Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-15
DEBUTANTE's BALL.

Brilliant Gathering of Mr. and Mrs Spang's
Friends to Greet Their Daughters Bios
soming Into society-An Interesting Old
Place the Scene of the Function.
Mr.. AND Mrs. NORMAN SPANG intro
duced their young daughter, Miss Sara, to
Pittsburg society last night by brilliant
ball given in the Kenmawr Hotel. AS
everyone knows, part of the hotel a couple
of years ago formed the spacious town resi-
dence of the old Hailman family, and many
notable entertainment has been given
within its walls. 1t was then well adapted
for private functions of an important nature
and when it passed over into the hands of
its present owners, they wisely retained all
the agreeable characteristics of the house.
This is a short depression into history to ex-
plain the principal charm of last nights
event, combining as it did all the features of
house entertainment with those that ac-
company the accommodations of a club
house. The old square hail. with the read
ing room opening to one side and the parlors
TO the other, was all crashed ana
the utilitar1an nature of the office hidden
beneath draping of smilax. The great old
windows, the kind in which our grand
fathers INDUCED when they built houses,
and which are really an ornamental feature
of the rooms, were hung with lace and beau
them. The mantelpieces were banked with
ferns and flowers, and other like decora-
tions were felicitously introduced. Some
thing that was uncommonly pretty, in the
way or treatment of flowers, deserves
especial comment and praise. The large
dining room, where the company danced, has
four pillars in it to break its monOtony.
Around their capitals, and hanging partly
down the shafts ferns and trailing plants.
among them English ivy. were skillfully
Dalieve
that they were not all planted in the ceiling
and growing downward. The table in the
small dining room had what might be
termed floral scarf thrown across its
length, upon which stood several handsome
baskets of flowers. Another feature was
the decorative pottery in the form of vases
numerous nicnes and corners which so con-
yeniently abound.
Mrs. Spang was assisted in receiving, with
her daughter, by Mrs. BisselI, Miss Bissell,
Waring, of London. Miss Mary Laughlin, II
deoutante of last season, who had been in
vited to assist was unable to do so, as her
family are in deep mourning. Mrs: Spang
issued over 800 invitations, to which prob
ably one half the responses were declina-
tions, by reason of illness or mourning. The
reception began at o'clock and dancing
somewhere in the neighborhood of mid
night
The young debutante is very interesting
girl, and, though only now introduced for-
in society. She is more than ordtn-
arily clever, and concluded careful
and exhaustive school career at
home by Il twelve-months' travel in Europe,
In the company of her parents. She possesses
q bent toward literature, and while travel
ing entertained her friends in PittSburg by
clever social sketches and narratives. pub
Hshed in the rapers of the city. Miss
Spang doubtless enters upon a brilliant
social career.
Among the guests who were present were
the following:
Mr.. and Miss Rhodes, Mr. and Miss Bailey,
Mr. Lindsey King, Miss Forsythe, Miss
Walker, Mr.. Mcknight, Miss Grace Kelly,
Mr.. Samuel Moorhead, Miss Jennie Ross,
Miss Rankin, Mr.. Rankin, Mr.. Valentine,
Messrs Wharton, Miss Lawrence, Mrs.
and Mrs. Blair, Miss Shark, Mr..
James Morgan, Miss Harding, Mr.. Mullin,
Mr.. and Mrs. Porter, Mr.. and Miss Gray, Mr..
and Mrs. George Chalfant Mr.. Walter Nc
Clintock, Messrs. Albree. Miss Clara Childs,
Miss Tindle, Mr.. Tindle Mrs. John s. Hays
and Miss Stella HAYS. MIR. and Mrs. and Miss
Metcalf. Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Harper, Miss
Davis. MI. Davis, Mrs. James Scott and fam
lily, Mr.. and Mrs. George Singer Mrs. EBERT
Mr. and Mrs. Charles II. Reid. Miss Sing er,
Mrs. Otis II. Childs, John S. Clarke,
Mrs. William Carr. Mr.. and Mrs. E.
NJ. Ferguson, Messrs. Scaife, Mr..
and Mrs. Ogden Edwards. Mrs. Sutton, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Semple, Miss and Mr.. Ar
buthnot Mr. Frank Willard, Miss Marshall
the Misses Price, Miss Lockhart, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bughman. Miss Howe, Mr.. and Mrs.
Christian 1. Mckee. Mr.. and Mrs. William N
Frew, Miss Stella Hays, Mr.. and Mrs James
Brown. Miss Woodwell, Miss Haworth, Miss
Lucy Haworth, Mr.. and Mrs. John Fl. Ricket-
son, DR.. and Mrs. Riddle and Mr.. and Mrs.