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CCoRDING to the present out

CCOISDiNp 10 tne present out /
Il look the coming season will be |
4 a busy one for debutantes, and |
the number of these aspirants for the
attentions Of society will be far in ad- |
vance Of former years. During the |
7-ar entertainments for them were
sven up-altogether, and therefore the |
number TO be included in the forth
coming dances will comprise those
who in the natural course of events
belong to the coming season as we'll
as those who would have been for
mally introduced last year and the
aear before.
The various dances given during the !
INNER in resorts such as Newport,
southampton or Bar fIarbor were not
The strict sense parties to introduce
'abutanIes. 1t is generally preferred
Z" have such entertainments in town,
although the surroundings for COMING
tlt parties during the summer are
generally more conducive to comfort
wing TO the greater space of country
l.ouses and the chance to erect tenn
4orary bathrooms for such occasions.
II has been decided to resume the
Jlnior Assemblies. which for two
winters were discontinued owing 10
war conditions and the scarcity of
!oung men. These dances. given nv
subscription, will be held in the ball
room Of the Ritz-Carlton on the first
Fridays of December and February.
IN other years there were three such
dlnces, but for this season il has been
considered wiser to curtail the number
10 TWO owing to the many private
dances for debutantes and also for the
reason that the season after the
christmas and New Year HOLIDAYS will
Oe snort, as Ash Wednesday falls on
February is, ana with the BEGINNING
al Lent all dances are supposed to be
given up.
The committee for the Junior AS
Femblies for the coming season is COM
hoSed of Mrs. Richard {. Colt. Mrs.
Walter Phelps Bliss, Mrs. Joseph W.
Burden, Mrs. James Byrne, Mrs. Wal
ttr b. James, Mrs. James Gore King.
AIRS. Herbert l.. Pratt and Mrs. Her
bert l.. Satterlee. In former years
and during the existence of the Junior
cotlllons, predecessors OF the assem-
flies, for so many seasons guided by
Mrs. Arthur NJ. Dodge, the dances
were limited to debutantes and some
second year girls, and the subscription
list was kept down to about fifty
women, but this season it will be
much larger. s..
THE autumn hall ryiypy
gears at the Tuxedo Club will take
PLACE a week earlier this year, the
cate set being October "a. AS rule
The Tuxedo autumn dances have found
assembled most of the debutantes OF
will prove no exception. These dances
81. Tuxedo Park have always been
Popular, but like all others were dis
Continued in war times.
For the younger girls, who will not
b. formally introduced to society for a
year or two, there will be as for
years without interruption the colony
dances, which are to be held in the
Ritz-Carlton ballroom. The first of
these is set for December &c and the
committee includes Mrs. Winthrop
Burr, Mrs. Oliver G.. Jennings, Mrs.
II Y dS4illll ue ftdlltil, -NTS. iNoOell L.
Stevens, Mrs. Walter b. James and
Mrs J. Magee Ellsworth. These,
dances were first held in the Colony
Cub when it was in Madison avenue.
and later in the new club house ball
room further up town. For two years
they were held in Sherrys rooms,
which unfortunately, are no more.
Another series Of dances for girls
started about twenty years ago in the
Jadies' annex of he Metropolitan Club,
will be resumed and will be held at
the Ritz-Carlton, falling the oppor-
tlinity that Sherry's offered for years.
The dates for these dances are Decem-
Der 81, February IA and April .,
The Friday Juniors, organized by
Miss Georgiana Hartman owen, will
be held at the Plaza. the first on De-
cember 10, and will be for young peo-
pie at home from preparatory and
boarding schools. It has been decided
to continue the series known as the
Holiday Dances, organized years ago
by the late Miss Annabella Olyphant.
For the coming season they will be
under the direction Of Mrs. William
+ X. Taylor. The first dance will be
held at the Plaza on December 90. The
Bst of patronesses will be announced
later.
One OF the first entertainments for a
debuante will be given by Mrs. II.
Murray La Mont, who on November
gG will have a luncheon at the Plaza
Cor Miss Mary Appleton, her daugh-
Ter by a former marriage. The guests
will include MY debutantes of the
winter. Miss Appleton is a grand
daughter of Edward !. Horsman of
this city and Monmouth Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. Horace Harding,
row at Thornton, their country place
in Rumson, N. j.. will return to $50
Fifth avenue late this month. They
will give a ball az the Ritz-Carlton on
the night Of November 20 to introduce
their daughter, Miss Catharine Hard
irg.
')na of the fixtures Of The season,