New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

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Astoria Friday evening will be one of
the most picturesque affairs of the sea-
son and most novel prelude to
"L'Oiseau Bleu," which will have its
premiere at the Metropolitan Opera
House on Saturday night At both af-
fairs Maurice Maeterlinck will be pres
cnt, and the dance will serve not only to
welcome him to America but to inaugu-
rate the countrywide Blue Bird Cam
paign for Happiness, in which Mrs.
William X. Vanderbilt jr Is the chair
man. There will be q society blue bird
ballet, rehearsals for which have been
going on for soMe time at Mrs. Wander
bilt's home, 666 Fifth Avenue. Those
taking part in it include Mrs. Felix
Doubleday, Mrs. Monroe Douglas Rob
inson, Miss Audrey Hoffman, Miss Ma
rion Tiffany, Miss Cornelia Vanderbilt,
Miss Lucille Baldwin. Miss Polly
Brooks, Miss Margaret de Forest, Miss
Isabel Pell, Miss Constance jennings,
Miss Betty Jackson and Miss Eunice
James. They will wear blue bird cos
blue bird ballet will be represented in
the costumes of the guests. The entire
Thirty-third Street side of the Waldorf
will be used for the dance. Some of
those who have secured boxes are Mrs.
George W. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Frederick
Pearson, Mrs. George J. Gould, Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mrs. W. K Van
derbilt, Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney,
Mrs. Frederick W. Vanderbilt, Mrs
Otto H. Kahn. Mrs. Francis X. Pendle-
ton, Mrs. Charles B. Alexander, Mrs
Frank Gray Griswold, Mrs. Frederick
Lewisohn. Mrs. George F. Baker jr.,
Mrs. j. Nelson Borland, Mrs F. Burial
Hoffman, Mrs. Ebert H. Gary, Mrs
Sidney Borg, Mrs. Mortimer l.. Schiff,
Mrs. Leonard Replogle, Mrs. George
Blumenthal, Adolph Lewisohn and
Charles Hayden.
The special committee of the Blue
Bird Campaign for Happiness, which
will take an active part in the arrange
ments for the bail and the opera, in
cludes the Hon. Mrs Alfred Anson, Mrs.
Henry Clews, Mrs. Harry H. Duryea,
Mrs. James W. Gerard, Mrs. Ogden
Goelet, Mrs. Work Hewitt, Mrs. M.
Lawrence Keene, Mrs. Reginald De
koven, Mrs. Pierre Mali, Mrs Walter
E. Maynard, Mrs. w. Starr Miller, Mrs.
Oliver Gould Jennings, Mrs. w. Goadby
Loew, Mrs. Goodhue Livingston, Mrs.
Lewis Cass Ledyard. Mrs. James H.
Kidder. Mrs, Arthur Curtiss James,
Mrs William Jay, Mrs. Frederick C.
Havemeyer, Mrs. Edward NJ. House,
Mrs. Adrian Iselin. Mrs Edward S.
Harkness, Nine. Gatti- Casazza, Mrs. R.
T. Coleman du Pont. Mrs. Paul D.
Cravath, Mrs James A. Burden, Mrs
Cornelius N. Bliss, Mrs August Bel
mont, Mrs. Frederic R. Coudert Mrs
Winthrop Chanler, Miss Julia Arthur,
Miss Ethel Barrymore, Mrs. Henry Mar
tyn Alexander, Mrs. Joseph H. Choate
and Mrs. Ebert H. Gary. Many of
these women will entertain at dinner
before the dance, to which they will
take their guests. Maurice Maeterlinck
will be guest of Mrs. William X. Van
derbilt jr. at the ball, where, among
the many attractions, will be blue bird
booklets containing a sketch of Mater
linck, blue bird pencils, blue bird
cigarettes and blue bird candy There
will be prizes for the most beautiful
costumes at the ball. Tickets are on
sale at the Waldorf Astoria and at the
Carry-on Tea Room, 587 Fifth Avenue,
where bureau of information for the
Blue Bird Campaign has been estab-
lished.
A concert has been arranged for
early in the New Year In aid Of Stony
Wold Sanitarium. 1t will be given
Sunday evening, and, like the con-
cert given for its benefit last year,
when Galli-Curci sang, there will
be a brilliant array of stars. including
Mischa Elman, John Charles Thomas,
tenor, and a new symphony orchestra
under the direction of Bodansky
This affair will be as notable in a
social way as from a musical stand
point. and in order to interest her
friends in it Mrs. Philip Jenkins gave
a tea at her home, 27 West Fiftieth
Street, last Wednesday. Already many
boxes and tickets have been sold, the
purchasers including Mrs. Edward S.
Hardness. Mrs. Arthur Coppell, Mrs.
Howard Carroll, Mrs. Pierre Mali, Mrs.