The sun., 1919-04-20

: r. of It crowded with weddings OF
- note, dances and entertain
ments, in all the gayest seven days
and nights New York's smart folk
have planned since war broke upon
the world. The weddings promise 20
be particularly pretty. arranged as
they have been with meticulous caro-
and not hurriedly, as was so often
the case during war days. Even Sat-
urday night has its notable event-the
Aviation Ball. which is something Of
povelty.
First OF the dances will be the Rain
bow Ball, which will be given to-mor-
row night In sherry's main ballroom
for the benefit OF the st. Ambrose
Community Centre, which works In
Little Italy. Incidental to the dance
will be a series OF tableaux vivants
that will prove a novelty. These Will
be staged at intervals during the
evening at the west end of the ball
room, where stage will be erected.
The. tablenux will include Eternal
Royalty" posed by Gerome Brush, and
in it will figure queens. kings. aces
and knaves, not those kingly persons
that are being deposed these days. but
those who figure on playing cards.
The tableaux will be Indeed pack OF
living cards and the aces will be played
by real human aces who have dis
,tinguished themselves In war. Mrs.
r. Penn Smith, Jr., will DO the queen
of hearts. Mrs. stephen C. Clark
queen Of diamonds. Mrs. Courtlandt
! Nlcoll queen of spades and Miss Eliza
beth Emmett queen of clubs. Among
the men who pose are George Glider,
Frederic Humphreys. Addison Miner
and Kenneth Frazier.
In the tableau Victory" which will
be posed by Mrs, Jasper Bayne, Will
be seen Mrs. George McNear, Jr.. as
victory. and there will also be in the
picture Ave bona fide aces. Mrs. Bayne
will recite the He'll Gate of Scissors
before the curtain Rises. Mrs. George
f. Baker, Jr., will pose in George De
Forest Brush's arrangement of Jeanne
dare at Prayer" One other tableau
to be arranged by Albert Steiner has
not been named.
The ball committee Is composed OF
members OF st. Timothy's Alumni
Guild Of this city and includes Mrs.
Frederick a. Cooley. chairman; Mrs.
c. Thayer Adams. Mrs. Stephen c.
Clark, Mrs. Arthur o. Choate. Mrs.
John A. Dix. Mrs. Gordon Macdonald.
Mrs. George McNear. Mrs. r. Penn
Smith, Mrs. George Whitney. the
Misses Josephine Misott Katherine
Mackay, Mary Martin. Isabel Shotter
and Rosamond Sherwood.
For those who do not care for dan
cling there will be a room reserved for
bridge. Among those who have Sc
cured boxes are Mrs. r. Penn Smith
Jr., Mrs. F. Ashton De Peyster Mrs.
George e. Turnure, Mrs. f. Ambrose
Clark, Mrs. william Jamison, Mrs.
Benjamin Brewster and Mrs. Stephen
{. Clark. 1t Is hoped that costumes
OF some sort will be worn by those
attending the ball, but while these
are desired they are not required to
make the ball success. 1t ia ex-
pected that Chinese costumes viii be
worn by many of the women who pre-
pared them for the annual entertain
ment given at the Colony Club early
this month
There will he a group OF rainbow
girls to distribute pamphlets setting
forth the needs of the community GEN.
tire and they will wear costumes espe-
cially designed for the occasion, made
OF artistically blended chiffon Of ap-
propriate shades and each will wear
for a head dress gauze rainbow.
These rainbow girls will include the
Misses Katherine Mackay. Helen Lee,
Genevieve Clendenin, Lucille Baldwin,
Harriet McKim, Katherine Van Ingen,
Beatrice Byrne, Julia DE Forest. EliZ-
abeth Jackson, Lucy Patterson, Mar
garet Flint Constance Jennings, Bea-
trice Starr, Betty Frank and Eunice
James. Clarence II. Mackay Is acting
as treasurer of the ball.
Tickets at SO each including sup
per. may be had of Mrs. Stephen Clark,
l6 East Seventeen street
What promises TO be one OF the
most elaborate events since the sign
ing OF the armistice will be the ball
on Saturday night in the main ball
room of the Ritz-Carlton, which will
be the first OF series OF entertain
ments for tho purpose of raising g
million dollars for the Air Service
Memorial Fund, II will be known as
the Aviation Ball, and Mrs. william
K. Vanderbilt, Jr, is acting as chair
man OF the entertainment committee
Most OF the boxes have already beer
taken and requests for tickets at 81
each are being received in great mum.
bers at the headquarters of the com
mittee, 51l Fifth avenue.
A unique scheme Of decoration will
be employed in the four large rooms
to be used for dancing. The emblem!
of the various pursuit and bombing