Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-01-04
MISS yANDERBILTs DEBUT.

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MISS VANDERBILTS DEBUT.
Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt, daughter
of Cornelius Vanderbilt, made her So
cial debut Wednesday afternoon. The
reception afforded fashionable folk the
first opportunity of inspecting the in
terror of the new Vanderbilt mansion.
The debutante received her callers in
the first of the series of drawing rooms
on the Fifth avenue side of the house.
The entrance was from the Fif,y-eighth
street front, and from 4 until Z o'clock
an necessarily moving line of carriages
went in at one gate and out the other.
A band of Hungarian musicians was
stationed in the library, and in the ball
room twenty five of Lander's musicians
played. The new ballroom in the re-
constructed chateau is the largest in
any private residence in America, ex-
cept the ballroom in George Wander
bilt's southern castle. Five hundred
persons can dance with comfort in the
ballroom at the same time. The square
hall in the Fifty-seventh street front,
with its wide marble staircase was a
favorite gathering place Of the calle rs.
Mrs. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Sloane, the
Misses Sloane, and the Misses Shepard
assisted Miss Vanderbilt in receiving
the guests. The debutante was dress
edfn simple white gown.
Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt is the Sec
ond child of Cornelius Vanderbilt. She
is is years old and resembles her father.
The other four children of Mr. and Mrs.
Vanderbilt are Cornelius Vanderbilt,
ir., the oldest, WHO'S student at Yale;
Alfred Vanderbilt, the third child, now
a student at ST. Paul's School at Con-
cord, n. H Reginald Vanderbilt, and
Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, who is about
twelve years old.
There were 500 personal responses
made to the Invita- ons issued. Among
the callers were:
Mrs. Paran Stevens, Commodore and
Mrs. Elbridge T. Gerry. Miss Angelica
Gerry, Mrs. Cutting, Mr.. and Mrs. L.
X. Wilmerding, Mr.. ard Mrs. William
D. Sloane, Mrs. Eliot F. Shepard, Miss
Shepard, Mrs. Frederic r. Jones, Miss
Beatrix Jones, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Sloane, Mrs Philip. Sands, the Misses
Sands, Mrs. William 3. Beekman, Mrs.
George Bliss, Mrs George Barley, Mrs.
T. Streatfeld Clarkson, Gen. and Mrs.
J. Watts Kearny, Miss Mary Kearny,
Mrs. Frederic Goodridge, Miss Lena
Goodridge, Frederic Grosvenor Good
ridge, Mrs. John Lyon Gardiner, Mrs.
Charles r. Huntington, Mrs. John T.
Hall, the Misses Hall, MIS-. James
J. Higginson, Mrs. Gouverneur
Morris, the Rev. Dr.. and Mrs. Greer,
Miss Greer, Mrs. William Rhinelander,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Hampton Robb, Miss
Robb, Tnayer Robb, Col. and Mrs.
Frederic Dent Grant, Miss Julia Grant,
Mrs. Louis Fitzgerald, Miss Geraldine
Fitzgerald, DR.. and Mrs. John G. Jay,
Miss Edith Van Cortlandt Jay, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederic j. de Peyster, Miss de
Peyster. Miss Laura p. Jay, G. Stacy
Clark, Pierre Jay, Banyer Clarkson,
Miss Alice McKim, Mrs. ]. Montgom-
cry Hare, Miss Hare, Miss Caroline
Lee, the Misses Gurnee, Miss Antoin-
cite Davis, Mrs. Brooks, Mrs. Wilson,
Miss Adele Gardiner, Miss Katharine
Beekman Hoppin, Mrs. Kingsland,
Miss Kipgsland, Miss Schietlelin, Mrs.
Neeser, Miss Neeser, Mrs. De Neuf-
vile, Miss Brayton Ives, Miss Eunice
Ives, Mrs. Henri Braem, Miss Braem,
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Rhinelander, the
Misses Barley, Miss Mabel Lewis, Miss
Grace Henop, Mr.. and Mrs. Coudert,
Miss Grace Coudert, Miss Cornelia
Croker, Miss Clarkson, Miss Peabody,
Mrs. Edwin Stevens, Mr.. and Mrs. C..
Albert Stevens, the Misses Stevens,
Miss Marion de Peyster Carey, Miss
Atterbury, James Earl King, Mrs. j. X.
Van Rensselaer,, Mrs. Hard, Miss
Hard, Walter Kemeys, Goodhue
Livingston, Brockholst Cutting, George
A. Morrison, jr., ]. Langdon Erving,
Edward Livingston, Miss Julia Della
field, G. P. Hoppin, J. L. Delafeld, c.
w. Ogden, jr., F. Harold Van Rens-
selaer, Mrs. Valentine G. Hall, Valen-
tine G. Hail, Amory Carhart, G. Thorn
ton Warren, Mr.. and Mrs. Hartman,
a. Gordon Norrie, Edward Crownin-
shield, ]. Searle Barclay, Regis Fl. Post,
Sir Roderick Cameron, the Misses
Cameron, Mr.. and Mrs. Cooper Hew-
lit, ex-Mayor and Mrs. Abram S. Hew
lit, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry LIE Grand
Cannon, Mr.. and Mrs. T. Suffern
Taller, Mr.. and Mrs. G. Oliver Iselin,
S. Norman de r. Whitehouse, Mr.. and
Mrs J. Pierpoint Morgan, Miss Nor
gan, Mr.. and Mrs. I. Townsend Bur-
den, Miss Burden, Mr.. and Mrs. Victor
Sorchau, Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Bur-
den, Mrs. Edmund l.. Baylies, Belmont
Tiffany, and Mr.. and Mrs. Elisha Dyer.
Dealers in flowers in this city had
occasion to hail the social debut of
Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt into society
with delight. Miss Vanderbilt receiv-
ed a grand total of 14S bouquets, 60 OF
which were made in one of the upper
Fitch avenue flower shops. As the
prices of the bouquets ranged from $40
to S25. $500 is a conservative esti-
mate of the value of the bouquets
N. Y. Sun.
For Over Fifty Years.