New Britain herald., 1928-12-15
NEW YORK SOCIETY
 TAKES SANTA ROLE
Russian Ball to Be Given for Aid Of Needy x.

New York. Dec. IS R>-New York society turned lts attention this week from brilliant parties for debu- tantes and celebrities to the more earnest business of filling the Christmas stockings of 'the other half"
 Prince Serge Oblensky. and his wife, the former Alice Astor. head the list of patronesses for the Rus- sian ball to be given January I. in aid of the poor and the Russian church assistance fund. A large Christmas tree decked with silver and crystals and topped by an H. luminated star will be the central decorative feature of the ballroom. since the date of the affair falls on the Russian Christmas. Russian singers in costume will sing native Christmas carols during the supper hour, while debutantes wearing Rus sian headdresses will move among the guests with trays of holiday bonbons for sale.
 InT1StUAS ~Wsk CVsuNSt A new feature Of the holiday sea- son is the first Christmas song fes- tival at which Christmas carols of ! many nations will be sung by tac Peoples Chorus in Carnegie hall next Sunday afternoon. Mrs. An drew Carnegie and Mrs. John Henry ] Hammond will be among the goo singers who will be robbed entirely in white, Christmas carols of old Eng land, German Folk Leider and 1 French holiday songs will be fea- lures of the song festival program. Dance for Charity 4 cabaret entertainment Of soft shoe dancers and close harmony singers, headed by Will Rogers as master of ceremonies. was the meth- 1 cd chosen to gain funds for charity at the December ball. given recently at the Ritz Carlton. An eccentric gypsy dance. performed by a bare foot dancer was a high light of the program.
 Miss Nautell Cunningham. the 1 dancer, wore a costume of gypsy red 1 and carried tambourine to accent
 uate her dance steps. Mrs. John H. Amen and Mrs. F. Higginson Cabot | were among committee members of the ball which was given for the benefit of Grosvenor Neighborhood i House.
 Junior League Toy Sale A Christmas exhibit and sale Of
 toys of which the Junior league is
 among the sponsors, is drawing so- ciety from other activities to the Ar den Gallery these wintry afternoons. I, The exhibition is gay with dolls rep rcsenting Mother Goose characters and Cinderella figures. all done by I mod Hn artists. Twentieth century
 flappers stand next to dolls of 100 years ago. while historic figures from France, Switzerland and Italy mingle with an army of miniature soldiers of Napoleon, the Junior
 league will devote it's share of the sales proceeds to the support or 1ts
 baby shelter and other charitable
 cndeavors.
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 There was some pause in philaT-
 thropic effort for the festivities in honor of debutantes. however. So
 great has the number of these be- come during the holiday season that the buds and their escorts form q procession dashing from one party to another where the decoration schemes seem to outdo each other in brilliance. The setting for the supper dance at which Mir. and Mrs. Edward Moore introduced their daughter Marion resembled | Corot painting in design. Masses of cy- botium ferns outlined the walls. which were banked with roses and chrysanthemum, while ropes of
 ferns outlined the mirrors and panels.
 Bride Chooses Simple FNrk With the approach of the festivi- ties of the Christmas season. we'd dings have grown less pretentious in tone. Miss Frances Ziegler. whose marriage to John Gibb Alley took place this week, dispensed with the ! traditional white wedding gown and
 veil, and chose for her bridal attir" a frock of three shades of Boise de Rose with a hat of corresponding ! shade. Her bouquet was of orchids