New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-17
DANCE IS GIVEN
FOR DEBUTANTE
Miss Constance De Lanoy
Is Honored by Mrs. H.
lie Roy Whitney
MRS. w. R. PROCTOR
ALSO A HOSTESS
Edmund w. Nash Will Wed
Miss Esther Auchin-
Gloss To-day


Gloss To-day
Mrs. II. lie Roy Whitney, of 127 East
Fortieth Street, gave a dance last night
at Sherry's for Miss Constance De
Lanoy, debutante daughter of Mrs.
William c. De Lanoy. The small ball
room was used for the dancing, and a
seated supper was served about mid
night in the Tapestry Room. Several
dinners preceded the dance.
Among those invited were Mr.. and
Mrs. Jay Gould, Mr. and Mrs. Edward
H. Delafeld, Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Glib
bons, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert H. Gallatin,
Mr.. and Mrs. James n. Hill, Mr and
Mrs. Clinton W. Gilbert, Mr.. and Mrs.
Courtlandt Nicoll, Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Watson Stokes, Mr.. and Mrs. 5.
Oakley Wander Peel, Mr.. and Mrs.
George C. Palmer, Mr.. and Mrs. John
G. Milburn, jr.
Miss Grace Montgomery, Miss Ade-
laide Wilmerding, Miss Frances Bal
lard, Miss Madeline Lynch, Miss Bea-
trice Beck, Miss Helen Hoadley, Miss
Marie Colt, Miss Frances Field, Miss
Lorraine Allen, Arthur r. Jones, Henry
!. Cobb, Edward Shipper, Joseph II.
Stephenson and C. B. Hoppin.
Another dance last night was that
given by Mrs. William Ross Proctor, Of
32 East Thirty-ninth Street. 1t was
also held at Sherrys, and the large
ballroom, where the dancing took place,
was deliberately decorated with cherry
blossoms. spring flowers and palms.
The two hundred guests included many
of the friends of Mrs. Proctor's daugh-
ter, Miss Vouletti Proctor. and her son,
W. Ross Proctor, jr. Many dinners
we're given before the dance, one OF the
largest being given by Mrs. george
Bullock at the Colony Club.
The annual st. Valentines kettle
drum for the benefit of the Samaritan
Home for the Aged was held yesterday
afternoon at Sherry's. There were on
sale useful and fancy articles made by
the inmates of the home, and there
were moving pictures and other diver
sions for the young people. In ADDITION
rooms were set aside for auction bridge
and dancing.
Among those who have taken tickets
for the entertainment to be given on
Tuesday evening at the home OF Mrs
Burke Roche, % West Fifty-third Street,
for the benefit of the La Fayette Fund
ar, Mrs. John r. DreXel, Mrs. Henry
Clews, Mrs. James B. Duke, Mrs. Arch
er NJ. Huntington, Mrs. Reginald de
Koven. Mrs. George Jay Gould, Mrs. W.
Watts Sherman, Mrs. r. Fulton Cut
ting. Mrs. Charles B. Alexander, Mrs.
Edward r. Hewitt, Clarence Mackay,
A. Morris Bagby, Lloyd Warren and
George r. Sheldon.
The entertainment will consist Of
songs by Mrs. Albert Clayburgh, Miss
Critics. and Leon Rennay. recltatlons
by Miss Beatrice de Holthoir, piano Sc
lections by John Heath, and demonstra-
tions of Mental Telepathy' by Rex
Townsend.
Tickets may be obtained from Fran
els Roche. secretary and treasurer OF
the fund, Hotel Vanderbilt
Among those who entertained guests
al the weekly dance Of the Bachelors IN
the Della Robbia room Of the Wander
bilt last night we're Mr.. and Mrs. Girls
void A. Thompson, Mr.. and Mrs. FRED
eric A. De Peyster, Mr.. and Mrs. Au-
pustus F. Kountze, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
+ Tod. Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman B Ken
dali. Mrs. Jewett Minturn, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. d. b. Pratt, Mr. and Mrs Angler b.
Duke. Mr.. and Mrs Philip Bernhard,
Mr. and Mrs John W. Blodgett, Charles
HAYDEN, John +. Talmage and Perciyal
Farquhar.
The marriage Of Miss Esther Auchin-
Gloss, daughter Of Mrs. Hugh ID;
Auchincloss. 10 Edmund Witherell
Nash, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund ).
Nash. Of Rye, n. Y, and Savannah, Ga,
will take place this afternoon IN the
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church
Miss Eleanor De Graf Cuyler, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. 7. De Witt Cuyler,
Of Philadelphia, will be married to Jo-
seph Walker, Sd, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Walker, jr., of this city, to-day
in the Church of the Redeemer, Bryn
Mawr, Penn.
Miss Beatrice Barclay, daughter of
Mrs. William Orr Barclay, of East
Forthwith Street, will become the
bride of Gustavus ODER, Jr., of Baltl-
more. this afternoon at the ST. Regis.
In the ballroom of the Ritz-Carlton
this afternoon Miss Gertrude Williams,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Maxwell
Williams. of Greenwich, Conn, will be
married TO Joseph Crosby Sewail, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Elbridge Cushman
Sewall, of Bath, Ne, and this city.
Mrs. George Marshall Allen will give
a dinner tonight at the Morris County
Golf Club. Convent. n. j., for her niece,
Miss Edith Fanshawe. Mrs. Allen Will
give a dinner at the Ritz-Carlton on
Monday for her debutante daughter,
Miss Lorraine Allen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt
will give a dinner this evening at their
home. SIT Fifth Avenue, for Governor
and Mrs. Charles S. Whitman. Among
the guests will be a number Of the OFF,
GERS OF the National Guard.
Mrs. Oliver Gould Jennings will give
a dinner dance tonight at her home,
$50 Fifth Avenue, for several Of the
seasons debutantes.
The second Of the Metropolitan
Dances, arranged for girls not yet out,