The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-05


kins, president, will have a musicale and
dramatic afternoon on Friday at the
Waldorf-Astoria. A scene from king
John" will be given by Florence Auer,
| leading woman of 1.-The Wanderer"
company. Other artists win be Baroness
Leji de Torinoff who win be heard in
group OF Russian songs Pe'llo Grippe.
'cellist; Morzelle Bennett, mist, and
Albert Carroll, with l-- er Golde,
Misses Lily May Hyland and Beatrice
Raphael as accompanies.
The principal guests viii include Mrs.
Edmund Wilkinson kingsland. president
OF the Daughters OF Ohio; Mrs. Helen
Whitman Richie, president of the Pro-
fessional Woman's League Mrs. Edith
7 r. Pearsons, president of Manhattan
Study Club; Nine. Carlo Polifene, pres
ident of LIE Lyceum, and Mrs. James
GATHERS. Following the programme
| there Will be reception with Miss Edna
Moreland as chairman.
The philanthropic committee OF Ru-
binstein Club will meet every Wednes-
! day afternoon at the Waldorf Astoria at
2 80 o'clock. Miss Mary j. Baker is the
chairman and Mrs. Charles @. BraxInar,
Mrs. Walter G.. Cru1rp. Mrs. Henry II.
Fobes and Mrs. J. w. Hedden, associate
chairmen.
The club, of which Mrs. William
Rogers Chapman is president, will have
its first evening concert of the season
on December IA, when Laurence Leon
ard will be the soloist The choral of
more than $50 voices will also take part In
the programme, singing some new part
songs. Thors ahc will be an orchestra
| OF sixty musicians under the direction
| of Mr.. Chapman. The programme win
| be followed by dancing
The next afternoon musicale will be
on January Is and Will be a Happy New
Year meeting. Refreshments will be
served at the close of the programme
and later there will be dancing.
When the American Criterion Society,
Mrs. Leonard L. Hill president. held Its
monthly luncheon at the Hotel Commodore
last Friday seventeen new active hnem-
bers were received into the organization.
! They were Mines. Charles Hazen KIM
ball, Albert w. Porter, Ferdinand Z. L.
| Torriani, Joseph Gutman, Annie l.. Pur-
cell, Hugo 2. Keller, Homer Lee, Fred
erick d. Ray, Julian Meyer, Katheryn NJ
Shary, e. j. Hufford, Julia F. Roper, A.
L. Hoops, II. X. Fulton, B. Bedette Craig,
! John Court and Mana Genozefe Gavzale.
While the luncheon was designated as
/
| being Of that profession, Max Rosen,
violinist, occupied a prominent seat at
| the long guest table AT each Of the
/ future luncheons of the American Crit
terion Society musician will be among
/ the guests. Miss Matilda Lucas, the
| fourteen-year-old girl, gave several piano
numbers. Alan Brooks in a witty man
ner told of the hardships to be endured
before one arrived as a drannatist. Mrs.
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difficulties encountered on the way to win
prize as a story writer and Mrs. Mary
Austin talked Of Mexico. The writing
and acting of plays was discussed by
! Miss Rita Weiman and Mr.. Charles CO.
burn, while Louis Tracy, after telling of
the last resting place Of the unknown
soldier In Westminster Abbey, made a
strong appeal for the restoration of that
| famous structure
For the benefit of the philharmonic
fund OF the Minerva Club Mrs. Mary
| Stokes MacNutt president, an auction
bridge party will be given Wednesday
| afternoon, December Is, at the Waldorf
Astoria. Mrs. w. w. Beales is chairman
of the philanthropic committee which
annually distributes Christmas baskets
to the poor
On account of the illness of Mrs. Mac
! Mutt the first vice-president, Mrs Simon
Baruch, presided at the luncheon and
meeting last week at the Waldorf
Guests Of honor included Fenwicke L.
Holmes and Katherine Eggleston Holmes.
Mrs w. S. Brumaghin was chairman of
reception and Mrs. John e. Sutherland
chairman OF introduction.
The Beethoven Society, Nine. Aida
Taninl-Tagliavia president, will give the
second afternoon musicale of it's seventh
season Saturday in the ballroom of the
/ Plaza. The artists will be Miss Eleanor
Osborne Buckley. soprano; Frederick
| Hoffman. tenor. and William Knoll.
vlolinist. Dancing will follow the mu-
sicale. On December II the directors
/ Will have a social meeting at the resi-
dence Of Mrs Grace A. Smith. The an
nual Christmas dance of patrons and
| patronesses for the Beethoven Circle of
young men and women ushers will be
held at the Plaza December rs.
The Manhattan Matinee CLUB. Mrs.
Jessie Emerson Moffat president and
founder. will give the first evening
theatre party of the season Tuesday to
see Just Suppose" at the Henry Miller
! Theatre. Mrs. w. S. Hess will be the
hostess. On that afternoon the club will
give card and thimble party at the
! WaldorfAstoria for the benefit Of the
emergency fund. Mrs. G.. T. Kupfrian
is the chairman. The president, Mrs.
Moffat, started last week for California
because Of i'll health.
The Womans Press Club OF New York.
Mrs. Haryot Holt Dey president. will
give benefit entertainment on Tuesday
afternoon December 2s, in the ballroom
Of the Waldorf-Astoria. The artists will
include Rafaelo Diaz OF the METROPOLITAN
Opera Company. Ella Palma barytone !:
Oliver Denton. concert pianist, and Miss
Bradley, contralto. of the Metropolitan.
Boxes and tickets are on sale at the
Waldorf and from members OF the
benefit committee, Miss Lille d'Angelo
Bergh, chairman.
AT the clubs meeting on November ~
at the Waldorf the guests Of honor were
MISS Evelyn V. Smalley, Mrs. Axel Ihl-
sing, Mrs. Edwin Arden and Mrs. Helen
whitman Ritchie A. programme was
given under the direction of Nine. Kath-
crime Evans Won Klenner and Miss Lille
dAngelo Bergh II included soprano
solos by Nine. Louise Darclee Taylor.
violin selections by the blind Russian
boy, A. Haitowitsch; addresses by Mrs.
Helen Morrison Howie who spoke about
American one act plays. DR.. Dinsha p.
Ghadiali, native Of India. who talked
upon drama in India Miss Mary Shaw.
who spoke upon the dramatic influence
In American progress and Mr. James
Bliss Townsend. whose subject was THE
Theatre, Home and Abroad. Nine.
Agathe Barsecu read French poem and