New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-29
Society Aids N. Y. Won
ems League for Animals
at the Ritz.
MISS JEAN LONG
WILL WED MAY 6
Marjorie Sterrett To Be Guest
on American Ambulance Day
at Palace Flower Show.

" i'ii"H iituNfi helcndUl, son OF MRS.
Arthur c. Ketchsm. OF 175 West Fifty
eighth street. on Saturday, May 6, in the
First PRESBYTERIAN Church, Ardmore,
Miss NJ. Elizabeth Deans. Of phladel-
phis, will be Miss Longs maid Of honor,
and the bridesmaids will be Miss Linda
W. Baker, of Bsls, Penn, and Miss
Sarah II. Wi1slow. Of Boston.
Arthur Collins Ketchsm will be his
brothers best man. and the ushers will
be Edwin b. Dickinson. William H..
Long. ir.. Henry S. Stcarns. ir., John
H. Stewart and Thomas Hunt Talmsge,
Of this city; Harold II. Gle, OF Colo
RADIO Springs; Howard b. Lee, of De
troit, and Donald Sattcrthwait, OF Will
mington. Del
In aid Of the New York Women's
League for Animals . bridge tourns-
ment was held yesterday afternoon in
the ballroom of the Ritz-CarltOn. The
, room was crowded with members Of
society and q large sum was realized
for the charity. There were more than
two hundred tables sold. among those
who had them being Mrs. NJ. Orme
| Wilson. Mrs. Frederick ". Whitridge,
Mrs. Peter Cooper Hewitt. Mrs. Marshall
Field. Mrs. j. Muhlenberg Bailey, Mrs.
Charles II. Ditson. Mrs. Levi p. Morton,
Mrs. Lewis Nixon, Mrs. Charles Il.
/ Flint, Mrs. J. A. Bostwick Miss Anne
/ T. Morgan, Mrs. Frank B. Porter, Miss
Annie B. Jennings, Mrs. Peter B.
/ Wyckoff. Mrs. George +. Baker, jr.,
Mrs. J. Kennedy Tod. Mrs. Rene La
Montague, Mrs. j. A. de Peyster. Miss
! Marie L. Montague. Mrs. Charles Z.
Wood. Mrs. Frederick Pierson and Mrs.
Franklyn l.. Hutton.
Many valuable prizes were awarded,
including a Ford automobile. vlctrola,
several theatre boxes, a prize Chow,
short -haired prize winning cat and a
box at the Metropolitan.
At the last minute the list OF prizes
was changed. 1t was a source OF JOY TO
Mrs. Cuyler D. Sprang. who won the
fourth prize. This was az first a prize
winning cat. Mrs. Sprane said she
hated cats. Fourth and fifth places
were interchanged, and Mrs. Sprang
was happy with a victrola. presented by
Mrs. Lewis Gouverneur Morris.
Other prizes we're: First. chow dog,
presented by Mrs. Franklin L. Hutton
and won by Mrs. II. II. Henna; second,
box at the Metropolitan Opera for
April 6, presented by Mrs. James
Speyer and won ~ Mrs. W. Critten
Adams; third, opera box. given by Mrs.
James 3. Dickson and won by Mrs. ii.
+. Hoppin; fifth. prize cat, given by
Miss Jane Cathcart and won by Mrs. A.
i. Schustead; sixth, a box TO "Erst-
while Susan" given by Mrs. Fiske and
won by Mrs. William O'Conner. The
special prize of Ford automobile was
won by Mrs. Samuel J. Wagstaf. More
than 800 women attended the party.
The bridge committee in charge Of
the affair included Mrs. Lewis Gouver-
neur Morris, chairman; Mrs. Mary T..
! Dunn. Miss Katherine r. Force. Mrs.
J. Julio Henno, Mrs. r. Stuyvessnt
Pierrepont, Mrs. Robert lie Roy, Mrs.
/ Franklyn l.. Hutton. Mrs. William p.
Ketchem. Mrs. Samuel J. Wagstaf and
Miss Ruth Stillman.
On the reception committee were
/ Mrs. J. Muhlenberg Bailey. Mrs. Charles
r. Flint, Mrs. John Dyreley Prince, Mrs.
Harrison Grey Fiske. Mrs. Harry Ham
lin, Mrs. Richard Peabody. Mrs. Henry
Fairfield Osborn, Mrs. John j. Staples,
Mrs. James Speyer, Mrs. +. 5. Wither-
, bee, Mrs. Frederick W. Whitridge, Mrs.
VI. Orme Wilson, Mrs. Charles II. Dit
son and Mrs. James b. Dickson.
The officers of the league are Mrs.
James Speyer, president; Mrs. Fred
erick w. Vanderbilt, first vice-presi-
dent: Mrs. Cornelius c. Cuyler. second
vice-president; Mrs. Lewis Gouverneur
Morris. third president; Mrs. II. c.
Holt, treasurer; Mrs. J. Dyneley Prince,
assistant treasurer, and Mrs. John II.
Winkler, secretary.
The Misses Hewitt gave reception
| last evening at their home, 9 LeXng-
ton Avenue, for their niece, Miss
Eleanor Green, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. James O. Green, Of 10 Lexington
/ Avenue. Nine. Luzzatto was heard in
a number Of songs. The guests in
! cluded many of the debutantes OF the
season, as well as the older set.
Mrs. VI. Taylor Pyne, Mrs. Dallas
/ Bache Pratt. Mrs. Samuel Nelson
Hinckloy, Mrs. John +. Alexandra. Mrs.
Charles Aston Bristed and Mrs. Landon
| X. Ihorne have arranged a Mi-Careme
| leap year dance for this evening At
/ the Hotel Fillmore. Sixty girls have
been invited and only fifty men, and
| the former will have the dance orders
! and invite the men to dance.
/ Marjorie Sterrett, sponsor OF the
I Marjorie's Battleship Fund, has been
/ invited 20 be guest Of the committee
on April s american Ambulance Day.
Of the National Flower Show at the
Grand Central Palace. She will be
/ present at the afternoon tfa, presided
over by Mrs. Robert Bacon. Mrs.
/ Charles b. Alexander, Mrs. ". X. Van
/ derbilt. Mrs. August Belmont, Miss FL
sic Nicoll and others. The show will
| be held under the auspices of the
| Florists Club and the Horticultural
| Society, and the American Red Cross
will receive onc-half OF each day $
receipts. The other half will 60 TO a
separate cause each day. Mrs. Robert
| Bacon is chairman Of the American
committee and Mrs. William Greenough
secretary.
A ball for the benefit OF the refugees
OF Montenegro will be given this even
| ing in the ballroom Of the Plaza. The
patronesscs include Nine. George
Bakhmetef wife Of the Russian Am
bassador: Mrs Theodore Roosevelt
Pell. Mrs Herbert L. Satterlee. Mrs.
Andrew &. Zabriskie and Mrs. Henry
A. Wise Wood.
A costume folk dance for the benefit
Of the Aberdeen Fund will be given By
Miss Elizabeth Burchenal this evening
at the Hotel McAlpin. Guests are re
| uucsted 10 wear peasant costumes and
the dancing will include the waltz.
polka and mazurks, in addition 10 folk
dances. The affair is under the patron
age OF the Marquis and Marchoness
| Of Aberdeen, Mayor and Mrs. Mitchell,
NJ and Mrs. Gustavus T. Kirby, Mrs.