New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28

HOlu us annual IcCepblOH anu u"hNS ~
the Waldorf Astoria on the evening OF
January 81. Mrs. Clarence Phillips is
chairman Of the committee OF arrange /
ment
The 1917 committee OF the Woman
Suffrage party will give house warm
ing in its new headquarters, so East
Thirty-fourth Street, on Tuesday after
noon from to 6 o'clock. Mrs. John
II. Watkins is chairman of the com
mittee.
The Society of Political Study, Mrs.
Austin Norman Palmer, president, held
its regular meeting at the Hotel Astor
on Tuesday, January %. Miss r. G..
Moses read current events. The sub
ject of the day was Indian Affairs"
Mrs. William Logic gave brief history
of the American Indian, and this was
followed by discussions and stories.
The society gave a card party at Audi
bon Hall on Thursday, January 20.
Five thousand delegates are expected
to attend the National Daylight Saving
convention to be held at the Hotel Aston
January so and 81. Civic organizations
from all over America and many places
in Europe will respond to the gavel of
President Marks of the Borough of
Manhattan, who will act as chairman.
Among the guests there will be several
+, state Governors. After the business Of
the forenoon of the 30th has been dis
charged luncheon will be served un-
der the Craftsmanship of Mrs. Eugene J.
Cumisky,
Among the clubs which have taken
tables are the American Criterion So
ciety, Chicago Club. Daughters of Ohio,
Daughters of Pennsylvania, Guild of
the New York Medical College and
Hospital for Women. Interborough As
ISOLATION of Women Teachers, Mary Ar
den Shakespeare, Minerva, National So
ciety Daughters of the Empire State,
New York Theatre Club, Seaside Home
for Crippled Children, Theatre Club,
Inc, Woman's Forum, Women's Health
Protective Association. Woman's Re-
publican Association, Woman's Eepub
publican Club.
The Woman's Auxiliary to the Res
cue Work of the Salvation Army, Mrs.
Robins A. Lau, president, will hold its
regular meeting in the home. 318 East
Fifteenth Street, on Saturday, Febru-
airy 3. at 2:3O p. m. The head officer in
the home, Colonel Emma Bown, has
served thirty-four years in the Army
and this meeting will in part commem-
crate her long service. A special pro-
gramme has been arranged.
The Mrs. Harold George Wood So
ciety Card Club will give its midwinter
/ dance in the grand ballroom of the
4 Hotel Plaza on Friday evening, Febru
airy 2. NJ. Brunnell, of the Maison Brun-
/ nell, has charge of the dancing. The
rooms adjoining the ballroom have been
reserved for those who wish TO play
cards. The chairmen assisting Mrs.
( Wood are Nine. Aida T. Tagliava, Mrs.
Joseph f. knight. Mrs. ]. P. Nieman
and Mrs. A. j. Lindsey. On January 81
| Mrs. Wood will give a reception and
tea at her home, 900 West 169th Street,
to the members of the Society Card
Club.
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Leonard l.. Hill, president, will have its
annual Drama Day on Friday, February
I >. in the ballroom Of the Plaza, under
the direction of Mrs. Darwin w. Truss.
/ There will be several actors among the
honor guests, and the speakers will in
clude Augustus Thomas. Miss Mary
/ Shaw and Miss Julia Arthur. The pro-
gramme will consist of two playlets to
be given by the Amateur Players, sew
eral speeches and a group of songs by
John OMally, Irish tenor. A reception
and luncheon will precede the after
Moons entertainment. The committee
for the day will be Mrs. W. A. Carse,
Mrs. Samuel Kingston, Mrs. Arthur j.
Nash and Mrs. William ]. Wilson.
A surplus in the clubs treasury
which, under the bylaws, may be used
only for the benefit of the members, is
to finance a ball, to which members will
| be privileged to invite friends. IL will
take place on Monday evening, Febru-
airy -, at the Plaza.
/ The Theatre Assembly, Mrs. j. Chris
TOPPER Marks, president gave a theatre
| party at the Brooklyn Academy of Mu-
/ sic on Friday evening, January 26, to
witness the stage debut of one of their
members, Miss Margaret Sumner, in
/ next TO the Moon" "The Man Who
/ Came Back" will be the subject of dis
cussion on Study Day, Friday, February
2, at the Hotel Aston.
"Massenet and His Operas" was the
/ theme Of the illustrated lecture recital
at the last members meeting Of the
/ National Opera Club of America, Nine.
Katharine Won Klenner, founder and
president, held in the grand ballroom
/ of the Waldorf-Astoria last Thursday.
| The speaker Of the day was Maurice
Halperson, music critic of the New York
"Staats- Zeitung," and performance Of
the fourth act of "Thais," by Massenet.
was a special feature of the programme.
The cast included Nine. Clementine De
We're Sapio, first vice-president of the