New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-04
Leaders of Society
Dance in kirnAess
In Aid of Hospital
400 Take Part i'm The Merry
Whirl of l92O,' the Most
Brilliant Event in History
of the Greenwich Colony
Special Dispatch to The Trbune

GREENWICH, Conn, July 3.-The
Sirmess extravaganza, "The Merry
Whirl of 1920" in which more than
400 persons, including many New
York and Greenwich society leaders,
took part, was given Thursday, Friday
and Saturday at the Havemeyer Audi
torium
Among those who had boxes were
Mrs. Alfred Gilbert Smith, Mrs. Ed
mund c. Converse, Mrs. John A. Top
ping, Mrs. Edwin B. Curtiss, Mrs. L. c.
Hoyt. Mrs. Allen B. Forbes. Mrs Sam
uel F. Pryor, Mrs. W. A. Evans. Mrs
Winchester Fitch, Mrs. Ernest Eidlitz.
Mrs. William Steele Gray, Mrs. Henry
); Topping, Mrs Duane Armstrong.
Mortimer B. Foster. Mrs. Hunter Mar
ston, Mrs. Robert +. Adams, Mrs
William f. Decker, Mrs. jeremiah Mil
bank, Mrs. F. K. Brown, Mrs II. Adams
Kelly, Mrs. John D. Barrett, Mrs. Ma
thanel Webb, Mrs. Valeria Langeoth,
Mrs: Frederic X. Rupprecht, Mrs.
Elisha P. Cronkhite, Mrs. A. c. Henck
en-. Mrs. Albert Wiggin, Mrs. Kenneth
Van Ripper, Mrs A. D. Mittendorf, Mrs.
NAOi'h! " 11ill, Mis- TISUeTICk AIl4l~
strong. Mrs. Luke V. Lockwood. Mrs.
Seymour J. Hyde. Mrs. Martin j.
Quinn, Mrs. Austin D. Brixey, Mrs.
Edgar L. Marston, Mrs E. Dimon Bird,
Mrs. Elon H. Hooker, Mrs. Thomas
+. Cole and Mrs. Tyler L. Redfeld.
For Benefit of Hospital
The proceeds go to the Greenwich
Hospital. which was a gift of Commo-
dore K. c. Benedict to the town Of
Greenwich in memory of his wife, and
the cost of which was about S350OOO
The kirmess was the most elaborate
and brilliant society event ever given
here, and its pronounced success is due
in no small degree to the efforts of
MISS Leila Agnew Stewart, the director.
George Wharton Edwards, the artist
and illustrator, designed the cover for
the thlrty-page souvenir program.
In the Roman pageant, organized by
Mrs. John A. Topping and Mrs. Allen
B. Forbes, Julian W. Curtiss played
the role of the Roman Emperor and
Mrs. Allen B. Forbes the part of the
Roman Empress. Mrs. Ernest Thomp-
son Seton was Juno and Miss Elizabeth
torious general, Marc Antony, was por-
trayed by Elmer S. milford.
Mrs. Graham Marvel Brush, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Gilbert
Smith, appeared as Cleopatra in the
Egyptian episode, and the part of
That's, the dancer, was taken by Henry
I. Steers.
The leading characters in the ORR
entail episode were the Prince of Per-
STA, Hunter S. Marston; Scheherazade,
the Princess of Persia, Mrs. jeremiah
Milbank; slave in chains, Miss Helen
a. Barrett; the slave driver, L. Albeit
Post; Zada, the singer, Mrs. Edward
b. Close; the yelled dancer, Mrs Eu-
gene Maxwell Moore.
Long List of Dances
There was Chinese episode, in
which Miss Ethel Harrison, of New
York, and Miss Lydia Vosburg, of
Stamford, sang 80 patria mia" on al
ternate nights.
Other dances included the Taran-
tella and the Follies, in which children
took part, also tambourine and gypsy
dances, an Irish reel, tragedy Of the
French doll, a swing dance and
skating dance. In the latter were
number Of young society women, many
of whom made their debuts last winter.
Miss Julia Stanley gave a special
dance entitled "The Skating. Lesson"
and another dance, "The Rink" was
performed by Miss Dorothy Thompson
and Martin j. Quinn jr. Others in
the skating dance were Dorothy Quinn,
Ethel Hays, Norma Werner Dorothy
Leary, Mrs. H. r. Kunhardt jr., Mrs.
William V. c. Ruxton, Mrs. Cameron
Mcpherson, J. Holmes DAILY, Sylvester
Leary, Richard G. Croft, E. Earle
Lucas, Gordon Cronkhite, L. Albeit
Post. John W. Snowden Sd. Frederick
s. Smith and Raymond G. DAILY.
Miss Stanley also won much APP
plause in the Merry Whirl vaudeville
when she danced Rose of Washington
Square"
Mrs. W. V. C. Ruxton and DR.. F. st.
Clair Hitchcock sang "Venetan Moon"
wedding of Putnam
A tabeau vivant, 1.-The Wedding of
Puts Hill in Greenwich was named,
was depicted as finale. Mrs E.
Payson Hatch was chairman of the
tableau; Mrs. H. Ashton Crosby, vice
chairman. The advisory committee
consisted of Theodore E. Blake, Morton
c. Nichols, Cosmo Hamilton, Vernon
Steele, Kendall Evans, Frank w. futile
and f. Payson Hatch.
The cast follows: Israel Putnam,
Harold Pynchon; Israel Putnam's
mother, Edgar D. Pouch; Israel Put
MANS father, Julian w. Curtiss; Israel
Putnam's sister, Miss Shirley Putnam,
(drect descendant of the GENERALLY,
Count de Rochambeau, Marshal Of
France. DR.. George +. Vincent; Com
tesse dc Rochambeau, Mrs. Walter NJ.
Bennett Mother of the Bride. Mrs.
Elon Huntington Hooker; George
Washington, Garrett Pier; Martha
Washington, Mrs. William X. Max
we'll; Marquis de Lafayette, Colonel
Robert B. Baker; Alexander Hamilton,
Morton c. Nichols; The Parson, Neil
Morrow Laid; The Friendly Indian
|Sagamore Myanos), Ernest Thompson
Seton; Continental officers, Marshall
c. Bacon, Ralph G. Coburn, Edward
B. Close, Charles Ingram, r. C. Coffin,
and John S. Newington.
The orchestra was under the direc-
ton of Henri Conrad, of New York.
Long Branch Is Crowded