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 &. Alexander will open
the time-honored Charity Ball at the
Waldorf-As.oria, February 3, with Gov
ernor Smith. 1'hey Will lead the grand
march. always the picturesque feature
Of the ball, given for the benefit of the
Nursery and Child's Hospital, and in
the line OF rotables who viii take pars
Will be presentatlves of the army and
navy, the officers of the hospital. as
we'll as the members OF the medical
and surgical STATS, distinguished Wis
itors and the ball committee. Earlier
in the evening Mrs. Alexander Will give
dinner at he- home, West Fifty
eighth Street, in honor of the Cover
nor and Mrs Alfred F. Smith, and VIII
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 Z. Miller. and Will take her
guests to the Waldorf. They will in
clude the Countess Szechenyi, the
Countess Miguel de Braganza, Mrs K
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 Quadrl lie 5
and lancers, that Of using the dance
card. will again be revived. and, As this
will obviate the "cutting in" which has
be kept busy claiming their various
partners.
There Will be final meeting OF the
vice presidents and ball committee on
Tuesday at 1880 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 viii be the same as have pre-
vailed for d 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 promenadlnS
The arrangement Of the opening
march and the order of dances has
always been in charoe 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 II. Sui
lvan honorary chairman and Henry
Gansevoort Sanford advisory chair
man The vice-charmen are: Major
James c. Mcclure. Ma jor John F. Dan
icll. Alfred R. Whitney. Colonel Arthur
f. Schermerhorn. Colonel Elliott War
ren, Edward Goldman Parish and Ed
ward G. Delatield.
Among those who have been invited
to serve on the floor committee arr
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 Az
thur NJ Dubois, Charles t. Dunlap
Douglas Gilman, De Coursey Fales
Montague W. Geer, Francis II. Geer
Sidney P. Henshaw. Elliot Holt, Henry
G. Hotchkiss, j. Horton ljams, Paul /
Jaccacci. Don NJ. Kelley. Francis II
Kinnicutt. Meredith B. Langstaff Rob
ert R. Livingston. Alan S. Locke, T.
Herbert Litchfeld, Francis II. Markoe
Charles d. Miller A. Rene Moen, Will
lam r. Mclaughlin, Chester D. Noyes
Charles ". Ogden. Morgan J. O'Brien
jr. Theodore D. Partridge. Arthur {
Patterson. Edmund Peaslee, Theodore
R. Pell. H. Galiarin Peli. Thomas Nc
Clure Peters, Ewirr K. Anllbin, Frank
Brinley Porter, Iohn S. Rogers. Major
T.. Gilbert Scherme rhorn, Lorillarc
Spencer, Joseph Ferris Simmons, Fran
els May Simmons. Captain Chandler
Smith, Captain Philip NJ. stimson
Frederick J. Stillman jr., Duncan Ster-
ling, Captain Theron R. Strong. Briga
der General Louis W. Stotesbury
WaDridge S. Taft, John 7. Terry, Pau
Gilbert Thebaud. Elton s. Wayland
Arnold Whitridge. Francis NJ Walrou!
and Richard yelling.
The performance Of Oscar Wilde
comedy. The Importance of Beins
Earnest" next Sunday evening a
the Hudson Theater, will be an Allied
ente-ta INN ent, for not only Will it ben
eft a home and foreign charity, but VII
see an alliance between society an'
the stage, as the feminine roles vii
be taken by some Of the cleveres
amateurs in the fashionable world
Mrs Newell ". Tilton, Mrs. JOSEPH
B. Thomas and Miss Elsa Maxwell
will represent society, and Ernes
Glendenning, Reginald Mason and I
Wigney Percyval the stage. J. Hart
ley Manners is supervising the pro
dulcion. There Will be curtain rails
er, The Ninth Waltz" in which Mrs
Herbert Shipman and Norman Trevo
will take part Nine John lswalsk
will head the program committee, witt