New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-14
Society's Season F Formally
Begins Tomorrow Night
o.ning of Metropolitan Doors Will Be Signal for Long
and Brilliant Series Of Entertainments
Numerous Receptions for Debutantes

yITH the premiere a. viz
M politan Opera House to-mor'
w row night, the New York so
.on. which will be long and
'"u.,t one. will be inaugurated. From
w.. until Ash Wednesday, which falls
March s, there will be entertain
m.n. after entertainment starting IN
-l,b receptions, dinners and dances ioi
-. dsbu,antes. meetings OF the dii-
s,ren. dancing classes amateur anair'
.d for the war sufferers and fol
- charity, and finally the large PR
dances IN January and February
-, the older set The debutantes are
~ numerous this year, and IN con-
..orenee II is impossible TO avoid con-
acting dates for cOming-Out parties
I'D on some days there are as many as
.;ob, and ten girls to be introduced al
che same time. Often two or more
u;r,s assist in receiving on the same
S.c staying for an hour or so at one
lace and then chasing off to assist al
another home.
MANY Of the debutantes will be pres
-, at the opening of the opera to-
marrow night, and will add to the
hr;l,;ancy Of the occasion. There
,,s very few changes In the
n.r,ounel Of the parterre and grand
tier this year. although a few familiar
faces. owing TO mourning, will be miss
o., among them being Mrs Wander
MI Mrs. william Douglas Sloane and
.,h., Vanderbilt relatives. Mr.. and
M, C. Oliver Iselin will have Mrs
y.pd.rbuts box tomorrow night.
Although ST. Nicholas Rink has been
men only for short time, the after
noon and evening sessions find many
members of society enjoying the sport
Tbs first meeting Of the Monday After
noon Skating Club, organized by Mrs
pb;lip G. Bartlett, will be held to-mor-
row. and will be continued every Mon
dsy afternoon until the end Of the sea
son.
The pstronesses include Mrs. Hugh
D. Auchincloss, Mrs. Goodhue Living
ston, Mrs. Edwin D. Morgan, Mrs
Francis U. Paris, Mrs. w. Goadby
Losw, Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan, Mrs
Richard Trimble, Mrs. Thomas II
Howard, Mrs. James George King, Mrs
C. Ledyard Blair, Mrs. Charles Dana
Gibson, Mrs. Walter Jennings, Mrs. W
Pierson Hamilton and Mrs. Carl A. de
Gersdorff.
The Paris Fashion Fete at the Ritz
Carlton for the benefit Of the orphans
Of Paris dressmakers who have been
killed st the front will begin on Mon
dsy afternoon, November %, and, with
the exception of Wednesday, will be
continued throughout the week. The
opposition comprises a collection Of ten
or q dozen gowns from each OF the
master couturiers of Paris, and GOWNS,
wraps, frocks, negligees, hats, etc, Will
he shown. The hundred or more
models will be displayed in q unique
way, the setting for them being two
act play written especially for the oc-
ession by Roger Boutet de Monvel, the
well known French writer, who has
come to this country 10 superlntend
the staging Of the comedy. Four prom
insnt actresses and forty-six name
gums will take part in the perform
snces.
The affair is under the patronage Of
Mrs. Vincent Aston, Mrs. August Bel
mont, Mrs. Joseph II. Choate, Mrs.
Frank Gray Grlswold, Mrs. J. Borden
Hartman, Mrs. Ernest Iselin, Mrs.
Ogden Mills, Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs
Mra Whitney Warren, Mrs. Payne
Whitney. Mrs. Frederick W. Wander
Bit Mrs French Vanderbilt, Mrs.
George F. Baker, jr., Mrs. J. Searle
Barclay, Mrs. Courtlandt D. Barnes,
Miss Maria de Barril. Mrs. r. Livings-
ton Beeckmsn, Mrs. Francis c. Bishop,
Mrs. J. lnsley Blair, Mrs. Cornelius n.
Bliss, ir, Mrs. J. Nelson Borland, Mrs.
Henry ". Bull, Mrs. William Aston
Chanler, Mrs. II. /. Cobb, jr., Mrs. W.
Bourke Cochran, Mrs. Paul d. Cravath,
dme. De Riano. Mrs. Tracy Bows, Mrs.
Harry H. Duryea, Mrs. Frederick Edey,
Mrs. George Peabody Eustis. Mrs. Carl
August De Gersdorf, Mrs. George j.
Gould, Mrs. William Greenough, Mrs.
Oliver Hartman. Mrs. T. Burial Hof-
man. Mrs Lydig Hoyt Mrs. Lewis Ise-
lin. Mrs. Otto II. Kahn, Mrs. Luther
Kountze, Nrs. Lewis Cass Ledyard, jr.,
Ars. Philip u. Lydig. Miss Elizabeth
harbury. Hrs. Bradley Martin, jr.,
Nr. Z. Roscoe Mathews. Mrs. Condo
Mast, Mrs. Amos r. (. Pinchot. Mrs.
Henry S. Redmond, Mrs. Douglas
Eobinson, Mrs. Oren Root, Mrs. James
Russell Solely, Mrs. Joseph Sampson
Stevens. Mrs. T. Suaern Taller, Mrs.
Nm. Payne Thompson, Mrs. Harrison
Tweed. Mrs. Geo. Henry Warren, Mrs.
hamilton Fish Webster. Mrs. 0rme
wilson, Mrs. J. Lorimer Worden and
x'L Y. s. Witherbss.
Tee Ysis Club. which Is holding a
ssns warming In the clubhouse, 80
tncerbil, Avenue, throughout the
ss*k, will have a Ladies' Day on Tues
eT. Only members Of the club will
- admitted and women by special
Hefss issved in The name Of the re-