The sun., 1916-12-24

and also for Miss Pauline Disston. who
only the night before had been intro
duced to society in New York.
Washington IL not such a remen
dous journey from this city, therefore
all the dcbutantcs who went over from
New York on Wednesday morning
under the care Of Mrs. Herbert Ship
man. Mrs. Bradley's daughter. were
back hero In time for the ball given on
Thursday night by Mrs. George Grant
Mason for her daughter. Mise Margaret
Van Ii. Mason. at Sherry's.
Christmas week Will DO eventful
enough for any ono who goes In for
gaycty, as some Of tho largest dances of
the winter are to bc given then. Mrs,
Walter Jennings is having one for her
daughter. Mss Jeanette jennings, on
Tuesday night at Sherry's. and on the
I following night Ralph J. Preston will
give a dinner " two hundred. also Mt
Sherry's. to Introduce his daughter.
Miss Evelyn Preston. who IN being
c~haperoned this season by her aunt,
Mrs. Lewis =. Thompson. After the
dinner there will DO a ball. and those
who could not accept for both are
naturally expected for dancing.
Mrs. Kurnal Il. Rabbit will give a
dance at her home IN Thursday night
tor her daughter, Miss Eleanor Rabbit.
and in the afternoon Miss Lorraine
Allen will be formally introduced In the
ballroom of the Ritz-Carlton. Il dinner
~ dance to follow. The second for
this season Of the Three Sherry Dances
hus icen set for Thursday night, but
this II mainly for the debutantes Of
other seasons
ON Friday night Mr.. n Mrs. John
Wood B!odgctt will introduce their
daughter, Miss Katherine Cumnock
B!0dgett. by giving a dinner for de
butantes. followed by a ball. at
Sherry's. Miss Blodgctt IS n niece of
Arthur j. CumnOck. For the younger
members OF society there will DO the
Colony Dance on Wednesday night and
tho Metropolitan Dance ON Friday
night. the list Of subscribers and
guests being restricted 10 those who
viii not he introduced TO society be orc
another year or 50.
There will be some smal. dances on
Saturday night. not only in town, but
also in country places. n these Will
take the place OF the regular New
Years Ev celebrations. II does not
always happen that a dance is given on
h first night OF the year in town. but
there will he n at Sherry's on the
night OF January /. for Miss Elsie
Welsh Saltus. to be given by her aunt.
Miss Josephine Chandler Smith.
A lluhlxr reasonable ntnrl--o.k "a
Christmas week vii! be the carnival of
Ice skating and motion pictures which
will Ire held in the new winter garden
Of tho Waldorf Astoria on Friday
night. under the auspices OF the Junior
Auxiliary Of tho National Organization
OF Catholic Women This viii be the
formal opening of the new skating
rink n there will he exhibitions Of
fancy skating by professionals. as we'll
as "A competition for prizes "a. fancy
skating by amateurs. Afterward
everyone will participate in the carni-
val and skating. The moving pictures
will include views OF the garden parties
that were held last summer at Mrs.
John q, Agar's estate in New Rochelle
and at Mrs. T.. Burial Hoffman's sum
mcr home at Southampton. There will
be q special children's matinee. includ-
ing motion pictures and skating, for
which tho admission fee will ba 81.
Tickets for tho evening performance
will he $3.50 each. and they may he OH
tanned of Mrs, l.. Burial Hoffman at
IS East Seventy ninth street.
Among the patronesses r Mines.
I. Townsend Burden, Jr.. Walter A.
Burke, Gerald Borden. Joseph Conron.
Louis Conley. W. Bourke Cochran.
William Francis Clare. James Blan-
chard Clews, Alfred Chaplin. Robert J.
Collier. Drexel Dahlgren. John j. Duer,
Harold O. Henderson. Ernest Isclin,
Fletcher Webster Jewell. Floyd Jones. !
y, Herbert Johnston. Arthur Kiva- !
naugh, Martin j, Keogu, Jesse \lbert
Locke, Wili!am NJ. L.uminis. \. Masters
Macdonald. Charles McCann. David
Mcclure. John Moron, J.. +. Murphy,
George T. Maxwell. Michael J. Null.
Queen. Frederic Nelson. Morgan J..