The sun., 1919-01-19

idrIy LOT inc NeOutdHttS WIN last
year were kept in the background
owing to the upset condition of the
world. Now that matters are brighter
there seems to be no han on dancing
and before Ash Wednesday comes on
March there will no doubt be sew
eral private dances
A series of supper dances for the
benefit of the fund that supplies free
milk to France has been organize
and the first will be held tomorrow
night in the grill room of the Lor-
raine. These dances have been organ
lied by Mrs. Charles De Loosely
Oelrichs, Mrs. LydiE Hoyt, Mrs. Reg
inald c. Vanderbilt. Mrs. Frederick T
Frelinghuysen. Mrs. William Thaw
Sd. Mrs. John Wanamaker, Jr., Mrs. a
Perry Osborn. Mrs. Joseph b. Thomas,
Mrs. Angler B. Duke, Mrs. Newbold
lie Roy Edgar. Mrs. Allen G. Well
man, Mrs. Warren McConihe, Mrs. II.
Fairfield Osborn. Jr., and Mrs. c.
Templeton Crocker.
The dances will be continued on
Monday nights until the end of next
month.
The last of the dances for officers
Of the navy and for officers from the
aviation fields in Mineola. which be
gan last month. will be held in the
Della Robbia Room OF the Vanderbilt
on Saturday night Mrs. Adolf
LRdenburg and Mrs. Cornelius Van
derbilt are among those to give din
ners in advance OF the dance.
Among the patronesses are Mrs AL
bert Gleaves. Mrs. Ladenburg, Mrs
Stanford White. Mrs. Francis c.
Bishop, Mrs. John f. Berwlnd. Mrs.
James A. Roosevelt. Mrs. Lewis
Gouverneur Norris Mrs, NJ. Orrne
Wilson, Mrs. Newbold Morris, Mrs.
Robert Livingston Gerry. Mrs. Egerton
j.. Winthrop, Mrs. Lawrence s. White.
Mrs. Winthrop Chanler, Mrs. T..
Clarkson Potter, Miss Fannie Cottenet.
Mrs. Frederic CORTLAND Penfield Mrs.
Grosvenor Nichelas. Mrs. James
Speyer, Mrs. Melvin Bronson and
Mrs. Herbert Shipman.
The dances are given by invitation.
There was a meeting of managers
OF the forthcoming Charity Ball early
last week and arrangements for the
event which is set for February at
the Waldorf-Astoria are progressing
favorably. The Charity Ball is a time
honored fixture in society and it has
been of annual occurrence for more
than sixty years with only two eX-
ceptions when war has made it i'm
possible to carry on the ball. The
proceeds are devoted to the mainte-
nance Of the New York Nursery and
Ghilds Hospital. the Oldest OF its Kind
in this country. 1t is much in need
Of funds and particularly at this time
when milk is such a rarity.
The ball managers for this winter
include Mrs. Edward J. Berwind. pres
ident; Mrs. Algernon Sydney Sulli-
van, Honorary president; Mrs. Charles
B. Alexander. Mrs. Lawrence L. Gill
fespfe. Mrs. Charles Frederick iHofA
man. Mrs. James Watson Gerard. Mrs.
z: Henry Hartman and Mrs. Fred
erick Pearson, presidents; Mrs
Frank s. Witherbee, treasurer, and
Miss Lena r. Curtis. secretary. Among
the members of the committee are:
Mrs. Daniel G.. Adams, Mrs. Charles
y. Roe, Mrs. George Hillard Banja-
min. Mrs. Henry Gansevoort Sanford.
Mrs. Vernon Carleton Brown, Mrs.
Ashton c. GARRISON. Mrs. Robert l..
Gerry, Mrs. Charles D. Miller. Mrs.
Robert Olyphant, Charles ID. Dickey.
Lawrence L. Gillespie. f, De Peyster
Livingston, Capt. Rowland Pell, T. j.
Oakley Rhinelander and Benjamin s.
Welles
Major Henry Gansevoort Sanford
Will be at the head of the active floor
committee and his chief aids will be
Majors Edward c. Delafleld, James C.
MCGUIRE and Thomas Denny and Ed
ward c. Parish. They will have the
assistance OF Henry Talmadge I'd,
Charles w. Ogden, Sidney p. Henshaw.
Douglas G. Green, Col. Arthur f.
Schermerhorn, Capt. Meredith c.
Langstaff. Theodore Roosevelt Pell.
Howard Plummer H. Galatin Pell,
Henry c. Smith, r simmons Hall
Douglas Gibbons and more than forty
others.
The entire ball room suite Of the
Waldorf-Astoria will be used for
dancing, and this will give a great
amount of floor space. There will be
orchestras in the main ball room, the
Aston gallery and Myrtle Room, so
that dancing will he simultaneous, and
1t Is hoped that several thousand per-
sons will be in attendance. The high
standard of this bali will lie main
tained and the debutantes will be in
evidence.
Boxes may be secured of Mrs.
George H. Benjamin, 20 West
Eleventh street. and of Mrs Henry G
Sanford. 112 East Sixty-fourth street.
Floor boxes will be 500 each, those in
. the first tier $50 and the second tier
boxes SIS each. Four tickets will be
issued to each box purchaser. Tickets
of admission may be secured from any
OF the managers. Supper, which is not
included with the tickets. will he
served la carte in the restaurant.
For the benefit Of the Virginia Day
Nursery. one OF the first institutions
of its kind in this city. a song recital
and dance will DO given In the ball
room of the Ritz-Carlton on the eve
ming Of February l. The Duchess de
Richelieu and Frank Pollock will sing
and afterward there will be an early
and informal dance. Already boxes
have been secured by Mrs. C, Ledyard
Blair. Mrs. Henry Fairfield Osborn
Mrs. William Clark, Mrs. Samuel
Sloan. Mrs. Joseph Wright Hartman
and Mrs. Charles NJ Chaplin.
The dance committee will include
Mrs. George +. Baker, Jr., Mrs. John
r. Drexel Mrs. Charles DeLoosey Del,