New-York tribune., 1919-12-13
Mrs. John Henry Hammond
Introduces Miss Emily at
One of Seasons Smar,es,
Affairs; Dinners Precede
Mrs. N. A. Flood Enterta;ns
Many Debutantes of Last
Year and College Under
graduates Among Guests

Mrs. John Henry Hammond gave a
dance last night at her house, East
Ninety-tirst Street, to introduce her
daughter. Miss Emily Sloane Ham
mond. 1t was one of the smartest af
fairs of the season and was attended
by the debutantes, the young men of
their set and a few of the older mem
bers of society. The dance was pre-
ceded by several dinners. Mrs. Ham
moAd gave one Of thirty covers and the
other hostesses included Mrs. William
Jay Schieffelin. Mrs Dave Hennen
Morris and Mrs, James A. Burden. There
was general dancing throughout the
evening and seated supper was served
shortly after midnight
Colonel and Mrs Ned Arden Flood
gave large dance last night in the
ballroom of the Ritz Carlton for their
daughter, Miss Josephine Flood. MANY
Of the debutantes Of last season and
some OF TINS years girls. undergrad
yates from Yale. Harvard and Prince
Ton and number of officers from the
L. s. flagship Pennsylvania were in at
,endance. Several dinners were given
before the dance. Colonel and Mrs.
Flood gave one at the Ritz which was
attended by Miss Eva Stewart, Miss
Betty Jackson Miss Emma Peabody.
Miss Louise Tinsley of Baltimore and
Miss Harriet Shepherd of Hartford.
who assisted Mrs. Flood and her
daughter in receiving Also present
were Leonard Cushing, Charles Ran
som, Ogden West, l.. r. Page. Eugene
Mitenberger and J. NJ. Studebaker jr.
The large ballroom and its ap-
proaches were testooned with smilax
and palms and roses completed the
decorations. Supper was served in the
main dining room.
Miss Mary Strange, Miss Eleanor Hunt
jngton Francke, Miss Dorothy Leary,
Miss Genevieve Clendenin, Miss Con-
stance De Lanoy. Miss Marie Thayer,
Miss Florence Clendenin, Miss Marie
Leary Miss Carol Read, Miss Victorine
Kellogg. Miss Marion Carroll, Miss
Helen Gould, Miss Kathryn Slayback,
Miss Helen Johnson. Miss Virginia
Sterry. Miss Natalie Brush and Miss
Ellen Bruce Lee and Miss Cecilia Nc
Callum. OF Washington.
Others present were Mr.. and Mrs.
William Fleitman jr, Mr. and Mrs.
Reginald Hutchinson. Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Dickson Eddy, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick G.. Peabody, MIR. and Mrs.
Elliot S Phillips. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
erick Soudebaker Fish, of South Bend
Ind, and Mr.. and Mrs. G. Breaux Bal
ard, Of Louisville.
Mrs. John Camp Williams gave a
luncheon yesterday at the Ritz Carlton
for her daughter. Miss Lois K. Will
iams. The guests included Mrs. Fford
Burchell, Miss Eugenia Chaplin, Miss
MI Of uor int
Pratt, Miss Edith McCoonb. Miss Ma
talie Jordan. Miss Ruth English, Miss
Emily Burchell, Miss Margaret de
Forest. Miss Elizabeth Chsolm, Miss
Allison Phillips, Miss Phyllis Batchel-
Ter. Miss Katherine Porter Miss Mary
Lockwood, Miss Louise Calender, Miss
Eleanor Landon, Miss Dorothy Collins
Miss Virginia Van Ingen, Miss Georgi-
ana Palmer Miss Elsie Morrill,. Miss
Martha Keep. Miss Josephine Cotton
Miss Helen Cummings Miss Glennt
Williams and Miss Helen Church.
A large and fashionable audience at.
tended the first of the Pershing Square
musicales given last night in the ball
room of the Hotel Commodore. Geral-
dine Farrar was heard in several num-
Ders, and she sang the duet from DOR
Giovanni" with Andrea de Segurola
leopold Godowsky, pianist, also figured
on the program.
Mrs. Alvin W. Krech gave musicale
yesterday afternoon at her home, II
East Seventeen Street, for he4 debu'
lant daughter, Miss Margaret Krech
The artists we're Nine. Helen Stanley
Louis Graveure, Carlos Salzedo ant
Archer Gibson. Mrs krech and he
daughter were assisted in receiving b,
Miss Eunice James, Miss Dorothy Dun
can, Miss Katherine Mackay and Mis-
Margaret Tucker.
The first of the St. Christophe
League dances for the benefit of tn
New York Nursery and Child's Hospita
was held last night at the Hotel Plaza
Miss Grace B. Rogers is president 0
the league Miss Marian Whitman sec
retary, and Karl T. Frederick treas
urer. The patronesses include Mrs
William H. Burr. Mrs. f. Mort;me
Ward. Mrs. Alfred A. Whitman, Mr.
George f. Crane, Mrs. Schuyler Schiet
felin Mrs. Herbert Lee Pratt, Mrs. A
I'D Lee Manierce, Mrs. John Basset
Moore, Mrs Algernon Sidney Sullivan
Mrs. Robert Livingston Gerry and Mr.!
Ashton Crosby Clarkson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Maveric
Smith, of 20 Claremont Avenue, hav
announced the engagement of thei