The New York herald., 1921-04-10
Performance to Be Given at
Annual Ball of the Verdi
Club.
rEARIY thousand persons are

of the opera Aida" to be acted
and sung IN costume al the fourth
annual ball OF the Silver Skylarks 10
be given by the Verdi Club, Mrs. Flor
ence Foster Jenkins president in the
ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria oa
April 20 for the benefit of the Ameri-
can Red Cross.
The, opera will be directed by Eu-
genio Pinelli and the cast will include
Miss Claire Spencer. contralto; Miss
Josie Jones soprano: Ernest Davis,
tenor from the Boston Opera Com
pany; Giovanni Fobert barytone; Giu-
seppe Gravina. bass, and a chorus of
one hundred and fifty
There also will be a ballet under the
direction Of Nell Tichenor and a sym
phony orchestra.
The decorations for the ball are
under the direction OF Miss Lille
Mayer The boxes viii be draped with
hand painted banners representing the
characters in Nerdfs operas, bearing
the name of the opera or play and
will be festoned with golden bay
leaves.
The costumes will be taken from
those worn by characters In Shake
speare-Verdi operas and those occupy
ing the boxes will wear costumes cor
responding to the devices upon the
banners of their respective boxes. Other
decorations will include flights of sill
yer skylarks. flying toward golden
suns. with a background of turquoise
blue, suggesting sky. Other features
of the programme will be operatic
numbers by Renee Thornton accom-
panied by Richard Hegeman and violin
solos by EMO Pascarelli. The chair
man of the dance Is Miss Estelle
Christie.
Major-Gen. Robert l.. Bullard will oc-
cupy the Army box with a party from
Governors Island. Commander Adams
will occupy the Navy box with officers
of the fleet, and the various consuls
will occupy the French. British and
italian boxes. Other boxhoiders are
Baroness LEILA de Torinoff. Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Hegeman. DR.. and Mrs. Bruce
Bushong Preass, Mr.. and Mrs. c. b.
Phillips, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer w. Gear
Ing Mr.. and Mrs. Frank G. Smith. Mrs.
William Henry Porter. Count and Coun-
ess Alfredo Janni, Cavalier Barbieri.
Mrs. Katherine Martin. DR.. John Ed
ward Oster, Miss Edna Moreland, Mr..
and Mrs. Edwin Shield, Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Gemunder Miss Claire Spencer.
Mrs Dora Macdonald. Mrs. ]. Jones
Christie. Mrs. Arthur H. Bridge. Mrs.
j. f. Crum, Mr.. and Mrs. Melchiorre
Mauro Cottone. Mr. and Mrs. William
Pell Disbrow and Mrs. Theodore Martin
Hardy.
with the April dinner and dance of
the American Criterion Society, Mrs.
Leonard L. Hill president. at the Hotel
Commodore on Friday evening. the So
cial season of the organization ter
inmates. The philanthropic side of the
association however. will not end until
bridge party takes place. This will
he held on Thursday afternoon, April 81.
when the children ~Ntients OF the Laura
Franklin Free Hospital and the wounded
and crippled soldiers who are invali1s
In the various institutions will be the
beneiciaries.
The card party will be held in the
east ballroom OF the Hotel Commodore.
Mrs. v. Provost Batterton Is the chair
man in charge. Tea viii be served and
prizes to be awarded TO the winners
have been especially designed and made
for the occa sion. The tickets are IS and
all OF the roo members are expected to
participate in the event for the soldiers
and III babies in hospitals.
Preparations are being made by Mrs
John p. Latin, Mrs. Joseph Paterno and
Mrs. II. w. Braun. co-chairmen as
matrons of the dinner and dance for
next Friday The dance floor will be
under the management OF DR.. John
Strother Gaines. Jr. He has as his vice.
chairman Mr.. Walter Moore. They will
be reinforced by floor committee OF
twenty-six members.
Gay colored tissue paper caps repre-
senting different nations will be worn
by the dancers In the Paul Jones figures.
and for the successful winners in tho
lucky contest and spotlight dances Hrizes
will be awarded. Mr.. William Peck.
chairman Of the souvenior committee.
has provided small silver flower vases
for the women and silver rules for the
men.
Among those who will entertain parties
at dinner are Mines. Frederic william
Waller. Mvron Wilbur Robinson. John
IT. Judge. Hudson Parmelee Rose. Jo-
seph Palermo. T.. A. Cushman, r. Pro-
vost Patterson. Charles Vincent Paterno.
Charles r.. Bentley, Sidney r. Whitlock.
Margaret Weber John strother Gaines.
Jr.. John T. Rainier. Harry r. verren.
Robert Howard Beattie and George w.
Kavanaugh.
Mrs. Leonard l.. Hill will have her
guests Mr. and Mrs. d. George Derry,
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel r. Ritchey. Mrs.
Frances A. Murdoch, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Pitnam Spencer. Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Schwab. Mr.. and Mrs. F. VI.
McQuesten. Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Marks
and Mrs. James II. Prince.
The annual business meeting. with the
election OF officers, OF the society will be
held In the Hotel Commodore on the
first Friday in May Reports will be
made and plans for the programme OF
next season will be considered.
Rubinstein Club. Mrs. William Rogers
Chapman. president will give It's sixth
and last afternoon musicale for this
season on Saturday in the ballroom Of
the waldorf Astoria. Beniamino Gigli.
the new tenor OF the Metropolitan Opera
company. will give song recital, which
will be his only recital this season, and
offer n most interesting programme OF
arias and groups Of songs Dancing will
follow the programme. Extra guests
tickets may be obtained In advance from
the president at the Waldorf. or Miss
Mary Jordan Baker, 351 West 114th
street
The third and last evening choral con-