The New York herald., 1920-12-26

Vincent Paul Travers.
Under the joint auspices OF the New
York Diet Kitchen Association and the
Maternity Centre Association concert
will be given on February at the Wal
dorf-Astoria Arrangements for II are
being completed by a committee COM
posed of Mines Henry Willard, Joseph
w. Tilton, James Dtmars Voorhees,,
Frank Badgley. Harmon S. August and
Seth NJ. Miliken.
The fourth in the series OF eight talks
on History in the Making" by Mrs.
Jessica Lozier Payne for the benefit OF
the New York Diet Kitchen Association
will be on January IL at Aeolian Hall
The women's Press Club Of New York
city. Mrs Haryot Holt Dey president.
will give O beneht entertainment In the
grand ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria
on Tuesday afternoon, the proceeds 70
go to the phlla nthropic fund. which en-
braces the Pulitzer scholarship at CO.
umbia and the honorary president OF
the club, the Rev. Phebe A. Hanaford
The meeting will be opened by an adj
dress by DIR, Nicholas Murray Butler
president OF Columbia University. The
following artists have volunteered their
services: Ella Palma, barytone; Miss
ArTdCe bTHuleys COnlTdlIO GletNs
tenor Miss Evelyn Scotney, soprano.
and oliver Denton, concert pianist.
There will be greetings by Mr.. Edward
Percy Howard president OF the Press
Club of New York. introduced by Mrs.
Haryot Holt Dey>and also by Delysia.
star OF Agar Tan MacLaran of. the
| Neighborhood Players win give selec-
tion from Oscar wilde and Nine.
| Schomberg Hewlett viii give an inter-
pretive dance entitled Life" Gustave
Ferrar will preside at the piano.
Miss Lille d'Angelo Bergh is the
chairman of the entertainment and Miss
| Sara A. Palmer Of reception. The
patrons and patronesses are: Col. Wal
ter Scott Mr. and Mrs James Speyer,
Mines. Arthur Murray Dodge, Charles
Whitman. Oliver II. Hartman. Otto
Kahn Elon Huntington HSoker, Philip
Lewisohn. James w WadsMorth. +. Il.
Luckenbach William Blair Perkins. A. NJ
Palmer. Belle de Rivera, Axel 70. Ihl-
seng. John Lewis Childs. Mary Z. Traut-
man and christopher Marks Miss Helen
Varick Boswell and Lieut. Gov. and Mrs
jeremiah Wood
A Christmas festival will be given for
several hundred children from the va
rious branches of the Little Mothers Aid
Association at Happy Day House. 2S6
Second avenue. on Wednesday afternoon
A programme OF dancing and singing
by stage children will be presented by
Mrs. Brnbohm. Afterward ice cream
and cake will be served AS each child
leaves the building she will be presented
with n box containing a doll. stockings,
handkerchief and candy. The children
in the day nurseries and kindergartens
will have their own Christmas trees
loaded with candy. toys. fruit and dolls.
Clothing also will be distributed and
new shoes given every needy child in the
association. Miss Caroline Patterson
will have charge OF the festival. She
will be assisted by Mines II. F. Kiddle.
| rohr III JUDGE. j. y Bostwick. Robert
Hutchins McNall, Albert G. Weed, Noble
Mcconnell Edyth Totten, Gordon X.
Smith, William D. Mann, Alfred Bros
seau. Bond-Stow, ]. II. Reese. H. ].
Carpenter Jr. John j. Cowdrex<t~~M.
Darlington, Geoge E. Won Chorus. Henry
b. Lloyd, Charles T.. Sprague. William
A. DeerinE. II. A. Mcdowell Benjamin
Adriance. Alfred Watts &iddle. Duncan
Macpherson Damon Lyon. John Baker.
James r. SIllman. John *. Green and
A, II. Milander
The association. OF which Mrs. Clai-
ence Burns is president, held a jollifca-
ton meeting on Thursday at its main
/
come OF the bazaar recently held at the
WaldorfAstoria. Mrs. G. II. Strong
the treasurer. reported that after all
expenses were paid. more than $1,000
was cleared. buffet luncheon was
served by the hostesses, Mrs. Matthew L.
Carr and Miss Caroline Patterson.
About one thousand persons attended
the annual Christmas fete and ball givef
for the philanthropic fund OF the Ma
tonal Opera Club Nine Katherine vor
Klenner founder and president. Tuesday
evening at the Waldorf-Astoria. The
Russian 1sba Company. with Serge Bo
rowsky presented a Russian Christmas
play in national costume.
The distribution OF gifts by Mrs. over
Kildare was a unique feature. The
Santa Claus Cotillon" was led by Mime
Won Klenner and Mr.. T. n. Nixon. i
was arranged by ,Messrs. Francis Wrigh
Clinton and q. c. Coplnus Chairman
of reception was Mrs. Joseph Gutman
introduction, Mrs. NJ T. Nixon presi
dents aids. Mines. X. N Flque. A V
Orr and z. P. Turner
! For the last five years the Theatr,
Assembly. Mrs. ]. Christopher Marks
president, has brought Joy and ha'ppi
HeSS 10 the quests OF lIc AClOIS II uiiN
Home by giving a big Christmas festi
val. The festival this year will be giver
tomorrow. Members OF the assembly
leave by the Staten island ferry at 1.
o'clock. Buses and automobiles will
meet the ferry and convey the party tc
the home. where vaudeville entertain
ment will be given as well as numbers
by the Theatre Assembly choral. Aftei
the entertainment and reception 9
Christmas supper will be served 10 nj
present Mrs. Marks has sent a huge
Christmas tree to the home.
The Michigan Women in New York
Mrs. John Jay Bush. president. hav,
arranged to provide Christmas dinners
for twelve individual poor families from
the funds raised at the bridge party
given by the club recently. They alsc
will present a wheel chair to the Shut
In Society from the same fund. The
women Of the club have dressed sixty
dolls for Christmas charities. Beginning
the New Year they will make laye.tes
and garments for children Of unfortu'
nate families. The philanthropic wori
OF the society Is under the chairmanshiT
, OF Mrs. Gerson Charles Coblens. e0
West li6th street The regular monthly