New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05
|, uncheons, Receptions, Dansantss
Dinners and Theatre Parties
SOciety's Welcome to
the New Corners.

-,NcE the opening of the New York sea
son two weeks ago with the premiere
y :. the Metropolitan Opera House the
=. ,,ogramme has been crowded with en-
sOI a.I,r,,nts. most OF them for the debutantes.
~ Friday and yesterday were the busiest
TT q the week with luncheons, receptions
81 d,cSants. dinners, theatre parties and
-. making a strenuous fifteen or sixteen
a.. a.. Tor the younger set. Yesterday there
~. ~ less than dozen girls formally pre-
- N society at receptions and thes dan
So. followed in the evening by dinners,
$50, parties and informal dances.
tn. week opening to-day will be just as gay
-. =. one which came TO a close yesterday.
,,,ono the debutahtes who will be introduced
-. Miss Geraldine Fitzgerald Adee, on Tues
81, At reception given by her mother, Mrs.
T,..s, r. Adee. at the Colony Club Miss
Nv Al,erton Cushman, daughter of Mrs.
1o..pb Wood Cushman Of SIS Madison Ave
,r.. Miss Adele Prindle, daughter OF Mrs.
r..r,ng Walker. and Miss Edith Williams,
dsughter Of Mrs. John Van S. Oddie, all OF
.bor, will be presented TO society on Tuesday.
Mrs + Walter Wood gives a reception on
Thursday 10 present her daughter, Miss Ma
tale Wood. and on Friday Miss Aileen and
Miss Adelaide Sedgwick daughters OF Mrs.
Harry Sedgwick; Miss Marion Townsend,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Allen Townsend,
and Miss Helen MacGregor Byrne, daughter
Of Mrs. lanes Byrne, will be introduced.
Among the debutantes who will be presented
On Saturday are Miss Helen Culver Kerr,
daughter Of Mrs. John Clapperton Kerr; Miss
Frances T. Riker, daughter OF Mrs. Samuel
Riker; Miss Constance L. Chappell, daughter
of DR.. Walter f. Chappell, and Miss Lillian
Palmer. daughter of Mrs. Nicholas F. Palmer.
Many other affairs will be given for the de-
butantes during the week, and there will be
meetings OF several of the dancing classes and
number Of entertainments for charity OF in
tereSt TO the older set.
Miss Margaret Thompson, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. William B. thompson Miss Mari
anna Lincoln, daughter of Mrs. Lowell Lin
coin. IT., and Miss Anstiss De Veau, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs Frederic Clinton De Veau, OF
90 East Fifty-thrd Street, are three OF the
debutantss of the season
Miss Emmy Destin, Mr.. Martinelli and
Josef Holman will be the artists at the hrst
q Albert Morris Bagby's musical mornings
e. sr;s season. tomorrow, at the Waldorf
L..--a
bridge whist for the benefit Of the mental
detective clinic at the Post Graduate Hospital
will be given at the National Democratic Club
on Wednesday.
Mrs. John Hof will act as hostess, and she
will be assisted by a committee composed OF
Mrs. NJ Alexander, president Miss Ottile
Richie. vice-president, and Miss Pearl N. Leon,
secretary. Thirty-fve beautiful prizes, donated
by Fifth Avenue shops, will be distributed.
Tickets s. each, may be applied for at the
clinic or Gas West End Avenue.
Judging by the interest that is being taken
IN the ball TO be given on December 70 at the
Hotel Biltmore under the auspices OF Nine
Bakhmetef TIE wife Of the Russian Ambassa-
dor. and Lady Spring Rice, vile OF the British
Ambassador. for the benefit Of Serbian war
sufferers. it will be one Of the most successful
affairs of the early season. Pavlowa has
promised 10 appear, and number of other
famous artists will give their services.
The ball committee is composed OF F. H.
Markoe, chairman; Mrs. H. H. Jenkins, vice
chairman; Miss F. Hastings and Mrs. Mabel
Park Valentine, secretaries, and Mrs. Charles
R Flint Miss Frelinghuysen, Mrs. F. II.
karkoe Mrs. L. Hamilton Mccormick and
Mrs. Charles Stewart Smith.
Tickets may be obtained from Miss Doane,
IS West Thirty-fo fourth Street
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Woods Bliss Mr.. and
Mrs Junius Spencer Morgan, Miss Marjorie
Curtis, Miss Lucy Refs, Mrs. William G. Rock
efener, Mrs. Frederic Nelson, Mrs. Joseph
Palmer Knapp. Mrs. Walter B. James and Miss
Maud Kahn are among those actively inter
estsd in the season of opera comique, to be
gwen at the Princess Theatre, for the benefit