The sun., 1919-03-09
TOW that the gayer part Of the
winter has passed more serious

fhulnB local institutions. With IN,
demand for war relief many such In
stitutions have suffered from lack O.
FUNDS and these sewing classes will
their dues for membership and III,
work done in course OF the meeting,
which are held during the Lenter
season are productive Of much assist
ance. One of the long established
classes Is that which holds meetings
IN behalf OF the New York Nursery
ana Child's Hospital for whose benef,
the annual Charity Ball has been given
Ior more than three score years
There will be five meetings of this
class, the first to be held to-morrov
morning at the home Of Mrs. Edward
j. Berwind. 2 East Sixty-fourth street
ana the subsequent ones Will be held
Msch IL at the home of Mrs. Simeon
ID Chap!n, $50 Fifth avenue; at Mrs.
FRANK Spencer Witherbeo's Fifth
avenue, March "a: at Mrs. F. Ashton
dc Peyster's. II East EiShty-sixth
street, March 81 and the final meeting
April at the home OF Mrs. Robert
Livingston Gerry, so East Seventy
ninth street.
Among the members Of this class
are MINES. Algernon Sydney Sullivan.
Frederic II. Belts, Edwin s. Steese.
Lawrence L. Gillespie. Henry q. San.
Ioro, James w. Gerard, George Hillard
benjamin. Robert ELEPHANT, Henry s.
patterson. Charles r. Roe, William NJ.
kingsland. II. Hartley Jenkins, Ashton
{. Clarkson, Vernon Carleton Brown.
Charles D. Miller, Daniel c. Adams.
and Charles +. Hoffman the Misses
Lena Curtis, Eleanor Leroy and Ruth
Lawrence.
Another OF the sewing classes is that
which meets for the benefit OF the
Fresh Air Association OF the Cathedral
OF st. John the Divine. Its efforts are
directed toward the support of a sum
mer home in Tomkins Cove, n. Y. For
many years the late Mrs. Richard lr-
WIN was one of the officers of this or
ganiZation and meetings were held
from year to year at her home. The
officers for this season are Mrs. Frank
Hunter Potter. president; Miss Julia
@. McAllister, vice-presldent; Mrs.
John II. 1selin. secretary, and Mrs.
George Livingston Nichols, treasurer
The board of directors includes Mrs.
Ogtlvie, Mrs. j. Hull Browning. Miss
Josephine Osborn. Miss Catherine s.
Burton, Mrs. Warren McConlhe, Miss
Caroline l.. Morgan, Mrs. William III.
Crocker. Mrs. NJ, Barnes SChirmer, Mrs.
Augustus Il. Field, Mrs. j. Tuckcrman
Tower and Frank Hunter Potter
Meetings this year will be held dur
ing the afternoons, the first at the
home OF Mrs. John II. Iselin, 80 East
SeVenty-ninth street on Tuesday of
this week. The subsequent meetings
Will be held on Tuesdays at the homes
OF Mrs. Joseph G. Baldwin, 122 East
Seventy-eighth street: Mrs. John
Henry Hammond. 9 East Ninety-first
street, and Mrs. Stephen G. Clark, 46
East Seventieth street. This often is
referred to as the Cathedral class and
the meetings are addressed by a visit
ing nurse from the Bishop Potter
Memorial, who gives an account Of her
work in this city
Among the members are Mines
George Gordon King. Charles b. Alex
ander, Howard Carroll. John III. Coster,
charles Coulter Benjamin Nicoll,
Kingsbury Curtis. ]. Van Vechten o.
colt, Courtlandt Dixon, Henry VIII
merding Payne, William Daliba Dut-
ton, William c. Peyton, Henry l'erri-
day, Joseph Pulitzer. Philip 4. $.
Franklin. Hiram w. Sibley, David II.
Greer. Henry NJ. Tilford. Clarence II.
Hyde. Wesley Watson. Henry b. Hyde,
j. kearny Warren, Frank Spencer
Witherbee, Columbus ODonnen Iselin.
Leroy King and +. Renshaw Jones.
Miss Mary Ogden and Miss Edwina
Post.
Tea will be served at each meeting
at 8. Subscriptions at IS each may
be sent TO Mrs. James Herman AL
drich, $50 West Fifty ninth street,
The first gathering of the Evening
Dance Club VIII be held Tuesday night
in the Della Robbla room OF the VAN
derbilt, Fifth avenue and Thirtieth
street, and the proceeds will be devoted
to the work OF the American Fund for
French Wounded. There are many
subscribers and among those who have
secured tables for the first meeting
of the club are Mrs. William *. Van
derbilt, Jr,. Mrs. Robert l.. Stevens,
DR. and Mrs. ID. Hunter McAlpin, Mr..
and Mrs. Oliver Hartman, Mrs. H.
Benedict Lockwood, Mrs. J. Philip Ben
kard, Mr.. and Mrs. John d. Rookie
fellcr, Jr.. Mrs, Herbert Shipman, Miss
Dbuise SCOT Mrs. Augustus r.
Kountze. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Merrill
Chaplin, Mrs. b. Ben jamin Pratt, Mrs.
Lounsbery Perry, Mrs. Frederick II.
Eaton, Mrs. James Lowell Putnam,
Mrs. Gordon Blair. Mrs. John Clafiln.
Robert T. Mckee, William Rvle, Robert
A. Shaw, Lawrence s. Butler and T..
Coster SchermerhOrn. There Will be
eight dances in the series and sub
scriptions may be sent to Miss Doane,
f, IS West Thirty fourth street.
One of the largest gatherings OF this
week will be at the dance for the BEN
eft Of the Blue Ridge Industrial
School, which will be held Friday night
in the Della Robbia room of the Van
derbilt. This school Is near Charlotts-
vile, Va. and about 200 boys and girls
i've within walking distance OF It.
They are trained to make the most of
themselves and also OF the natural re-
sources OF the region. Girls are taught
to prepare and serve meals as we'll as
the country arts of milking, churnlng.
making cheese, raising vegetables,
sewing and simple dressmaking. BOYS
SIRE taught various trades and are made
good citizens. Some OF them have