New-York tribune., 1919-12-24
Many Attend Dinner Dance
for Miss Beatrice Beard:
Mrs. Ruperti Gives Home
Reception for Daughter
Miss issSimonsonIntroduced
Announce Engagement of
Miss Margaret Chisolm
to G. B. Winthrop Jr.

The Honorable Mrs. Alfred Anson
ssve bali at the Ritz-Carlton last
evening for her daughter by previous
marriage. Miss Leila Emery, who is one
n the seasons debutantes. 1t was one
Il the largest affairs Of the winter thus
far. there having been 900 acceptances
70 Mrs. Ansons Invitations The
guests included all the prominent
Sshutsntes Of the winter and their
married. set and q few of the older
mes. fer whom there were cards in one
of the adjoining rooms, where twenty
tables were provided.
The entire ballrom suite was used
and. like the main dining room, where
seated supper was served at mid
night, it was decorated with green's,
7slms and smilax. and the staircase
was entwined with smilax.
Mrs Anson and her daughter re-
.eived in the foyer at the entrance to
the ballroom, where the dancing kept
I'D until tire small hours Of the
morning. Two orchestras played.
Mrs. jeremiah Robinson Beard OF
81 East Seventy-second Street, gave a
dance last evening in the Della Robbia
Room OF the Hotel Vanderbilt for her
deOuldAL Ad4.> 4AtCt. MISS bGaCclCU
Beard. Previous to the dance, Miss
Jessie Benedict. of $50 East Seventy
second Street, gave a dinner for Miss
Beard. also at the Vanderbilt
The dinner guests included Miss
Narlon Carroll, Miss Dorothy Thomp-
son, Miss Virginia Sterry. Miss Elsie
Morrill,. Miss Helen Todd. Miss
Beatrice Hopkins. Miss Katherine Goss-
Ter, Miss Helen Dodd. Andrew J. Fox
IT,, Thornton L. Motley, j. Robinson
Beard jr, Theodore H. Solley, Robert
T. Soley, Peter Roy Lawson, William
H. Lyon. Albert c. Frost jr., Carl AL
strom, Buckley Lewis and Henry
Strong.
About 400 attended the dance, among
,aem being Miss Katherine Bliss, Miss
Kathryn Slayback, Miss Edith Gould,
Mss Dorothy Ciapp. Miss Marion Car
Miss Eleanor francke, Miss Mary
appleton. Miss Margaret Wallace, Miss
josephine I sooG, Miss Helen johnson.
Mss Edna Hoyt. Miss Blossom Gray,
Mss Emma Peabody. n. Taylor Guern-
sey. Francis Il. Cook. Preston L. Sut-
hen, Hugh u allace Read, Donald and
Hugh Wallace. Seymour n. Fox, H.
Fergill Van Ingen. James Foster and
Sheldon Abbott.
Mrs. Justus Ruperti gave q reception
yesterday afternoon at her home, lao
Last Seventy-frst Street, to introduce
aer daughter, Miss Wilhelmine Rupertl
Assisting the debutante in receiving
we're Miss Harriet Pratt, Miss Phyllis
Batcheller, Miss Emily Delafeld. Miss
a zee Nicoll. Miss Helen Rice and Miss
Alison Philips.
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atJerward the g0ests were taken to see
Elsie Janis at the Cohan Theater. Dur
ag the intermission the party went
behind the scenes to meet Miss Janis
and later went to the Crystal Room OF
.ae Ritz-Carlton for dancing.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Simonson
gave dance at the Plaza last evening
Ior their debutant daughter, Miss
Elizabeth Simonson. Several dinner
parties were given before it, one by
Mrs. Howard Froiich. for Miss Theo-
dora Mead for whom her mother, Mrs.
Robert Gillespie Mead, gave a recep-
Ton al Il W est eleventh Street earlier
IN The day. Receiving with Mrs. Mead
and ner daughter were Miss Clarinda
Garrison, Miss Winifrel Worcester and
Miss Elizabeth Dwight. Mrs. Frolich
reception viii be given by Mrs. Mead
on January 8.
The first of the holiday dances for
girls not yet out. originally conducted
by the late Miss Anabella Olyphant,
vas given last evening at the Hotel
Plaza. There was general dancing
throughout the evening. and seated
supper Was served at midnight The
Ratronesses are Mrs. Donn Barber, Mrs.
frederick Foster Carey, Mrs. b. Ogden
VSnisolm, Mrs. How land Davis, Mrs. F.
Norton Goddard, Mrs. Henry G.. Trevor,
mrs. Oliver Hartman. Mrs. A. Henry
hosie, Mrs. Edward Parish, Mrs. Linds-
ley Tappn, Mrs. w. 4. K Taylor and
Mrs. /. Tileston Wells. The next dance
Will take place February ii.
Mrs Zoheth S. Freeman gave the
thlrd Of series of tour receptions yes
Laura Freeman, at her home, 80 West
tlfty-hfth Street. Mrs. Alfred Chap
man and Mrs. q. +. Burt were at the
Tea table.
General Horace Porter gave a dinner
last night for Miss A. Ruth Ogden, and
afterward took his guests TO the the
ster. Miss Ogden is the debutante
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs John r.
Ogden.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Salisbury Bent
ley gave 3 dinner last evening for their
debutante sister, Miss Ruth Anderton,
and later took their guests to the En-
cry dance.
Mr.
give dinner this evening for Miss
Anderton, and later will take their
guests to the Thorne dance.
The second OF Bailh Horneman's
Tuesday afternoon musicals took place
yesterday at the Ritz-Carlton The art
lsts were Mime. Povla FriJsh and the
Sistine Chapel soloists. Among those
in .he audience were Mrs. Arthur
turtiss James. Mrs. John D. Rocke-
feiler jr-, Mrs. Ernesto G. Fabbri. Mrs.
George Grant Mason. Mrs. Ii. P
Loomis. Mrs. John Sonford. Mrs. Rita
Lydig, Mrs. Walter Maynard and Mrs.
Lewis Iselin.
Several entertainments will be given
Tor the debutantes to-day, all more or
less OF holiday character Mrs. Eu-
gene Hodenpyl viii give the dansant