New-York tribune., 1920-04-04
Society Girls Will Aid
At thePeter Rabbit Ball
Entertainment Tomorrow Night at the Ritz-Carlton
for the Benefit Of the Americanization Fund of
the Harlem House Has Many Novel Features

When Old Peter Rabbit makes his
bow tomorrow night at the Ritz-Carl-
Amer canization fund of HARLEM
House, instead of surrounding himself
with his old friends of the Green
Meadows, Reddy Fox. Johnny Chuck
and Old Man Coyote. he viii gather
around him some of the prettiest girls
of society, who, in rabbit costume, will
serve as ushers, while others VIII take
part in melting pot" dance, one of
the features Of the entertainment. The
ushers Will be members OF the Junior
League, and after the pageant will take
part in the general dancing which will
wind up the evenings program.
Miss Barbara Kissel, Miss Olivia
Erdmann, Miss Eleanor Landon, Miss
Sara Sturgs, Miss Elise Hughes,
Baroness Elizabeth Rosen and Dona
Graziella Castelh will be in the melt
ing pot" dance and appear IN costumes
of European nations. They viii enter
hugh caldron, and atterward reap
pear in patriotic American costumes
Mrs. Lewis Gouverneur Morris is
chairman Of the committee OF arrange
nents. To the long list of patronesses
of the ball has been added the name
of Baroness Romano Avezzana, wife of
the Italian Ambassador The others
include the Princess Resp gliosi, Mrs.
William J. Schetfelin, Mrs Hugh D.
Auchincloss, Mrs. l. Townsend Bur-
den, Miss Isabel Cammann. Mrs. Bay
ard Dominick jr, Mrs. Drexel Dahl
gren, Mrs. William B. Osgood Field,
Mrs. John Henry Hammond, Mrs
Whitelaw Reid and Mrs. James Speyer.
The women interested in the Byrn
Mawr Endowmen, Fund have also
drawn on fairy lcre for an entertain
ment to be given tomorrow afternoon
of "Alice in Wonderland About 100
children will appear in the different
scenes from Lewis Carroll's famous
story and its sequel, Through the
Looking GLASS;" and the photoplay vii!
be for the youth of all ages from l
to 1907
The patronesses include Mrs. Win
throp Ames, Mrs. Stephen II. Baker.
Mrs. Dom Barber, Mrs. Joseph II.
Choate jr., Mrs. B. Tappen Fairchild,
Mrs. Learned Hand, Mrs. ]. j Higgin-
son, Mrs. Ransom Hooker, Mrs. +. l.
V. Hoppin, Mrs. John Howell, Mrs. Ar
thur Curtiss James, Mrs. Robert Irv-
ing, MS. Irving jerks, Mrs. Edwin
Jarrett, Mrs. F. Robertson Jones, Mrs.
Edward E. Loonis. Mrs. Allan Mar
quand, Mrs. Alfred Maclay, Mrs Will
ton Merle Smith, Mis-. John Mettler.
Mrs. Charles Norton, Mrs. Henry S.
Patterson, Mrs. Robert L. Pratt. Mrs.
F. Louis Slade Mrs. Arthur Scribner.
Mrs. Andrew V. Stout, Mrs Erastus
Terft, Mrs. S. B. Thorne, Mrs. Charles
L. Tiffany, Mrs. 2. N. L. Tonetti. Mrs
Theodore H. Price, Mrs. William
Dlckerman, Mrs. Paul NJ. WarDurg,
Baroness Serge Kortf, Miss Emily
Cross, Miss Moyce Newell! and Miss
Helen Taft, dean Of Bryn Mawr.
Some of those who have seats and
boxes are Mrs. John R. Drexel, Mrs.
beverly Robinson, Mrs Willard D..
Straight. Mrs. W. B. Osgood Field,
Mrs. Frederick Lewisohn Mrs. Henry
Willard, Mrs. Edward Ringwood Hewitt.
Mrs. John Aspegren, Mrs Clifford Nal
lory, Mrs. \. G. Mcknight. Mrs. Ed
ward P. Mellon, Mrs. F. c. Noble. Mrs.
Francis n. Weld and Mrs. Jonn F.
Russell jr.
Seats ard boxes may be had from
MISS Catherine Simpson, at the Bryn
Nawr Club. i37 East Fortieth Street
Blocks CT 100 in the balcony are being
reserved for distribution amonr chill
oren IN charitable institutions, and
are sold at $25 and $50.
Alice will make her temperance
at the Little Theater on Monday.
Tuesday and Friday afternoons, April
II, - and Is. and SATURDAY morning.
April Il. Instead OF on d screen Lewis
Carroll's heroine and her friends, the
March Hare, the Cheshire Cat. the
Mad Halter, the White Rabbit, the
abberwock and all the other familiar
characters viii take part IN drama
tlZed version Of the story book which
has been done by Rachel Barton Butler.
author of 'Mamma's Affair" The pro
ceeds will be used for the Increase Of
teachers salaries and TO meet the def
icit IN that line which now exists AS
tns play Is suitable for children Of all
ages. the New York kindergarten As
sociation is cooperating. and will re-
oeive half of the proceeds
The cast Of alice in Worderland,'
VII. include Ida S. Leon. who plavs
the leading part in Mammals Affair. 3,
while Alice's sister will be irper-
sonated by Winona Shannon. Eliza
beth Patterson will be the Queen Of
( Hearts. Carlotta Irwin the Duchess.
Viola Winkless the Cook. Edwin BerI
the Frog footman, Morgan Fairly the
/ Caterpillar. Richard Dore the Mock
/ Turtle. Edwin Beryl the Grvphon Edwin
Reese the March Hare, Caslotta Irwin
the Dormouse, Boyd Agin the Mad
{ Halter, Willard Barton the King of
Hearts and Morgan Fairly the Knave
! OF Hearts
Between the frst and second acts
Alice and the White Rabbit will invite
the children 20 Mad Tea Party, in the
lounge Of the theatcr. The Incidental
! music has been composed by Winter