New-York tribune., 1919-02-15
Emerald Ball
At the Waldorf
Great Success
89th Anniversary of the
Organization Is Celebrat-
ed at Event for Charity
First for Two Years
President William ]. Clack-
Ell and His Sister, Miss
Elizabeth, Lead March

The seventy-nnth charity bali Of
the Emerald Association, commemorate
ing the eightyfrst anniversary of that
organization, was held last night in
Astoria. 1t was the first Emerald ball
tor two years, the event having been
abandoned last year on account of the
war
The ball lacked none of the brill
lance OF former years. 1t is given
for the benefit Of group of Catholic
charities in Brooklyn, and large sum
was raised from the sale of tickets.
me grand march was led by William
). Glacken, president of the Emerald
Association, and his sister, Miss Eliza
beth Glacken. The march formed ia in
the Astor gallery. adjoining the ball
room. The music was furnished by
Professor Shannon's 23d Regiment
Band. The floral decorations were
elaborate, green being the predominant
color
The Emerald Association was or
ganlzed in 1889 by group of Catholics
OF the diocese of Long Island for the
purpose of assisting the Orphan
Asylum Society of Brooklyn in main
tanning its two homes, St. Johns Home
for Boys, at Albany and st. Marks
Avenues, and st. Joseph's Home for
Girls, Wllloughby and Sumner Ave
nues The event has grown in i'm
portance from year to year, and long
has been recognized as the leading
Catholic charitable event of the city.
committee on Arrangements
W. Bernard Nause headed the COM
mlttee on arrangements, which was
composed of the following members:
Dol
NJ. Black, John Braun, William P.
Burke, William Bocmmermann, Edward
J.. Byrne, William E. Cleary, j. f. Col
Inns, Joseph Conlon. Terence F. Curley.
James J. Cahill, William J. Cahill. John
f. Canavan, Alfred Cassanese, James p.
Conway, Bartholomew s. Cronin, Frank
Cunningham, John II. Cusack, Hugo
DAILY, Thomas F. Deegan, William +.
Delaney, Victor S. Dodworth, Edward
A. Drlscoll, G. Dunno, James G. Finn,
Michael Flynn, Alfred Feltman, James
Fennelly, Frank X. Fitzpatrick, w. j.
Fitzpatrick, John l.. G. Finn, Patrick
Foley, William 7. Foley; John E; Gavin,
Thomas Gaffney, Joseph " Gallagher,
John T. Gallagher, William J. Grinden,
Barth J. Greene. Henry Gilligan, Will
lam Harmon, p. }. Harkins, Daniel
Quinn, John II. Reb, NJ. d., James w.
Redmond, NJ. j. Reidy, Frederick Rem
ken, j. B. Roache, E. S. Hartley, John
Hcnnessy, Joseph j. Hynes, George R.
Holahan, John c.. Judge, Charles f.
keegan William II. Kehoe, James /.
Kelly, John j. Keough, Edward 7.
kearns, Henry Kelly, jr., T. J. Kerwin,
John Kiernan, Louis &. Kuhn, Edward
LAWN, Matthew Lenz, Francis j. Lam
gan, Joseph J. Losano, John H. Madden,
Phillip V. Manning, Hugh Markcy,
ov,h NfoA
ter. William J. McDermott, James F.
McEvoy, Michael J. McEvoy, Thomas
McGivney, John j. McQuade, D. j. Nc
Partland, Joseph o. McShane, Charles
f. Miner, Michael Montague, Thomas
J. Moore, Joseph H. Moran, Frank J.
Murphy, Joseph D. Nunan, Michael J.
O'Hara, John w. ODonnell, Thomas
O'Neill, Bernard O'Shaugnessy, Thom-
as T. Peterson, Jose e. Pidgeon, Owen
Rooney, Henry F. Shields, Andrew C.
Troy, James j. Walsh, Robert 7. Wha-
len, Harry 7. Woods and Frank Zercga.
Reception Committee
The reception committee headed by
George j. O'Keefe, was made up of the
following members:
John Adikes, James D. Bell. J. Frank
Belford, Charles A. Body, Michael e.
Butler, John B. Byrne, Santiago p.
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ming, Nelson G. Carman, Francis X
Carmody, Daniel J. Carroll C. Stewart
Cavanagh, John G. Cavanagh, John f.
Couch, Thomas A. Clarke, Peter J
Cleary, John j. Carboy, P. J. Carley,
Thomas Carroll, William B. Carswell
I homas w. Churchill, Henry +. Coch-
rane, Dennis OIL. Cohalan, William c.
Courtney, John H. Delaney, Joseph H.
Delany, Thomas II. Cullen, Charles S.
Dewey, Charles NJ. Higgins, John II
Hurley, Thomas H. Ireland, Martin
Joseph f. keany, John J. Keller, John
r. Kuhn, George f. Lamb, DR.. Maurice
T. Lewis, John McAulitfc, James j
McCabe, Frank A. McClosky, John c.
Mcclure, Stephen w. McKeever, Alonzo
C. Mclaughlin, W. C. McTammany
Frank X McCaffrey, NJ. f. McDermott
James J. Mclnerney, Joseph f. McKeon
Alexander McKinny, Peter P. McLough-
lin, John A. Moran, Joseph f. Moran, j
+. J. Murphy, Joseph Michaels, j
Henry Mullins, Thomas f. Murray
Fred T. J. Nunan, Eugene f. OConnor
jr., Edward T. OLoughlin, Charles j
Dodd, Peter f. Dorney, Florence G
Donovan, Edmund H. briggs, DR.. James
M. Downey, Walter l.. Durack, M. J
Dady, William +. Donovan, DR.. John
NJ Dooling, Edward j. Dooley, Vincent
l. Dunno, Dr. Lewis NJ. Dusseldorf
William H. English, James J. Ennis
Terence Farley, John j. P. Pagan, Mel
Vile j. France, Charles F. Feltman
Thomas Fyncs, Frank Gallagher, Ber-
nard Golden, J. Norbert Gelsen, John
NJ. Gray, George J. Gillespie, George B
Hanavan, Reuben l.. Haskell, Edmund
d. Hennessey, John Hughes, Frank J
Helmle, Joseph J. O'Brien, DR.. j. A
O'Connor, James T. O'Neill, J. H. Perry
William A. Prendergast, James M
Power, Patrick II. Quinn, James G
Reynolds, George Robinson, George J
Ryan, Frank A. Selle, w. Seward Shan
ahan, Michael Shannon, James Shevlin
Fred II. Schumm, Edward B. Shallow
John L. Shea, John Shields, Jacob S
Strahl, d. J. Sweeney, Meier Steinbrink
Fred II. Stevenson, John F. Taaffe
Thomas Vincent Tully, DR.. Joseph f
Todd, John Tracy, J. Harry Tiernan
Harry j. Walsh, Robert T. Whalen, DR.
John f. Walsh, John Walters, Charles
A. Wcbber, George V. S. Williams
George N. Young and John Zerega.
Committee on Guests
John H. McCooey headed the com
mittee on invited guests, the other
members being as follows:
Fred M. Ahern, Charles S. Aronstam
Edward F. Barrett, Philip A. Brennan
M. D.; William M. Calder, William P
Callaghan, Patrick f. Callahan, Thoma:
II. Cullen, George M. Curtis, jr., Chris