The New York herald., 1920-01-04

Banks. Jr.: Mrs. Gillet Letferts, Mrs
William T. Olmsted. Jr; Mrs. Herbert
Groesbeck, Jr.; Mrs. George f. hunhardt,
Jr: Mrs Charles Mc1ihee Tyson. Mrs.
Arthur Woods, Mrs. Ewing Philbin. and
the following, who are officers OF the
Grosvenor Neighborhood House:-Mrs.
Charles u. Dickey. Jr.. president; Mrs.
Gilbert Darlington, recording secretary,
and Miss Gertrude B. Pardee correspond
ing secretary. Miss Nichols is vice pres
ident of the Neighborhood House and
Miss Chapin is treasurer.
Patronesses for the Revival.
There is a long list of patronesses of
this revival of THE Runaway Girl" and
they include Mines. Charles b. Alexander,
lie Roy W. Baldwin, Howard CAROL. Rich
ard c. Colt. r.indley Hoffman Chaplin.
Courtlandt p Dixon. George Barton
French, A. Barton Hepburn. Walter b.
James. benjamin Bowdoin Lawrence.
Harry j. Luce George Grant Mason,
George l.. Nichols, Clough Cosby Overton.
John r. Pratt, Samuel Tsiker, Samuel
Sloan, RyIe Strange and Stephen Guion
Williams.
Grosvenor House has been carrying on
for almost ten years in East F1fdetn
street it's work of serving hot luncbeons
to scnool children in the neighborhood.
classes IN sewing and basket
weaving in the afternoons after school
hours and doing social service among the
poor In the vicinity. IL is supported
entirely by dues and voluntary contribu-
tions and by its annual eotertainment.
which during the last t1So years was aban-
6oned on account of the war. The money
needed was raised through appeals and a
rumniage sale.
Annual Cathedral Concert.
Members of the Ways and Means Com
mittee OF the Diocesan Auxiliary of the
Cathedral Of ST. John the Divine, of which
Mrs. Charles Frederick Hoffman is chair
man. have arranged concert OF unusual
interest which will be given in Aeoian
Hall on Thursday afternoon, January p.
for the benefit Of the commuters mission
AIRY work.
The cathedral choir of one hundred will
give a programme Of liturgcal and other
sacred music. a capelia. starting at three
o'clock. The programme will include Pales-
trina's "Mssa Breyis'' IN Latin. Other Sc
lections from the old composers of sacred
music will be from the works of Byrd and
Gibbons. OF modern sacred music there
will be five examples by Rachmaninoff.
Gretchaninoff, Bortny ana
and Tschaikowski.
Boxes and seats may be obtained from
Mrs. Lewis Gawtry, of No. IS East Sixty
sixth street. Mrs. Henry Whitney Mum
roe, at No, 20 Park avenue, Mrs. John s.
Rogers, at No. SO East S6venty-ninth
street, from Miss II. Johnson, at No 100
West Eighty-second street or at Aeolian
Hall. The prices range from 20 cents TO
&c for seats, to $50 for Doxes.
The associates of Mrs. Hoffman on the
Ways and Means Committee of the
Diocesan Auxiliary are Mines. John E.
Alexander j. $. Auerbach, Fordyce Bar
ker j. Jarrett Blodgett, Charles S. Burch,
E. A. S. Clarke. Jefferson Coddington,
william Gilbert Davies, William Fahnes-
took. Haley FislSe, r. l.. Fowler, Jr.. Lewis
C;awtry William. Grosvenor, Il. Henry
Hartman. Walter Il. James. Bradish
Johnson, lie Roy King. John A. Logan. Jr.,
James Mclean, Lewis Gouverneur Morris,
Clinton OgiIvie, Frederick Pearson. Frank
lin w. Robinson, John s. Rogers, Henry
S. Rokenbaugh. Elbridge Gerry Snow,
Ernest NJ Stires. Henry NJ. Tilford. John
Morgan Wing, ]. j. Wysong and Andrew
c. Zabriskie. Misses X. Aycrgg. NJ. IT.
Bradley. Marx u. Hoffman and Margaret
S. Remsen, the Rev. DIR. Ernest NJ. Stires
and Messrs Lispenard Stewart and James
]. Van Allen.
Concert for stony Wold.
few boxes and seats remain unsold
for the concert tonight in the Hippodrome
at which Mischa Eman, John Charles
Thomas ana the New symphony Orchestra
will appear for the benefit of the Stony
Void Sanitorium.
Among the box holders are Mrs. William
X. Vanderbilt. Miss Caroline l.. Morgan
Mrs. Edwin Gould, Mrs. NJ. Lawrence
Eeene Mrs. Hugh D. Auchincloss, Mrs.
George i. Shrady. Mrs. stephen c. Clark.
Mrs. Hermann VI. Biggs. Mrs. Joseph s.
Auer bach. Mr.. Adolph Lewisohn. Mrs. Ed
ward r. II. Tslmage, Mrs. Joseph r.
Grace, Mrs. Thomas Is. Yuile. Mrs Wal
ter G. Oakman. Mrs. John T. Terry. Mrs.
William Ambrose Taylor. Mrs. Benjamin
Guggenheim. Mrs. r. r.. Smathers. Mrs.
Oscar l.. Richard. Mrs julius kayser, and
Mrs. George NJ. Pyncheon.
The Blue Bird Campaign.
Following the double benefit n week
ago for the projected Blue Bird Campaign
for Happiness under the direction OF Mrs.
William X. Vanderbilt, Jr.. the real work
OF the campaign will start this week in
several of the larger cities of the country.
The beneficiares of this nation wide cam
raign are four:-The Queen of Belgium 3
Fund. the Mllerand Fund for French chill
drcn. Free Milk for Children OF America
and Allied Big Sisters.
From now on for some time to come the
popular shade for "a great variety OF
things will be blue Men loyal To the cause
OF the campaign will wear blue neck
scarfs Women will wear blue dresses. or
at least will have touches Of blue in their
da ytime and evening attire.
At the suggestion OF Mrs. Vanderbilt the
Retail Dry Goods Association has recon-
mended 10 all merchants that they deco
rate their windows with the happy atmos-
phere of the biucbird by using blue dra-
peries. lights and merchandise. The city
officials have permitted the stretching
Of a huge banner carrying a large blue
bird and Welcome TO Maeterlinck" across
Fifth avenue.
Mrs Vanderbilt said yesterday our
reason for desiring the shops Of New York
TO cooperate with us in the 'Bluebird
Campaign for Happiness is primarily TO
direct the minds OF the people 10 n spiritual
movement which has as its ultimate aim
the relief OF tho children OF America.
France and Belgium. and consequently
the upbuilding Of future generations
which must not be allowed to become the
victim Of the worlds greatest tragedy"
The Bluebrd ball given by Mrs Wander
bilt q week ago Friday night In Wr.
Maeterlnck's honor and tho gala perform
ance in the Metropolitan Opera House
the following night started the ball rolling
for nationwide participation In the spirit
movement for happiness and charity with
The buebird as It's symbol
The nerve centre OF this Bluebird cam
paign II the Happiness headquarters
al No. Sol Fifth avenue. There a new
al ~ tsIfpaHfpI (tiera raft tge ba