New-York tribune., 1922-04-09
State to Honor Is
n. Y. Aces ON Day
Of Aviators' Ball
Gov. Miller, Who Heads
Patrons List, May Confer
Decorations; Debutantes
TO Be III Aerial Pageant

Governor and Mrs. Nathan Miller
will head the list Of patrons and pa
tronesses of the fourth annual Avja-
tors Ball, to be held in the grand ball,
room of the Hotel Astor on April "a.
The presence of the Governor with his
military staff, together with high rank
ing officers of the Army, Navy and
Marine Corps and all aviation officers
IN uniform is expected to add even
more than inlpast years to the military
character of the ball The Governor
and Mrs. Miller will be the guests Of
Colonel Laurence La T. briggs, chair
man of the ball committee, and Mrs.
briggs at dinner preceding the ball.
1T is also proposed, that Governor
Miller will carry out his plan to con-
fer the New York Conspicuous Service
Cross upon the fifteen New York aces
of the World War at public ceremony
during the afternoon preceding the
ball
There is a long and distinguished
list OF patrons and patronesses under
the respective chairmanships of Francis
Crowinshield and Mrs. Charles Dana
Gibson. II. Rogers Benjamin heads a
committee of a hundred naval aviators
and J. Philip Roosevelt similar COM
mittee of Army fiers.
Fifty of New York's debutantes who
are working with the aviators for the
success of the ball under the chair
manship of Miss Barbara Brokaw will
take part in Pageant of the Air"
""cording to y lans made at tea
given for the junior committee at the
rlaza Motel on Wednesday afternoon.
This will be given as part of the
Intern ission entertainment at the ball
and will come as prelude to the fea-
INV nf ynh In
been announced.
The pageant is being arranged and
directed by Francis Msrkoe, assisted
by Miss Emily Chauncey, and Miss
Barbara Brokaw. Among those taking
part are Miss Elizabeth Andrsde, Miss
Beatrice Batterman, Miss Constance
Banks, Miss Mary Alice Barney, Miss
Phyllis Batcheller. Miss Alice Beadle-
ston, Mrs. David Banks, Mrs. Henry
Rogers Benjamin, Mrs. Howard Bur-
dick, Miss Harriet Camac, Miss Maud
Cabot, Miss Dolores Carrillo, Miss Nina
| Chatillon, Miss Elizabeth Clarke, Miss
lins, Miss Marjorie Cleveland, Miss
Diana Dalziel, Miss Margaret Dawson,
Miss Marion De Rham, Miss Margaret
De Forest, Miss Margherita De Vecchi,
Mrs. Fal de Saint Phalle, Miss Emily
Dodge, Mrs. Thomas Emery, Miss Mary
Flagler. Mrs. Thomas K. Finletter,
Miss Julia Finke, Miss Gabrielle Gourd,
Miss Dorothy Gardner, Miss Laura
Harding, Miss Ethel Hays, Miss Audrey
Hoffman, Miss Margaret Hennsssy,
Miss Adrienne Iselin, Miss Martha Jar
man, Miss Marie La Marche, Miss Ellin
Mackay, Miss Helen Meurer, Mrs. John
Munroe, Mrs. Herbert Pell, Miss Jeanne
Reynal, Miss Clare Reynders, Miss Vir-
ginia Ryan, Mrs. Martin B. saporto,
Miss Dorothy Schiff, Miss Margaret
Schroeder, Miss Margaret Schniewind
! Miss Justice Townsend, Miss Virginia
Van lngen, Mrs. George Henry Warren
| jr,. Mrs. John Wells and Miss Louisa
! Wilson.
Emerson MasMillin ,3rd, treasurer
Of the bail, has announced that boxes
and tables will be placed on sale on
Monday and may be secured at the
Office OF the committee, Room IS, 80
West Fortieth Street, or ordered by
telephoning Longacre 1888.