The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-26
VENETIAN PETE IN
VANDERBILT HOME
Italian City's War Victims Get
$4,000 by Novel En-
tcrtainmcnt.
NOTED PERSONS IN POSES

WIN lHlam n, vanderbilt gave the
use OF her house. $50 Fifth avenue. last
evening for an entertainment Of tab
leaux wants in aid Of war sufferers Of
Venice
II proved to be one of the most ar.
tistic entertainments of the spring sea.
son. and the tableaux. after paintings OF
the venetian school. were shown under
the direction OF Baron de Meyer. These
tableaux were displayed in a huge frame
which was placed at the north end OF
he Gothic dining room, and they were
most effective in every way from the
point Of costumes. lighting and general
arrangement.
The tickets were sold at s25 each and
the audience was limited to 200. the
seating capacity of the room. While
the pictures were being shown there
was appropriate music by Armand
Nescey's orchestra and Tom Dobson
sans a series OF Italian songs. There
was also guitar music by Miguel I.lobet.
There were many OF admira-
ton as each picture was shown. and
N''E hfaN pC ailt VII VI IL utsk
ever given in New York. The first pic
ture was Cima's Tobias and the
Angel" In which posed Miss Maud Kahn.
W. Forbes Morgan, Jr. and Harry Cush-
Ing Sd. This was followed By Car
paccios Dream of ST. Ursula" with
Mrs. Arthur S. Burden and Mrs. Henry
Worthington Bull. one Of the most
imposing OF the tableaux was Giorgione's
Madonna Enthroned" and In this
posed Miss Barbara e. Rutherford.
Cyril Hatch and Dudley Morgan
Miss Edith Deacon In Coat Of Mall.
Tltian's Education Of Love- was next
shown. with Mrs. Sidney w. Fish, Miss
Mary kernochan and Miss Mary Hoyt
Wiborg. Miss Edith Deacon made "A
most striking figure in her complete suit
OF mail. posing as "St. George after
Mantegna's famous painting of that
title. Miss Dorothy Bigelow was seen
In Bellinis Madonna and Child" and
In the Neronese's Finding OF Moses"
Mrs. Charles de Loosely oelrichs. Miss
Mary Cass Garfield. Miss Katharine
Miller and Miss Mercedes d'Acosta.
Mrs. Alexander n. Il. Pratt was quite
tragic In her pose Of Judith after the
painting Of Allork This ,ablelu de-
picted Judith with the head of Hoio-
fcrnes. Another famous painting shown
was Tiepolo's "Embarklne OF Cleopatra"
This depicted the E;gy ptian queen in her
barge and she was impersonated by Mrs
Archibald Alexander and the royal at
PENDANTS were James W. Barney. +,
Burial Hoffman. Robert I.ocher and
Andre Raimor.
TIepolo's "Fresco in the villa Mariana
was shown with Mrs. Howard q Clsh-
ing. Miss Gabrielle Warren and Francs
Roche. The costumes OF this tableau
made a striking note. Mrs. Newbold lie
Roy Edgar. Mrs. Ralph Sanger Mrs. w
Aston Chanler. Miss Elsie de Wolfe, Miss
Diane Del Monte and r. Sawyer posed
!r Longhl's Showing the Rhinocero~,
This was q typical Ne.e,ian scene, all
the participants except Ms. Edgar being
masked after the fashion OF the seven
tcenth century
Last on the programme came car
paccio's "Gondolier,' in which posed
Waslav Nijinsky OF the Russian ballet.
some Of the Ticket Holders.
Among those who secured tickets We're
Mr.. and Mrs. James +. n Lanier, Mr..
and Mrs. Victor Sorchan. Mr.. and Mrs
James A. Burden. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Clews. Capt. and Mrs. Philip NJ, L.ydig.
Baroness de Meyer, Mr.. arrl Mrs. +.
Gray Griswold. Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley
Mortimer. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mather
Mcneil. Mrs. Willard u Straight, Mrs.
Kutherfurd Stuyvesant. Alexander Smith
Cochran. Mr.. and Mrs, Harry Payne
Whitney. Mr.. and Mrs. Ebert ". Gary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert l. Satterlee. Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Il. Alexander. Mrs,
Ogden Goelct. Miss Anne r. Morgan. M.
and Mrs. August Belmont. Mr.. and Mrs.
Otto II. Kahn. Mr., and Mrs, Jules s
Bache. Mrs. Edward y. Breitung, Mrs.
Whitney Warren. Mr.. and Mn. Vincent
Aston, Mr. and Mrs. NJ. Orme Wilson.
| william Solomon. william X. Wander
bilt, Mr.. and Mrs. John Magee, Mrs. Will
lam X. Vanderbilt. Jr., DukeD hi Durazzo.
Miss Ruth Twombly, Mr., and Mrs. W.
Goadby Loew, Mrs. w. Aston Chanler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius y. Bliss. Clarence
II. Mackay. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward s.
Hardness, Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton Cary.
Giulio Gatti-Casazza. John Qvinn. Mr..
and Mrs. George Won l., Meyer, Mr.. and
Mrs. John II. Mccullough. Lloyd Warren.
Alfonso Vi Navarro and Mr., and Mrs. +.
Burial Hoffman,
The expenses OF each tableau were
borne by the participants. therefore IL
will be possible to send the entire re-
GENTS TO Venice.