The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-28

with Christmas over, Washington
d preparing to usher In the New Year
with dining and dancing. There Is no
need to wish the younger set In So
siety q Happy New Year, for from
the way they are starting the year
they are going to be very happy in
deed. In fact they are having such
. gay and glorsous time that they are
positively dizzy with II all. >Every
minute Is taken in for days to come
and number OF parties that were
planned were called on because the
guests desired were unobtainable,
having filled their calendars weeks
ago. The debutantes set q galIoping
pace, which the 'subdebs'' and the
set even younger have followed since
the holidays began.
l can't recall a gayer week for the
young people In history OF Washing
ton society; the list Of parties given
for them sounds almost impossible
. big dance every evening. each pre-
ceded by a number OF large dinners
also luncheons, teas and tea dances
and late suppers. The only hoGrs
that seem to have been free were the
early morning hours when they usu-
ally managed to squeeze in q few
very few-hours OF sleep. Most OF
them spent practically all day yes
terday trying to recover from Friday
evenings gayeties; that was the gay
est Of many extremely gay evenings,
though last night was q busy one,
too. There were no less than three
dances Friday, with many. many din
ners earlier. Tho Junior League par
ty and the cotillion which Mr.. and
Mrs. John Hervey Young gave for
their daughter Mise Elizabeth Young,
and her guest, Miss Aileen Dowsett,
OF Honolulu attracted the debutante
set while Peggy and Billie Mann's
dance was attended by the "subdebs"
and their younger sisters and broth
ers, all children home from school
for the holidays, their ages ranging
around IS years. Mrs. Charles Selden,
jr., gave a dinner for many of the
guests at that party for her daughter,
Miss Virginia Selden. who won't be
presented for several seasons to
come.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mann have given q
dance for their children every
Christmas vacation for a number of
years now. And 1t Is startling to see
how rapidly those children are grSw-
ing up And it is amusing to see as
they are, growing up. how their
parents, many of whom for divers
reasons have not taken an active part
lin society AOr some years, are arOus-
ing themselves now to go abou. a
bitN and pick up old friendships pay
ing calls. giving PAL les and accept
ing invitations. The children are
bringing quite a few OF the parents
out of their shell this winter
Because the Junior League party
and the Young cotillion came on the
same evening. the cotillion did not
begin until midnight and lasted until
yesterday was well advanced The
Youngs gave a dinner first at their
home. their party going to the Junior
League dance and then to the Wash
ington Club for the cotilIon. There
were about seventy guests, thirty
couples and a few extras.
Wednesday was another crowded
day. with the dance which Mr.. and
Mrs Rozier Dulany gave for their
daughter. Miss Anne Dulany, and the
many parties preceding it, Also each
day at least one bud was presented
TO society and some days mora than
one. Mona Blodgett was the Christ
mas bud. her mother. Mrs. Deios