The Jersey City news., 1899-12-16
DEBU I
Mrs. McGee's Introduction
to Society Yesterday a
Brilliant Success.
ELABORATE DECORATIONS
Parlors a Mass Of Christmas
Greens, Holly and Mistle-
toe Reception AS
sistants.

more appropriate decoration for the
debut of Miss Julia McGee, daughter of
Hon. and Mrs. Flavel MCGEE, of Boule-
ward and Montgomery street, yesterday,
than that used-evergreen-n only be-
cause of it's appropriateness to the sea-
son, but about Its very fragrance there
wa sa hint OF the healthy freshness Of
youth, with not thought of fading, and
these Cristmas trimmings on this oc-
casion were certainly most artlstically
elaborate.
To begin with, the reception was di-
vided into two parts from four to seven
in the afternoon and from nine to eleven
in the evening. For the afternoon, of
course, the house was darkened and
artificial light used. The effect, especial
ly in the parlor, where Miss McGee, at
tired in "a beautiful gown of white
lace, assisted by her mother, Mrs. Flavel
MCGEE, attired in a handsome creation
of black and white lace, and her girl
friends. received. This room was liter
ally covered, all save the floor, with
evergreen, holly and mistletoe. The
ceiling was entirely hid from view,
while columns Of red berries and greens
framed the heavily draped windows.
mirrors and folding doors, over which
latter hung a large bunch of English
mistletoe.
Outside the hall was festooned or
canopied across the ceiling with ever
green, while from the rear, behind an
evergreen and holly fence aoated strains
of sweet music from Van Baur's
orchestra All the other rooms on the
main floor were trimmed in the same
manner, only trifile less elaborate.
Miss MCGEE and her ladies in waiting
stood in the rear of the parlor This
party consisted of a number of the
debutante's school and JerseyCity friends.
They were Miss Galpin, of Scranton, who
wore white silk; Miss Hurt, white lace;
Miss Soper, pink crepe de chine and Miss
Hoagland, of Chicago; Miss Savage, OF
Railway, white mousseline de sole; Miss
Gaddis, of Newark, pink satin.
The Jersey City girls were:-Miss Helen
Rae. white mousseline de sole. over blue
silk; Edna Tofrey, white organdie; Addie
Wilson, yellow pointe d'esprit; Miss
Bertha Marten, pink mousseline de Sole
and Miss Agnes Rowe, embroidered
organdie, and Miss Fouche, white em-
broidered mousseline de sole.
The ushers were both from in and out OF
town and consisted of Merrs. Pierre Cook.
Wymer Mills, Haviland Tompkins, John
Voorhees, and Frank McGee of Jersey
City; Messrs. Van Dorm Of Freehold,
Hugh Archibald of Scranton. Frank Bes-
sell Hurt of Kansas City, Dobbins of
New York and Savage Of New York.
After a short rest from seven to nine,
the reception recommended and it was
perhaps during the evening hours that the
young people best enjoyed themselves
for it was then that dancing was intro
duced. During both afternoon and even
ing a delightful buffet collation. was
served by Maresi from tables beautifully
decorated in red and green. mostly holly.
There were over nine hundred invita-
tions issued. and to judge by appearances
it really seemed as though all the recipro-
cants had accepted. Altogether it was a
delightful affair due quite as much to the
unaffected grace of the debutante as to
the elaborate arrangements.
Among those present were:-Misses
Bertha Anness, Edna Bumsted, Helen
Bonham, Gertrude Bonham, Adele Edge,
Genevieve Edge, Isabelle Ferris, S.
Evelyn Foster, Bertha Hastings, Marion
1dloy JdiNlS, H1dl Jul y
Lewis, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Nc
Burney, Edith McBurney, Annie MCGEE,
Edith Marshall, Margaret Post, Louise
Parker, Florence Reed. Helen Rae, Clair
Riddick, Maud Rowland. Miss Nora
Schenck, Miss Slocum, Margaret Sloeum.
Helen Soper, Blanche Shaffer, Alice
Scott, Louise Tompkins, Vera Van de
Wort, Josephine Van Horne, Frances e.
Wilds, Messrs. Mervin Bishop, Henry
Brown, Edgar Bradley, Elicott Brown,
Roger Black, Eugene Batchelar, Edward
Bristor, Hudson Condict, Clarence
Durrie, Chauncey v Everett, Wall
ter Eager, Benjamin Edge Clinton
Fisk, Edwin Ferris, Leonard Fer
ris Edward Ferris. Rudolph Heike,
Charles Hardenberg, Daniel Hardenberg.
Stanley Jones, Eugene Leake, Donald Nc
Naughton, Douglas Muffet, Thayer Mar
ten, Charles Myers, Hilton Williams, Eu-
gene Newkirk Give Newcomb, Ralph
Perry, Willard Reed, Charles Ridgway,
Ernest Slocum, Henry Savage William
Toffey. Hayiland Tompkins, Vreeland
Tompkins, Percy Sehenck Edward Van
Wrinkle, John Voorhees,, Reginald Van
Horn, Frank Voorhees,, Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel C. Allison, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Brinkerhoff, Mr.. Phillip Brett, Mr.. An
drew Barricklo, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph D.
Bedle, Judge Marcus Beach, Mrs. Althea
pandornh Pek1le Mr. and Mrs David