New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-02

o,HE last week Of 'he year 1915 :s was a, I'll.
savest Of the season and three OF the
S,ost brilliant and largest entertain
,-, given for the debutantes. Mrs.
S'"~ \ Howard gave a dinner dance on
~. 9, Sherrvs for her debutante dsugh-
i''' 49, Elizabeth Stuyvesant Howard, for
~ ~ nearly 1000 invitations had been is
VIZ On the following night at the Ritz
SUI Mrs. Newbold lie Roy Edgar gave
'4'.'- and dance for Miss Helen Alexander.
- ,.s,.s,ts dauehter Of MI and Mrs. Helen
* Alexander. 20 which about 600 guests
acted and on New Years Eve Mrs.
80 w. Z. S,etinius gave large dance at
-. for her 5ebutante daughter, Miss lsa-
=, S..,,inirs. Many dinners were given pre-
-,us 70 the dance.
-, TOW until Ash Wednesday, which falls
49, 6 there will be a constant round OF
'-..-..;--rs7ts Of one kind and another. The
,.r,,7tes however. will have 10 share with
80 alder sisters ard the married set in the
- and will not hold the social stage 10
.s.-.,lves as thcy have done since the open
=. - me New York season.
=. arst week OF the New Year will be
,,v one. with numerous luncheons, thes
-. dinners theatre parties, dances and
...-..hls entertainments taking place every
- S.ve--' affairs Will be given in the new
Co,,-v Club. az Park Avenue and Sixty-sec-
- Street which will he opened tomorrow.
-. ,.,v bsUroors will be used for the first
-. ,o.morrow afternoon. through the cour-
-, ~ Mrs. Henry Addison Alexander, for
;, .,,s-tainnea, in aid of the Speedwen Coun-
- Homes Society. Miss Ruth Draper is to
i. some Of her original and amusing mono
49,, and saerward tea will be served III
4, s-ooe- room Tickets, including tea, at
I. zach nav be obtained from Mrs. Alexander
= her home. sac Park Avenue or at the en-
r.ce 70 the ballroom on the day Of the en-
..-,,irr-s7t The SDeedwell Homes Society
ares for conyalescent and abandoned babies
II. home is ir Morristown. and there is no
Init 70 the number Of children taken.
Ms Ernest Fahaestock gives a large dance
t.norrow az Sherrys for her daughter by
i,rrasr marriage. Miss Marion Perry, and at
The same place tomorrow Mrs. William H.
Porter gives a dance for her daughter, Miss
Helen Porter. Dinners will be given to-mor-
row BY Mrs. F. Cook Bronson at her home
IS East Eghty-third Street, for her sons, Ty-
Ter and Frederic Bronson, and by Mrs. George
L. McAlpin at her home, Q East Ninetieth
Street for Miss Lucy Benjamin.
Mrs Frederic Edey gives a dance on Tues
day At her home 10 West Fifty-sixth Street.
io1 h.r niece. Miss Mary F. Edey, and at
Sh,rys that night the second in the series
Of dinner dances arranged by Miss Annabella
S 0lyphant viii be given. In the afternoon
srscephon will be held by Mrs. John McKes-
soa Camp and her debutante daughter, Miss
Duoihea Camp. Mrs Justus Rupert will
give dinner at the Biltmore that night for
Miss Dorothy Norris, Of Philadelphia, and J.
Campbell Thompson gives a large theatre
party for Miss Maud O'Brien. the debutante
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Morgan J. O'Brien.
4 dance and supper will be given in the
lev Colony Club on Wednesday, through the
courtesy Of Mrs. j. Dyneley Prince, by the
Lo'n.s Sanatori.m Guild, the proceeds from
vnth will be applied TO the support Of the
zee beds for persons suffering from tuber-
'loss Other affairs that day include a din
1a and theatre party for Miss Grace Bristed
gwen by Mrs. George Z. Turnure, a dance by
Mrs. Francis Mcneil Bacon for Miss Pauline
S''9n at Sherry's and a luncheon by Mrs.
Lancaster Morgan at the Colony Club for her
laughter Mrs. John Holmc Ballantine.
Al the home Of Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, 45r
MADISON Avenue, on Thursday afternoon the
'aot Of the Cathedral Of St. John the Divine