New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-28
NEW YORK SOCIETY
Mrs. Dinsmore Gives Largest
Dance of Season.

and Mrs. Gordon Willis and one OF the
most popular and attractive debutantes
OF the winter.
The entertainment took place in the
new ballroom Of the Rltz-Carlton, which
was decorated for the occasion with
Christmas greenery pink roses and srnl-
lax. There was no cotillon, but general
dancing was INDUCED I'm throughout the
evening and far into the morning, sup
per being served at midnight.
Mrs. Dinsmore, arrayed in dress OF
white and gold brocade, received her
guests, numbering some eight hundred
at the entrance Of the ballroom, with
the debutante, whose frock was OF rose
pink satin, with velvet sash OF ashes or
roses hue. Miss WiIlis's mother was
Miss Gertrude Edsal, Of this city, and
her father, Gordon Willis, an English
man, established in New York In the
banking business and a member or the
Racquet and of other New York CLUBS Is
a son Of the late Lieutenant General sir
Frederick Arthur Willis. X. c. B.
Among those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Stanley Mortimer Mr.. and Mrs Anthony
J. Drexel, jr.; Mr. and Mrs. William B.
Dinsmore Mr.. and Mrs. Oren Root, Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel A Wagstaff, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Reeve Merritt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Buell. HOLSTER, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Gordon
NOrre Mr. and Mrs. Leonard NJ. Thomas,
Mr.. and Mrs w. Travers Jerome, Mr..
and Mrs T. Frederick de Rham, Mr.. and
Mrs. William A. Hamilton, Mr.. and Mrs.
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Miss Ethel Roosevelt, Miss Emily Sloane.
Miss Margaret Schieffelin, Miss Josephine
Nicoll, Miss Eugene Ladenburg, Miss
Carol Hartman Miss Nancy Steele, Miss
Maria de Rarril, Miss Lisa Stillman, Miss
Ruth Twombly, Miss Joan Whitridge,
William Travers Jerome, jr., Ashbel II.
Barney, Morgan Belmont. Henry G. Bar
hey, Frederick II. Cruger Peter Cooper
Bryce Robert l.. Bacon, Hamilton Fish,
jr.. Frederick r. Martin, J. Coleman
Drayton and Albert Eugene Gallatin.
Another dance last night was that given
by Mrs Joseph B. Hoyt at Sherry's for
her debutante daughter, Miss Gertrude
Hoyt. Many dinners took place as ad-
juncts OF the affair, the guests going on
afterward TO Sherrys, where they were
received by Mrs. Hoyt and her daughter
at the entrance TO the large ballroom. The
decorations were OF a Christmas nature.
The dancing was general throughout the
evening, and seated supper was served
shortly after midnight. The guests, num-
berng about two hundred. were all young
people and included many OF the debu-
tantes Of this and last year. Among them
were Miss Gertrude Mall. Miss Eleanor
Taylor Miss Cornelia de Lancey Cam
mann, Miss Eleanor HartshOrne, Miss
Fonrose Wainwright and Miss Caroline
Wyeth. Among the men present were
Roland and Gcraldyn Redmond. Daniel
and Herbert Riker. Murray and James
Taylor, Rufus Graves. Stewart and
Charles Baker s Bryce Wing and J..
stuart Wing, jr.
Howard Taylor gave the last Of his
series Of four dinner dances for his
de5utante daughter. Miss Eleanor Tay-
Tor. last night at his house in East 6ith
street.
Mrs Oliver Hartman. Mrs. Charles s
Bates. Mrs. Francis w Murray and Mrs
Walter Camp were among the principal
patronesses of the first OF a series OF
dances, entitled the Friday Junior CO.
tilious. which took place last night at
Sherry's These dances are more es-
peclally for young girls who are TO make
their debut next winter.
Miss Catherine J.. Hamersley gave a
dinner last night az her house, No. 1920
Fifth avenue. and aftcrward took her
guests to Mrs. Dlnsmore's dance at the
Ritz. In the party were Miss Angelica
Brown. Miss Margaret Andrews Miss
Eugene NJ. Ladenburg Miss Margaret
Kingsland, Miss Alice Gouverneur Kort-
right. Miss Eleanor Lawrance. Miss Ade-
laide Cannon. Miss Frieda Pearson, Miss
Maude Gwynne Shepherd. Miss Agnes
LaHdon. Charles Miller. Maurice Roche.
Albert Eugene Gallatin. r. Thornton
Wilson. John Koan %. Eben Draper. =.
Pennington Pearson, Victor Chapman,
Henry Leverich. Montgomery Suckley.
Stevens. Howard Plummer.
William Remsen and Gordon Hamerslcy.
George z. Throop gave n dinner at the
Voman's Cosmopolitan Club last night
for his niece. Miss Cornelia T. Geer. tle
dehutante daughter OF the Rev w. Mon
tague Geer. Afterward he took his
guests 10 the Aston Theatre, and later 70
Mrs. Hoyts dance at Sherry's. In the
party. which was chaperoned by Mrs
Samuel II. Ordway, were Miss Arnas
Fowler, Miss Mary f. p. Jones. Miss
Helen Jay Du Bots. Arthur Du Bots. w.
Montague Geer. jr., Alrlck Man. Porter
Hoagland and Madison Blackwell.
Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer will give n dInror
and theatre party on January for her
young son Herbert. who is home from
college, and her nephew, Worthington
Davis The guests will be young girls
who have not yet been introduced ~ CO.
ciety and college boys. Owing TO mourn
ing. Mrs. Pulitzer will not be presant
herself. but the party will be chaperoned
by Mrs. Ralph Pulitzer.
Mrs. Rudolph Kissel has issued invita-
lions for dance for Friday next ~ her
house in Madison avenue.
Mrs. George Peabody Eustis and Miss
Susan Street have arrived from Europe
Mr. and Mrs. stephen II. Brown ne
East 'Oth street, announced yesterday the
engagement of their daughter Miss Caro-
o. Brown. TO Franklin Richardson. Miss
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