New-York tribune., 1918-12-09
Society Women to
Operate Tea Room
To Help Wounded
Former Haggin Residence
Will Be Used to Obtain
Funds for Soldiers Relief
Returning From France

Society women enlisted by the Amer
lean Red Cross will open to-day tea
room in the former Haggin residence,
at 5S7 fifth Avenue, which will be oper-
ated for the entire winter to obtain
funds for the relief and entertainment
OF soldiers returning wounded from
France
There has been built on the first
floor of the Haggin home what will
have all the appearance of huge bird
cage. The parrots and birds of para
disc, which from the walls will lend
their varied hues and tints to the
room, have been painted by Mrs. Harry
H. Duryea. They were finished yester-
day.
This afternoon will open as the Day
of the Allies, programme of speaking
starting at a o'clock. Tuesday will be
the day of the British, Thursday the
day of the French, Saturday the day of
the Italians, and Wednesday and Fri
day will be given over to special pro-
grammes. Distinguished officers of the
Allied nations will talk on the desig
mated days.
Mrs. Templeton Crocker will be the
captain for the opening day, and the
Mattresses of the day, in blue with
coral collars and cuffs, will include
Miss Helen Crocker, Mrs. Henry Dut-
ton, Mrs. William Thaw, Sd, Mrs. A. J
Biddle, jr., Mrs. Jay Gould Mrs. Ran
dali Davey, Mrs. Sherwood Aldrich,
Mrs. Arthur Miles, Mrs. NJ. D. Miles,
Mrs. Oscar Cooper, Mrs. Newbold lie
Roy Edgar, Mrs. John Dyeely Prince
Mrs. James Lowell Putnam, Mrs
George F. Baker, jr., Mrs. Lawrence
Keen, Mrs. Percy Turnure, Miss Lucille
Thornton and Mrs. Reginald De Koven
are on the committee of manageme ent
with Mrs. Dudyea.
The patronesses for the Tea Room
are Mrs. William A. Delano. Mrs
Seward Webb, Mrs. Francis Carolan
Mrs. Spencer Eddy, Mrs: William A
Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr., Mrs. William
Douglas Sloane, Mrs. Frank Gray Girls
void, Mrs. Nicholas Murray Butler
Mrs. Richard Cambria, Mrs. Joseph S
Stevens, Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson
Mrs Henry Clay Frick, Mrs. George
Blumenthal, Mrs, Henry Clews, Mrs
Marshall Field, Miss Mabel Gerry, Mrs
William Pierson Hamilton, Mrs. JOSEPH
Earle Stevens, Mrs. Goadby Loew, Mrs
Henry P Dawson Mrs. r. Horace Gal
latin, Mrs. Edmond L. Baylies, Mrs
Robert Bacon, Mrs. Charles B. Alex
ander, Mrs Francis X. Pendleton, Mrs
Henry Fairfield Osborn, Mrs. w. X
Vanderbilt, jr. Mrs. Whitney Warren
Mrs. Oliver Gould Jennings and Mrs
Otto Kahn.
Other "captains" and additional
Mattresses are: Mondays, Mrs. DAME
Jackling, Mrs. Henry Dutton and Mrs
Miller Graham; Tuesdays Mrs. Aller
Wellman; Wednesdays, Mrs Jane.
Lowell Putnam, Mrs. Lawrence Keene
and Mrs. Harry H. Duryea; Thursdays
Mrs Huntington Norton and Mrs
Lewis Cass Ledyard; Fridays, Mrs
Price Post and Mrs. Percy Turnure
Saturdays. Mrs. Newbold lie Roy Edgar
Miss Sheia Byrne Miss Katherine Kent
Mrs. Howard Brokaw, Miss Geraldine
Miller Graham, Mrs. William Sturgis
Miss Betty Pierson, Mrs. Charles Dc
Miss Marie Stebbins, Mrs Roland Steb
bins, Mrs. Goodhue Livingston, Mrs
Herbert Hartman, Mrs. Louis Heller
Miss Jeanne Gourd, Miss Barbara
Loew, Miss Beatrice Pratt, Miss Mar
gerry Clinton, Miss Suzanne Pierson
Miss Helen Flake, Miss Charlott,
Demerest, Miss Katharine Porter, Mis-!
Pauline Robinson, Miss Pauline Rogers
Miss Diane Del Monte, Mrs. John Wana
maker, jr., Mrs. Reginald C. Wander
bilt, Mrs. Nelson Steele Mrs. Harr,
Banks, Mrs. William Erhart, Mrs
Lounsberry Perry, the Duchess d,
Chaulnes, Mrs. E. H. Bough, Mrs. Cond,
Mast, Mrs. Henry Martyr Alexander
Mrs. Frederick Lewisohn, Mrs. Randall
Davis. Mrs. w. Bourke Cochran ant