The New York herald., 1921-10-16
George Grey Barnard and
Others to Make Addresses
Events for Charity.

To form an early season part Of the
charity programme for the winter a
group Of well known women have ar
ranged five literary matinees to be
known as "LHeure Joyeuse" In the
Plaza under the auspices of the Book
Committee on Children's Libraries. The
entertainments take their name from
the children's libraries, established by
the committee In Belgium and France.
The matinees are to be as follows: Oc-
tober 81. an address by Mr.. George
Grey Barnard on art and Our Ma
tional Life: November q, tea and
bridge party. with Mrs. Lewis 3. Gawtry.
as chairman; December 26, a Christmas
party, with a reading by Mrs. Kate
Douglas Wiggin on "A Chiid's Journey
with Dickens and with the authors
characters impersonated by children in
costume. In January. date to be an
nounced, lecture by Mr.. Alfred Noyes
on THE Great Companionship-Litera
ture." and February II. address by Miss
Janet Richards on THE International
Situation"
Mrs. Gawtry Is chairman of the COM
mittee In charge of the five afternoons
assisted by Mrs. j. Horace Harding,
Mrs. William Warner Hoppin. Jr.. Mrs.
Arthur Curtiss James, Mrs. Hamilton
Fish Kean. Mrs. Herbert l.. Pratt, Mrs
Samuel Sloan. Mrs. Carl Tucker and
Mrs. T.. Tileston Wells.
The officers OF the book committee
are honorary chairman. Mrs. Herbert
Hoover; chairman, Mrs. John Lewis
Griffiths; vice-chairman. Mrs. Philip A.
s. Franklin; corresponding secretary.
Mrs. James Robert Mckee: recording
secretary. Miss Ella Snowden Walk
treasurer. Mrs. Frederick L. Eldridge,
and assistant treasurer, Mrs. william
G. Peyton. The advisory committee in
cludes: Bishop William T. Manninr,
Mrs. John Henry Hammond. DR.. George
y. Kunz. Mr.. Frank a. Munsey, Mr..
Childe Hassam. Mrs. Gibson Fahne-
stock. Mr.. Melville f.. Stone. Mr.. Will
lam Roscoe Thayer. DIR. Z. G. Richard
son. librarian OF Princeton University.
and DR.. Edward Il. Stevens. librarian
Pratt Institute Free Library.
Subscription tickets for the five Joy-
Gus Hours are $40 and may be obtained
from the book committee at Gil Madi-
son avenue.
Mrs. John Lewis Griffiths, chairman
OF the book committee on children's
libraries, recently visited Europe.
where she established children's lib
raries IN Belgium for the committee
She said that a new library and reading
room for children Is being presented
to france by tnc committee ana Will DC
called the Marshal Foch."
The objects OF the libraries are 10
unite permanently the children OF all
the Allies In bond of literature. The
chiidren's libraries offered to Belgium
and accepted and the one about to be
offered to France are gifts of gratitude
to the children of Europe for what
America has already received from the
writer's OF children's books which have
come to America from Europe.
The annual dance for the Grosvenor
Neighborhood House, always an inn
portant incident in the eyes OF the
debutantes, has been arranged for the
night of December 8 In the Ritz-Carlton
under the direction Of Mrs. HUNTINGTON
Lyman, Mrs. william y. Olmsted. Mrs.
Samuel Sloan Walker, Miss Augusta
Dixon, Miss Aioise Boxer and Miss
Sarah Tod Bulkley.
A bazaar IL to be held In the Plaza
on November 10 for the benefit of The
Helpers. with Mrs. William P Van
WICK In charge