Last Monday night the much heralded dinner and dance of the Greek Ladies society St. Helen took place at the Morrison Hotel and many prominent fellow-Greeks participated.

The affair, which was given, exclusively, for the benefit of the fifty-four Orphanages in Greece, at which 35,000 orphans of the Asia Minor disaster are sheltered, was a grand success.

The dinner was honored by the presence of Hon. G. Depastas, consul-general of Greece, and The Right Rev. Philaretos, bishop of the Greek church in Chicago. Both personages addressed the participants who were crowding the three great halls of the Hotel.

Bishop Philaretos opened the dinner with a prayer which was followed by the playing of the hymns of the two countries. Mr. Depastas read a telegram from the Greek Ambassador who was incapacitated by a sudden illness and unable to attend the affair, as it was promised.

Over 3,000 participated. The price for the event was $3.00. The success of it was anticipated.