The sun., 1916-12-21
WASHINGTON DANCE
FOR 3 DEBUTANTES
The Edison Bradlcys Entertain
for the Misses Micrs, Diss-
ton and Allen.
MANY NEW YORK GUESTS
United states Officials and
Members Of Diplomatic
Corps Present.
MANY NEW YORK GUESTS

wAsHiSGToN. Dec. 20.-Three dcbu-
tan,es. Miss Anne Walker Miers. daugh-
ter ~ Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Miers
Of Philadelphia Miss Pauline Diss.on.
daughter of the late william Disston OF
Philadelphia. and Miss Lorraine Allen.
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. George Mar
shall Allen of New York. were the
guests of honor at n dinner dance given
tonight by Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Brad
ley in their Dupont Circle home.
Miss Allen II a niece OF Mrs. Brad
ley. whose parents have been frequent
guests In Washington. Miss Miers 4. a
nice Of the United states Amba ssador
to Austria%-fiungary and Mrs. Penfe,d.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen came over from New
York this afternoon and brought a large
party viii them. The Rev. and Mrs.
Herbert Shlpman. the latter a daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley. are here for
a holiday visit and Mrs. Shpiman as
sisted her mother In receiving.
Dinner was served in the great hall
built two years ago as an addition to
the Bradley home. One large able was
laid in the centre OF the vau,ted hall and
four small tables were arranged on
either side. all decorated with American
Beauty centre pieces and corsage bou-
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York came to play for tie dinner ana
the dancing which followed.
Among the Inner guests were the
Spanish Ambassador ard Nine. Riano,
the Brazilian Ambassador and Nine. de
t;ama, Representative and Mrs. Nicholas
l.ongworth. Counsellor n Mrs. Frank
l.. Polk. the Third Assistant Secretary Of
state and Mrs. william Phillips. the As
sistant Secretary Of the Navy and Mrs.
Franklin ID. Roosevelt. Commander and
Mrs. John II. Gibbons. Jonkheer Van
Observation-Disclosures of the Neither
lands Legation stan. =. C~onstantinidi Of
the Greek Legation stan. Mr.. and Mrs.
william Hit. all OF Washington.
Those from New York included Mr..
and Mrs. Frederick Frelinghuysen. Mr..
and Mrs. stuart Duncan. Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Brokaw. Mr.. and Mrs. Lyttleton
Fox, Mr.. and Mrs. Barney, Mrs. n. Nick.
Twombly. Mr.. and Mrs. Gardiner l.iv-
~ingston, Mrs. q. II. =. Belmont. Mrs.
william Disston. Mr.. and Mrs. Dudley
Davis. MIR. and Mrs. Alex Pratt. Mr.. and
Mrs. Allen Wellman. Mrs. Minturn. Miss
l.ota Robinson. Miss Esther Tiers. Miss
Ryer and Miss Lucy Lord. Edward Spot
ford. Joseph Blair, John c. Anderson.
Alexander Phillips and Charles Hayden.
other guests were Henry r. du Font
OF Philadelphia. Miss Ethel Hartman.
Miss Minna Blair. Miss Margaret
Flhnestock. Miss Louisa Iioar. daughter
Of the late Representative Iloar. Miss
Isabel May. Miss Margaret Perrin. Miss
Eleano'a Morgan. Miss Catherine Har-
low. Miss Carolyn Ogden Jones. Miss
Anna Montgomery. Miss Roberta Wiley.
Miss Anne Hopkins, Lieut.. Col. the Hon.
and Mrs. Muriough O'Brien OF the Brit
ish Embassy stan. Mr.. Blondel of the
l'r.r,l Ls.A.-a,. ae.es NJ III,
Of the Italian Embassy, Mrs. Roscoe e.
Bulmer. Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Westcott,
Count Van !. Limpurg OF the Neither
lands. Niscount and Niscountess de ST.
hous. Miss Mary ratten. Armistead
Peter Cd, John Barrett. Baron Stern
berg II the Russian Embassy stan. Ger
aid May. Alexander Iegare. Frederick
H~uidekoper and Ballard Moore.
The dancing began at IL o'clock In
the great hall. from which the tables
had been removed.
Among the guests asked for the dance
were the Secretary OF State and Mrs.
Lansing, the Argentine Ambassador and