New-York tribune., 1920-02-01


4o-night st the Hudson Theater, where
Oscar Wilde's comedy "The 1mpor-
.ance of Being Earnest" will be pre-
sented under fashionable auspices for
the benefit of the Milk for Children of
America Fund. The cast will be an
all-star one. with such clever amateurs
as Mrs. James Lowell Putnam, Mrs.
Newell ". Tilton, Mrs. Joseph B.
Thomas and Miss Elsa Maxwell filling
the feminine roles. They will be sup
ported by equally prominent profess
SIGNALS, Ernest Glendenning. Reginald
Mason, 7. Wigney Percyval and Eric
Snowden.
"The Ninth Waltz" curtain raiser,
will open the program, and in this
Mrs. Herbert Shipman and Norman
Trevor will appear.
Nine. John Iswalski and Dolores, Of
midnight Frolic' fame, will head the
program committee, on which will be
Mrs. John Wanamaker jr, Mrs. Raw
son ". Wood. Mrs. Anthony j. Drexel
Biddle Mrs Dave II. Coddington. Mrs.
Craig Biddle, Mrs Edward Coddington
and Mrs. Angler 3. Duke.
Some of those who have taken boxes
and seats include Mrs. James B. Hag-
Princess Speranskey, Mrs.
John Il. Drexel Mrs. O. II. p. Belmont,
Mrs. T. j. Galley Rhineiander, Mrs.
+. Henry Hartman. Mrs. Edison Brad
ley. Mrs. Oscar Richard, Mrs Frederic
Nelson Mrs OrmoAd G. Smith, Mrs.
irving 3rokaw, Mrs. James McCrea,
Mrs. +. Eeorton Webb, Mrs Oliver G.
Jennings. Mrs William II. Force. Mrs.
John Dillon, Mrs. Herbert M. Harri-
man. Mrs. Thomas c. Clarke, Mrs.
william K. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Charles h.
Alexander. Mrs. Thomas Hastings,
Charles f.. Sampson and Mrs. Oliver
Hartman, chairman OF Children of
America Fund. Tickets may still be
obtained from the box Office and from
Mrs. Edward ~ Brcitung, Is East Sew
caty-sixth Street
A rare treat for music lovers will be
given for the benehe of war orphans
Of southern Italy Sunday afternoon, Feb
uary Il, a. the home Of Mrs. Ernesto G.
Fabbri, 7 Fast Ninety-ffth Street. Old
Florcntiae music will feature the pro-
cram. and Padre Semeria Will speal,
on Dante's ideal OF Civilization" He
viii be introduced BY John jay Chap
man There viii be an organ prelude
by Maestro B.mboni, and this viii be
followed by Ii madrigai for mixed
quartet, La Nioletta in su l'Erbetta," ,"
melody that was popular in Florence
in 1900.
Miss Aileen Tone will be heard in
three medieval Latin songs, and the
Marchesa Cappelli VIII sing shepherd
songs from Lulli's opera "Armida, -
,r,t ,i%ai
paniment. "Arrlida" was given at the
Opera in Paris in 1866, and for eighty
years was performed continuously. In
May, 1911, it was revived in Florence
with the Marchesa Cappelli in the
leading role and Maestro Bimboni
conducting. The shepherd songs are
perhaps the most beautiful part o.
the score and viii be given for the
first time in this country.
The concert viii be under the patron
age of Mrs. Charles b. Alexander, the
Hon. Mrs. Alfred Arson, Mrs. Court
landt Field Bishop, Mrs. Charles Astor
Bristed. Mrs. Nicholas Murray Butler,
Mrs. James Byrne. Mrs. John J. Chap
man, Mrs. Ncwbold lie Rcy Edgar, Mrs.
". B. Osgood Field, Mrs. Ogden Goelet,
Mrs. Henry g. Gray, Mrs. f. Gray Gris-
void. Mrs. John Henry Hammond, Mrs.
WIN i4tNflt y WI >. NttId dlu llOyl, MIS-.
F. Burial Hoffman. MIS-. Adrian Iselin,
Mrs Oliver G. Jennings. Mrs. De Ian
cey Kane, Mrs. H. Fairfield Osborn,
Mrs. Frederick H. PAGE, Miss Mary
Parsons, Mrs. J. DvNcley Prince. Mrs.
James l.. Putnam. Mrs Douglas Robin
son, Mrs. Herbert l.. SatteYlee, Mrs.
Horatio Slater, Mrs. c. Lorillard Spen-
GER Mrs j. Fred Tams, Ms. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Mrs. Frederick w. Nandor-
bit, Mrs. William X, Vanderbilt, Mrs
Whitney Warren, Mrs. Schuyler War
ren, Mrs Harry Payne Whitney, Mrs.
Orme Wilson ir. and Mrs. Egerton L.
Winthrop,
The honorary committee is headed
by the Italian Ambassador and Baron
ess Romano Avezzana, and includes the
Italian Consul Romono Tritoni: Ches-
ter Aldrich. the Hon. Alfred Anson,
DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler. james
Byrne Winthrop Chanler, John Jay
Chapman, Rawlins l.. Cottenet Ernesto
G. Fabbri, Lloyd Griscom, Adrian Ise-
lin, j. Pierpont Morgan, Prince Clan
battista Rospigilosi, Herbert L. Safer
Lee, Whitney Warren and Henry White
Jhn oh 1.,,