The sun., 1918-07-28
GRACE VANDERBILT
MAKES SOCIAL BOW
Daughter of Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt
Presented at Newport.
MOTHER GIVES DINNER
Seventy Guests at Coming Out
Party at Beaulieu-Dance
for Bud at Ochre Court.
Special Despatch 10 THE Sun.

NEWPORT. r. l.. July 27.-The first OF
season occurred tonight when Miss
Grace Vanderbilt. daughter of Brig. Gen.
and Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt, made her
debut at dinner for about seventy
guests given by her mother at their sum-
msr home. Beaulieu, which in the past
has been the scene OF some OF the most
brilliant social functions given in the
summer colony.
Originally it had been the intention OF
Mrs. Vanderbilt to present her daughter.
who is IS years of age. at ball given
az Beaulieu this summer. but on account
OF the war ami the fact that both the
father and brother OF the debutante are
in France with the American Expedi-
tionary Forces the plans were changed.
Instead Miss Vanderbilt, who has been
for years one OF the popular young
women of the social set, will be pre-
sented at a series of three dinners and
dances, the first of which took place
this evening. and the next two will come
on following Saturday evenings.
Dance mt Ochre Court.
The dance tonight was at Ochre
Court, the summer home Of Mrs Ogden
Goelet. to which place the dinner guests
were driven after the dinner at Beaulieu.
Many other guests came for the dancing.
The dinner tonight was served on the
veranda on the cliff side OF the villa. The
piazza was enclosed in white and deco
rated with white lights, while the table
decorations were OF red roses.
Miss Vanderbilt, who was very attrac-
lively attired was the recipient of a
large number OF flowers and other pres
entaton gifts. She was presented to the
dinner guests by her mother, and the
guests included Capt. Robert Glen OF
the British Embassy, who came from
Washington TO attend the dinner. He is
the guest of Capt and Mrs. Perry Bel
mont at Belcourt
The complete invitation list for the
three dinners Mrs. Vanderbilt is giving
for her daughter follows:
Mrs Lothrop Ames. Col. Athill. Capt.
Atkinson. Seaman Thomas Avery. Lieut.
Col. Azan. Gov. and Mrs. Livingston
Reeckman. Mrs Arthur Scott Burden,
Mr.. and Mrs. l. Townsend Burden. Mr.
and Mrs. j. Stewart Barney, Mrs. Will
lam a. NJ. Burden. S. Louis Boissevain,
Harry s. Black. Lieut.. Bellamy. Miss
Evelyn r. Burden, the Misses Florence
and Ethel Schneider. Lieut.. ]. X. Brock
rogel Mrs. Morgan Belmont, Capt. Bel
enl. Mrs. Craig Biddle, Ensign Bennett,
Capt Edward L. Beach, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward J. BerwinL, Mrs. J. n. Brown.
p. Brooks, the Belgian Minister; Law
renee Butler. Winfield Burden. Capt.
and Mrs. Perry Belmont, Mr.. Bal
lard, Mrs. Howard Cushing. Grafton
Cushing, Miss Helen Cameron Mr.. and
Mrs. c. Chisholm. Mr.. and Mrs. Royal
phelps Carroll. Ensign Cooke. Miss
Dorothea Carroll. Miss Aida Chanler,
Mrs King Carley. Miss Marguerite Cap
erton, Lieut. and Mrs. Clark, Lieutenant
Commander and Mrs. Charles w. Crosse
George Cormack. Capt. and Mrs. Ed
ward H. Campbell, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
X. Cassatt Mr.. and Mrs. Whitney Car
penter. Mrs. Lewis CHAMBER Henry
Grafton, Ensign Dunn. Miss Margaret
Dunlop. VI. De Beaufort. Mr.. Decatur,
Mr.. and Mrs. James b. Duke, Prince
he Digne. Miss Edith S. Dunn. Mr. and
Mrs Stuart Duncan, William Derham.
Paymaster j. Ely. Mr.. and Mrs. George
Peabody Eustis, Henry F. Eldrdge, Mr.
and Mrs Pauld.ng Fosdick. Mrs. Mar
snail Field, Mrs. Richard Cambria En-
sign Grafton, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Gillespie. Mrs. Ogden Goelet. Ensign and
Mrs. F NJ. Goodwin, Miss Mabel Gerry,
Capt Robert Glen of the British EN-
hassy, Mr.. Gunther. Mrs II. F. Godfrey,
Mr., and Mrs. r. Horace Gallatin. Mr.
and Mrs Arthur Graham Glasgow, Lieut.
Gleason, Mr. and Mrs. Austen Gray,
Lieut. Lycott Groom. Mr. and Mrs. Will
am Greenough. Chief Petty Officer
Theodore Grinnell. Lieut.. Hart, Mr. and
Mrs Ogden H. Hammond, Ensign Hen
k!nson. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Hartman,
Joseph Hartman. Jr., Mrs. Herbert Har-
r!man, Charles Hayden, Lieut.. New bold
L. Herrick, Ensign Arthur Hickman. F.
Hickman, Mr., and Mrs. Charles f. Hoff-