New-York tribune., 1920-02-15

7 ~ AsoiiSOAis VI ehiS ivy AiuIS IlkHl
Pearson, of Greenwich; Arthur Kendall
Stearns, of Chicago, and Hugh Merri-
man Quigley, of Bellefonte.
An afternoon of old Florentine music
with a talk by Padre Semeria on
Dantes Ideal Of Civilization" will be
given to-day at the home of Mrs
Ernesto Fabbri, 7 East Ninety-ffth
Street, for the benefit of war orphans
of southern Italy. The concert lee
ture was to have taken place last Sun
day. but had to be postponed until
this afternoon, when John Jay Chap
man will introduce Padre Semeria.
There will be an organ prelude by
Maestro Bimboni, followed by a mad
rigal for mixed quartet, LA Violetta
in su IErbetta," melody popular in
Florence in 1900 A group of med-
eval Latin songs will be given by
Cappelli will sing shepherd songs
from Lulli's opera "Armda" with
mixed quartet and organ accom-
paniment.
"Armida" was given in Paris in 1866
and was SO popular that it was per-
formed continuously for eighty years.
1t was revived in Florence in 1911
under the direction Of Maestro Bim-
boni with the Marchesa Cappelli in
the, leading role. The concert will be
under the patronage of the Italian
Ambassador and the Baroness Romani
Avezzano, the Italian Consul, Romolo
Tritoni; Mrs. Charles B. Alexander.
the Hon. Mrs Alfred Anson. Mrs.
Courtlandt Field Bishop, Mrs. Charles
Astor Bristed. Mrs. Nicholas Murray
Butler, Mrs. James Byrne, Mrs. ] ohm Jay
Chapman, Mrs. Newbold lie Roy Edgar,
Mrs. W. B. Osgood Field, Mrs. Ogden
Goelet Mrs. Henry G. Gray, Mrs. T.
Gray Griswold, Mrs. John Henry Ham
Hoyt, Mrs f. Burial Hoffman, Mrs.
Adrian Iselin, Mrs. Oliver Gould Jen-
nings, Mrs. De Lancey Kane, Mrs. II
Fairfield Osborn, Mrs. Frederick H.
Page, Miss Mary Parsons, Mrs. John
Dyneley Prince, Mrs. James l.. Put
nam. Mrs. Douglas Robinson, Mrs.
Herbert L. Satterlee, Mrs. Horatio n.
Slater. Mrs. Lorillard Spencer, Mrs. j.
Fred Tams, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt,
Mrs. Frederick w. Vanderbilt, Mrs.
William X. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Whitney
Warren. Mrs. Schuyler Warren, Mrs
Harry Payne Whitney Mrs NJ Orme
Wilson jr and Mrs. Egerton L. Win
throp.
The Smith College Club Of New York
will hold dance and bridge party at
the Hotel Plaza Tuesday evening, Feb
ruary %, for the benefit Of the Smith
College s4,ooo,ooo endowment and
building fund. Mrs. Seth Milliken,
president Of the New York City Smith
College Club, is honorary chairman Of
the committee for the dance. The
chairman is Miss Virginia Mollenhauer.
Other Smith College women who are
members OF the dance committee are
Mrs. Joseph Griswold Deane, Mrs. Err
nest S. Van Vandt, Miss Baird Leon
ard Miss Mabel White Hammer, Mrs.
garet f. Beckley, Mrs. Edward Pack
ard, Miss Mabel White Hammer, Mrs.
Humphrey Fuller Rodfield, Miss Eliza
beth Randall, Mrs. John Tilney Car
penter and Miss Peggy S. Zlnsser.
The patronesses who have reserved
boxes are Miss Amy Aldrich, Mrs.
Dom Barber, Mrs. Richard Boardman,
Mrs. James S. Cushman, Mrs. E. Hay
ward Ferry, Mrs Edward S. Harkness,
Mrs. Harold A. Hatch, Mrs. John Henry
Hammond, Mrs. Walker d. Hines, Mrs.
Arthur Curtiss James, Mrs. Thomas W..
Lamont, Mrs. Thomas L. Leeming, Mrs.
| Gerrish Fl. Milliken, Mrs. Dwight W..
Morrow. Mrs. Charles d. Norton, Mrs.
George Notman, Mrs. Edgerton Far
sons. Mrs Harold I. Pratt, Mrs. Herbert
Scoyille and Mrs. Frank A. Vanderllp.
Mrs. James A. Burden, chairman OF
tho women's executive committee for
the concert to be given at the hippo
drome on February 20 by John McCor-
mack. Mary Garden and the orchestra
Of the Chicago Opera Company TOR
the benefit of the New York County
organization Of the American Legion
announced yesterday list Of those
who have reserved boxes, the sale OF
which is now half completed at head
quarters at 81 East Fortieth Street.
The list includes Mrs. Nicholas
Brady. Mrs. William B. 4Osgood Field
, Mrs. Otto H. Kahn. Mrs. w. de Lancey
Koun+ze. Mrs. Lewis Wadsworth. Mrs.
John T. Pratt. Mrs. T. Douglas. Robln-
SON. Mrs. H. M. Slater, Mrs. Harry
/ pavne Whitney, Mrs. Forsyth Wickes,
MS. Henry p. Dawson, Mrs. Michael
Gavin. Mrs. Charles II. Senff, Mrs.
Williams A. Burden, Mrs. Ambrose
Mcneil, Mrs, John Mccormack, MISS
/ Ruth Twombly, Clarence II. Mackay
and Harry Hardness Flagler.
The boxes at the left Of the hippo
drome nearest the stage will be re-
served for General Pershing and his
staff. s -
weld large net receipts for the Amer
ican Legion. as they vary in price from
SIS to $500. In some instances, Mrs.
Burden said, the Legion will have a
double return, as several persons, not
ably Ogden Mills and John u. Rocke,
Teller jr., have contributed several
hundred dollars for boxes ana nave
returned the tickets Tor resale.