New-York tribune., 1920-01-25
Smith to Open Charity Ball
With Mrs. C.. B. Alexander
Many Representatives of Army and Navy
Will Be Seen at Time-Honored Fete To Be
Given at the Waldorf Astoria February 3

Mrs. Charles B. Alexander will open
the time-honored Charity Ball at the
Waldorf-Astoria, February 3, with Gov
ernor Smith. They will lead the grand
march, always the picturesque feature
OF the ball, given for the benefit of the
Nursery and Childs Hospital, and in
the line of rotables who will take part
will be representatives of the army and
navy, the officers of the hospital, as
we'll as the members Of the medical
and surgical staffs, distinguished Wis
itors snd the ball committee Earlier
in the evening Mrs. Alexander will give
a dinner at her home, 4 West Fifty
eighth Street, in honor of the Cover
nor and Mrs. Alfred E. Smith, and will
afterward take her guests to the ball.
Mrs. Frank S. Witherbee. treasurer
Of the ball committee, will give din
ner at her nome for her daughter. Mrs.
Charles E. Miller, and will take her
guests to the Waldorf. They will in
clude the Countess Szechenyi, the
Countess Miguel de Braganza, Mrs. X.
McCook Knox, Mr.. and Mrs Bayard
Cutting, Alexander D. B. Pratt. William
Rhinelander Stewart jr and W. Earl
Dodge.
The old fashion, which was in vogue
in the days of the stately quadrilies
and lancers, that of using the dance
card, will again be revived. and, AS this
will obviate the cutting in which has
Ian Nor ,ior tb,l lox
be kept busy claiming their various
partners.
There will be final meeting of the
vice presidents and ball committee on
Tuesday at 1890 o'clock at the home
of the president, Mrs. Charles B. Alex
ander, when the details for the dance
will be completed The arrangements
! for this will be the same as have pre-
vailed for a number of years. The
Thirty-third Street entrance of the
hotel has been reserved exclusively for
the patrons of the ball, and the entire
ballroom floor Will be used for charity.
The large ballroom, Astor Gallery, East
and Myrtle rooms will be used for
dancing and the foyer for promenading.
The arrangement Of the opening
march and the order Of dances has
always been in charge Of a committee
Of men of social prominence in the
city. and this year Lawrence Smith
Butler has consented to serve as ex
ecutive chairman, with George H. Sui
livan honorary chairman and Henry
Gansevoort Sanford advisory chair
man. The vicc-chairmen are: Major
James c. Mcclure, jor John F. Dan
iell, Alfred R. Whitney, Colonel Arthur
rem, Edward Goldman Parish and Ed
ward C. Delafield.
Among those who have been invited
to serve on the floor committee are
Jerome Alexandra, Winthrop w. Al
drich, Donn Barber, James NJ. Beck,
Harrison Kerr Bird, Francis Boardman,
Charles S. Butler, L. H. Paul Chaplin,
Alfred Loomis Curtis, Nicholas Dan
forth, Captain Griswold b. Daniell,
Captain Frank Everett Davidson, Ar
thur NJ. Dubois, Charles +. Dunlap,
Montague W. Geer. Francis II. Geer,
Sidney P. Henshaw, Elliot Holt, Henry
&. Hotchkiss, j. Horton Ijams, Paul T.
jaccacc, Don N. Kelley, Francis II.
Kinnicutt, Meredith 3. LangstatT, Rob
ert r. Livingston. Alan S. Locke. T..
Herbert Litchtield, Francis H. Markoe,
Edwin H. Mead, Herman S. Murray,
Charles D. Miller, A. Rene Moen, Will
lam R. Mclaughlin, Chester D. Noyes,
Charles W. Ogden, Morgan J. O'Brien
jr., Theodore D. Partridge, Arthur c.
Patterson, Edmund Peaslee Theodore
r. Pell, II. Gallatin Pell. Thomas Nc
Clure Peters, Ewing r. Philbin, Frank
Brinley Porter. John S. Rogers. Major
L. Gilbert Schermerhorn. Lorillard
! Spencer. Joseph Ferris Simmons. Fran
els May Simmons, Captain Chandler
Smith, Captain Philip NJ. Stimson,
Frederick J. Stillman jr.. Duncan Ster-
ling, Captain Theron K. Strong, Briga-
der General Louis w. Stotesbury,
Wabridge S. Taft, John T. Terry. Paul
Gilbert Thebaud, Elton s. Wayland,
Arnold Whitridge, Francis NJ. Watrous
and Richard yelling.
The performance Of Oscar Wildes
comedy, THE Importance of Being
Earnest" next Sunday evening at
the Hudson Theater, will be an ALLIED"
entertainment, for not only will it ben
eft home and foreign charity, but viii
see an alliance between society and
the stage, as the feminine roles Will
be taken by some of the cleverest
amateurs in the fashionable world
Mrs. Newell W Tilton, Mrs. Joseph
| B. Thomas and Miss Elsa Maxwell
will represent society, and Ernest
Glendenning, Reginald Mason and T
Wigney Percyval the stage. J. Hart
| ley Manners is supervising the pro-
duc-ion. There will be q curtain rails
er, 1.-The Ninth Waltz" in which Mrs
Herbert Shipman and Norman Trevor
will take part. Nine. John Iswalski
will head the program committee, with