Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-15
Household
oEBUTANTES MAKE THEIR
BOW TO RICHMOND SOCIETY
German Club Gives Brilliant Enter
tninment In Jefferson Hotel
ballroom,

adu Siub slfeb inter
tninment In jefferson Hotel
BailF0om.
In setting OF palms. bay trees ana
Quantities of pink flowers. thirteen
ovely young girls made their bow to
'ashionable society last evening at the
initial dance of the Richmond German
i2h. The function took place in the
ballroom of the Jefferson Hotel. and
an orchestra played for the dancing
The first Monday belong distinctly
To the debutantes, and the dance Is
given over entirely to them. all in
tercst being centred In them, their
irocks. their bouquets and their escorts
The lichmond German Club in the old
est and most exclusive social organiza-
tiou In the city, and the names OF the
beautiful women who have come and
gone at their balls have made inter
esting reading In more than one novel
and story. The entertainments given
by the club are quite distinctive, and
the same customs have been observed
at tho dances for years past. The
presence of debutante at this first
dance marks her formal entrance into
the Inner smart set OF Richmond, and
there are many heartachea each season
among would-be aspirants, over the
lack OF invitations to this german.
Colonel 10 Lane Stern lead the ger
man. dancing with Miss Janet Keene
Jones. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. X.
Joncs. Miss Jones wore an imported
dress OF pink pineapple tissue. en-
- broidered In gold tulips, and she carried
pink orchids.
Carter Ingram, daughter of Mrs. John
Henry Ingram and the late Judge In
gram, wearing white satin gown and
Il single red poinsettia, dancing with
Tazewell Darlington.
- Miss Ellen Wright Wise, daughter
o OF Mrs BartOn IIayall Wise In 81 whit q
lace dress OF white satin, trimmed IN
roses. with IL bouquet of orchids; dane
ing with Stuart G. Lcakc.
Miss Alice Burwel! Reed, daughter OF
NJ. and Mrs. william T. Reed, in an
oDalescent dress draped in white satin,
purple orchids, with John Cutchins.
Miss Ethel Aston Cabsii. daughter
~ MIR. and MrH..J. Aston Cabell. In en-
broidered white chiffon. made with a
court train OF white satin. and bou-
uuet OF American Beauty roses. with
Dr. Merton Mason.
Miss Roberta Kyle Peasants. niecefef
Airs. Reginald Gilman, ana Miss Vir-
ginis P.easents. In white charmcuse
hraped In chiffon. and trimmed In
pearls and rare old lace. American
Reayty roses. with Carlton McKenny.
Miss Mary Lyon Tyler, daughter OF
Judge and Mrs. d. G.. Tyler, of "Sher-
wed Forest" in white charncusc made
with an ovcrdress OF illusion, aud
trinmed with pearls and rhinestonea
american Beauty roses, with c. VI. Chi
hester.
Miss Anne Myers. daughter OF Mr.
and Mrs. l.. #. d. Myers. Jr. In soft
White satin. embroidered and trimmed
In silver lace. n bouquet of orchids
and lilies OF the valley. with William
r. TriYg.
Miss Janet Montague. daughter Of
Congressman and Mrs. Andrew Jack
son Montague, In quaint tourGoise
blue silk. finished with Oriental drap-
-ry, American Beauty roses. with
George Melville Reid.
Miss Annie Cleveland Cone. daugh-
t'r W Mrs. Archibald Peasants Cone.
ia white charmeuse. finished with q
i"apcry OF iridescent crystal beads, or
ch'ds. with Walter Leake.
Mics Maudc Ainsic. daughter OF
! Mayor and Mrs. George Ainslie, In
wiIi,c net embroidered in pink flowers
and made over white satin founda
icu. orchids with Charles g. Harris.
Miss Martha Chambers, daughter Of
M. aud Mrs. Merritt Allen Chambers.
in white chnrmcusc. drapcd in en-
mnidercd chiffon. orchidc and lilies OF
ihr valley, with John Cary.
Miss May Mercer. daughter OF DR.
anj Mrs. William T.. Mercer, in white
satin. trimmed In silver spangies. or
rhids. with Edward c. Harrison. Jr.
ratronesses invited to receive for the
| ''h' idSt CNSH'HS
rinckncy Bryan, Mrs. Julien II. Till.
Mrs Levin Joynes, Mrs. Thomas Branch
McAdams. Mrs. John SHELTON Williams
Mrs. William II. Pa Inner, Jr Mrs John
stewart Bryan, Mrs. Garrett Ruckner
Wall. Mrs. Henry Carter Stuart, Mrs
David Harris I.eake, Mrs. John Kerr
Branch, Mrs. John Il. Anderson. Mrs
George Cole Scott, Mrs. Barton HaXall
Wise, Mrs. Il. Randolph Williams and
Mrs. c. Cotesworth Pinckney.
buffet supper vas served>>at II
o'clock. and decorations in the dining
room were also in pink roses. Miss
Amy Johnson, dancing with John
Walker, was among the out-of town
guests present last evening.
Other out-of-town guests noted were
Mr.. and Mrs Heth Lorton, OF New
York; Captain Beresford, of London,
England; Major Kelham. of England:
DR.. and Mrs. Allan Talbot. OF Balti-
more: Mr.. and Mrs. j. Il. Thomas, OF
Charleston, w. Va: Mrs. John D.
Iiooe, of Warrenton; Mr.. and Mrs. Bar
ker Hamill. of Trenton. y. j.: Mrs.
Gardiner =. Tyler, OF williamsburg:
w. H. Faulkner. OF TIE University of
Virginia; Charles Neave. Of New York;
George w. Stevens. Jr., OF Hunting
ton, w. Va, and DR.. Hugh S. Cum
mings, of Baltimore.
Leaving for Washington.
Mrs. Andrew jackson Montague and
her daughters. Misses Gay and Janet
Montague. have leased their home. I'LL
Grove Avenue. for the winter and are
leaving Thursday for Washington,
where they will join Congressman
Montague for the season. Congress-
man Montague and his family have
taken an apartment in the Avondon. on
l.. street. for three months, as they
viii not return to Richmond for some
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Archibald Cary and
their daughters, the Misses Cary, have
taken the Montague residence, on
Grove Avenue, and they expect to move
there this week.
Announcement Of Interest.
Cards have been issued for the mar
rage of Miss Caroline Minor, daughter
of Mrs. Edmund Christian Minor and
the late IL. c, Minor, to Richard Ster-
ling Ely. The wedding will be cele-
brated on Wednesday evening, Dccem-
Der 30, at $3.50 o'clock In st, Paups
Episcopal Church. The ceremony will