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semi-publlc scale is confined to family
gatherings, and what dances are to
be given during Christmas week are
for young people who arc at homo
from college or school for the holi-
days. In other years, before we en-
tered the war, at this season some OF
the most important gatherings OF So
sciety were held and the most brilliant
balls OF the winter were given. Now
for many reasons such entertainments
would seem out of taste and they may
be dispensed with altogether until an
other year. To be sure, dinners are
Sbeing given. but not on the elaborate
scale of recent years.
The first subscription dance OF this
week, known as the Friday Junior
Dance, will be held tomorrow night
at the Plaza and the second of the
series on Friday night at the same
place. These dances, organized by
Miss Georgiana Hartman owen. are
Nor girls who will not be introduced
to society for two or three yeara
The patronesses for this sea son are
Mrs. Dom Barber Mrs. Ellwood Hend-
rick, Mrs. Willard s. Brown, Mrs.
cleveland II. Moffett, Mrs. John Nc
Kesson Camp, Mrs. Justus Rupert,
Mrs. B. ogden Chieolm, Mrs. Shep-
pard Candy Schermerhorn. Mrs. G..
Howard Dawson, Mrs. Percy II.
Stewart. Mrs. Oliver Hartman and
MRS. William II. wadhams.
A group of young men will act as
\ committee and will include Robert
Ingersoll Brown, Leonard ]. Cushing.
Vernon II. Brown, Leland Haywood,
C. Columbus Baldwin, Jr., John Cas-
per Newington. Gregory n. Camp. How
land II. Pell, Jr., Robert Carrere and
Allan Thompson. There will be a third
dance during the Easter holidays.
The first Of the Colony dances for
this season will be held on Thursday
might at the Ritz-Carlton. These
dances were first held in the Colony
Club, then In Madison avenue near
AThirtieth street, and for one season In
the new clubhouse in Park avenue
but the membership increased consid-
erably, thus calling Tor larger quar-
tiers. The committee for this season
includes Mrs. Winthrop Burr, Mrs. J.
MAgee Ellsworth, Mrs. j. Horace
Harding, Mrs. Walter B. James. Mrs,
Oliver Gould Jennings, Mrs. Henry
Hutton Landen, Mrs. II. Casimir
DeRham and Mrs. Robert L. Stevens,
Mrs. Henry II. Rogers will give a
dinner for twenty-five in advance al
the Ritz-Carlton.
Yet another OF the holiday dances,
the Metropolitan Dance. will have its
first meeting Of the season on Saturday
night at Sherry's, where the dances
have been held since they outgrew the
original place Of meeting, the ladies'
annex of the Metropolitan Club. These
are tho largest OF the subscription
dances, and sometimes as many as
800 young people gather; for them
Several dinners will be given In ad.
vance of the first dance, but all will
be early and informal. sAA@ ~
The dances this season will be I'M
der direction OF Mrs. J. Archibald
Murray, who will replace Mrs. Cor
nelus Vanderbilt, Mrs. Walter b
James. Mrs. Lewis s. Thompson. Mrs
Richard Trimble and Mrs. Samuel
Auchmuty Tucker. The girls who are
members Of these dances will be In.
troduced to society next year or the
season following. There have beer
only two of the Dances arranged fol
this year and the second will be held
on April 26.
Much interest Is being shown in the
Carnival de Victoire for the benefit OF
the Free MIX for France Fund. which
win be held at the Ritz-Carlton or
Saturday night, and for which Mrs
Newbold Leroy Edgar IS Arranging
hrH0 AZ ha ar.
Of the Ritz-Carlton will be turned ovel
60 the ball, and as the decorations have
been donated there should be hand.
some profit. Fancy dress will rule and
such a gathering will be in keeping
with the celebration Of a victory.
Boxes, each seating six, will bt
placed about the main ballroom and IL
them will be tables for supper. The
decorations of these boxes are beine
done by artists OF the metropolitan
Opera staff. and from their seats the
box occupants will be able TO watcf
tho special performance on the ball
room floor while they sup.
The breakfast room win be decorated
like hanging garden and the crysta
room will be made to resemble n sec
zion OF the Versailles gardens. Prizes
are to be given for novel costumes ant
49, the awards will be made by a com
knittee OF representative artists.
The ball committee serving will
Mrs. Edgar will include Mines. Georg,
f. Baker. Jr.; II. Fairfield Osborn
Charles B. Alexander. Whitney War
rem, William X. Vanderbilt, Jr; Henry
Clews, Charles II. Marshall, F. GRAY
Griswold, Francis Key Pendleton anC
Sydig Hoyt.
Some OF those who have alread,
secured boxes are Mrs. Robert Low
Bacon, Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt
1r, George T. Brokaw, Miss Carolin,
Morgan, Mrs. Alexander II. Tiers
Mrs. Joseph Sampson Stevens, Mrs
Harry Payne whitney Mrs William
Guggengheim, Mrs. William Thaw Sd
Mrs. John Il. Aldred, Mrs. Fredericl
Lewisohn. Mrs. Howard Gushing, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry II. Duryea, Mr.. AM
Mrs. William Solomon, Mrs. Juliai
Robbins, Mr. and Mrs. William r
Benjamin, Mrs. Charles De Loose,
Oelrichs, Mrs. Benjamin Guinness, MI
and Mrs. Rogers Maxwell, Mr.. an,
Mrs. James Brown Potter and MI
md Mrs. Condo Mast.
It is, particularly requested by tn
Ball committee that all uniforms
dominoes and clown costumes be dis
pensed with, and 1t is their hope tina
p0ne but artistic costumes will b
worn. Among the artists who wi
appear in the ballroom during sup