The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-05

ShorsSe Tomorrow for her daughter.
Miss Sarah Larkin, and on Tuesday
afternoon at the Colony Club, in Madi-
son avenue. Mrs. Ernest II. Adce will
present her daughter, Miss Geraldine
Fitzgerald Adce. and earlier in the day
Mrs. Drexel Dahlgren will give a
luncheon at Sherry's for Miss Grace
Bristed. second daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Astor Bristed. Another
luncheon of the day for debutantes is
being given by Mrs. Clarence Win
throp Bowen at her home, and Miss
Florence sullivan will give one for
Miss Esther Denny and other debu-
tantes at Sherry's. Mrs. Joseph Wood
Cushman will introduce her daughter,
Miss Mary Allerton Cushman, on
Wednesday, and on that day Mrs. ].
Walter Wood will give a luncheon at
Sherry's for her daughter, Miss Nath-
allie Wood. for whom Mrs. Alfred
Chaplin gave a theatre party and dance
on Wednesday night. A luncheon OF
Thursday is being given Mt Sherry's
by DR.. Henry A. Griffin for his second
daughter, Miss Kate Griffin, who Ia a
debutante, and Mrs. George Flint War
rem will Introduce her daughter, Miss
Isabel Meredith Warren, al an after
Dol reception.
The one large dance of the week will
be given on Friday night at Sherry's
by Mr.. and Mrs. James Byrnc for their
debutante daughter, Miss Helen Nc.
Gregor Byrne, and on hat afternoon
receptions for debutantcs will be given
by Mrs. j. Allen Townsend and Mrs.
Harry Sedgwick. Mrs. Townsend is
introducing her youngest daughter,
Miss Marion Townsend, and Mrs. Sedg-
wick her two daughters. the Misses
Adelaide and A!leen Sedgwick, who
ave been in Europe for several years.
They are granddaughters OF the late
Mr.. n Mrs. James 4. q. Beales. and
a luncheon will be given for them on
December 16 by their aunt, Mrs. j.
Rich Steers.
More debutantes will be introduced
on Saturday. among them being Miss
Frances Townsend Riker. a daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Rlker, for
whom already several dinners and
other entertainments have been given.
Other debutantes of Saturday will he
Miss Grace Colgate. daughter OF MIR.
and Mrs. Gilbert Colgate, and Miss
Helen Culver Kerr, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. John Clapperton Kerr. As
practically nj! of the debutantes men,
toned hav already helped at the re-
ceptions of their friends they will o
DO altogether strangers. During next
week Miss Ethel Simmons. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Herbert Sim
mons. will be introduced. as will also
Miss DorO,hen Camp. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John McKesson Camp. and
Miss Margaret Thompson. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. William u. Thompson.
Mrs. Ben Ali Haggin will give q
luncheon a. Sherryis December Is for
her debutante niece. Miss Frederick
Bull. for whom on January IS at the
Mrs. W. I.anman Bull. will give IA
small dance.
While there has been some delay in
completing the new Colony Cub it will
he In readiness shortly after Christi
mas. and there is already much in
terest in its opening. The new ball
room will be used for the first time on
the afternoon of January 3, through
the courtesy Of Mrs. Henry Addison
Alexander. for an entertainment to aid
the Speedwcll Country Homes Society.
The new club is at Park avenue and
~SiNty-second street, the entrance being
at 81 l;ast S.xty-second street. Miss
Ruth Draper is to give some of her
original and amusing monologues and
afterward tea viii be served in the
supper room. Tickets including tea at
50 each may he obtained of Mrs. Alex
aNder at her home, $40 Park avenue.
or at the entrunce to the ballroom on
the day of the entertainment.
The S~peedwell Homes Society cares
for convalescent and abandoned babies
and its work is not confined to the
summer months. The home is in Nor
ristown, y. j., and there Is no limit
10 the number of children taken. pro-
vided there are sufficient funds. TIE
age limit is from l day old to IL years
of age.
Among those who have already Sc
cured tickets are Mrs. Charles Il. Alex
ander, Mrs. Ben Ali Haggin. Mrs.
William II. Bliss, Mrs. +, Henry Har-
riman, Mrs. Walter Bliss, Miss Bliss,
.hio. c So VI TlSiiiSHuy SCH, .hISs
James Lent Barclay, Mrs. Harry
Hardness Flagler, Mrs. Henry d.
Babcock. Mrs. Howard c. Brokaw.
Mrs. Paul d.. Cravath, Mrs. W. North
Duane, Mrs. w. Bayard Cutting. Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.. Mrs. John Jay
Chapman. Mrs. William +. Harden
bergh. Mrs. Henry Mills Day, Miss
Winifred Ives. Mrs. stuart Duncan
and Mrs. John o. H.. Pitney.
The formal opening OF the new open
mir ice skating rink, or the Biltmore
Ice Gardens, as 1t has been called. viii
lake place tomorrow afternoon nc
$3.50 o'clock when a skating tea will
be held under the auspices of mt
of society for the benefit of the East
Side Settlement House. The proceeds
will be turned over to the fund for
maintaining the settlement. which is
at Seventy-sixth street and East River.
Skating win be general and during
both afternoon and evening there will
he exhibitions by Mr.. and Mrs. Irving
Brokaw, who arc among the most
proficient amateur skaters in society.