New-York tribune., 1919-02-08
Uniforms Add Color
TO Charity Ball for
Child's Hospital
L. s. and Allied Officers Vie
With Social Celebrities in
Number Present; The
Grand March a Feature

The annual Charity Ball. which for
more than sixty years has been feat
ure of New York's social life, attracted
a brilliant gathering last night to the
Waldorf rfAstcria. Persons prominent
in the social world, representatives
from the army and navy, from national,
state and cityj administrations were
present. Never before have so many
men in uniform attended. All branches
of the United States service were rep
resented, and many officers from the
Allied countries we're present.
The ball is given annually for the
benefit Of the Nursery and Child's Hos
pital. Only twice has it been aban-
doned. both times on account of war.
The first occasion was the Civil War
and the second last year
Flags Add to Military Air
The entire ballroom suite was used,
the main ballroom, the Astor Gallery
and the Myrtle Room. Decorations
were most attractive the main room
being adorned with American and AL
lied flags, with huge electric sign
in letters spelling "Charity" at one
end of the room. The Myrtle and As
tor were in palms, ferns and flowers.
Previous to the grand march which
started little before Ii o'clock, an
informal reception was held in the
Myrtle Room. The order of march was
as follows:
Mrs. Edward J. Berwind, escorted
by DR.. Edward L. Partridge; Vice Ad-
miral Cleaves and Mrs. James w.
Gerard and members of staff; Major
General Thomas H. Barry and Mrs.
Charles F. Roe and members of staff
Rear Admiral Usher and Mrs. Charles
f. Hoffman and members of staff. Cap
tain Considine, L. S. n; Mrs. Frederick
Pearson, Mrs. Lawrence l.. Gillespie,
Miss Lena r. Curtis, Mrs. Daniel C.
Adams, Mrs. Vernon c. Brown, Mrs.
Henry G. Sanford, Mrs. John NJ.
Bowers, Mrs. Ashton C. Clarkson, Mrs
Charles d. Miller, Mrs. Robert Oily
phant, Mrs. Robert L. Gerry, of the
ball committee, all escorted by army
or navy officers; Mrs. Gleaves, escorted
by Major General Charles +. Roe; Mrs.
Barry, escorted by L. de p Livingston;
Mrs. Usher, escort, Benjamin Welles.
Then followed the directors of the hos
pital and the patrons
The second vice chairman, Major
Thomas Denny, had charge of the
c. Chapman, C. Douglass Green and
Music by the Orchestras
Dancing began after the march, CON
tinuous music being furnished by three
orchestras, under the leadership of
Henri Conrad, Harry Bennett and
was served in the main dining room
at midnight.
Managers Of the hall were Mrs. Ber-
wind, Mrs. Sullivan. Mrs. Charles B.
Alexander Mrs. Charles F. Hof man,
Mrs. Lawrence L. Gillespie, Mrs Fred
orick Pearson, Mrs. Z. Henry Harri-
man, Mrs. Charles Francis Roe, Mrs.
James w. Gerard. Mrs. Frank S.
Witherbee and Miss Lena Il. Curtis.
Henry Gansevoort Sanford was chair
man of the floor committee and his aids
were Major James c. Mcclure, Colonel
Thomas Denny, Major Edward C. Della
field and Edward Goldman Parish. Other
members of the floor committee were
Captain B. Meredith Langstaf, Lieuten-
ant De Coursey Faies, L. S. n; Douglas
Gibbons, Robert G.. lngersoll Brown, A.
Rene Moen, William A. Graham j.
Ferris Simmons, +. Howard Martin,
Paul T Iaccac, Francis H. Geer, Monta-
que Geer, jr. Carroll Goldsborough,
Chester Noyes, Clarence c. Chapman,
Major Harrison Kerr Bird, Robert
K. Munroe, Francis Boardman, Arch
lbald Douglas, Arthur c. Patterson,
Herman S. Murray, Captain Paul Gil
bert Thebaud, Colonel Arthur E. Scher-
merhorn, Major L. Gilbert Scher-
merhorn, f. Simmons Hall, T. Roose-
welt Pell, Marcel Steinbruggc, Howard
A. Plummcr, Allan s. Locke, Lieuten-
ant Henry Talmadge, 2d Henry C.
Smith, c. Douglass Green, Carl T.
Frederick and Louis Hays Dos Passos
Among the boxholders we're Mrs. T.
Ashton de Peyster, Mrs. Robert L.
Gerry, Mrs. Charles 3. Alexander, Mrs
Charles +. Hoffman, Mrs. Lawrence l..
Gillespie, Mrs. Robert Olyphant, Mrs
Edward i. Berwind Mrs. Frederick
Pearson, Mrs. Paul G. rhcbaud, Mrs
Frank s. Smith, Mrs. Thomas f. Ryan,
Mrs. Corr elius Vanderbilt, Mrs. James
B. Hasgin, Lispenard Stewart and Jo-
seph Eastman.