The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-02
BALL FOR CHARITY
ATTENDED BY 5000
Governor. Mayor and Many
Notablcs Are Guests at the
Annual Affair.
DINNERS PRECEDE DANCE

~he annual charity ball for the bene-
d, ~ tho Nursery and Child's Hospital.
rtsb f,r generations has been a fixture
. IN, social life OF New York, was held
ia, ieht in the grand ballroom suite
n, tho Waldorf Astoria and was at
ended tv rrobably more than 5000
...sors. Everything was done 10 make
"a. dancing attractive, there being or
.,.s,ras In the grand ballroom. the Astor
GALLERY and the Myrtle Room. so the
dancing was continuous and in spite OF
,nr many dancers there was no crowd
Ig
According to custom, elaborate decora-
tons we're dispensed with. but the
,arious bathrooms and tho corridors
oere made attractive with palms and
,p,to1ns OF southern smilax. The same
old electrical motto. CHARITY" blazed
forth in big letters just over the raised
d.is IN the grand ballroom n
altogether II was a replica of balls given
"a past years under the same manage
meut.
Tn. presence Of army and navy Of
acers ir their full dress uniforms added
TO the general effect and as II Is quite
me thing these days to go to the charity
NALL. there were present nearly all OF the
d.bl,antes of the winter and scores of
married people whose names have fig
ured frequently in the social annals
during the winter.
The Grand March.
As in former years the ball was opened
With a grand march. and heading this
WAS a formidable floor committee COM
posed of $50 prominent men, with George
II. sullivan as chairman. Among his
special aids were Charles Elliot War
rem. stowe Phelps. Marcel Steinbruegge.
Daniel Runkel. Pau q. Thebaud. John
+ Daniell, Edward s. Hall. Howard A.
plummer. James c. Mcclure. Sidney +.
Henshaw. John T. Terry. Jr. Alfred r.
Whitney, Jerome Alexander and Theron
Il strong.
Next in order came Mrs. Algernon
sydney sullivan. president of the ball.
and the women OF the coipmittee. includ-
ing Mrs. Henry Mills Day. Mrs. George
iillard Benjamin. Mrs. Frank :. With
sroee, Mrs. Thomas Hicks, Mrs Robert
Nicol. Mrs. Henry Clay Adams, Mrs, I'D
win $. Steese. Mrs. Charles +. Roe, Mrs.
John VI. Bowers. Mrs. Ashton G.. Clark
.on. Mrs. Robert Olyphant. Miss Eleanor
Du Bots and Miss Lena Curtis. Next
c4ne the directors OF the hospital and
i''er them the special guests OF the ball.
.acludlng Gov. Whitman and his stan.
Mayor Mitchell. Commander Cpham an
Col Glenn. ~commandant at Governors
Island. with his stan.
Mira. Whitman was in the line OF
march with Gen. Charles +. Roe and
Mrs. Mitchell with Dr. Edward II. Peas
90 Daniel G. Adams was Mrs. Glenn's
partner. Tho line Of march started In
the myrtle room. PASSING through the
tstor Gallery. thence to the grand ball
room. where the women OF the ball com
ni'tec took their places on the raised
dais and Immediately afterward general
Gancing began.
The Aberdeens nests.
Lord and Lady Aberdeen were among
no guests at the ball. having come with
NJ and Mrs. Frank sullivan smith,
with whom they dined at the Plaza.
The dinner was served in the private
apartment of Mr., and Mrs. Smith, where
here were elaborate decorations OF roses
tied TO meet the Aberdeens at dinner,
coins later with Mr.. and Mrs Smith to
ne ball, were Judge and Mrs. joan Ran
dolph Tucker. Alton r.. Parker. Miss
AyeSeil. Miss Marion Fitch, Henry e.
Holt. the Rev. Perry Stickney Grant and
D. and Mrs, Henry Briggs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith also entertained
'He.r dinner guests Al supper along with
o'her friends. who included Mr.. and Mrs.
CH ,rles e. Hoffman, Mansfield Ferry,
Eonall NJ Ferry. Miss Elizabeth Olcott,
Mss Dorothy Woodtord. Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Forrest. Mr.. and Mrs. Gil
Wvllc. Jr. Miss Margaret Williams, Mr..
and Mrs Conner Lawrence, Mr.. and Mrs
GIy Wcllman and Mr., and Mrs. George
= l.yude.
Another dinner OF last night was given
D.. Mr. and Mrs, Frank :. Witherbee and
Mss Evelyn Wuherbee at their home
WIN avenue. and among their guests
yer. NJ aud Mrs, Bayard g. Hoppin,
Nj and Mrs. Moses Taylor Pvne. Jr
Nr s'I Mrs. Howard Dickinson, Miss
H'.'l Pratt. John l. Suyd.ui, Jr, Al d
''trics Duncan Miller. other dinners
H"re given ny Mr.. Charles r.. Roe. Mrs.
Gorge IIiilard Benjamin. Mrs u oil
'art Haynes, Mrs, James Il. Willtston
Nrs u Mayo Smith, Mrs. George ID
N'omsrs and Mrs, Waldron Williams.
Roy Holders.
r. zones which We're arranged about
n floor OF the grand ballroom and those
~ Nm" Two tiers were all occupied. and
moug the loldcrs were Mrs. Algernor
SULLIVAN, Mrs. Edmund Martin. 10
-'ph Eastman. Mrs. Frank ) Witherbee
Ms r T. Oaklcy Rhinelander. Mrs. Johr
81 Bowers. Mrs. Edward ~. Peaslee
Nomas T.. Ryan. Mrs. William II
No- p. Mrs Frank sullivan Smith, Mrs
I'orl" Hillard Benjamin, Mrs. George
: NHeiau, Mrs, James II. Williston
Frarh \. Dillingham;, GOV, n Mrs
whitman, the Mayor and Mrs John Pur
nv N',hs', Mrs, Henry MINIS Day. Mrs
Nrn-' Willard. Mrs. Henry Clay Adams
M. Robert Nicol, DasLel e. Adams, Mr.
I'd Mr. George Emlen Roosevelt. Gen
ri! Mrs Charles +. Roe, Mr.. and Mrs
lenry Waters Taft, Mrs. Edwin :
s ses", ". Wsaver Heaton, Mrs. George
y Yeomaus. Mr. and Mrs. Marcel Stein
l'gg', Mrs. .Ashton = ClarSson, Mis-
u"tu0r tn Bo.s, Mrs. Pierre Mall, Mrs
',H. g. 1hebtud. Mrs. Hugh Rankin
VS. IVA Barrows, Lr. and Mrs, 1oui'
.N'Gston seaman, prof, and Mrs. VIII
IN u Burr, col. GLENN and staff, Ad
r.r'l i-her and STAFF. Mrs. Jacob w
N'e.. Mn Alphonse H.. Alker. Mrs
N.Iroc Xabriskie, Mrs. Patrick a
'~'''.rue and Mrs. Edward r Stettinius
Probably the oldest member Of tn
.r'' present AZ lthe ball last night wal
n'"Hrd W T%iler of Washington
SG.arc, VINO has jfbeen attending Chart,
...l,, never having missed one, sine
N'' when the Il 3st ball was given.
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