New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
Birds Sing Welcome
To Guests all Mozart
Society Breakfast
Ballroom of Hotel Astor Is
Transformed Into Garden
of Spring Flowers for
Twelfth Annual Affair


The ballroom and the adjoining
rooms of the Hotel Astor were trans
formed into garden of spring flowers
yesterday for the twelfth annual white
and gold breakfast of tho New York
Mozart Society, Mrs. Noble Mcdonnell
president. TO carry out the outdoor
effect, birds in flower bedecked cages
were placed about the rooms and sang
"a welcome to the guests. The gowns of
the women were in harmony with the
surroundings and only pastel shades
were allowed to be worn. Mrs McCon-
nell was assisted in receiving by Mrs.
Charles S. Whitman and Mrs. Edward
/. Edwards, wife of the Governor Of
New. Jersey. They were assisted by the
members of the board of directors,
who wore garlands Of pastel shades
and pastel feathers in their hair.
The breakfast committee, headed by
Mrs. Samuel Gardner Estabrook, who
arranged the breakfast, greeted the
members and guests as they entered
the ballroom and the reception com
mittee, headed by Mrs. Henry w, Haw-
kins, escorted them to the tables They
were preceded by members of the
Juniors, led by Miss Evelyn Estabrook,
who scattered flowers before them. The
members of the choral, led by Richard
i. Percy, sang grace, and the Rev. DIR.
A. Edwin Keigwin read the invocation.
The members of the reception commit
tee wore capes of roses and carried
flower decorated cages with singing
birds.
The breakfast was followed by dane
ing, to which men were admitted.
Mrs. Mcconnell announced at the
breakfast that already 500 members
had paid their next years dues and
that renewals and applications for
membership were being received daily.
The members of the breakfast COM
mittee were Mrs. Samuel Gardner Esta-
brook, chairman; Mrs. j. Van Wicklen
Bergen, Mrs. Harry J. Brethorst,
j. Berney, Mrs. Esca 0. Bufkin, Mrs.
Herbert Brush, Mrs. Philip Braender,
Mrs. Nellie P. Clabby, Mrs. Marguerite
WI. Clyde, Miss Angela G. Cochran,
Mrs. Horace w. du Moulin, Mrs. Peter
F.. Diehl, Miss Hedwig A. Diehm, Miss
Evelyn Estabrook, Miss Johanna Encke,
Mrs. Louis G.. Frese, Miss Dorothy j.
French, Miss Mabel NJ. Hill, Mrs. Ash
ley K. Hammond, Mrs. George J. Jagle
/ ir., Mrs. Carl B. Knudsen, Mrs. Matilda
Kroger, Mrs. Edward Locke, Miss Edna
Locke, Mrs. Edwin H. Merkley Miss
Adelaide L. Mcnamara, Mrs. T. de Lacy
Mccarthy, Miss Ethel McGarvey, Mrs.
Christine H. Nickerson, Mrs. Frank
Netschert, Mrs. C. B. Phillips, Mrs.
Harry Prutting, Mrs. George w. Rem,
Mrs, Millie Ryan, Mrs. A. +. Rousseau,
Mrs. Jacob Schmidt, Mrs. Frank H.
Cca 1-de fold Mrc Caoroa NIrr
Philip Stephan, Mrs. Matthias Trim
mer, Mrs. C. E. Wheeler, Miss Dorothy
Welch, Miss Dorothy Wieden, Miss
Natalie B, Walsh and Miss Jean B.
Walsh.
The guests of honor were Governor
and Mrs. Edward I. Edwards, Mrs.
Belle de Rivera, Maurice Deiches,
Samuel G. Estabrook, Miss Gabrielle
Elliott DR.. and Mrs. A. Edwin Keigwin,
Leonard Liebling, Noble Mcconnell,
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard 7. Percy, Mr.
| and Mrs. F. w. Riesberg, DR.. and Mrs
LIE Roy r. Stoddara, Nine. Marguerite
Sylvia, Mrs. John Francis Yawger anl
Mrs. Valdemar Sillo.
The Beethoven Society, Nine. Aida
Tanini-Tagliavia president, will have
its annual business meeting and cleo
ton of officers on Friday, May 20, at
the Hotel Plaza.
The last evening theater party for
the season of the Manhattan Matinee
Club, Mrs. Jessie Emerson Moffat.
founder and president, will be held
next Tuesday evening. "Rollos Wild
| Oat" will be seen at the Punch and
Judy Theater. Mrs. George Kupfrian
is the chairman. The last luncheon and
matinee party will be Wednesdayt Nav
18. The club will see Arthur Byron in
Thanks to You" at the Thirty ninth
Street Theater following luncheon at
the Waldorf Astoria. Mrs. D. Wads-
worth jr. is the chairman of the day.
| Monday afternoon, May %, the final
business meeting and discussion of