New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-20
Lady JOhnstone's French
Hospital Aided by
Entertainment
SKATING CARNIVAL
FOR DAY NURSERY
Last of the Three Sherry
Dances Held - Miss
Dennis Engaged

One OF the most interesting charity
affairs Of the season was the enter
tainmcnt given last night at the home
of Mrs Reginald de Kovcn, 1925 Park
Avenue, for the benefit Of Lady John
stones hospital for injured soldiers
at Ria-Orangis, France, where Dr. Jo-
scph A. Blake operates. The large
Eiizabethan gallery of the De Koven
house was used for the affair. and it
was crowded with a representative
gathering of New York society.
The entertainment consisted Of reel
tations in French. songs, fancy dancing
and two short plays. The programme
opened with recitations by Mile. Dor
ziat a we'll known French actress,
followed by a comedietta by Miss
Caroline X. Duer, entitled THE indie
pendence of Mr.. Hastings in which
Mrs. II. Kierstede Hudson, Mrs. de
Koven's daughter. Mrs. G. H. Sears and
William Raymond appeared.
Then Nine Edvina. of the Chicago
Opera Company, sang a group of songs
by Debussy, and these were followed
by recitations by Miss Mary Lawton.
Miss Lawtou recited two war poems,
"Verdun," by Harold Bigbee, and "The
Ambulance Driver" by Emery Pottle.
The entertainment closed with a short
play, "Rosalind.' by Sir James Barrie.
The parts i'm this play were taken by
Miss Gertrude Kingston, Miss Lillian
Drcnnard and Richard Dennlc.
The patronesses, all of whom sofa
tickets and brought friends, were Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mrs. August Bel
mont. Mrs. Stanley Mortimer. Mrs.
Whitney Warren, Mrs. GoOdhue Llv-
inrston. Mrs. II. VI. Alexander. Mrs.
Joseph Pulitzer. Mrs. James Lowell
Putnam. Mrs. Julian ". Robbins, Mrs.
Gordon Knox Bell, N~s. George j.
Gould, Mrs. Francis {; an, Mrs. II.
Is. Flaglcr. Mrs Peter y0cr Hewitt,
Mrs Newbold Edgar. Mrs. George d.
Pratt. Mrs. Otto II. Kahn, Mrs. Fred
cricE W. Vanderbilt. Mrs. harles b.
Alexander, Mrs Forsythe Wickes, Mrs.
Alfred Arson.
Mrs. Oliver Gould Jennings. Mrs.
Louis Clarke. Mrs. George Landers,
Mrs Victor Sorchan, Mrs. James b.
Duke. Mrs. Francis X. Pendlcton, Mrs.
Charles ID. Dickcy. Mrs. John L. Drexel.
Mrs. Charles Il. Ditson, Mrs. Ernest
~chcllng Mrs. Amos K. h. Pinchot
Mrs. T.. Clarkson Potter, Mrs. Carl A.
De Ger dortf. Mrs. Clarence ). Nads-
worth. Mrs T. Gray Griswold. Mrs.
Arthur Train, Mrs. Hermann Oelrchs,
Mrs. Charles Mather NacNein and
4 Miss Elsie de Wolfe.
The last for this season of the Three
Sherry Dances was given last night at
Sherry's The large ballroom was used
for the dancing, and soon after mid
night Il seated supper was served m
the small ballroom The managers OF
the series of dances, Mrs. Edward ).
Knapp, Mrs. >. Herbert Johnston and
Mrs. 3. Ogden Chisholm, received the
three hundred guests at the entrance
to the large ballroom.
There was a large attendance at the
skating carnival given yesterday after
noon al iceland for the benefit Of
the Jewell Day Nursery. One of the
features of the affair was an exhibit
ton Of fancy skating by Bror Meyer,
from St. Moritz, Switzerland.
connective skating, another feature OF
the entertainment, were Mr. and Mrs.
Irving Brokaw. Mrs. Barger Wallach,
Mrs. Roy A. Rainey Mrs. G.. Maurice
Hcckschcr. Mrs. +. S. Knapp, Mrs. j.
vs.. Fuller Potter. Mrs. Charles Nor
gan Miss Alexandra Emery. Miss Marie
Louise Blair. Miss Helen Krech, Miss
Mary Croker Alexander, Miss Dorothy
Kane. Miss Belle Andrews, Louis Liv-
iugston, William Hare, Seton Lindsay
and Clarence c. Pcll.
The marriage of Mrs. Jeanette c.
Pearson to Percy Litchfeld, of Brook
lvn. will nc celebrated quietly on
Thursday afternoon in the chapel of st.
Georges Church. After "a wedding trip
Of three weeks i'm the South Mr.. Itch
field and his bride will live at 100 East
Seventeenth Street. The engagement
was announced on December 20.
Mrs. Alfred G.. Vanderbilt and a party
Of friends are at the Chateau From
tenac, Quebec, where they VIII spend
part Of the winter.
The weekly dance Of the Bachelors
Club took place last night IN the Della
D. Robbia Room of the Vanderbilt Among
those who entertained friends for the
simmer and dancing were Mr.. and Mrs.
Jobu w. Ninturn. Mr.. and Mrs. William
Lawrence Green. Mr. and Mrs. Frederic
A DE Peystcr. Mr.. and Mrs. Le Roy
Whitney. Mr.. and Mrs. Dudley Olcott,
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Brokaw, Mr.. ana
Mrs. Angler b. Duke, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry r. Peters. Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton
Tisb BENJAMIN. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert T.
Tod. Mrs william Low Rlce, NINE
Frances Aida, Wadsworth K. Lewis
Harry $. Kip and Hamilton fIsh' Jr'
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Shepard Dennis,
Of Norristowu. \. j., have announced
the engagement of their daughter, Miss
Dorotbv Dennis. 70 Lyman Collins But
Icr SON of Mr.. and Mrs. William Alien
RutIar of go East Seventy second
ct.eot New York. Mr.. Butler ls
,,.aJratc of Princeton University, class
of no. and of Columbia Law Scnool
class of 'l3. He has just returned from
fbc Mexican border with the lth kegi-
mont No date has been fixed for the
wedding.
Mrs. Alfred Huidekoper Bond VIII
Give a reception this afternoon at her
rome 2t East SiXticth Street, TO nitro
Jrrc her daughter. Miss Mary Louise
Rond After the reception Mrs. Bona
y.U rive "a dinner for the receiving
marty i'm the Women's Annex OF the
Metropolitan Club.
Tho marriage of Miss Marjorie ).