New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-20
Sauce for Emperor" and
Prunc Hater's Daughter"
Benefit Sketches.
MRS. JENKINS GIVES
DANCE FOR DAUGHTER
Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer Holds An.
o'f'er OF Her Series of Dinners.
Followed by Dancing.

One Of tho most interesting and
amusing entertainments. in which mem
perS OF society mado up the cast. was
gwen last night at the Ritz Carlton
'or mo benefit Of the Lenox Hill Set
uement. Ii was called Amateur Night
NO the Ritz.' and the programme con
sisted Of Sauce for an Emperor" a
one-act play by John Mosher, md n
iour-act play by Everett Shinn. called
Lucy Moore. the Prune Hater's Daugh-
tor, the cast for which was made up
extensively Of well known artists and
illustrators
In the first play. dealing with friv-
olous episode in the life Of Nero. Cor.
Don Knox Pell played the leading role
OF Nero, and Mrs. Lydig Ioyi that Of
Faula, a young girl from the hills Of
SICILY. Edward F8les Coward assumed
inc role OF Irltor, one of the chefs who
concoct sauces for Nero; Mrs. Gordon
Knox Bell was Adora. a vestal virgin:
MIS-. belmont Tiffany. Poppwa. the Lm-
press; Eric Winston. Donor. most
ardent lover. and Edward Roscoe Ma
thcws was slave and Stuart Benson
as Macron'us. All the parts were well
taNen ana the acting thoroughly en-
joyed hy the large audience
Mr.. Shnn, the author, PLAYED he role
OF the leading villain Glucose Melch.
the second play. he part of Edgar
Moore, inventor Of prune seeding ma
chime, was taken by Ben Ali Haggir.
others IA the cast were Mrs. Oscar
toolcan, James Preston, as SAMMY
Sinks. the hero; George Bellows. Ran
daIl Davey, Mrs. Everett Shinn, Mrs
William J. Glsckens and F. Roscoe
Mathews.
A number of prominent young women
OF society sold programmes. among
them being Miss Carol Hartman. Miss
Helen MacGrcRor Byrnc. Miss Christine
Nichols, Miss Alma de GersdorT. Miss
delen Hamilton and Miss Cushman. The
ushors We're Charles Marshall. Benia-
min Moore. Henry Morgan. Donald
Kelley, Oliver lselin, Robert L. Bacon.
LFdig Hoyt. Elliot Cross. Roger Poor.
Francis Roche. Maurice Roche and Cos
ter Wimerdiug.
ON the entertainment committee were
Mrs. Gordon Knox Bell. chairman: Mrs.
John Jacob Aston Mrs. Robert Low Ba-
con. Mrs. Nicholas Biddle. Mrs. George
Draper. Mrs. Lydg lloyt Mrs Theodore
Roosevelt, ir, Miss Mary Pyne. Miss
Marion Clark and Miss Carol Hartman.
ne entertainment will be repeated
'hs evening. Tickets and boxes may
oc obtained from Miss Carol Hartman.
! East SiXty-ninth Street.
Mrs. u. Hartley Jenkins gave dance
last night at her house. 232 Madison
Avenue, for her daughter, Miss Grace
Hartley jenkins. There was general
dancing throughout the evening, and
buffet supper was served from ] O'Clock
on. A number of dinners were given
before the dance. Mrs. Andrew C. Za-
hriskic gave one for her daughter. Miss
Julia Z. Zabriskie, at her house, 81
East Fifty-third Street, and Mrs Philip
b. Jennings one for Miss Elizabeth Jen-
nings at Der home, ~ West Fftieth
Street
The guests at the dance numbered
about 200, and included Mr.. and Mrs
Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Mr.. and Mrs
Francis Hartman Markoe. Mr. and Mrs.
Abbot A. Low, Mr. and Mrs. Arklay
King. Miss l-"hnl Stct-iuiuS. Miss ir.re
Langhornc Gibson. Miss Alice Pyne.
Miss Mary hartshorne Miss Nancy
Perkins, Miss Alma de Gersdorf. VI
Josephine de GcrsdorfI. Miss Pauline
Bacon, Miss .Iarion &. Dnsmore. Miss
Helen Pierce. Miss Grace Pierce. Miss
Emily ford, Miss Helen Alexander. Miss
Geraldine Adee. Miss Elizabeth :.
Phyllis McNickar. Miss +. Rita Norrie,
Miss Elizabeth McVickar. Miss Mar
garet Montgomery. Geraldyn Redmond,
Johnston Redmond, Henry Coe, jr,
COLES Coe. Arthur Du Bots, John ".
Forbes, jr.. William Armstrong. Car
ringtOn Stettinius. Robert MunrOe,
Henry Ford. John Farr. /. Stuart Wing,
ir, Rene HoGuet, Shelton Farr, Bar
stow FAIR, Harold Iierrick and Lewis
A. Coffin, ir.
Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer gave another OF
her series o. dinners last night at her
house, East Seventy-third Street.
After dinner Mis-. Anne Fitziu sang
and later there was dancing. Among
the guests were Mr. and Mrs. George f.
Baker. ir. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Iselin,
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, jr.,
Mr. and Mrs Oliver Hartman, Mr.. and
Mrs. COurtlandt Dixon Barnes, Mr.. and
Mrs /. Townsend Burden. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Dana Gibson. Mr. and Mrs.
Allen Governor Welman, Mr.. and
Mrs Charles H. Sheriff.. Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence J.. Gillespie, Mr.. and Mrs.
Forsyth Wickes. Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Clews. Mr.. and Mrs. John Russell Pope
and Or. and Mrs. Alexander Hamilton
Rice.
Bishop and Mrs. James Henry Oar
lington and heir daughters have re-
turned 20 town from Laurel-in-the-
Pines, Lakewood. and arc at the Hotel
Gotham Mrs Darlington has recov-
cred from her illness and gave dinner
fer twenty last night at the hotel Tor
Miss Eleanor T.. Darlington.
Mrs. Curt II. Rcisinger. OF 993 Park
Avenue. gave a large reception yester-
day afternoon at her home.
Mrs Archibald Oracle will give a
small dance ct the new Colony Club
tonight.
Mr.. and Mrs. ,ames Y. Converse. Of
500 Park Avenue. are receiving con-
gratulations on the birth Of son on
TUESDAY Mrs. Converse was Miss
Nadine Melbourne.
rURNBULi-KRAMER.
Miss Clara Louise Kramer, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter George Kramer,
Of Tuckahoe. ~ Y. WAS married yes
terday 20 William Fyfe Turnbull. OF the
University Of Pennsylvania, son of the
late Rev. Alexander Turnbull and Mrs.
Iurubuu. of Orange y. j. The cere-
mouv was performed IN the Fifth Ave
nue. Baptist Church by pr. Cornelius
Woelfkn. the pastor and uncle OF the
bride. assisted by DR.. Harold Pattison,
pastor OF the Washington Heights Bap-
list Church
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