New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-05
Many Debutantes at COM
ing Out Affair for
Young Daughter.
BALL PRECEDED
BY MANY DINNERS
Greater Part of Newport Sum-
mer Colony Dances Till
Morning.
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By Telegraph TO The T1bunsl
! Newport, r. J., Aug. 4.-The greater
part of the summer colony was present
at the ball given tonight by Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney at their
/ Bellevue Avenue summer home, in hon
or of their daughter, Miss Flora Van
derbilt Whitney. II was Miss Whit
neys official introduction to society,
and she had gathered around her all
the available debutantes Of the season.
This is the first season for several
years that Mr.. and Mrs. Whitney have
occupied their home here, and their
return has been welcomed by their
friends. Before coming, Mr.. and
Mrs. Whitney had their villa en-
larged, putting on, among other
additions, large ballroom. The ball
tonight, therefore, not only served to
introduce Miss Whitney, but also
served as the opening of the new and
pretty addition, which had been made
attractive with flowers and other deco
rative effects.
Miss Whitney assisted her parents
in receiving the guests. The music for
dancing. which continued until early IN
the morning, was furnished by Henri
Conrad and his orchestra from the
! Casino.
The ball was preceded by several
dinner parties. One of the largest was
/ given by Mr.. and Mrs. T. Sufern
} Taller, at Honeysuckle Lodge, in honor
OF Miss Whitney. while Mr. and Mrs.
I Whitney were the dinner guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. William Payne Thompson.
JAMES J. Van Allen also gave large
dinner and took his guests to the ball
later.
Captain Henry A. Wilson, Mrs. Au-
gust Belmont. Mrs. Henry +. Godfrey
and Robert Walton 'Goelet gave dinners
I tonight.
The dance recital at the Casino The.
atre By the Misses Preston attracted
many of the morning promcnaders.
/ Registered at the Casino to-day were
! Samuel II. Case and Miss S. l.. Brace,
guests Of Mrs. Alfred Edward Morris;
Mr.. and Mrs. Cortland d. Barnes. OF
/ Manhansett, visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Payne Whitney; Miss Mary Cam
field and Miss Clair Bird, Of Hemp
stead, visiting Mrs August Belmonti
/ c. s. Cutting, Of New York; G. IL.
Pvne. W. =. Blagdon. Robert McCabe.
OF Baltimore; Henry J. Whitehouse and
Miss Whitehouse. of Mount Kisco, Wis
ting Mrs. French Vanderbilt; Warren
/ d. Robbins, of Washington; Marshall
Kernochan, visiting Mrs. James T. ker-
nochan; James De Wolf Cutting, OF
New York; Mrs. Albert d. Smith and
Mrs. George Bassett, Of Orange. and
/ II. l.. Ingraham, L. s. n.
There are a number of luncheon par
ties arranged for tomorrow afternoon,
after which the guests have two at
fractions to attend, the opening OF the
polo season at the Westchester Polo
Club grounds. and piano recital at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Bel
mont. which is being given as benefit
for orphan children of France.
Miss Edith Deacon has arrived and
is the guest of Mrs. Charles A. Bald
win.
York. are spending the month with
Mr.. and Mrs Marsden j. Perry.
Mrs. ]. Norman de r. Whitehouse
returned from New York to-day
"Terpschorc," an entertainment
dealing with dances from Pharaoh TO
those Of Lincoln, will be given al the
Swimming Club at Bar Harbor on Au-
gust II. for the benefit OF the AMER,
can Ambulance. In the pageant Will
be more than seventy dancers. l. me
older dances are the Egyptian and Gre
clan. Those of the Middle Ages show
the Branle des Flambeaux and the
Pavane; those of the Renaissance. the
Gavotte and Menute de la Cour, and the
dances of the nineteenth century, the
Varsovienne, the Chelsea Reach and
the waltz.
The patronesses include Mrs. Her
bert L. Satterlee, Mrs. Frederick W.
Vanderbilt. Mrs. Ernesto G. Fabbri,
Mrs. Alfred Arson, Mrs. Dave Hennen
Morris, Mrs. William Jay Schieffelln,
Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer, Mrs. Mortimer II.
Brooks, Mrs. Miles b. Carpenter, Mrs
Frank Gray Griswold, Mrs. william
Lawrence Green, Mrs. Leonard NJ.
Thomas, Mrs. Edgar Scott and Miss
Eleanor de Graf Cuyler.
The Triangle film, "Our American
Bows in the European War" Will be
seen for the first time in this country
on August II at the villa Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Vincent Aston in Newport. TINS
is the first great war film taken on the
firing line BY the French government
and presented to the American Ambu-
lance Service in recognition OF heroic
conduct. The film was exhibited IN
Paris recently under the auspices OF
the French government and the Ameri-
can Embassy. Miss Ethel NJ. b. Harri-
man. the debutante daughter Of Mrs.
] Borden Hartman, is chairman of the
committee in charge of the affair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Little, OF Bev-
erlv Farms. Mass, announce the en-
gagement Of Mrs. Titles daughter,
Miss Anne Middleton Means, 10 Valen-
tine Worthington. son of Mrs. NJ. e.
Warrington, Of % East Seventy-sev-
enth Street. this city. Miss Means,
who was introduced to society three
wears ago. is a member of the Sewing
Circle and Vincent Club, Of Boston
Her father was the late Robert Law
renee Means.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sherman Hoyt
Isaac n. Phelps Stokes and Harold
Phelps Stokes have Joined Mrs. Arson
Phelps Stokes and the Baroness Hal
lkett AT Birch Island camp in the Adj