New-York tribune., 1921-11-06

9 The Town and Country Secretaiiat,
Miss Beth Evans directing, is to have
charge of the tearoom and has chosen
as beneficiary the committee on un-
employment Of the Association for In
proving the Condition of the Poor, Cor
nellus Bliss jr., chairman. An en-
deavor IS being made to have some of
the hotels contribute the food. one hotel
| for each day, and two OF the leading
the hotels in the city already have re-
/ sponded generously. A large group OF
society matrons have accepted the in
vltatlon to act as hostesses. and there
will be the usual number of pretty
! girls serving as mattresses.
On the list OF patronesses are Mrs
Courtlandt Dixon Barnes and Mrs. Cor
nelius Bliss jr., who are also on the
A. !. c. P. committee; Mrs Oliver B.
William Astor Chanler, Mrs. John Jay
Chapman, Mrs. Robert Fairbairn. Mrs.
John Work Garrett Mrs Ernest Iselin
Mrs W. H. Moore, Mrs. Alfred B
Maclay, Mrs. r. 7. Wilson. Mrs. Charles
Cary Rumsey, Miss Ruth Twombly and
Mrs. Walter Maynard.
Among the young girls who have al
ready accepted the invitation to help in
the work which is to aid New York's
worthy unemployed are Miss Margaret
Tucker, Miss Leonora Armsby, Miss
Hester Emmet, Miss Anita and Miss
Polly Damrosch and Miss Marjorie
Hughes.
Mr.. Slater has charge Of the dccora-
tions, and for the armory, with its bar
rel-like top sIoping down to the sides.
he has found inspiration in the sur
loundings at Mount Vernon. At the
Madison Avenue end of the building
/ is TO be a part reproduction of tho
house at Mount Vernon looking across
the Bowling Green to schoolhouse
Mr.. Slater has set up the schoolhouse
at the Park Avenue end and is going
to utilize one of the walls for the
scoreboard. There are two arcades.
one of which will be devoted to the
tearoom. The interior of the latter
is to be done in two tones of yellow
and blue, with wall pockets for trail
ing ivies. Reginald c. Vanderbilt is
giving his annual luncheon in this set
ting.
For the rest, the interior is to be
decorated with laures accentuating tho
outdoor effect. a green hedge to ex-
tend around the entire oval from the
house. Washington's coat of arms is
to top the schoolhouse, and enormous
standards reproducing the American
flag of 1777, surmounted with blue
glass stars, are to be stationed at ef-
| fective intervals. One large grand
pected, will equal the seating capacity
at Madison Square Garden, as the new
armory IS enormous extending, as ie
does, from Madison to Park avenues
General Pershing
Enters Two Jumpers
The size of the arena at the show
will permit the holding of many spec
tacuar and thrilling events calling for
the utmost in good horsemanship. Tho
entry for the Grafton broad jump, al
ways one of the contests that rivet the
attention of the throngs, is unusually
large this year and in keeping with the
increase in entries, which total about
2,2OO. Not since 1918 has the National
Horse Show been assured of the finest
o. equine speciments IN such numbers.
With an additional width of fifteen
. feet and length Of ten feet the arena
will permit the driving of four-in
hands under actual road conditions,
and there will be the teams of Judge
William H. Moore, Franklin B. Jour
! dan, r. Lawrence Smith and Mrs. Loula
Long Combs. who has imported zeY
eral harness horses especially for this
competition.
The hunter and jumper classes have
llled we'll, and this DIVISION VIII be
further strengthened by the army en-
tries, including two famous jumpers
belonging to General John J. Pershing
The Squadron A Cup, valued at
$500, will provide one of the features
of the show, for the conditions call for
miniature endurance test that covers
two days. The contestants have to
jump over series Of obstacles, in-
Guiding the Grafton broad jump.
Mrs. Walter II. Hanley's Driftwood,
Blaze, Miss Janey McKay's Cherokee
Princess, Mrs. r. Z. Tod's wonderful
English mare, Scepter, and Samuel
Keller Jacobs pair, My Delight and Ken
tucky Colonel, are represented in the
saddle horse division. All told, it looks
like the return OF the good old days
at the National Horse Show.