New-York tribune., 1916-02-13
entertainments i'm Behalf of Vari-
Gus Organizations TO Fill tine
Calendar from Now Until
Ash Wednesday

WfiCn mas Dccu. up " NiN PAN'N'-
time. a brilliant and strenuous one Most OF
the larse private affairs. however, have been
given. and from now until Ash Wednesday
which falls on March s, societys attention
will be centred upon entertainments Tor CHAR
itv. several Of which have been arranged Tor
this week The annual St. Valentines Kettle
drum. which has been fixture in society Tor
about forty years, will be given tomorrow
afternoon at Sherry's for the beneht OF the
Samaritan Home for the Aged. The pro
oranrne will be much the same as in former
wears and there will be tables for the sale OF
fancy articles made by inmates of the home
and also contributed by friends. and annuse
ments for children. such as grab bags and mo-
tjon pictures. There will De exhibition dane
inc and tea will be served Miss Joan Sawyer
and George Beaumont will dance, and room
will be set aside for cards, the tables being IN
charge OF Mrs. Henry Scott Rokenbaugh
Miss Antoinette Martin and Miss Margaret
Remsen.
The officers Of the home are Mrs. Richard
Irwin. president; Mrs. Gustav Kissel, vice
president: Mrs. Rudolph II. Kissel secretary;
L. T. Fallon. treasurer; Mrs. Efingham Law
renee. assistant treasurer, and Mrs. g. Her
mann Kinnicutt. financial secretary.
The annual concert in aid of the New York
Diet Kitchen Association will be held to-mor-
row morning at II o'clock at the Waldorf
Astoria
Mrs. Henry Willard is president OF the asso-
citation. and among the pauonesses are the
Mines. I. Amory Haskell, George L. Cheney
Frank Spencer Witherbee, Henry M. Titord,
Alexander H. Tiers, George Henry Warren
Edward NJ Breitung, !. Kennedy Tod Henry
Mills Day. Herbert L. Satterlee, Seth NJ. Mil
rken. ir.. David II. Greer, Finley j. Shepard
Frank B. Wiborg. Payne Whitney, John K.
Drexel Ogden Mills, Seth Low. N. Wyckot
Vanderhoef w. K Vanderbilt Daniel 5. La
mont. George Leary, Francis Lynde Stetson'
Clarence NJ. Hyde. Fairfax S. Landstreet'
lanes Speyer. F. Henry Hartman, M. Orme
Wilson and William Pierson Hamilton
On Tuesday evening, at Sherrys, the annual
Father Knickerbock.r ball will be given by
the CITY History Club, for the purpose OF
raising money to carry on the work OF the
club, such as teaching patriotism and interest
in America TO the foregn-born children
through storytelling classes. The ball Will
omen with series of tableaus showing the
early history Of the City Of New York There
will be picture Of the Kissing Bridge
Dutch wedding and the duel between Haml-
ton and Burr. Mrs. John King Van Rensse-
laer is chairman Of the tableaus committee,
and associated with her are Mrs. Cloush {.
Overton. chairman Of the ball committee; Mrs.
Robert Able. Mrs. J. Edgar Bull Mrs B.
Ogden Chisolm. Mrs. Carroll Beckwith, Mrs
William Curtis Demorest Mrs William H.
Porter. Mrs Schuyler Van Rensselaer,, Mrs
SCHUYLER Warren. Mrs Lewis Gouverneur
Morris. Mrs Daniel S. Lamont Mrs. Adrian
II. Larkin, Mrs Seth Low, Mrs. Harry J.
Lucc Mrs u. Hobart Porter Mrs. Edward
r. Stettinius. Mrs A. Barton Hepburn Mrs.
Iohn X. Macarthur and Mrs Moses Taylor
Pyne.
Miss Margaret Overton is chairman of the
Junior ball committee, and associated with her
are Mrs. I. Horton Ijams Miss Louise Dixon.
Miss Isabel Stettinius Miss Gladys Fries,
Miss Catherine Colt, Miss Margaret Trevor,
Miss Mary Alexander, Miss Irene Langhorno
Gibson, Miss Alice Davies, Miss Sarah Larkin
and Miss Mary Francke.
An entertainment and dance for the beneht
of the Belgian war sufferers will be given at
the Automobile Club on Tuesday evening.
The photo plays Barbara Fretchie" and
The Life of NAPOLEON will be shown on the
screen. The patronesses include Mrs. II. Hol-
brook Curtis, Mrs. W. Bourke Cochran, Mrs.
]. Norman dc r. Whtehouse Mrs. George
Haven Putnam Mrs Ogden Mills Reid, Mrs.
Victor Sorchan. Mrs Morris kellogg, Mrs.
Douglas Robinson, Mrs Henry PhipPs, Mrs.
Benjamin NicoH Mrs. Willard d. Straight and
Mrs. Amos Pinchot
A benefit performance will be given at the
Princess Theatre on Thursday afternoon. Feb
ruary "a, on behalf of the Normy Welfare
Association. This institution. which was
founded in England in 1905, has accomplished
notable results IN combating the evils of alco-
Is holism and the drug habit Its services are
free 10 all who apply al its headquarters in
New York City Among the patronesses are
Mrs. Philip NJ. Lydig. Mrs. August Belmont.
Mrs. J. Borden Hartman Mrs Schuyler Van
Rensselaer,, Mrs. T. J. Oakley Rhnelander.
Mrs. Douglas Robinson, Mrs Walter Maynard,
Mrs. James +. ID. lanicr Mrs Nicholas Muir
ray Butler Mrs. Francis Mcneil Bacon, Mrs
George Gordon Battle. Mrs Amos Pinchos
and Mrs J. Norman Whitehouse The artists
contributing their services are Mile. Veret OF
the Grand Opera, Paris: George Copeland,
pianist; Mile lie Fontenay, from Covent Gar
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