New-York tribune., 1920-04-18

Novelty is not always pOSSlDle Win
entertainments for charity, which have
run the gamut this season from fash
ion shows to -avSation balls, and, in
cuded such affairs as dramatic per
formances like "The Runaway Girl"
a revival of the songs and dances
of a quarter of a century ago and the
presentation of an Oscar Wilde play.
The New York Association for the
Blind, however, has arranged a
unique entertainment for Friday eve
ming at the Hotel Commodore, "Fete
Chinoise," for the work of the Light
house on East Fifty-ninth Street.
The ballroom will be transformed
into bit of the Far East for the occa-
sion, and the committee on arrange
ments, of which Charles Stewart But
ler is chairman, with Mrs. Gardner w.
Millett, Miss M. Symphorosa Bristed,
Miss Daisy p. Rogers and Louis S.
Treadwell, will see to it that local color
is not wanting. In other words, there
and umbrellas and no end Of flowers
for this fete of the Flowery Kingdom,
and. of course, many Of the guests will
20 dressed as mandarins and court la
dies and high Fdignitaries Of all kinds
from China.
Costumes, however, are not obiiga-
tory, but as represen entatives Of all ma
tions are expected in characteristic
dress or uniform, it will materially add
to the interest of the occasion if
Chinese costume or headdress is worn,
though dancers of every period will
be welcome.
Miss Byrne's orchestra will furnish
music. Mr.. Butler is chairman of the
floor committee, and he has enlisted
the cooperation Of number of young
men, including Frederick Huntington
Babcock, Stuart Benson. William B.
Boulton jr:, Lawrence Smith Butler,
Bache H. Brown. W Dudley Carleton
Henry Cooke Gushing Sd, COLES j.
Coe, Henry c. Coe jr., Alfred Ely jr..
Fl. Van Rensselaer, Fairfax, Theodore
/ Sevin Farrelly, Dwight Franklin,
Henry Warren Goddard, Charles Doug
las Green. Stoddard Hancock, Edward
Simmons Hall, Sidney P. Henshaw. Ro-
land Holt. Eliot Holt, Colgate Hoyt-jr.,
Amory l.. Haskell, Walter Rysam Jones,
Hubert Lid Rkeld, Nicholas F. Lenssen,
William r. Maloney, Laurence Millet,
Gardner ". Millstt, Auguste L. Noel,
Ernest B. Osborne, George Henry
Payne, Charles M. Post, Morris McKim
Pryor, John E. Rousmaniere, E. Gill
bert Schermerhorn, William NJ. Sea
bury, W. Schuyler Smith, Allen Camp
bell Smidt, Henry Bartlett Stimson
George H. Sullivan, Richard T. Stevens
Henry Talmadge Cd, Lindsey Tappin
Eldridge Thomas, Louis S. Treadwell
Spencer Turner, Lewis G. Wallace
George Henry Warren jr.. Charles
yelling. Lawrence Grant White, Major
Charles H. Wilson and Clarence H
Young.
This will be the twelfth annual
benefit for the New York Association
for the Blind. and, as usual. will be
under the patronage of the President
of the United States and Mrs
Woodrow Wilson, for the head of the
nation always heads the list Of patrons
, for the entertainment in aid Of the
Lighthouse.
The list this year includes the Gov.
ernor of New York and Mrs. Smith
former President and Mrs. William
Howard Taft. Mrs. Charles B. Alex
ander, Miss Emily Rowland Bourne
Mrs. Joseph H. Choate, Mrs. ". Bay
ard Cutting, Mr.. and Mrs Lawrence
L. Gillespie, Miss Winifred Holt, Mrs
Seth Low. Mr.. and Mrs. n. c. Nigel
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Phipps, Major
General and Mrs. Charles Francis Roe
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert L. Satterlee, Mis-.
Louisa Lee Schuyler and Mrs W
Watts Sherman.
There is a formidable list Of pa.
tronesses in addition TO those already
mentioned. which includes the Hon
Mrs. Alfred Arson. Mrs. John Aspegren
Mrs. Dom Barber. Mrs. j. Stewar,
Barney. Mrs. Walter Phelps Bliss, Mrs
Benjamin Brewster, Mrs. Lewis Seuy.
vesant Chanler. Mrs. John Jay Chap.
man, Mrs. Banyer Clarkson, Mrs. Fred.
erick Y Dalziel, Mrs. Shepherd X. de-
Forest. Mrs. J. Henry Dick, Mr..
Arthur Murray Dodge. Mrs. John r
Drexel Mrs. John Beverly Duer. Mrs
Carroll Durham, Mrs. George E. Fahys
Mrs. Sidney ". Fish, Mrs. Ogden
Goelet, Mrs. Walter S. Gurnee jr.
Mrs. Frederick ". Longfellow, Mrs
Lewis Gouxernaur. Morris, Mrs. Ogden
Reid. Mrs. Ofen Root, Mrs j. Ken
nedy Tod. Mrs Whitney Warren
Mrs. Frank S. Witherbee and Mrs
Arthur Woods.
The private entrance Of the Hotel
Commodore from Forty-ffth Street
via Grand Central Concourse will be
used for the fete
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