The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-07
DEBUTANTE DANCE
FOR MISS HOFFMAN
Many Buds Of the Winter
Gather at Brilliant Fctc
at Shcrry's.
DINNERS BEFORE BALL

one Of the most notable Of the de-
hutautc dances Of the winter was given
last night ut Shcrry's by Mrs. Harold
Brown and Mr.. and Mrs. Norrie Sellar
Cor the purpose of introducing to society
Miss Audrey HOFFMAN. Mrs. Seilar's
daughter by n former marriage. Be
fore the dance n dinner for sixty was
given In honor Of Miss Hoffman in the
ancestry room by Mr.. and Mrs. George
peabody Wetmorc OF Newport. Mr..
Wetmore. at one time Governor OF Rhode
Island and more recently United States
senate" from that st tie. is the great
uncle of Miss Hoffman,, who IL n grand
daughter OF the late w. Watts Sherman.
The dinner guests were the young
friends Of Miss HOFFMAN. They included
Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent Aston. MIR. and
Mrs. Bryce wing. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Ludlow Fowler. .Jr.. the Misses Made
leine carey. Pauline Bacon, Elizabeth
Howard, Ethel Potter, Adricnnc Iselin.
Mary pyne. Harriet Post. Gabrielle
Warren. Barbara Rutherford. Katharine
Haven. LcBrun Parsons. Louise Kissel
Marion pinsmore. Irene Gibson. Mildred
Riyes. Marion Tiffany and Annette Mar
koe Francis and Maurice Roche. Her
mann Oelrichs, George Henry Warren.
Jr, Reginald Il. Rivas. George y. Post.
Jr. lie Roy King. Francis Simonds.
william II. Taller. II. Carey Morgan.
Robert W. Goclet. J. Benson Rose.
Reginald Lanier, Schuyler l.. Parsons.
jr. r. winthrop kean. George NJ. Wool
sey. ". Wickham Hoffman. John Mum
roe. Albert Eugene Gallatin and Sidney
Dillon Ripley.
Another Dinner for Dcbutantes.
Another dinner in advance Of the
dance was given by Mrs. Harry Whitney
Mcvickar AT her home. 163 Fifth ave-
nue., for Miss Helen G. Alexander and
Miss Sarah Larkin. debutantes Of the
winter. Mrs. McNickar's other guests
we're Mr.. and Mrs. Bradish q. johnson.
capt. Theron Strong, Miss Phyllis Nc
vickar. Miss Harriet Mckee. Paul Cha
pin. Lionel Bonner. Albert H.. Ely. Jr,
and Frederic X. Coudert. Jr.
Mrs. Sellar. Mrs. Brown and Miss
Hoffman received the guests for the
dance at the entrance OF the small ball
room. where there were profuse decora-
tons Of flowers. There was general
dancing to the music of Conrad's and
Frantzen's orchestras until IL 80. when
supper vas served in the tapestry room.
There were several hundred persons in
attendance. The gathering was largely
representative OF Newport. where the
debutante has spent the greater part
~ her life. Among the guests were
Mrs. Ogden Goelet. Mrs. Richard Gam
brill, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. Mr.. and
Mrs. j Laurens Van Allen. Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Curtiss James. Mr.. and Mrs.
George Gordon King. Mrs. Gouverneur
Kortright. Mr.. and Mrs. W. Starr Miller.
Miss Edith Starr Miller. Miss Anne Nor
gan, Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer. Mrs. F. Bur
rAll Hoffman, Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver G..
Jennings. Mr., and Mrs. Pembroke Jones.
NJ. and Mrs, De l.ancey Kane Jay. Mr..
and Mrs. August Belmont. the Hon. Mrs.
Arson. Mr.. and Mrs. Prescott Lawrence.
Mr. and Mrs. WILDER B~loodsood. Miss
Resale Bloodgood. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
r Alexander. Mr.. and Mrs. James +.
n %l.anier, Mr.. and Mrs. W. Goadby
I.oew. Mr.. and Mrs. John Il. Pope. Mr..
and Mrs. charles NJ. Oelrichs. Mr.. and
Mrs. J, Fred pierson. Jr., Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry \. &. Taylor. Mr.. and Mrs. John
y Trevor. Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence l..
Gillespie. Mrs. W. Watts Sherman. Mir.
and Mrs. Henry Rogers Winthrop. Mr..
and Mr.. Edmund l.. Baylies. Mr.. and
Mrs. F Mcneil Bacon. Miss Lota Robin
son, Mrs. Henry :. Redmond. Mrs. ].
Lee Taller. Miss Anna Sands, Mrs. Burke
Roche, Mr.. and Mrs. r. H.. I. odd I'd
lr, MIR. and Mrs. Stuart Duncan. Mr..
and Mrs. Dudley Davis, Mr.. and Mrs.
Al"nzo Potter. Mrs. William q. Rookie
teller. Mr.. II Mrs. Sydney :. Breese.
Mr.. and Mrs, Henry Clews, Mr.. and
Mrs William Il. Dinsmore. Mr.. and Mrs
Frederic 'oster Carey. Mr.. and Mrs.
Devices bllworth, Mr.. and Mrs. Newbold
j." Roy Edgar. Mr.. and Mrs. Padding
Fosdick, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert VI. Har-
rman. Mr.. and Mrs. e. Oliver Iselin
and Mr. and Mrs, j. Woodward Haven.
her Among the Guests.
There We're also present Mr.. II Mrs.
Philip NJ. I.ydig. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Larocquc, DR.. and Mrs. James W. Mar
Zoe, Mr.. aud Mrs. Charles DE Loosely
0elrichs. Mr.. and Mrs. L. S. JafYray Nc
N1ckar, Mr.. and Mrs. a. Gordon Norrie.
MI and Mrs. Ralph Pulitzer. Mr.. and
Mrs Herbert g. Pell. Jr.. Mr.. and Mrs.
George l.. Rlves. Mr.. and Mrs. Morton
]. schwartz, Ny. and Mrs. 4. Stewart
Walker, Mr., and Mrs. James Speyer.
Mr., and Mrs. Whitney Warren, Mr.. and
Mrs, orme Wilson. Mr.. and Mrs. Samue
Nelson ilinckley, Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver
Hartman, Mr.. and Mrs, Robert l.. Gerry.
NJ and Mrs. +. Gray Griswold. Mr.. and
Mrs. X, Horace Gallatin, Mr.. and Mrs.
George ~ Hull. Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Fran
's Is. Fendleton. Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
: Reynal, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dana
Gibson. Mr.. and Mrs. W. Earl Dodge,
Nine Vladimir de Constantinovitch. Mr.
trd Mrs. Clarence e. Pell. Mr.. and Mrs
. De l.ancey Coster. Mrs. Reginald
iHveS, Miss Helen Rives. Mrs. John r
N-exel, Duchess de Chaulnes. Mrs. Cor
0'ius g. cuyler. Mr., and Mrs. Arthur
II tmmOns, Mrs, William Hamilton
Nl'sell. Miss Mary Wiborg. Mr.. and
Nrs John J.. Cowdin. Mr.. and Mrs
'htrles T. G~reenough. AIR, and Mrs
Austen Gray, Mr.. and Mrs. Carley Har-
'-man and MIR. and Mrs. Frederick o
Beach.