New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Julien OWrsenQ Dawes
have announced the engagement OF
their daughter Miss Alice Martin
Davies. 70 Henry Sellers Mckee, Cd. son
Of Mrs Wood Mckee. Of $50 Park Ave-
nue.. Miss Davies. who was introduced
10 society early in the season, is with
her parents at their country place at
West Islip, Long Island. Her father
is a well-knowa lawyer Of this city, and
is related TO the Bradley Martins Mr..
Mckee was graduated from Harvard,
class 1913. No date has been set for
the wedding
A committee % young women Of
society invited sixty men 20 a Nj
Careme Leap Year Dance last night ~
the Hotel Biltmore, and the women did
the honors which usually fall 70 the lot
Of men. They not only sent out the
invitations. but selected their partners
for the different numbers "cut IN on
the dancers and took their partners 70
supper. With ten extra women present
the men were all assured OF partners
through out the evening, and there were
no wall flowers
Several dinners we're given before
the dance, the hOstesses including MISS
( Evelyn Witherbee, who had a number
Of ruests AZ her home, Fifth Avenue,
and Mrs. Lewis Gouverneur Morris,
who entertained eighteen at the Colony
Club.
on their arrival at the Biltmore the
guests were received by Mrs. Dallas
Bache Pratt, Mrs Charles Aston Bris-
ted and Mrs John L. Alexandra. The
ether chaperons were Mrs. VI. Taylor
Pyne, IT.. Mrs. Samuel Nelson Hnck-
ley and Mrs. Landon K. Thorne.
The dance committee included MISS
Beatrice Pratt, Miss Madeleine Dahl
gren. Miss Helen O.. Alexander, Miss
/ Rita Norrie. Miss Frances Rlker' Miss
Amy Bradish Johnson, Miss Margaret
Luce. Miss Ina Kissel Miss Adrienne
Iselin. Miss Anne Alexandra, Miss
Eleanor Hewitt Green, Miss Hilah
French, Miss Anstiss De Neau, Miss
Helen VI. Byrne. Miss Gretchen Dam
rosch. Miss Jean Roosevelt. Miss hath-
crime Porter, Miss Jean Morris, Miss
Edith Morgan. Miss Katherine Oakman,
Miss Lillian Talmage, Miss Marion Ilf-
fanv. Miss Margaret Schroeder, MISS
Symphorosa and Miss Grace Bristed,
Miss Evelyn Witherbee and Miss Cor
nelia Chaplin.
Others present were Mr. and Mrs
". Whitewright Watson, Mr. and Mrs.
Eric Winston, Mr.. and Mrs. Felix Dou-
bleday, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold MADDEN,
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Roosevelt, Mr..
and Mrs. William Bsylies, jr, ). Chest
or Burden, +. Pennington Pearson,
John Sloane, Anderson Dana, Marshall
Kernochan, Murray Hoffman and John
ston Redmond.
A Mi-Careme dance was given last
night in the Della Robbia room OF the
Hotel Vanderbilt for the purpose OF
raising funds for the support Of one
Of the milk stations Of the New YORK
Diet Kitchen Association. In addition
10 the dancing. a room was set aside
for those who wished 20 play bridge.
Mrs. Edward VI. Stout was chairman OF
the committee IN charge, and Miss VI. L.
Hayden, head Of the junior committee,
which included Miss Juliet Ford, Miss
SGllie Parker. Miss Grace Franklin,
Miss Gwendolyn Despard, Miss Mary
50. John MARS, Miss Juanita De u.
Riva. Miss Marie poudcnsan and Miss
Edna Moberly.
The patronesses included Mrs. Ian
caster Morgan, Mrs. William Y. c.
Puxton, Mrs. J. Amorv Haskell, Mrs.
Henry Willard, Mrs. Olin Warren, Mrs.
George Leary, Mrs. Edward Holbrook,
Mrs. G.. Vail Converse. Mrs. Rowland
Freeman and Mrs. Orson Hoyt.
A Mi-Careme ball was given last
night at the Hotel Plaza for the benefit
Of refugees Of Montenegro. The affair
was under the patronage Of Nine.
George BakhmetcT, wife Of the Russian
Ambassador: Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt
Pell Mrs. Herbert /. Satterlee. Mrs.
Frederick ". Dearborn, Mrs. Walter
Wood Mrs. Arson W. Burchard and
Mrs. Howard Greenley. It was given
under the auspices OF the Montenegro
Relief Association Of America, Of
which Rufus c. Shirley is chairman;
Mrs. Egerton Parsons, honorary chair
man, and Miss Marjorie ". Vain
wright. acting chairman.
There were Montenegrin dances and
songs in costume. Nile. Nlasta No
votna, lately of the Imperial Russian
ballet. danced, and afterward there was
general dancing.
The folk dance bell was given last
night in the Winter Garden of the Ho-
tel McAlpin for the benefit Of the
Aberdeen Fund, which helps certain
Irish charities among the sick and poor
children. Peasant dances Of old Eng
land, Finland. Sweden. Germany and
France were given under the direction
Of Miss Elizabeth Burchenal. who
studied the dances for many years in
the native hills and mountains in Eu-
ropean countries.
The DANCE was under the patronage
OF the Marquis and Warehouses Of
Aberdeen. Mayor and Mrs. Mitchell, Mr..
and Mrs. Arch bald Brown, Mr.. and
Mrs. Morris Il. Ely, Mr.. and Mrs. Par
ker y. Handy, Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood
Hendrick, Miss Frances Rowland. Mrs.
Egert0n J.. Winthrop, jr., Mrs. Schuyler
y. Warren. M and Mrs. Gustavus
Kirby. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Prince,
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis D. Wood, Mr.. and
Mrs. II. ". Gray and Mr.. and Mrs. J.
g.. y hitc.
Mrs. {. C. Lesher. Of Hamilton.
Penn. has announced the engagement
q her daughter. Miss Marguerite &.
Lcsher. 20 Richard Bruce Taylor. son
Of Mr.. and Mrs William +. Taylor, OF
500 Madison Avenue. No date has been
set for the wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs Ralph oliver Smith, OF
% Washington Square West, have an
nounced the engagement Of their
daughter. Margaret Guthrie, 20 Henry
Douglas Lawton. OF Rye, y. Y. No date
has been set for the wedding.
The engagement e announced %
Miss Gertrude Sehirmer. only daughter