New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-25
Festivals and Balls
To Aid City'S Charities
Little Mothers Will Be Entertained on Saturday.
Costume Dance for Benefit of Lying-In Hospital
To BE Given January i

committee TO help raise funds for the
endowment OF number Of beds in a
new home for disabled Irish soldiers
and sailors. the site for which has al
ready been contributed just outside OF
Dublin.
The committee includes Mr.. and Mrs.
Bradley Martin, jr., Mr. and Mrs.
Ogden Mills. MIR. and Mrs. Burnett
Hoffman. Mrs. Ward McAllirter and
". p. Grace. The countess now has n
Shamrock Fund booth at the Allies
bazaar in Boston. after which she will
continue TO raise funds for the hospital
by presenting Irish films at Harvard
Princeton and other universities.
An entertainment. followed By ball,
will be given in the Hotel Plaza on
Friday evening for the benefit Of the
Bryn Mawr College endowment fund.
The programme will include two one
act plays, "The snowman" by Law
renee Housmsn, in which Miss Dsgmar
Perkins will play the part of Joan and
Watson White the part of Jasper. and
The Maker of Dreams" by 0hphant
Down, the title role Of which will be
taken by Edward Balzerit and Pier
rette by Miss Mary Coates.
Miss Imogsne Norton. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison l. Norton, Of
Bennington, VI, and Lieutenant Fran
els Augustus Englehsrt, United States
Coast Artillery, AT instructor at West
Point, will be married at ST. Peters
Church. Bennington. Wednesday after
noon. The rector. the Rev. Thornton
+. Turner. will oficiate. The matron
nf l. 4
of Old Bennington; the maid Of honor.
Miss Elizabeth +. Taylor, Of Philadel-
phis, and Miss Katharine Boyer. Of
East Orange, \. j.; Miss Mary Shaw,
Of Old Bennington, VI. and Miss Helen
Boyd. OF Philadelphia. the bridesmaids.
The best man will be Captain Philip
Mathews, now stationed at Fort Tot
ten. and the ushers, who are instructors
al the Military Academy. will be Lieu
tenant Raymond h. Lee. Lieutenant
Alfred cambridge Johnson and Lieu
tenant James Crawford. A reception
ST the home OF the bride will follow
the ceremony.
A notable event Of the holiday season
will be The presentation OF Ours" Tom
Robertson's drama. BY the Yale Ora
matte Association at the Wsldorf-As-
toria on January ,.
Among the boxholders arc Mrs. Wal
ter B. James, Mrs Hugh ID. Auchin-
Gloss, Mrs. Henry ". de Forest, Mrs.
Walter F. Bliss. Mrs. Edward T. Hark-
ness, Mrs. ". Seward Webb. Mrs. Van
derbilt Webb, Mrs. Robert W. de For
est. Mrs. ". Averell Hartman, Mrs.
Alvin ". krech. Mrs. Benjamin Brew
ster. Mrs. George Grant Mason. Mrs.
Moses Taylor. Mrs. William de Forest
Nance, Mrs. ". Ross Proctor, Mrs.
Frank 5. Witherbee. Mrs. Reginald
Auchincloss, Mrs. Buell. HOLSTER. Mrs.
i. II. Hoadley. Mrs. John ". AleXan-
der and Mrs. ". ]. Schefelin.
cap and Bells" the Williams Col
lege Dramatic Association, will present
Green Stockings" in this city on the
evening of January ,. Charles ]. Mass
niger. Of Butlsr. \. j.. is president OF
the club. The performance will AXE
place in the Plaza Hotel and Will be
followed by dsheing.
The patronesses arc Mrs. Everett +.
Risley. Mrs. J. X. Foster. Mrs. A. y.
Maston. Mrs. II. Z. Adriance. Mrs. Z. d.
Bird. Mrs. z. II. Childs, Mrs. Henry G.
Sanford. Mrs. Frank Csise. Mrs. A. {.
Bedford, Mrs. Clifford Black, Mrs. j.
Clifford Edgar. Mrs. Shepard Morgan,
Mrs. T.. F. Baldwin. Mrs. T. A. Graves,
Mrs. Albert Hopkins. Mrs. II. ". Phelps,
Mrs. Justus Rupert and MIs. /. NJ.
Starr.