New-York tribune., 1921-01-23
National.Opera
Club to Give.
Costume Ball
First Act of ssRomeo and
Juliet and the Third of
''Traviata'' To Be Sung at
Annual Affair Thursday
800 Invitations Issued
New York City Federation
of Women's Clubs to Get
Committee ReportsFrida

The National Opera Club Of Amer
lea will hold the seventh annual grand
opera costume ball at. the Waldorf
Astoria Thursday. It will be presi-
dents night, and the president and
founder, Baroness Katherine Won K1en-
ner, has issued 800 invitations to club
presidents Of the city and state organi-
cations.
The first act of "Romeo and Juliet"
and the third act of "Traviata" will
be sung.
Following the program there will be
a grand opera character costume pag-
will be accompanied by groups repre-
senting the entire cast Of the various
grand operas, will be as follows: Nine.
L. Lipkowska, Manon Lescaut; Claudio
Muzio, Eugen Onegin; Carmen Pas
cova, Carmen; Countess Aquilegas and
Emily Won Tetzel, Pelleas and Nell
sande; Leila Troland- Gardner, Zaza;
Oscar Nanton, Natomis; Nine. Pas
quale, Gilda; Agusta MacManus,
Shanewis; Evadne Turner, Floria la
Tosca; Mrs. Oscar Hammerstein,
Brunnhilde; Mrs. Charles Baker, Mu-
setta; Mrs. Owen Kildare, Cleopatra;
]. w. Smith, Countess Almaviva; Mrs.
]. Schitf, Grand Duchess of Gerolstein;
Mrs. Mary Nixon, Rebecca; Mrs. Jo-
seph Gutman, Amneris; F. w. Clinton,
Pagliacco, j. R. Rockart, Rodolphe; T..
N. Nixon, Don Jose; Nine. Barbara Ed
redge, Marguerite, and Nine. Fique,
Aida. Following the pageant there
will be general dancing, with Francis
Wright Clinton, chairman Of floor COM
mittee.
The meeting for cooperation Of the
New York City Federation Of Womens
Clubs, Mrs. Louis Ralston, chairman,
will be held at Hotel Astor Friday after
be presented at the February conven-
tion will be discussed and reports from
various committees considered. The
candidates for office at the coming
election will be introduced, Mrs. Rich
ard M. Chapman, of Brooklyn, heading
one ticket and Miss Mary Wood, of
Manhattan, the other.
The last meeting Of the Tuesday
morning forum will be held at Hotel
Astor Tuesday morning at II o'clock.
Miss Mary Wood will speak on "Pend-
ing Legislation"
Theoria, Mrs. Harold George Wood
president and founder, held its social
Wednesday. The dinner was served
at the Cafe des Beaux Arts, after
which the members proceeded to the
Cohan & Harris Theater to see "Wel-
come Stranger"
The annual Theoria breakfast will
be given in honor of producers, authors
and stars of the theatrical profession
in the ballroom of the Hotel Astor
May 8. The general chairman is Mrs.
Harold George Wood. Mrs. L. H. Huot
tables and Mrs. Mabel Mckinley Baer
and Mrs Harry McClasky are program
chairmen.
The New York State Society, Daugh-
ters of the Revolution, Mrs. John F.
Hemenway, regent, held its January
board meeting at the Hotel Astor
Friday. 4
Mrs. James j. Gormley, president Of
the New York Euphony Society, will
give a reception to the charter and new
mem bers on Tuesday afternoon at the
Waldorf.
The Arst of the series of card games
will take place Saturday afternoon
Games will be pivot and there will be
a prize for each table. The lucky door
number also will draw a prize. The
February matinee musicale will be held
in Lincoln's Birthday.
Preparations are under way for the
Chevy Chase dance to be given in
February, when the president will en-
tertain the juniors and choral.
The next meeting of the Society for