The Washington herald., 1920-12-22
IVA ASf1INGTON s SOCIETY y.
Fix Mdyear
Dance Dates
First Of Series WiA Be
Held February ~; Mrs.
Vanderbilt Returns.

NEW YORK. Dee ei.---rhe first
of the Midyear Danees, a series of
subscription dances. will be held
on the evening Of February 10.
These dances. which were organized
last year.. were subscribed to by
the older girls, who were introduced
to society several years ago. and
some of the younger married sets.
Among the members Of the execu-
tive committee and patronesses are
Mrs. b, Ogden Chisholm, Mrs. Jona-
than Buckley, Mrs. wilffed ]. Wor-
cester, Mrs. Philip q. Bartlett, Mrs.
Richard Cs~Colt, Mrs. Elwood Hen
drick.. Mrs. Frederic w. Lincoln.
Mrs Rudolph II. Kissell. Mrs. Rich
ard NJ. Hurd, Mrs George c. Fraser.
Mrs. II. Barnham Moftat and Mrs.
William A. Read.
Mrs. william X. Vanderbilt. sr..
will return from Paris this weeA
and will occupy her town house pt
660 Fifth avenue.
A dinner party viii be given on
Thursday evening by Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward J. Berwind at their town
house, East Sixty-fourth street.
Mr.. and Mrs. James II. Ottley, of
30 West Fifty-third street. gave a
ball this evening at the Ritz-Carl-
ton Hotel to Introduce their daugh-
ter. Miss Martha ottley
Miss Mary Hepburn made her
debut this evening at a dance given
by her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
eric Taylor Hepburn of Flushing,
L. !.
Mr., and Mrs. Charles H. Sabin
have issued invitations for a dinner
and dance which, they will give at
their town house, IA East Sixty
second street. on Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Barton
French gave a dinner. followed by
theater party, tonight for Miss
Betty Thompson. Miss Isabella
Wood and Miss Helen L. S. Trevor,
debutantes of the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ten Eyck Wendell.
of 33 West Fifty-first street, en-
tertained sixteen at dinner last eve
ming at the Colony Club in honor
of Wesley Watson, OF London, Eng
land.
Thomas b. Davis will give a din
ner tomorrow in honor of his niece.
Miss Mary Davis Landstreet, debu-
tante daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fairfax Stuart Landstreet, of 5G3
Park avenue. About sixty guests.
mostly this years buds" will at
tend the dinner and afterward will
be conveyed to the New Amsterdam
Theatre, where they will witness
sally" Later they will return to
the Ritz for supper and dancing.
Among the luncheons and recep-
tions to be held tomorrow will be
that which Mrs. Huntington W.
Merchant is giving at the Colony
Club for her daughter. Miss Betty
Merchant. and the luncheon OF Mrs.
c. Alan Hudson for Misses Julia
Brown Fincke and Dorothy DougIas
Brown at the Ritz-Carlton. These
young women will be introduced TO
the social world at night in :he
same hotel at . large ball given by
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. BeRJa .
min c. Fincke and Mr.. and Mrs.
James NJ. Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Wheeler
Francis will give dance tomDr-
row evening for their debutante
daughter, Miss Katherine w. Fran
cis. preceded by a large dinner at
the home of the august Mrs. Arthur
Curtiss James.
Mrs. Roger Lewis will introduce
her daughter, Miss Mary Barbara
Lewis, at a tea dance at the Plaza
on Thursday afternoon, December
30.
Mrs. William Constable will give
large luncheon tomorrow at ner
home for Miss Ethel Chord.