The sun., 1916-01-02

Reginald Townsend. Hugh Hartshorne.
DIR. Armitage Whitman, E,ldon Harvey,
Edward ~ Wright Sd. Charles V.
H.ckoX, Jr.. Leonard j. Wyeth. Shep-
ard Krech. George Gray Zabriskle and
Charles c. Lawrence.
Tickets. including supper. are S.
each. and boxes. seating six, at $35 may
be obtained Of Charles Birmingham.
u William street. or at the Ritz
, Carlton.
Under the auspices of Mrs. August
Belmont and others interested in the
welfare OF the Educational Dramatic
League there vii. be given at the new
Colony Club on the afternoon Of jan
uary II benefit performance in aid
.: that organization. The programme
will include a one act play to be pre-
sented by Miss Ethel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore and John Barry
more. There will also be several other
interesting features. among them a
play by A. Stewart Walker To be given
| in his portmanteau theatre. Ad-
dresses will be made by Nine. Emma
! Eames and other eminent artists APP
plications for tickets may be made at
the headquarters of the leag que, l05
| West Fortieth street.
| Amateurs will take part in the enter
tainment to be given in the ballroom
| of the RitZ-CArlt,n on the evenings
OF January 10 and 20 under the aus
pices of the auxiliary of the Lenox
/ Hill Settlement for the benefit OF that
organization. The entertainment Is en-
titled Amateur Night at the Ritz"
and IL will he novel In masy ways,
There will he a four act burlesque by
Everett Shinn entitled Lucy Moore,
the Prune Hater's Daughter" and a
one act piece entitled Sauce for an
Emperor" Miss Dorothy Donnelly
! will supervise the staging Of the plays
and Mr.. Shinn will direct his own
piece as well as act in II. Several sue
cessfu. entertainments have been given
by the members Of the Lenox Hill
Settlement auxiliary.
A number Of boxes have already been
sold for the annual Junior League
entertainment to be given in the ball
room OF he Waldorf Astoria on the
nights of Januarw "a. rs and 26. The
members are busy rehearsing for the
dances and moving picture features
that will be introduced In the rroduc-
ton which Is to be called The Cit!
OF Beautiful Nonsense"
Among those who have already So
cured boxes are Mrs. II. Fulton Cut
ting, Mrs. Willard Straight. Mrs
Charles r. Alexander, Mrs. James
Brown. Mrs. Stanley Mortimer, Mrs
William G. Ladd. Mrs. Frederic Z
Lewis. Mrs. Charles Chaplin, Mrs. Pau
ID. Cravath. Mrs. Malcolm Whitman
Mrs. William Church Osborn. Mrs
Arthur James. Mrs. Bradley Martin
Mrs, William G. Hardness. Mrs. VIII
lam Watts Sherman, Mrs. Vincen
Astor, Mrs. q. Ledyari Blair, Mrs
, Pulitzer and Charles Hayden. Mis-
Louise Dixon is receivirg application
for seats and boxes at Sc West Forty
ninth street.
For several seasons previous to las
, year it was the custom OF the Iadie
Auxiliary Of the Lying In Hospita
to hold a costume ball at Sherry
and these have always been success
3 full In a financial and social way. Thi
, year. while there will be costum
ball. 1t will be quite different to tn
, others, as all who are expected t
:, come have been requested to wea
/, costumes Of black and white, OF blac
t or OF white, and this will give an op
. portunity for the display OF much In
. genuity 1t Is earnestly desired tina
I no other color combinations be fol
!. lowed In order that the ball may b
>. distinctvely black and white ball, a
= 1t In to he styled.
, The executive committee include
. Mrs. Charles Steele. Mrs. James "
) Markoe, Mrs. Louis Lee Stanton an
= Mrs w. Plerson Hamilton. There WI