The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-22
Young Folks Hold Centre of Stage,
Few Formal Affairs, Even Din
+ y ners, Being Scheduled

first part OF the new year will DO
a special matinee Of THE Better Ole"
at the Cort Theatre on the afternoon
OF January 6 for the benent OF the
Home for Small Salaried Girls, S42
West Twenty-third street.
officers OF the home are Mrs. Archi-
bald @. Thatcher. president: Mrs. James
T. Brown. vice. president: Miss Louise
H. Scott, secretary, ana Mrs. Irving
Brokaw, treasurer. Associated with
them in the management are Mrs. An
son Wood Burchard, Mrs. Ward B.
Chamberlain. Mrs. Frederic Martin
Davies, Mrs. Royal E. Dean, Mrs. Ed
ward Van Ingen. Mrs. Joseph Dill
worth. Mrs. Percy L. Stewart. Mrs.
John r. Drexel, Mrs. Stuart Duncan,
Mrs. II. Hartley Jenkins, Mrs. Charles
Mather MacNeill. Mrs. Louis Pooler.
Miss Katharine Porter. Miss Mimi
Scott, Mrs. John I. Stanley and Miss
Alice Smith.
Boxes anu seats may be obtained
from Mrs. Burchard, 81 East Sixty
fourth street.
For nearly threescore years the
charity ball for the benefit OF the New
York Nursery and Child's Hospital has
been Of annual occurrence, but last
year 1t was given up on account OF the
war, although the institution was
sadly In need OF funds. II Is proposed
to hold the bail this wieAar and the
date fixed IL February Z, and MS Tor
some years It will be held al the val
10 80 AIT "a fs-n la--
suite will be used, and 1t Is expected
that tho hall viii be given on greater
| scale than ever
Owing to the lack OF funds the man
ayers OF the nursery and hospital have
Issued an appeal for donations toward
a Christmas party for the children
| under their care, many of them be-
| longing TO men in service. Last year
in place Of Christmas festivities the.
| managers were obliged to conine the
| contributions to the purchase OF much
| needed clothing. for the drain of war
and the great increase In the cost Of
living made existence q problem not
only for Individuals but for hospitals,
The condition Is much the same
! this year and the same help Is re-
| quired. The officers OF the institution.
which is the Oldest OF It's kind in this
country, are DR.. Edward L. Partridge
| president; Mrs. Algernon Sydney sui
| Ivan, Mrs. Edward J. Berwind, Mrs
| William NJ. Kingsland, VIE prest-
dents; Charles Boucher. treasurer, and
Frank S. Witherbee. corresponding
| secretary.
Next.to the Charity Ball in point OF
the, long period Of Observance Is the
st. Valentines Kettledrum for tho ben
| eft OF the Samaritan Home for the
| Aged of which institution for many
byears the late Mrs. Richard Irwin was
president The kettledrum this year
will be held at Sherry'S on the after
| noon OF Feb. Is, and there will be the
usual attractions Of interest to juve-
| niles, tables for the sale, OF fancy
goods and articles made by inmates
| Of the home, moving pictures and
| dancing. A room will be set aside for
auction and cooncan, and this will be
in charge OF Miss Antoinette Martin
OF whom tables can be secured in ao-
vance.
+, Mrs. Gustav Kissel Is president OF
the home, and among those associated
| with her in Its management are Mrs.
Clarence @. Dinsmore, Mrs. james
Bernhard Mrs. Rowland Davis, Mrs
! Gordon Macdonald, Mrs. Alfred Wag-
stafr, Mrs. Henry Scott Rokenbaugh,
Mrs. G. Hermann KinnIcutt, Miss
Margaret Remsen, Mrs. George II.
Kent, Mrs. Paul d. Cravath. Mrs. Ell
bert II. Gary, Mrs. Oliver II. P. Bel
mont, Mrs. William Barbour. Mrs. AL
fred Kessler Mira Howard Carroll
Miss Adelina Moller and Mr.. Hill
borne L. Roosevelt.
Among the members OF the advisory
committee are John Greenough, Rob
ert p. Perkins. Rogers II. Bacon,
| Thatcher NJ. Adams, James c. Par
IRISH, Archer NJ. Huntington, w. Fell
loves Morgan, J. Pierpont Morgan.
Henry A. Murray, Frederick Edey and
| Bayard Tuckerman.