The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-12
GAYETY IN HONOR OF
new DEBUTANTBS
Miss Rikcr and Other Buds In
iroduccd nj Receptions
and Dinners.
MANY THEATRE PARTIES

N'orr achutartcs were introduced yes
.erdav and there was n round Of re-
options. dinners and theatre parties.
ono " tho large receptions of the after
,oon was given Ivy Mrs. Samuel Riker
Al her home. zoe Madison avenue. when
an. introduced TO society her daughter.
Miss Frances Townsend Riker. and her
Young relative. Miss Constance l.. Chap
nell. a daughter Of Dr. Walter r. Chap
nell. In the receiving party were the
Misses charlotte Strong. Gertrude Geer.
Mary H~artshornc. Nathalie Wood. vir-
xinia kreeland. Geraldine +. Adec,
Dorothy Greer. Ethel Potter. Helen Al
.xander. Margaret Busk. Gertrude MUIR
-sy, Isabel /. ,cttinius. Madeleine Carey.
charlotte Rikcr and Angelina Krech.
After the reception there was an in
formal dinner and later MIR. and Mrs.
Riker took their guests to the Hippo
drome. Tho young men OF the party
we're Barlow and shelton Farr. Ray
mond %iloagland. Arthur Du Bots. Ed
ward A.. lie Roy. Jr., John u. n. Potter,
Reuel Il. k.mball. Jr., William Preston.
James Beck, Jr, Anory l.. Haskell, Al
rick Man. Jr, Joseph Busk. Maury
Jones. nr. Lawrence Dowd, James Trask,
Allan M~acpougall n William Thomp-
son.
Mrs. Nicholas +. Palmer held a re-
cen,ion at her home, s22 Fifth avenue.
70 Introduce to society her granddaugh-
ter, Miss Lillian A. Palmer. who IL the
daughter Of Mr. II Mrs. George quinn
lard Palmer. Receiving with the debut
'ante were the Misses Muricl Wiggin.
Hone Williams. Helen Porter. Frances
Ballard, Jeannrttc Blake. Caroline Hicks
porsett. Josephine L.. Bedle, Marion
Perry and Margaret Thompson. After
the reception n dinner was given for
the debutante at the Plaza by Mr.. and
Mrs. Julius Walsh. who afterward took
heir guests to the Hippodrome. The
youne men In the party were Henry
Foster Steers. Frederick Cunningham.
coleman McGovern, Thomas l.. johnson,
Albert l.. Johnson, Christopher Greer,
Dean kalbi,eisch, Bache Brown, Kings
ley Kunhardt and Howard Hotchkiss.
Mrs. George Quintard Palmer will give
= dane, at Sherry's OF Christmas eve
for her daughter.
Another reception OF the afternoon
was given by Mrs. Gilbert Colgate al
her home, 800 West Scventy-sixth street
o introduce her daughter. Miss Grace
mai ,blEtNf. fAtttlN NIX WITH Tue u6-
butan,c were her sisters, Mrs. Stanley
" Runbough and Mis- Florence Col
gate o. this city and Miss Mabel Col.
gate. Miss Margaret Thayer and Mss
Eli,aleth Eliot of Cambridge, Mass.
Miss Marion Cleveland of Princeton. y
T.; Miss \uuina Tw!niny of Troy, Miss
Elizabeth Cushman of Albany. Miss
Elizaheth Phelps of Binghanton. y. Y.
'he Misses Hope Colgate, Elizabeth
Jennings. Gcnevieve Hodge. Charlotte
Patt. Katharine Olcott and Alice Bald
win % THIS city. Aftev an informal din.
Uer NJ. and Mrs Colgate took the mem
hers Of the receiving party to the Har-
IS Theatre to ser 'lRolling Stones"
Ano,,"r dchutante Of the afternoon
vas Mia Helen Culver Kerr. daughter
NJ Mr.. and Mrs. John ~Clapperton Kerr,
or whom her mother gave a large re-.
option =; her home. 1875 Central Park
Vest. At the tea table We're Mrs
,ilsrworfh Il. Butler, Ms. Walter G
Bettinsou, Mrs. Omri Ford Hubbard and
Miss Emily Rushmore. Receiving with
re dcbutante We're the Misses Beatrice
Nalley. Candace Hewitt. Caroline II
norsett. Josephine u. Bedle. Isabel Yeo'
mans. Eleanor Hewitt Green. Jeanette
3.ake. Geraldine Condit Hall. Amy Sid
o, Jennings, Mabel Alker and Kaths
fne Lyon or thiS city MISS Shelby John
son Of Baltimore. Miss Jean Forrest OF
Chicago. Miss Frances Phillips and Mist
kath,,cu Moses of Washington. D.. G,
the Misses Constance Gray. Elizabeth
Haight =; ariotte f.. Hibbard. Mary Os
born folak, Madeleine Hallock anc
lou.s- Grace Smith of Brooklyn. A din
,er followed the reception. Among IN,
young men at the inner were William
hoas lawrence rafferty,. Sidney Brew
ser, u, lion salmon. Jr.. Ashley Jiew
O. y :. Wyckor Nanderhoef. Clark,
SeiforI, Douglas Kenyon. stephen Nc
read james and Carol Alker. Logan
Timherlsk". Eugene Jones. Octave Blake
Nelson fr'ty Ford, IIoratio King Gray
Lyget' 'rrgy darlington Peters, Warner
Pond and Morris klnnen. After dinnel
Mr.. and Mrs Kerr took their guesti
o $50 "Cnde. Fire at the Hudson The
ave.