The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-06
NEWS OF LIE DAY
 IN SGJlfTY WORLD
Afternoon. Tea Given By Mrs.
 Robbins and Mrs. White
NOTES HERE AND THERE
The Day of the Debufante-AIiss EIean- or Matthews to Be Honoree at Evening Bridge-WIttfchen-
 Williams Engagement
BY MYRTLE MILES

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 At this season of the year society the
 world over is chiefly interested in the
 debutante. The formal introduction of Biimingham's "buds'' was made rather earlier than in most cities, particularly in the east, for most of the large affairs in their honor having taken place Tn October. The favorite entertainment in- troducing the debutante here is an even-
 ing reception and dance. In New York, Baltimore. Chicago and Washington the preference is toward the afternoon tea, followed in the evening by cotillon to which the younger set is bidden Such is to be the introduction of Miss Ada line Cup of Washington, the niece of Mrs. Sidney Edmonds. whose formal debut Is to be made Thursday of this week. Commenting upon New York's 6ebutantes Town and Country stated yesterday:
 New York delights in novelty, but there are certain pleasures anticipated | each winter Custom has established | their character and the time of their l coming. For one generation at least some of the important events of the
 season remain unchanged. New York | is Eclle, but 1t welcomes the return of some of it's annual festivities with much enthusiastic interest year after year, and | accepts others as though fixed by higher authorities just as it does Thanksgiving l day and the Christmas holidays. After the excitement of the first performances | of grand opera it begins to give it's attention chiefly to the debutantes. On | Tuesday evening of next week. at the | junior cotillon, every anxious ambitious
 mother will see ner debutante daughter | put to the social test, New York is also busy in the usual way in the interests of | charity, and as in previous years it finds | sincere enjoyment in Mir Bagby's musi-
 cal mornings at the Waldrof-Astoria, the first of which was given on Monday
 morning. There was a series of recep tions for the debutantes even during
 the last fortnight in November. Among | the young girls presented before the
 first of December were Miss Margaret
 Kemp. daughter of Mrs. George w. | Kemp; Miss Jean Duer Key, a great niece of Mrs. Henry Meyer Johnson;
 Miss Annette Rhodes Weaver, a daugh- ter Of MT. and Mrs. George s. Weaver,
 and Miss Mary Chapman Edgar,
 daughter of Mrs. William s. Edgar.
 Some of the youngest of the debutantes | are distinguished by the fresh rosy color
 of their complexions and by manners | equally natural. Their lack of concern
 as to personal appearance adds to their | charm. On the Sunday preceding Thanks giving, for example, party of friends
 and relatives were gathered together for
 the christening of MT. and Mrs. Bayard | Sands Litchfields little daughter at the
 residence of MT. Litchfeld's parents, Mir. and Mrs. Edward Hubbard Litch- field at Montague Terrace in Brooklyn. This little girl was christened Barbara Victorenova. The second name Is in honor of her grandfather, the late Victor l Berg of St..-Petesburg, Russia. Mrs. | x,I,o I,a,. tbor Ada Berg, was present at the chris tening, is of English descent, though her | ancestors have been established in Rus
 sia for four generations. Last Saturday | a little party of relatives were gathered
 together quietly for the christening of Glove Wotherspoon Miles, the daughter
 Of MT. and Mrs. Alfred Graham Miles,
 who have one of the attractive houses | on Park avenue above Thirty-fourth
 street Miss Miles is of added interest
 to many people in that she is the grand
 daughter of George c. Boldt.
 Miss Helen Taft is, of course, the most interesting of the Washington debutantes.
 A recent society journal says of her:
 Miss Helen Taft's final decision to take her place with the seasons debu- tantes rather than assume herself exempt from the obligation of a formal presenta-
 tion. has given an impetus to all the en- tertaining for debutanteS. While Miss Taft shared in these festivities during her vacations, and also had a prominent part in the summer gaiety near Beverly during the past summer, her formal en- trance into society was made on Thurs day, when tne fashionable world was in | vited to the White House for an old fashioned coming-out tea, such as Wash | ington loves. Miss Taft will be the guest | of honor among old and new friends al- most daily until the close of the season.
 which this year falls on February 2s."
 In Chicago Miss Adelaide Chatfeld-Tay- Tor, the daughter of MT. and Mrs. Ho- bart Chatfleld-Taylor, is claiming socie- | tvs principal attention. Her mother is | one of the most exclusive of Chicago's | smart set and indeed, 1t is said, will later assume the mantle of leadership now
 worn by Mrs. Potter Palmer She is a
 daughter of the late Senator Farwell and long belle in Chicago's fashionable cir cles Miss Chatfield-Taylor came out at
 a tea that was attended by throng of friends. The Leander Mccormick resi-
 Gence, for years occupied by the late | Mir Levi Letters family and leased by Mir. and Mrs. Chatfield Taylor for sev-
 eral years, is one of the very large houses on the northside In Chicago, but every
 nook and corner of the receiving rooms
 was filed. Mrs. Chatfield-Taylor and her daughter received alone, although Mrs. l Chatfield- -Taylor's two sisters, Mrs. Reg.- nald deKoven, whose home Is in New
 York and Washington. and Mrs. Robert
 G. McGann, both were present and min gled with the guests. The house was
 messed with the floral offerings to the debutante-200 boxes found their way to her-and one noticeable fact was the pres ence of men in almost equal numbers with the women. This is a thing difficult to accomplish in busy Birmingham, by the
 way and even the larger cities are said
 to find 1t unusual. Mrs. Chatfeld-Taylor gown was an artistic marvel. Fashioned of pink satin, it was yelled with pale blue
 chiffon and heavily embroidered in corals and pearls The debutante wore white charmeus satin over which fell tunic or 1 biscuit colored lace.