The sun., 1916-11-19
BRILLIANT SCENE AT OPERA
OPENS THE SOCIAL SEASON

uanceS, whose oates nave Already Decn
given. Announcements for the FRI
day Juniors. organized several years
3 by Miss Georglanna Hartman
Owen. were sent out last week, and
they will be held at the Plaza on De-
cember 20, January 2 and April 20.
The patronesses will include Mines.
william r. Anderton. Willard 8.
Brown, Edwin Gould. Robert Apple
ton. G.. Howard Dawson. Oliver Harri-
man. Charles .. Bates. Lewis l.. Deia-
field. Justus Euperti. Franklin Q.
Brown. Fl. Casimir De Rham and At
wood Violet. The members " these
dances are really boys and girls who
are at school or college and who will
not De regularly out in society for
another two years or so.
Miss Hartman will have the assist
ance In these dances Of a numher OF
young men. among whom are hand
Ter Bates, James NJ. Beck, Jr.. w.
MscNcili Rodewald. Jr.. Lindell T.
Bates. Robert I. G.. Brown. Justus y.
Rupert. Vernon II. Brown. Robert
Carrere. Dickson G.. Watts. Theodore
Babbitt, Rowland II. Pell. Jr.. Gerald
Nelson. Gould JENNINGS. George Num-
ford and John Casper Newington. As
n rule. dinnU's are given In advance Of
these dances.
Added to the list OF engagements
made known this autumn was that Of
Miss Nancy Keen Perkins. daughter
Of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Moncure Per-
kins. to Henry Field. son Of the late
Marshall Field. Jr.. OF Chicago. Miss
Perkins was introduced to New York
society last winter with hes cousin.
Miss Irene Gibson. daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson. who
was married to George Il. Post. Jr.. OF
this city last spring. Miss Perkins
acted ss maid Of honor at the wedding
OF her cousin. which ooh place In 81.
Bartholomew Church. She passed a
good deal OF her time at the home Of
her aunt. Mrs. Gibson. last winter and
during the summer VAS ut Dark Har-
Dor. Me. where Mr.. Field also wa q
visitor.
Miss Perkins IL a granddaughter Of
Chiswell D.. Langhorne OF Greenwood.
Va. Her mother was one OF the IA
o Langhorne sisters OF Virginia.
who were noted for their beauty. and
she IL a niece therefore Of Mrs. Phyllis
Brooks. Mrs. Paul Ph!pps and Mrs.
Waldorf Aston Of London.
Mr.. Field In a son Of the late Mar
shall Field. Jr.. and q grandson Of
Marshall Field. who was one of the
greatest merchants OF his day in Chi
cago. His mother. who afterward be-
came the wife Of Capt. Maidwin Drum
| plnn1 ~ tho nritiah orrx. Had LAT
September In England, where Mr..
Field had lived with her. His brother.
Marshall Field Sd, married Miss Eve
lsn Marshall. daughter Of Mrs. Charles
II. Marshall Of this city in New York
II gear ago hast February. No date
has been set for the wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs, william Willet aIeAl-
pin have announced the engagement
Of their daughter. Miss fIarriette
Louise McAlpin. to Andrew r. Shiland.
son cf tho late Andrew X Shiland of
this city. Miss McAlpin q intro
duced to society three years ! and
has been identified with the activities
OF tho younger contingent in the enter
tainments arranged IA aid OF war re-
lief. she passed the suinAier with her
parents at their camp on Upper 81.
Regis Lake in the Adirondack. Her
sister. Miss Gladys Close Mc.Alpin.
was married three years g to Will
lam +. Irwin.
Mr., shi!and WAS graduated from
Williams College IN 1910 and after
naiG from the Columbia Law School,
lie is n i..emhcr of n. So. Anthony.
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