The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-06

"HE waning season of Lent finds
society far from inactive al
though no large entertain
ments have been given. The opera
mas been as brilliant as in the begin
ming OF the viii. .er and the audience
gathered in the Metropolitan Opera
House on Monday night was one Of
the most notable Of the season. Among
the newcomers In the parterrs were
two New York women who have
gained rank by marriage, Cora
Countess of Straford. formerly Mrs.
Samuel Colgate, and the Countess Dc
Jnmilhac. who by her frst marriage
vas Mrs. A. Lanfear Norris. II 10
several years since either has visited
New York. Lady STAFFORD II with
her sister, Mrs. Alfred Kessler, and
the Countess de Jumiihac, who IL =
sister OF Mrs Alfred Seton, 10 with
relatives. Before her FIRST marriage
she was Miss Ethel Lorillard Barbsy.
a daughter OF the late Henry Barley.
Her mother. who was Miss Mary
LorillArd, a sister OF the late Pierre
Lorilard. has been III ing In Paris for
some years. BY q third marriage
Lady Stanford became Mfs. Martyr
Kennard. but according to the English
custom she retains her rank. Her
daughter by her first marriage Is Miss
Adele Colgate.
Numerous dinners have been given
q late, among tho hostesses being
Mrs. Vanderbilt, who a few nights ago
had large dinner for Brig. Gen. and
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt. Mrs. Ham
flton NICK, Twombly and Mrs. Henry
A c. Taylor have been giving a series
OF dinners throughout Lent.
Weddings OF note and balls for
charitable and philanthropic purposes
will make Easter week the iveliest
for two years. and Judging from the
Numerous engagements announced
there Is likely to be a notable early
Summer season OF weddings. most Of
which after this month viii be held
over until June.
Evidently the gala concert for the
beneflt Of the Vacation Association at
the Metropolitan Opera House on
Tuesday night will be successful In
every way, the advance sale Of seats
and boxes assuring financial success
and also a notable audience. Among
those who have purchased boxes or
stalls are Mrs. Goelet. Mrs. Edward 8.
Hardness, Mrs. William X. Wander
bilt. Jr., Mrs. Edward r. Stettinius,
Archer NJ. Huntington, Mrs. Charles
Steele, Mrs. William E. Benjamin,
Miss Clara Spence. Mrs. Francis
Carolan, Mrs. John o. II. Pitney, Mrs.
William H. Nichols, MrA Ponsonby
Ogle, Mrs. Edwin Norton. Mrs. ].
Henry Lancashire, Miss Mary Olcott.
Augustus D. Juiliiard. Mrs. F. Mcneil
Bacon. Mrs. Hamilton wilkes Cary.
Mrs. Courtlandt D. Barnes. Mrs. Paul
Morton. Mrs. Charles II. Ditson. Mrs.
II. Horace Gallat.n, Mrs. Whitney
Warren. Miss Georgine Iselin, Mrs.
Charles A. Childs, Mrs. Henry Phipps. I
Mrs. John Magee, Mrs. Walter Z.
Maynard, Mrs. Newbold Leroy Edgar,
Mrs. W. Watts Sherman, Mrs. II. Hart
ley Jenkins. Mrs. Beekman winthrop.
Mrs. S. Stokes Halkett, Mrs. D. Cad
walader Jones and aIrs Herbert Il.
Satterlee.
The soiolsts will be Nine. Geraldine
F'arrar Of the Metropolitan Opera and
Sergei Rachmaninoff. the Russian
composer pianist. who will be heayd
with the Philadelphia Orchestra,
directed by Leopold StokowsRi. The
omnibus box which is generally &C.
cupied by the Metropolitan Opera
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Daniel Guggenheim and members OF
her family has been secured for
officers Of the army and navy. while
the boxes on the opposite side Of the
house will be given to nurses back
from overseas.
No concert OF this sort seems pos
stble without lot Of programme SELL
ers, who for this occasion will be under
the direction OF Mrs. George Barton
French, the head OF the committee,
with the Misses Lucy Patterson. Con-
stance Delaney, Mercer French,
Helen Trevor, Katherine Lispenard
Seabury and Estelle O'Brien as special
aids. Under their guidance in selling
the programmes will be the Misses
Constance Jennings. Lanier Comfy,
Cynthia Baldwin, Jane Sanford, Sophie
Duer. Beatrice and Sheila Byrne,
Eunice James, Margaret Kahn. katha-
rine T. Emmett, Edith Pratt, Mary
Strange, Eva Stewart. Helen Cameron.
Mary Colt, Polly Damrosch, Frances
Fairchild. Jeanne Gourd, Marion and
Theodora Tiffany. Genevieve and Flor
ence Clendenin, Caroline Knapp, Au-
flrey Riker, Elizabeth Moffat. Rather
inc Kent. Elizabeth Chrystie, Melissa
Yuille, Constance Peabody, Katharine
Bliss, Marguerite Doubleday. Helen
Bull, Marion Carroll. Martha Ottley,
Ethelreda Seabury. Dorothy Moran,
Ciarice De Rham. Helen Hagan, Isa-
bella Wood. Laura Freeman, Nathalie
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