The New York herald., 1921-02-02
Thousands Dance at
Charity Ball and
$4,000 Is Earned
Mrs. James w. Gerard Leads
the Grand March-Debu-
tantes Sell Booklets.

For the sixty-fourth time the annual
Child's Hospital took place last night.
For more than a decade the Waldorf
Astoria has been the scene of this his
toric episode in the social, civic and
charitable life and the great assembly
again was held there, the entire Sec
ond floor, with a private entrances and
four bathrooms, being necessary for the
accommodation Of the thousands who
took part.
Charity" again flashed in electric
lights above the dais from which the
managers and directors reviewed the
opening dances and thus adhered to a
tradition that has been in vogue since
the first Charity Ball was given, in
1855. Last nights income for the hos
pital was estimated at $4,000.
Socially the ball was of fashionable
Importance, with the leading matrons Of
society among the patronesses and box
holders. Standing out in that large
group was Mrs. Algernon Sydney Sulli-
van, who for nearly half a century has
been president or honorary president of
the ball. Now she occupies the honorary
place, with Mrs. James w. Gerard as
lIe active preFluents Inc Nlce-preSl
dents, who participated in the opening
grand march to the main ballroom, were
Mines. Charles y. Alexander George +.
Baker, Jr., Edward J. Berwind, Clifford
a. Cochran. Newbold lie Roy Edgar,
Sumner Gerard. Lawrence Lewis Giles
pie, Frank Gray Griswold, William
Averell Hartman, Arthur Iselin, w. De
Lancey kountze Frederick Pearson,
Herbert L. Pratt, Charles f. Roe, John
Sanford and William X. Vanderbilt I'd
and Princess Cantacuzene-Sp -Speranskey.
Mrs. Frank S. Witherbee. whose mother,
the late Mrs. Lispenard Stewart, was a
Charity Ball executive during it's early
years. was the treasurer of the dance
and Mrs. Robert Livingston Gerry was
the secretary.
Men of prominence in public life,
officers of the army and navy and rep
resentatives of foreign governments gave
tc the ball its civic significance. At
lalf past ten o'clock the formality of
opening the dance was started. with
Mrs. Gerard at the procession's head.
Rear Admiral James Fl. Glennon, u. S.
N, with his staff all in dress uniform,
and Mr.. Maurice Casenave, French High
Commissioner. had places of honor.
Major Gen. Robert Lee Bullard, u. S. A..
who was unable to attend, was repre-
sented by Col. William Weigel, his chief
of staff.
In another division or the procession
were the following officers and board
members of the Nursery and Child's
hospital: Mrs. John NJ. Bowers. Mrs.
Oliver Bronson, Miss Lena r. Curtis,
-irs. F. Ashton de Peyster, NJ SIS Eleanor
Du Bois. Mrs. Howard j. Hildt. Mrs.
Charles l. Hudson, Mrs. Helen Hartley
Jenkins, Miss Eleanor lie Roy, Mrs.
George Augustus Lung, Mrs. George III.
Macy, Mrs. Henry ID. Nicoll, Mrs. Ernest
r. Osborne. Mrs. Henry s. Patterson.
Mrs. John r. Pratt. Mrs. Clarkson Run
Yon. Mrs. Henry w. Taft; Messrs.
Daniel c. Adams, stephen Baker, Roger
=. Baldwin Linzee Blagden. Charles
Boucher. f. Ashton de Peyster Moses
ely, Alfred Houston. Frank c. Little
ton, Edward de T. Livingston. Frederick
r. Moor and Vernon Munroe. DR.. Ed
ward IT, Partridge. DR. Edward II. Peas
lee and Messrs w. Emlen Roosevelt,
George h. Roosevelt. George III. Sullivan
end Horace S. Wilkinson. Members of
the floor committee, one hundred strong,
marched behind their chairman, Mr..
Lawrence Smith Butler
After the opening formalities youth
dominated the dance. Miss Adelaide Kip
Khinelander, with a number of other
debutantes serving with her. sold SOU
venir booklets that recorded the person
rel of the ball. and told in it's twelve
pages the story of the historic assembly
al d Of its beneficiary that was founded
n 1854. i'm st. Marks place. by the
iate Mrs Cornelius Du Bois.