The sun., 1919-02-09

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need Of funds owing to the great drain
occasioned by war relief which left
hospitals and homes in stress. AS part
Of q campaign to raise $4,000 for a
new community house in conjunction
with the Lenox Hill Settlement, there
VIII be held a monster rummage sale
at 723 Fifth avenue, beginning on
Tuesday and lasting throughout the
week. The sale has been arranged by
Mrs. II. Penn Smith, Jr.. who was Miss
Carol Hartman. She has had the as
eistance Of many women who are in
terested In philanthroplc works. While
there have been contributed many
articles that will come under the head
1t rummagc. among the gifts already
received by the committee are articles
ot artistic value, including Jewels and
Tiffany lamps. riding boots, Chinese
ombroideries. including a priests coat,
worthy to be exhibited in a museum.
some one has sent a new Partisan cos
tune that never has been worn, and
there are things without number that
VIII attract buyers. One of the live.
lest contributions consists of several
braces OF wild Canadian geese.
Each afternoon there will be an atic-
ton sale between 4 and S, conducted
by men and women of society. The
a,enox Hill Settlement Is at Gil East
Sixty-ninth street. II Is doing splen-
did work among the foreign element
that predominates that section. The
managers hope TO make many good
American citizens. The establishment
OF night school has helped to a great
degree. In the afternoon sessions at
the settlement house girls are taught
Emitting. cooking, singing painting and
dramatics, and there Is a class for cor
receive speech. and an hour is given 70
story telling. For boys there are ath-
1etic games, a gymnasium, band and
orchestra. and II Is interesting to re-
late that some Of the clubrooms OUT
side the settlement house now in use
for clubs and classes, formerly were
corner saloons. A milk station Is sus-
tatned by members and when the COM
rnunity house Is completed the upper
floors Will serve as q nursery and roof
garden for babies and small children.
Among those on the executive COM
mittee acting with Mrs Penn Smith
are Mrs. Paul Dougherty. Mrs. Julius
G. Bernheim, Mrs. James F. Curtis.
Mrs. Lydig Hoyt, Miss Virginia Fur
man. Mrs. George F. Baker, Jr.. Mrs.
James Lloyd Derby. Mrs. Cornelius "
W.
MS. Monroe Douglas Robinson.
Among the members OF the general
committee are Mines. Edward J. Rer-
wind. e. Farrar Bateson. Cornelius
Vanderbilt. Arthur Dubois, Harry
Content. George Crawford Clark. Harry
Payne Whitney, P. J. Casey. George
Draper, Robert L. Gerry, Daniel p.
Hays. Oliver Iselln. Jesse I. Straus,
Paul NJ. Hersog. e. Henry Hartman,
William G. Lyle, II. Irving Miller.
William G. Pepper, r, J. Stern. II.
Fairfield Osborn, J. McGregor Smith.
the Misses Grace Beach. Clara Byrnes.
katharine Temple Emmett, Emma
Huebner and Edith Pratt.
Mrs. Straus will be in charge Of the
cashiers desk and Mrs. I.andon X.
Thorne OF the furniture department.
Among the sellers in other depart
Inents will be Mrs. Samuel 2. Auchin-
Gloss. Miss Georgia Appleton. Miss
Mary Martin. Mrs. Thomas Frothing-
ham and Mrs. Wendell Blagden. Mrs
Iydig Hoyt will look after the cos
TUNES and Mrs. Paul Dougherty will
sen the jewels. which will be exposed
On q table covered with black velvet.
AZ the close Of the winter season
approaches society women who have
practiced frugality during the war be-
Elm to think Of summer clothes, but
also remember the help which winter
garments may be TO destitute Allie.
overseas. With this in mind the
special clothing committee of the Ser.
bfan Aid Fund, OF which Nine. Slavkc
Gfouitch. the American wife OF the
Minister from the new kingdom OF the
Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, Is honorar,
chairman, set tomorrow for the open
ing drive for 500 tons OF clothing ant
footwear for the relief OF Serbian sur
ferers. The campaign will continue t.
February "a, and every South fittlni
New York woman is urged to ransacl
1rsr wardrobe before she goes for warn
wraps. dresses, suits and footwear fo
tho Serbians.
The committee, which Is conductinl
the campaign from temporary cam
paign headquarters at S3S Madison
avenue, consists OF Mime. Grouitch
Mrs. r. Kingsbury Curtis, Mrs. Duncan
Kennedy. Mrs. Ernest Poole. Mrs. r
o.. Bloodgood. Mrs. William C. Bowers
Mrs. Francis Danforth. Mrs. Edwar,
Il. Cammann, Miss Lena Curtis, Mrs
Joseph Dean, Mrs. A. Bradhurs
Field, Mrs. Bertram Goodhue. Mrs
Charles Goodrich, Mrs. Edward
DARKNESS, Mrs Henry p Loomis Mrs
". Henry Mosle. Mrs. Lewis Gouver
,Ieur Morris. Mrs. Robert II. Nelson
cfrs. Henry S. Patterson. Mrs. RalpI
Chelmsford. Mrs. Howard Van Sindere,
and Mrs. S. C. Welsh, Jr. Assistin
the committee in the work OF collec
ton will be volunteers with motor
from the National League for Woman
Service. More workers at headQuar
ters ore urgently sought for the tw
weeks Of the campaign.
For many years the annual St Val
entine's Kettledrum In aid OF the Sa
sgfaritan Home for the Aged, at Al
West Twenty-second street. has hel
nhe attention and interest OF societ,
and this year it will take phase, q
for many seasons. at Sherry's, o
saturday afternoon. The entire sma