The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-16

w TITH the exception OF MRS.
M John sanford's dinner Of q
few nights ago at her home
10 East Seventy second street there
have been no large private entertain
ments to note. The dinner was one
Of more than sixty. the guests includ-
ing the debutante element OF society
and some of the young officers who
have been in service a, homo and
abroad and who now have received
honorable discharge. A few came In
aftor dinner for a vaudeville and
dance.
The time honored charity ball, so
many years n feature of New York
sociak life, has again passed into his
tory and the managers in spite OF
numerous drawbacks due to the pres
ent unsettled conditions have reason
20 be satisfied with the result. 1t was
one of the most picturesque balls ever
given for the benefit of the New
York Nursery and Chiid's Hospital,
this being due to the presence OF 20
many officers in full uniform. The
army and navy were splendidly repre-
scented and there were many officers OF
the Allies, whose uniforms lent a
great amount OF color. The entire
dancing suite of the Waldorf Astoria
was used, dancers going from the
Grand ballroom to the Astor gallery,
thence to the myrtle room and al,
over again until the small hours Of
the next morning. In the gathering
were noticed debutantes of this and
last winter who had their hrst chance
for a big dance in nearly two seasons,
the ball having been dispensed with
last winter.
For some seasons a dance has been
given each winter in aid Of the hos
pital work OF the New York City Visit
ing Committee of the State Charities
Aid Association. but last year 1t was
omitted because OF the, war. It is now
proposed to hold the dance on March
! In the ballroom OF the Colony Cluo
and that night will be made important
in society as many dinners viii DO
Given before the dance. This visiting
committee is one Of the Oldest insti-
buttons Of New York having been In
stituted Just after the civil war
The executive Officers are Mrs.
Henry B. Barnes, Mrs. John II. Hud-
dleston. Miss Helen C. Butler, Mrs.
Louis Isenburger, Mrs. Roderick BY
ington, Mrs. Arthur KavaDagh, Mrs
John A. Church, Jr.. Mrs. CsGrant La
Fargo. Mrs. c. William Kinnicutt Ora-
per. Mrs. ]. ]. Moorhead, Mrs. Jesse
+. Duryea, Mrs William Dare Morgan.
Miss Anna s. Evans Mrs. George Not
man, Miss Daisy Gaus. Mrs. Arthur
w. Swami, Mrs Francis N. Hamilton.
Mrs. Norman s. Walker, Miss Louise
zsbriskie, Mrs. Frederick l. Luquer
and Henry b. Barres. '.'-
Mrs, William D. Morgan will act as
hostess that night. and among the
patronesses will be Mrs. z. Henry
Hartman, Mrs. Frederick W. Whit
ridge, Mrs. Joseph Clark Baldwin,
Mrs. James Byrne, Mrs. Edward f.
Hewitt, Mrs. Cadwalader Jones, Mrs.
John T. Pratt, Mrs. Francis c. Cabot,
MRS. Frederick l.. Crawford. Mrs
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mrs. Cleveland
II. Dodge, Mrs. Paul Tuckerman, Mrs
Edward S. Hardness, Mrs. r. Louis
Slade. Mrs. Charles Williams. Mrs.
Walter Damrosch, Mrs. William
Church Osborn, Miss Louisa Lee
Schuyler, Miss Georgiana Schuyler.
Mrs. Darlington Moore, Mrs. L. Cass
iedyard, Mrs. Walter B. James, Mrs.
Pierre Jay, Mrs. John Henry HAM
nnond, Mrs. ]. Horace Harding. Mrs.
Edward Van Ingen. Mrs. Howard
Townsend Mrs. r. Delano Hitch. Mrs.
Shepard A. Morgan, Mrs. James
Roosevelt. Mrs. Charles l.. Tiffany and
Mrs Thomas NJ. Rianhard.
Tickets at IS each may be obtained
Of Miss Adah Marks. Hotel Wander
bit and OF Henry 3. Barnes, 81 East
Einety-f1rst street.
Lent begins March 5, and there is
being arranged TO celebrate Mardi
Gras. which comes the previous day,
a costume ball to be given at the Ritz
Carlton on the night OF March for
the benefit Of the New York Auxiliary
of the Southern Industrial Educational
Association. For several years a
Nardi Gras ball has been held under
the auspices of this committee, but
last year It had TO be given up. The
work OF this association covers the
Appalachian region from West Vir-
ginia to the Gulf States, where live
many thousands II not millions OF
mountaineers who by reason of their
remoteness are almost entirely de-
prived OF education. During the war
= not single man had to be drafted IN
Breathitt county, Kentucky, all hav-
ing volunteered before the draft be-
came effective, many Of the volunteers
being under or over the draft age.
The association Is making great ef-
forts to raise funds to continue the
establishment and support OF indus
trial schools among these Americans.
whose ancestors were among our best
soldiers during the French and Indias.
wars and the American Revolution.
The officers of the association In
slude Mrs. Algernon Sydney Sullivan,
Miss Mary Van Buren, Vanderpoel,
Mrs. r. Hartley Jenkins. Mrs. J. Rid
die COTE, Mrs. Livingston r. Schuyler,
Mrs. Eugene Prayer and Mrs. Juan NJ
Ceballos. Among the managers are
Mrs. James II. Dinwiddie, Mrs. Will
fam II. Burr Mrs, B. Hewitt Parsons
Mrs. James Il. Pope. Mrs. William N
Guthrie. Mrs. Walker j. Hines, Mrs
W. Gerry slade, Mrs. Charles II. SEMI,
Mrs. John ", T. Nichols, Mrs. Harden
J.. Crawford, Mrs Martin W L.ttleton