The Washington herald., 1920-12-14
Iva S4INGTON SOCIETY-:-
Society viii
Aid Benefit
Nine. Aida to Be NSoIoist
For Catholic Big Brother
Event.

NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-Many So
ciety matrons and members Of the
debutante set are working with
much zeal to make the Forthcoming
benefit of the Catholic Big Brothers
a great success. The benefit will be
held at the Hippodrome the evening
after Christmas and Nine. Frances
Aida is one Of the artists who will
appear.
Included in the list Of patronesses
for the benefit are Mrs. Charles WILL
lam sloane, Mrs. Forbes McCreary.
Mrs. Frank Duff Frazier. Mrs. Daniel
Aennessy, Mrs. Alfred J. johnson.
Mrs. H. Gloster Armstrong. Mrs.
Morgan J. o'Brien. Mrs Francis B.
Hoffman and Mrs. HsF F. Sinclair.
The Schola Cantorum of New
York will give the first of five lee
ture- e-musicals Thursday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Vincent Astor,
$40 Fifth avenue. Nina Koshatz of
the Moscow and Petrograd Opera
will make her debut in America on
this occasion. The dates for the
other lectures are December 2s. at
Mrs. Otto II. Kahn's; January 20, at
the home of Mrs. Arthur Curtiss
James; February 3. at Mrs. Charles
B. Alexander's residence and Feb
ruary II, at the home of Mrs. John
Henry Hammond.
Washington Girl to Wed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul w. Bartlett, of
237 Randolph place. Washington,
have announced the engagement OF
Mrs. Bartlett's daughter by her first
marriage. Miss Caroline Ogden Jones,
to Armistead Peter. 3D.. a son of Mr
and Mrs. Armistead Peter, jr., OF
Tudor place. Washington. Miss
] Jones is a daughter of the late
Mahlon Ogden Jones, of New York,
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont, who
are at present in France, will return
to this country in about fortnight
and will pass the season in this
city and at Washington.
Invitations have been issued by
Mrs. Robert l.. Stevens for a dance
which she will give on December %
in the Ritz-Carton Hotel in honor OF
her debutante daughter. Miss Mary
s. Stevens. Mrs. Stevens will enter
tain 200 members of the debutante
sets at dinner preceding the dance
Trees staying Mt Ritz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur r. l.. E. Tre.
have arrived from England. where
they were the guests of Mrs. Trees
aunt. Lady Astor. and are occupy
ing apartments at the Ritz Carlton
Mrs. Tree before her recent mar
riage 10 the son of Lady Beatty was
Miss Nancy X. Perkins.
The wedding of Miss Rhoda An.
derson Higgins, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard II. Higgins. of 47(
Park avenue, to Edward Willard
Warren, of Scranton, Pa, will take
place at the Brick Presbyterian
Church on Saturday next at 4
o'clock
The Union Settlement will hold
their annual ball at the Ritz Carl.
ton on January 2s. Mrs. Reginald
Barclay is chairman of the board OF
managers and Mrs. Henry P. Davi-
son is chairman of the ball com.
mittee.
Debutante Ball for Miss stevens.
Mrs. Robert l.. Stevens has issued
invitations for a dance which she
will give on December 20 in the
Ritz-Carlton Hotel in honor of hel
debutante daughter. Miss Mary S
Stevens. Preceding the dance there
will be a dinner party for 200 mem.
bers of the debutante sets.
Next Friday night Mrs. Henry
Mason Day will give a dinner and
dance in honor OF her sister, Mis-.
Agnes De Selding. the Joel De Seld,
ing's daughter, who is to be mar.
ried the following day to William
L. Vanleer, of Philadelphia. in st
James Church. Madison avenue anC
Seventy-first street.
Mr.. Vanleer will give his farewell
bachelor dinner next Thursday
night at the Philadelphia Racquet
and Tennis Club.