New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-29
Several Dinners Are Given
Before Seasons Initial
Assembly
MRS. SLOAN HOSTESS
AT THE LARGEST
Miss Zillah Thompson and
Miss Jane Ward Intro
duced to Society

class was formerly known as the JuHiVi
Cotillons, and was organized and man
aged as such for years by Mrs. arthur
Murray Dodge. The dances are more
especially for the buds" and three are
given each winter. The dates for the
remaining two are Friday, January IL,
and Friday, February 2.
Several dinners were given previous
70 the dance. The hostesses included
Mrs. Samuel Sloan, who entertained in
honor of her niece, Miss Mary Colt;
Mrs. Stephen G. Williams, for her
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Wyeth; Mrs.
Gilbert Colgate, for her daughter, Miss
Florance II. Colgate; Mrs. George b..
Phelps. for her daughter, Miss Frances
II. Ballard; Mrs. Charles Hallam Keep,
for her daughter, Miss Eleanor Keep;
Mrs. John Clafin, for her daughter,
Miss Mary Stewart Clafin, and Mrs.
Stanley Mortimer, who had large dim
ner at the Ritz Carlton.
The largest dinner was given by Mrs.
Sloan, at Sherry's, the guests number
ing about ninety. In the party were
Miss Margaret Carnegie, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie; Miss
Teresa Fabbri, Miss Frances Field, Miss
Helen Cameron, Miss Ellen G. McCar-
ter, Miss Margaret Mason. Miss AIDE
laide Wilmerding, Miss Helen Russell,
Miss Nina Paris, Miss Louise Hardness
Miss Alice Huntington, Miss Sarah
Buckley, Miss Katharine Blodgett, Miss
Geraldine Adee, Miss Elizabeth Clarke,
Miss Helen Hoadiey, Miss Janet Jen-
nings, Miss Helen James and Miss
Eleanor De G. Cuyler, OF Philadelphia.
Mrs. Williams's guests included MISS
Elizabeth and Miss Caroline Wyeth,
Miss Dorothy Darrell, Miss Maryanna
Lincoln. Miss Louise Clark, Miss Coline
Ingersoll, C.. A. Mann, Renee hoguet
Eugene Watson, Hayward Hunter and
James NJ. Beck, jr.
The guests, on their arrival at
Sherry's, were received at the entrance
TO the large ballroom by Mrs. Richard
c. Colt, Mrs. Robert 7. Huntington and
Mrs. II. De Berkeley Parsons, who are
on the committee in charge of the
dances this season. Its other members
are Mrs. Walter b. James, Mrs. Ernest
r. Adee, Mrs. Edwin D. Morgan and
Mrs. Ernesto G.. Fabbri.
The large ballroom was used Tor
dancing and supper was served at mid
night in the small ballroom on the
floor below. The dancing was continued
for a time after supper.
Others present at the dance were
Miss Nathalie Bishop, Miss Mary and
Miss Emma Knapp, Miss Evelyn Pres
ton, Miss Barbara and Miss Joan Allen,
Miss Polly b. Damrosch, Miss Augusta
De Forest. Miss Annette Moran, Miss
Sylvester Moran, Miss Alice Vain
wright, Miss Fanny Baldwin, Miss Mary
Van Rensselaer, Lorillard, Miss Joanna
Gourd, Mss Nina Dearth, Miss Eliza
beth Morgan, Miss Elizabeth Remsen,
Miss Felicity Clark, Miss Nina Ryan,
Miss Mary L. Post, Miss Leslie Muir
ray. Miss Eleanor Landon. Miss Alice
W. Lawrence, Miss Alice K. Lawrence,
Miss Clara Lee, Miss Mary X. Lincoln,
Miss Madelaine Lynch, Miss Helen
Krech, Miss Margaret c. Emmett, Miss
Cecily McKim and Miss Ellen G. Nc
Carter.
The other subscribers include Mrs
Henry VI. Alexander, Mrs. F. Mcneil
Bacon, Mrs. william II. Porter, Mrs.
James Byrne, Mrs. Samuel Riker, Mrs
Charles II. Simmons, Mrs. II. Penning-
ton Taller. Mrs Edward R. Stettinius
Mrs. F. Clinton De Veau, Mrs. Robert
Hartshorne, Mrs. Thomas II. Howard
Mrs. Alan Marquand. Mrs. Walter Jen-
nings, Mrs. James w. Markoe, Mrs.
Adrian II. Larkin and Miss Mary
Norrie.
Mrs. George Thompson gave a recep-
ton yesterday afternoon at her home,
1862 East Sixty-frst Street, to introduce
formally to society her daughter, Miss
Zillah Townsend Thompson. Mrs.
Thompson and her daughter were as
sisted in receiving by Mrs. George D.
Stow, the debutante's grandmother;
Mrs. Shepherd X. de Forest, Mrs.
Charles Robinson Smith. Mrs. William
Ross Proctor. Miss Harriet Havel d,
Miss Jeanette Corse, Miss Candace
Thompson, of Washington, ID. c.; Miss
Dorothy Miller, Miss Gloria Thomas.
Miss Josephine Chamberlain, Miss Flea
nor Fales Coward. Miss Helen Dudgeon,
Miss Augusta dc Forest, Miss Isabelle
Mcpherson, Miss Elise Provost Smith,
Miss Kathleen Anderson, Miss jean
nette Mowry, Miss Aida Banks and
Miss Anne Brown.
Mrs. Thompson will give another re-
ception this afternoon for her daugh-
ter.
Miss Jane Suckley Ward was intro
duced to society yesterday afternoon
at reception given for her by her
mother. Mrs. BEVERLEY Ward, at her
home, 81 East Fifty-eighth Street. Re-
ceiving with Mrs. Ward and her daugh-
ter were Mrs. r. Percy Thompson. Miss
Caroline Delaney Ward, Miss Edith
T. Oracle, Miss Helen Parmeley and
Miss Louise Gardiner. After the re-
ception Mrs. Ward entertained the re-
ceiving party at dinner and afterward
took them 10 the Club de Vingt for sup
men asked for the dinner and dancing
were James Murray, Lyman Blocker,
James Duane Livingston and Theodore
Blocker.
Mrs. Thomas y. McCarter, Of 40
Park Avenue, gave a the dansant yes
terday afternoon at the Colony Club TO
introduce her daughter, Miss Ellen G..
McCarter The debutante was assisted
in receiving by Miss Elizabeth Clarke,
Miss Louise Hardness, Miss Elizabeth
Chaplin, Miss Beatrice Beach. Miss Es-
Their Kimball, Miss Amy Reick, Miss
Jeanette Jennings, Miss Evelyn Pres
ton, Miss Fanny T. Baldwin and Miss
Harriet Trent.
Mrs. Elbridge T. Gerry gave a din
ner last night at her house, In East
Sixty-frst Street.
The artists at the first Of the "Six
Sunday Nights" at Sherrys, on Deem
Der 3, will be Jacques Thibaud. Robert
Dortat, pianist, and Miss Renee Criti-
cos, Of Paris. Among those who have