The Washington herald., 1920-12-10
WASHINGTON SOCIET Y
Roof Garden
Ball Today
Debutaute Party for NeU
York "Bud" to Be Giren
Atop Hotel.

NEW YORK, Dec. s--one of the |
largest debutante balls of the week
win be given tomorrow night by
Mr.. and Mrs. Theron r. Strong in
honor Of Mrs. strong's cousin. Miss
Isabella Wood. daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. George e. Wood. The entire /.
roof garden suite Of the waldorf
Astoria has been taken for the af-
fair and II 10 expected several hun I
dred guests will respond to Mrs. !
Strongs invitation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ebert H. Gary have
closed their country house In West
bury. L. l., and are now occupying
their town house at s5s Fifth ave-
nue..
The Association of the Alumni OF
the American Academy in Rome
will give q series Of three dances
this season for the endowment
fund. They will take place at the
Hotel Plaza and the dates are De-
cember 10. January IL and Febru-
ary Is. The patronesses include
Mrs. Herbert Adams. Mrs. Charles
T. Barney. Mrs. H. Fairfield os-
borne. Mrs. Douglas Robinson. Mrs.
W HiehS Weifch ehe 4ie' "hiefo
Straight.
Ceckrans on for Coast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bourke Cochran will
leave the Ritz-Carlton In q few days
for Santa Barbara, Cal, to remain
until March. when they will go to
Washington, D. c.
Rear Admiral r. S. Grimm. U. S.
N, arrived yesterday from wash
ington. and is at the Astor Hotel
for a few days
Mrs. James Lincoln Ashley will
entertain at tea in honor of her
daughter-in-law. Mrs. Deforrest
Van slyck. on Saturday at her home,
5a East Seventy-third street.
On Friday evening the Lafayette
Guild OF the Flower Hospital will
give a dance at Delmonico's. Many
dinner parties will precede the
dance, among those entertaining
being Mrs. Albert NJ. wiggin. Mrs.
Z. r. Tinker. Mrs. Ernest Biardot
and Mrs. Henry F. Tiedeman.
Mrs. Hooker to Give Party.
Invitations have been sent out by
Mrs. Elon Huntington Hooker. of
so7 Fifth avenue. for a luncheon
party which she will give in honor
! of her debutante daughter, Miss
Barbara Ferry Hooker. on jan
uary 3.
Adolph Lewisohn has sent out in
vitations for a reception which he
will give at his town house. SS1
Fifth avenue. on the evening Of De-
cember 81.
Mrs. C. Alan Hudson. OF Short
Hills. N. J., who is now at the Hotel
Vanderbilt, gave q luncheon today
at the Ritz-Carlton for her nieces.
Miss Julia Brown Fincke and Miss
Dorothy Brown, who will be for
mally introduced to society at a
dance to be given by their mothers,
Mrs. Benjamin c. Fincke and Mrs.
James II. Brown. on December 90. al
the Ritz-Carlton.
Patrons for Animal Party.
I Great interest is being shown IN
the forthcoming travelogue by Capt
J. Milton State to be given at the
Selwyn eTheater on Friday after.
noon, December II. for the beueft oi
the Bide-a-wee Home for Friendless
Animals. The long list of prominent
patrons and patronesses includes Mrs
Otto II. Kahn. Mrs. Frederick Sterry
! Mrs. William c. Adams. Mrs. Mar.
shall P. Slade, Mrs. Edmund Ran.
dolph. Mrs. A. A. Thompson. Mrs
Benjamin w. Morris, Newbold Nor
ris. George c. Mason, Mrs. ]. Il
Morgan. Miss Caroline l.. Morgan
Mrs. Ernest A. Bigelow. Mrs. Hugh D
Auchincloss. Mrs. James L. Banks
jr.. Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, Mrs
Lindsey Tappin. Mrs. George F
Baker. jr., and Mrs. J. Howard VAIN
wright.
Mrs. William r. X. Taylor has an
nounced the dates for the holid 4,
dances. The senior dance is scned
uled to take place on March %. tk'
middle dance on March 81, and th'
junior dance on March 80. The Tri'
OF dances will be held in the ball
room of the Hotel Plaza.