The New York herald., 1922-07-04
Dancing Festival
at Mackay Home
for Welfare Fund
Benefit at Harbor Hill for
New York City Recrea-
tion Committee.

Special Dispatch 10 THE New York HERALD.
RosLYN, L. l.. July 3.-Several of the
most popular dancers in various Broad
way productions came to Harbor Hill,
the country home OF Mr.. Clarence III.
Mackay. this evening and entertained
several hundred residents OF this neigh
borhood as well as from New York.
incidentally. performers and audience
sent into the treasury OF the New York
City Recreation Committee, of which
and Mrs. Charles Cary Rumsey treas
urer. substantial sum OF money with
which the committee will be able
greatly to extend its summer recreation
work with the cooperation OF thirty
similar civic and philanthropic organi-
cations.
Through the courtesy OF Mr.. Mackay
the main salons of his country resi-
dence became the scene OF a UNIQUE
incident among early summer suburban
attractions for charitable projects Tho
program consisted entirely of dancing
numbers. and was appropriately called
a Dancing Festival" in which the
public had its part after the formal
program had been completed The un-
certainty of the weather prompted the
indoor performance which had been ar
ranged by Berthe and Francesca Brag-
gliotti, who also contributed TO the pro-
gram.
One Of the most amusing Of the en-
tertainers was Mr.. Boreo, one OF tho
wooden soldiers OF Chauve Souris
There was a speciality dance by Miss
Martha Lorber Of the "Ziegfeld Fol-
lies" who was remembered by many
present as having danced with Fokine.
Miss Conchita Picauet. who has been
dancing and singing at the Winter Gar
den, added to the charm of the offer
ings. OF a very different character
Field" the six dancing tramps from
the Hitchcock PIN Wheel Revel," and
finally Michio Itow contributed a quar-
ter of an hour of his characteristic
dancing.
The program was opened at 10 o'clock
and was over at midnight Then the
public that had crowded the salons
Of the chateau of Harbor Hill. did its
own dancing under the skies In the gar
den. where a dancing floor had been
erected. The supper, for which the
spectators had paid 81 in addition to IS
admission to the performance. was
served IN the mouse.
Miss Katherine Mackay, daughter of
Mr.. Mackay. was chairman of the enter
tainment committee. with large num-
ber Of associates who included Miss
Adele Ryan. Mrs. Roderick Tower. Miss
Constance Jennings. the Misses Evelyn
and Florence Loew. Mrs Goodhue Liv-
!ngston, Jr.. Mrs. J. Henry Alexandra
and Messrs. Thomas Hitchcock, Gould
Jennings. Percy r. Pyne, Jr., Joseph
Hartman, Harry Cushing, William
Jerome Preston. Robert Straw
bridge, Rodman Wanamaker I'd and Cor
nelius v. Whitney.
Associated with Mrs. Rumsey and Mrs.
as patrons and patronesses
" ere Mrs. Elliot c. Bacon. Mrs. Robert
Bacon. Mrs. Courtlandt d. Barnes. Mrs.
Nicholas F. Brady, Mrs. William Russell
Grace. Mr.. William Faversham, Mrs
George Edward Kent, Mrs. w. Averell
Hartman, Mrs. Devereux Milburn. Mrs
John S. Phpps, Mrs. John T. Pratt. Mrs
Preston Pope Satterwhite. Mrs. Willard
Straight, Mrs. Payne Whitney. Mrs. Eg-
erton L. Winthrop Mrs. August Bel
mont, Mrs. Arthur Scott Burden, the
Hon. Mrs. Frederick Guest. and many
others whose country places are In the
Wheatley Hills district