given this al
ternoon at the Berkeley Lyceum Thea
ire in aid Of the French orphans and
French poor of New York. Tickets may
be obtained from Mrs. Maurice la
Montague. 81 Park Avenue.
A neurological dinner, for the bene-
ht Of the Society of BeauX Arts Arch. I
tects will be given before the ball OF
the Fine Arts in the Della Robbia Room
Of the Hotel Vanderbilt on Friday
evening. The dinner. at $3.50 a cover, !
is being arranged that guests may dine
in costume on their way TO the ball at
the Hotel Aston.