New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-19
Dinner Dance, First Enter
tainment in Years.
Event for Society.
NEARLY 800 GUESTS
REMAIN FOR SUPPER
Women Are Mems Escorts at
Mrs. kendall's Leap Year
Dance at BiltmOrc.

given in the past by the late Mrs
Astor and her son. the late Colonel
John Jacob Aston, for a dinner and
dance given by Mrs John Jacob Aston
IL was the hrst formal affair that
has been given at the house since the
death of Colonel Aston. Last winter
Mrs. Aston gave the use Of her ball
room in the afternoon for musical
for charity. and on December II last
she opened her house for an entertain
ment for the benefit of the Serbian Re
lief Fund.
Last nights dinner-dance was ono OF
the most brilliant Of the winter and
Was attended by leaders OF New York
social world. The dinner guests mum
bcred about 1856 and were seated az
small tables arranged about the din
ing room and around tho fountain IN
the large hall, where palms were
nlaced making most beautiful and
picturcsoue scene The tables were
decorated with Russell roses and lines
of-the-valley. There was special music
during the dinner
After dinner the guests adjourned TO
the ballroom, where they were Joined
later by about 200 OF the younger set.
the debutantes and the young dancing
men. Conrads orchestra played Tor
the dancing, which was general until
about ] o'clock. when supper was
served at small tables IN the hall.
Mrs. Astor wore gown OF white
silk. embroidered in silver, and large
corsage bouquet Of mauve orchids. Her
ornaments were principally pearls.
Among the guests az diner were Mr..
and Mrs. George +. Baker. jr., Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Stewart Barney, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edmund h. Baylies,. Mr.. and MIs-
sydney S Brcese. Mr.. and Mrs. Va
Bourke Cochran. Mr. and Mrs. j. Ser
gcant Cram. Mr.. and Mrs. Francis +.
Dodge. Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Talmage
Dodge. MIR. and Mrs. Newbold lie Roy
Edgar. Mr.. and Mrs. Ernesto G. Fabbri,
Mr.. and Mrs. Snowden A. Fahnestoek,
SIR. and Mrs. Sumner Gerard, Mr.. and
Mrs Robert L. Gerry, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence L. Gillespie, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Z. GreenOugh, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Gray Griswold. Mr.. and Mrs.
Oliver Hartman. Mr. and Mrs. Theo-
doro 4. Hayemeyer, Mr.. and Mrs.
Horace Havemeyer. Mr.. and Mrs sam
uel Nelson Hinckley, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest lseliu, Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver
Gould Jennings, Mr. and Mrs; Fem
broke Jones. Mr. and Mrs. W. he
Lanccy Kountze, Mr.. and Mrs. Waiter
Graeme Ladd. Mr. and Mrs. James r.
%. Lamcr, Mr.. and Mrs Goodhue Liv-
ngstou. Mr. and Mrs. W. Goad6oy Loe";
Mr.. and Mrs Ogden Mills, Mr.. and
NJ aud MIS-
William Kingsland Macy, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Magec, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence I.
Peu. Mr.. and Mrs. Francis hey
/ Pcndleton. Mr.. and Mrs. John Dyneley
Prince. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander d. b.
Pratt. VIZ. and Mrs. Arden Morris Rob
bins. Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Appleton Rob
bins. Dr.. and Mrs. Alexander II. Rice,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Earle Stevens,
Mr.. and Mrs. GrisWod A. Thompson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard VI. Thomas, Mr..
and Mrs. Newell W. Tilton, Duke and
Duchess Marine Torlonia, Mr.. and Mrs.
Iucius Wilmerding Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
hall Orme Wilson and Mr.. and Mrs.
Marshall Orme Wilson, jr.
Others At the dinner were Mrs.
Richard Aldrich, Mrs. John X. DreXe ,
Mrs. William II. Force, Mrs. Richard
. Cambrill Ms. Ogden Goelet, Mrs.
Frederick c. Havcmeyer. Mrs. James
Russell Solely. Mrs. Gouvcineur Morris,
Mrs. william Post. Mrs. Henry >. Eed-
mond. Mrs. Antonio Y. Stewart, Mrs.
Rurkc Roche. Mrs. John Sanford Mrs.
+ Cornelius u. Tangeman. Mrs. William
Pavnc Thompson, Mrs. ". X. Wander
bin. IT.. Mrs. W. Seward Webb and Mrs.
John Bradley Cummings
Also Miss Evelyn Byrd Burden, Miss
/ Dorothy Bigelow, Miss Mary Cass Can
field. Miss Elizabeth McE. Cutting, Miss
I Maria de Barril, Miss Emile dc Ape
tequina, fliss Alexandra Emery. Miss
Jeannie Emmett. Miss Katherine Force,
Miss Eleanor G.. Hewitt, Miss Mary
/ Hoffman. Miss Viola Johnston, Miss
Helen Dorothea Kane. Miss N. Dorothy
Kane. Miss Mary Kilbreth. Miss Eleanor
Lawrence. Miss Katharine c. Miller,
Miss Edith Starr Miller. Miss Il. Louise
Sands, Miss Anna Sands. Miss Alice
Van Rensselaer, and Miss Leta Sullivan,
of Philadelphia.
Others were Samuel D. Babcock, Ash
bel II. Barney, l.. F. Holbrook Belts,
{ Francis ". Crowninshield, Bertrem de
" Cruger. Frederic y. Crueer. James
DcWolfc Cutting. Robert Fulton Cut
ting. Ttiennc dc Markowski, Philip l..
/ Dodge. Henry Coleman Drayton, Will
lam II. Dick, Henry +. Eldridgc. Ste
nhen 3. Elkins. Alessandro Fabbri, Al
bert Eugene Gallatin. Robert Goelet.
Francis I. V. Hoppin, Archibald Harrl-
son. Charles Hayden. Erskine Hewitt,
T. Burial Hoffman, jr., Henri {. Har-
uickeU Frederic Juilliard Seymour
Johnson. J.. Victor Loew. William Starr
Miller Clarence II. Mackay, Charles
Alien Mum. William Hude Nelson,
Richard Peters, F. Newton Rae. Fran
els and Maurice Roche, Charles Edward
Sands. William H. Sands. Campbell W.
! Steward, William Rhinelander Stewart,
Howard Sturges, John +. Talmage. W.
Stephen Van Rensselaer,, X. Thornton
Wilson, George Woolsey, Lloyd War
ron, Lawrence ". Waterbury, Major
Arthur Duff. Count Claes Bonde and
DR.. James J. Russell.
Mrs. LYMAN b. Kendall. Of $50 Park
Avenue gave a dinner-dsnce last night
al the Biltmore, which was a very Jolly
affair. II was called Leap Year
Dance" and instead of the men asking
the women to dance conditions we're
reversed. The guests At dinner. twenty
fvo in number. included Miss Murel
Oakes. Miss Marie Fahnestock. Miss
Dorothy Battle. Miss Delite Wooley,
Miss Pciene Tate, Miss Ruth Estee,
Miss Evelyn Biddle, of Philadelphia
Miss Fonariss. Of New Orleans; Mrs.
| Henry &. Gushing, Frederick Wooley,
George Hartley. De Laigle MINDS,
Harry Leggett and J. Theus Munds.
About ore hundred additional guests
came in for the dancing.
Miss Blanche Potter, Of 40 Park
Avenue. gave luncheon yesterday al
tho Colony Club for her niece, Miss
Ill, No, forth Eoar tho detutaute