New-York tribune., 1914-12-01
DANCES AID DAY NURSERY.
Young People Show New Steps While Society Beams APP
proval from Boxes at the Ritz-Coony Club
Also Has Benefit.

Society was largely represented at
the tablear- lance given last night at
the Ritz Carlton for the benefit of the
Virginia Day Nursery. All the boxes
and seats we're occupied by prominent
persons, many of whom came on from
dinners given earlier in the evening.
There we're ten tableaux dansants.
Miss Beatrix Buel and Gerald Onativia
appeared in a Russian mazourka, Mrs.
Louis Du Pont Irving and Bradish j.
Carroll, jr., in pierrot dance and Miss
Josephine Wells, Miss Marietta Chapin
and Miss Eunice Clapp in Persian
dance. Miss Margaret Huntington En-
hart was seen in an autumn and Miss
Margaret Trevor in a Mexican dance.
Mrs. Edward Roscoe Mathews and Mrs.
Bertha Ware Cady appeared in a Ia
tao dance. In the crinoline dance were
Miss Helen Ridgely Morgan with Her
mann c.. Schwab. Miss Constance Pea
body with Bradish ]. Carroll, r., and
Miss Caryl Hackstaff with ]. Berry
Underhill, jr. Miss Marie Taller and
Bradish J. Carroll, jr., were seen in the
Lulu Fado, and Miss Mildred Gautier
Rice and Dorr Norton in a fancy fox
trot.
The entertainment committee con-
sisted of Mrs. Richard Irwin, Mrs.
Henry Fairfield Osborn, Miss Laura V.
Day. Mrs. Frank Brown Keech, Mrs.
Samuel Sloan, Mrs. II. Hobart Porter,
Mrs. Henry G. Trevor, Miss Caroline
Morgan and Miss Annabella S. Oily
, plant.
On the junior committee were Miss
Josephine A. Osborn, Miss Barbara
Shedd. Miss Charlotte r. Strong, Miss
Catherine D. Colt, Miss Margaret 5.
Porter, Miss Helen Ridgely Morgan,
Miss Caryl Hackstaff, Miss Constance
Peabody, Miss Josephine Wells, Miss
Josephine Nicoll, Miss Margaret h.
Trevor, Miss Louise r. Hoadley and
Miss Louise Trevor.
The patronesses included Mrs. David
Wagstaff, Mrs. Richard A. Peabody
Mrs. Stuyvessnt Fish, Mrs. Vincent
Astor. Mrs. JuniUs S. Morgan, Mrs.
William Reese, Mrs. Arthur Curtiss
lanes. Mrs. William Church Osborn,
Mrs. Herbert Shipmau, Mrs. Louis j..
Pooler. Mrs. Willard S Brown, Mrs. j..
Rich Steers, Mrs. Keene Taylor, Mrs.
C. Henry Coster, Mrs. Cass Gilbert
and Mrs. Justus Ruperti.
Miss Elise Bevan Miller, daughter Of
Mrs. Samuel Bevan Miller, of 701 Ca
thedral st., Baltimore, will be married
70 Henry Fairfax Ayres, Of this city,
at noon tomorrow in Emmanuel
Church, Baltimore. The ceremony will
be performed by the rector, the Rev.
DR.. Hugh Birckhead. assisted by the
Rev. DR.. Arthur B. Kinsolving, cousin
Of the bridegroom. Miss Miller will
have as her only attendant her sister,
Miss Allison ]. Miller. George Emlen
Starr. brother-in-law Of Mr.. Ayres, will
be the best man, and the ushers will
be three of his classmates at West
Point, Lieutenant Emile V. Cutrer,
Lieutenant Harry Pfeil and Lieutenant
George ". Goethals. also Russell Earle
and Lloyd Aspinwall, of this city, and
Francis Morris Miller, brother Of the
bride.
Mr. kyres is the only son Of Mrs.
Ayres and the late Colonel Charles G..
Ayres, u. s A. He was graduated
from Wes, Point in 1908 and was as
sigrcd as oecond lieutenant to the
7th United States Cavalry. Later he
resigned ard went into business. He
Is a descencsnt OF General Henry
Dearborn and grandson on his moth
er's side Of Colonel John Walter Fair
fax, Of Virginia.
Owing to tho recent death Of the
brides grandmother the wedding will
be quiet, with only relatives and few
intimate friends present Mr. Ayres
and his bride will live in New York
this winter and later will make their
home in the country.
Mrs. Charles Hsllam Keep gave re-
ception yesterday afternoon at her
home, 7 Eas. SD ST.. to introduce her
daughter, Miss Eleanor w. Keep. The
debutante, who wore light blue taffeta
trimmed with silver lace, was assisted
in receiving by Miss Mary c. Sturges,
Miss Elise Rice, Miss Garcia Warburg,
Miss Mildred Sawyer. Miss Kate Colby,
Miss Agnes E. Roudebush and Miss
Elizabeth Clarkson. Mrs. Keep will
give a dinner and theatre party for
her daughter on December 7.
The marriage Of Miss Harriet Paris,
elder daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
U. Paris, to William P. Philips, son
Of Or. George NJ. Philips, Of West
Chester, Penn. will take place this af.
ternoon in the Church of the Incarns-
tion.
CiasAnes II. Chsuneey. Who vill