New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-21
Mardi GraS Ball at Ritz Is
Given for Southern Edu-
cational Body
ENTERTAINMENT AIDS
LAFAYETTE FUND
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles {.
Hughes Are Guests at :
Dinner in Sherry's

Shrove Tuesday was celebrated By
society in a carnival spirit, and many
brilliant entertainments for charity and
private affairs were given last night
In the ballroom of the Ritz-Carlton q
Mardi Gras ball aided the Southern In
dustrial Educational Association, or
which Mrs. Algernon 5. Sullivan is the
president.
Features characteristic of the New
Orleans Msrdi Gras celebration were
given, including the coronation Of the
king and queen. attended By courtiers
who did special dances. Miss ziilah
Townsend Thompson was the queen
and S. Duncan Marshall, jr., the king.
The attendants were Miss Muriel Conk-
lin, as a grand duchess, and Marcel
Steinbrugge, as a grand duke.
Others in the royal retinue as ladies'
in-waiting were Miss Adelaide Will
merding, Miss Genevieve Clendenln,
Miss Maud O'Brien, Miss Beatrice N.
Beck, Miss Beatrice Pynehor, Miss
Lorraine Allen, Miss Helen Gcer and
Miss Elsie ". Saltus. Raymond Cox.
Rodney Williams, Edward Sykes, Cas-
per Marvin Kielland, Leon Abbott ana
Ebert Jackson were The grand dukes
A minuet was danced by them, and
there were other court dances and spe-
cial dances by Florence Fleming Noyes'
General dancing followed.
Mrs. James II. Dinwiddie was chair
man Of the bail committee and assist
ing her were Paul G. Thebaud, James
NJ. Beck, jr., Theodore Roosevelt Pell,
Charles Elliot Warren, Minturn Post
Collins and Edward Simmons.
An entertainment was given last
| night at the home of Mrs. Burke Roche
/ for the benefit Of the Lafayette Fund,
Of which her son, Francis Roche, IS
/ the secretary. This organization has
| been carrying on splendid work
among the soldiers of France. supply
/ ing comfort kits 70 French soldiers IN
/ the trenches. The articles are pur-
chased and made up here, and the kits
are shipped directly to the hghting
zone. The kit includes such articles
as muller, woollen socks, water
/ proof pOncho, a combination knife ana
spoon. a few cakes of soap and pipe.
/ The artists last night were Miss
/ Criticos and Leon Rennsy, IN songs;
Miss Beatrice de Holthoir, IN recita,,
tons; John Heath, who played several
selections on the piano, and Rex
! Townsend gave demonstrations IN men
tai telepathy.
Among those who had tickets were
Mrs. r. Fulton Cutting, Mrs, w. Watts
Sherman. Mrs. Reginald de koyen, MRS.
Archer VI. Huntington, Mrs. George
/ Jay Gould, Mrs. J. Is. Duke. Mrs: J"nn
/ r. Drexel, Miss Anne Morgan, Mrs. h.
. r. Hewitt, Mrs. Paul Morton, Mrs. John
II. Hammond, Mrs. Charles Is. Alex
/ ander, Mrs. Walter James, George X
Sheldon, Clarence II. Mackay, george
Gibbs, Victor Sorchan. Albert Morris
Bagby, Charles s. Thorne and others
1 General and Mrs. Oliver Bridgman
/ gave a dinner last night az Sherry's
[ FOR Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L. Hughes.
| The tapestry suite was used, and the
/ decorations were of yellow and white
spring flowers. The dinner was fol-
| lowed by dancing.
The hundred guests included Senator
Frelinghuysen, Mrs. Joseph S. Frellng-
huvsen. Senator and Mrs. Mayhew
Wainwright, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Il
Stimson. Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra Prentice,
General and Mrs. Nelson II. Henry, Mr..
and Mrs. Lorillard Spencer, the Rev;
and Mrs. Herbert Shipman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles L. Hughes, jr., Dir. aud
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, jr., MIR. aud
Mrs. Howard Dawson, Mr.. and Mrs
/ Charles Elliot Warren, Mr.. and Mrs.
+ George Gordon Battle, Major and MIS-
Rene A. de Russy, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
erick c. Tanner.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Van Vechton Olcott,
Mr.. and Mrs. william Greer, Mr.. and
Mrs. Courtiandt Nicoll Mr.. and MIS-
Robert c. Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
A Wise Wood. Miss Helen Hughes,
Miss Annabella Olyphant, Miss Sloane,
the Misses Cunningham, Miss Alice
Williams. Captain Frank Outerbridge,
Major Alfred r. Whitney. Jr., Colonel
, seldom E. Marvin, Lee Nichols, Captain
/ Charles H. Poor, Colonel Austen Cot
gate and Franklin Plummer.
Dinners we're given last night by
Mrs. W. Watts Sherman and by Mrs.
James Speyer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln Grant, CT s75
. Park Avenue, have announced the en-
gagement of their daughter. Miss Lima
Wellington Grant, 20 Edwin Howard
Baker. IT,, son Of Edwin Howard Baker,
/ OF Greenwich. Conn. Mr.. Baker is
graduate of Yale, class Of 1913. The
Wedding probably will take place in
| the fall.