New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
Christmas Eve Dance at
Colony Club Will Present
Miss Ann Thorne, Whose
Betrothal Is Announced
Debut for Miss Wright
Mrs. ". X. Vanderbilt Jr.
To BE Hostess Thursday
Evening at Dinner Dance

erings luncheon and dlnner parties
teas and dances will fill the schedule
with the spirit of Christmas pervading
all.
Dancing Will begin tomorrow at the
Colony Club. where Mrs. Ryle Strange
will give a dinner dance to introduce
her daughter. Miss Mary Danforth
Strange. There also will be dancing
at the Ritz Carlton. where Mrs. John
R. Ogden Will entertain for her debu-
tant daughter, Miss A. Routh Ogden
The Hon. Mrs. Alfred Arson will in
troduce her younger girl, Miss Leila
Emery, at the Ritz Carlton on Tuesday
next, and in connection with Mrs
Anson's dance several dinners will be
given Mrs Jeremiah Robinson Beard
will give dance at the Hotel Wander
oilt on Tuesday for Miss Beatrice
Beard, in fact Tuesday will be a busy
night for the debutantes, who will have
so many affairs that they will have to
resort to the old fashion of going on
from one 10 another as their older SIS
,ers did before the war, when enter
tsinments crowded thick and fast upon
one another during the busy season.
Many of them also Will attend the
dance Tuesday at the Plaza which Mrs
William 4. Simonson will give her
daughter. Miss Elizabeth Simonson.
and after the theater party which Mrs
Justus Rupert will give for her daugh-
ter. Miss Wilhelmine Ruperti, many
Of the young guests will take in one
or more of the dances. Earlier in the
day Mrs. Rupert will give a recep-
ton for her daughter. at their home
l4O East Seventyfirst Street. 1t will
the guests will go TO the theater.
Much interest centers around the
dance to be given on Christmas Eve
at the Colony Club by Mrs. Edwin
Thorne for the debut of her daugh-
ter, Mss Ann A. Thorne. as Miss
Thorne's engagement to Robert R..
Titus has just been announced before
she had an opportunity of making her
bow. Another Of " Wednesdays holiday
dances viii be given at Delmonico's S
by Miss Margaret Remsen. 1t will
ne for her debutant niece, Miss Sylvia
Remsen Hillhouse. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Belts Hillhouse
Even the afternoon of Christmas
Eve Will see d dance, for Mrs. Eugene
hodenpyl has arranged one in honor
Of her daughter. Miss Marion F. Holden
pyl, at the Ritz Carlton. Miss Hoden-
pyl was one OF last winters de-
butantes
Christmas is always more or less
of family holiday. but several for
nal affairs have been arranged for the
DAY, including reception by Mrs.
Thomas B. Yuille for her debutant
daughter, Miss Burks Yuille. at their
nome, All Park Avenue. 1t will be an
afternoon affair. Mrs. James Raynor
Hayden will give a large reception at
her home, 12l West Fifty-iifth Street,
on Christmas Day for her daughters
the Misses Ruth and Faith Hayden
who, while not debutantes, are extreme
" popular among the buds" who will
be largely in evidence.
Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt jr will
give dinner dance on Christmas
and there will be the usual numbe
OF Christmas tree parties that evening
and dancing IN connection with them
For the young people not out there
Will be jolly dance on Christmas
night, the first meeting this year OF
the Friday Juniors. under the direc-
ton of Miss Georgiana Harriet Owen
The class, like the Metropolitan dances
is for girls not out, those who will
make their debut in year or two
and boys in the preparatory schools
and colleges. The patronesses this
year include Mrs. Oliver Hartman
Mrs G. Howard Dawson, Mrs. Willard
;. Brown, Mrs. John Barber, Mrs G
nnrowbridge Hollister, Mrs. Justus
Hn,uperti, Mrs. Cleveland Motfett, Mrs
SSnssppard Candy Schermerhorn, Mrs
W lillian H. Woodin. Mrs. Charles A
Van Rensselaer,, Mrs. William H. Wad
nams and Mrs. Percy II. Stewart. There
wlll be another dance of the series OF
Sew Years night. A feature of th'
elass is a cooperating committee O.
Spoung men. who include Vernon II
brown, Robert Ingersoll Brown,
Oolumbus Baldwin jr. Bruce Berck
mans, Robert NJ. Cafrere, John H
1iaioorne jr, Leonard J. Cushing. Johl
hartman, Leland Haywood, John Cas-
par Newington, Walden Pell, Jane
ppehdrick pt, Terry, Alan Thompson an
raul Van Andre.
Miss Emily Wright will have he
.IDming-out dance on Friday evening a
sne Piaza. 1t Will be given for her b
W ner mother, Mrs. William De Fores
wright. of Deep Haven, Sands Poin
n a. l. The same evening, and at tn
ilaza also, Miss Edna Hoyt has he
vance; 1t will be given by her mother
Mrs Waiter S. Hoyt, of "a West Fifty
ninth Street.
me girls not out will have anothe
saace Saturday. the first Of the Met
NSpo!ltan Dances at the Ritz Carlton
CC,liginally given at the Metropolita
S'oo' whence their name, the class me
ny, many years at Sherry's, and ro'
WI VII nave its dances at the Ritz Car
son' where others of the series will b
gwen on st. Valentines night and Apr
At the Colony Club. on Saturda
evenlng, Mrs. Henry Lorillard Canaan
ana Mrs. William C. Browning, wi
give dance for Miss Marion Carol
son Carroll. "0'''
;TTaptain and Mrs. Marion McMilli
/ ""' give the dansant on Saturda