New-York tribune., 1921-12-24
Miss Helen Rice
Introduced at
BrilliantDanc
(,ne Feature of Decorations
IN Ballroom mt the Ritz
Carlton Comprises Palm
Bearing Pedestals of Gold
Northumberland
Mrs. Minturn Pinchot Assem-
bles Guests TO Greet Miss
Cabot and Miss Lockwood

Cabot and Miss Lockwood
The ball last night which marked the
s.rmsl introduction to society. OF Miss
u.lsn L. Rice. daughter of Mrs. Will
usm Lowe Rice. was a brilliant affair
4 a week of splendor in the matter of
,-tsrtainmens for the debutantes, who
. she season progresses are being pre-
..n.ed at larger and more pretentious
.sssmblages than were those of the
,srlv winter. The dance last night
x.s riven in the ballroom Of the Ritz
Carlton and was preceded by number
{, II dinners, the largest being the one
sven by Mrs. Rice at which she enter
s.;ned one hundred and thirty eight
.,ssts. and that at which her daughter
sss hostess to ffty-eight of the young
sr set.
Mrs. Rice's dinner was given in honor
\. her older daughter, Mrs. Don Stuart
Wsuand, who was Miss Virginia Ten
Tyck Rice, and Mr.. Momand. Their
ssdding took place in Paris last July.
Thsy returned from London recently in
crier TO be present at the debut of
Mss Helen Rice.
Palms on Golden Pedestals
Decorstions for the dinner in the
CRYSTAL Room q. the Ritz Carlton were
covering poinsettias, centered on
large table in the middle of the room
The foyer and stairway leading from
the ballroom to the Crystal Room were
decorated with bay trees and palms
The foyer was draped with Southern
smilax.
The ballroom was decorated with
rsrns. set on golden pedestals in front
Of large mirrors, and at various points
along the wall Southern smilaX was
hung in gsrlands from the moulding
and the balcony was done in towering
begoniss
Mrs. Rices guests at dinner included
Governor and Mrs. Sproul of Pennsvl-
vania, Mr.. and Mrs. Francis F. Prem
s;ss. Mr.. and Mrs. William Nelson
Cromwell, NJ. and Nine. da Cana. Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Hunt. Mr.. and Mrs.
JohH A. Hadden, Andrew Bibby, DR..
and Mrs. George c. F. Williams, Mr
and Mrs Lewis Nixon. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles F. P. Richardson, Mrs. Her.
mann 0elrichs, Sir Joseph and Lady
Duveen. Lawrence Sharpless, OF Phila-
dephia; Mr.. and Mrs. Henry E. Coe,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry r. Benjamin. Mr..
and Mrs. Nelson Doubleday, Mr.. and
Mrs. James R. Mckee. Mr.. and Mrs.
John j. Townsend, Mrs. Samuel Nalen-
tine, Mrs Walter Rutherfurd, Charles
T. Gautier, Mrs. Regland Momand, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Graves, Lady Muir
Mckenzie Mr.. and Mrs. Ten Eyck
Wendall, Mr.. and Mrs. Norman S. Dixie,
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Lynch jr., Mr..
and Mrs Richard Newton jr., Mr. and
Mrs. j. Todhunter Thompson. Mir. and
Mrs. Cortiandt Van Rensselaer,. Mr..
and Mrs. Walton Oakley. Philip Rhine-
lander, Arthur Floyd-Jones, Andrew
Bibby, MIR. and Mrs Guy Whjtehouse
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur D. Weeks, Albert
NJ. Bagby, Mr. and Mrs. August Heck
scher, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles S. " hit
man, Mrs Ira Barrovs, Mr. and Mrs
Gerald Livingston. Edward dc Peyster.
Charles Mather, Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent
Astor and Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt.
Miss Riccs Guests
The young guests seated with Miss
Rice at dinner were the Misses Ellin
Mackay. Barbara Brokaw. Diana Dal-
siel, Marjorie Hughes, Marguerite Jer
genson, Emily Davis, Elinor Stewart.
Adele Hammond. Katherine Trippe,
Katherine Dews. Felicia Fiske. Dorothy
Shift, Emily Billings, Marjorie Taylor,
Carol Shaw, Coruelia Livingston,
Josephine Dodge. Marjorie Andrews,
Beatrice Batterman and Mary Schnle-
wind
Also Newell Waugh, George Z. Brew
er, Theodore c. Romaine, Henry Hoyt,
Philip NJ. Plant, William Duncan,
George Churchill. Ten Eyck Wendell,
Craig Bidde, Palmer Kountze, Henry
Clews, Sherman Jenny, Gurney Dyer,
Henry. Davies. Russell D'Oench, Rich
ard Hall, John Trippo, Albert Wall,
Marshall Garland, Robert Sanderson
and Gibson Carey.
Dance at Pinchot Home
Mrs. Mnturn Pinchot gave a small
dance last evening at her home, 9 East
bighty-frst Street, in honor of two de-
butantes Of the season, Miss Maud
cabot daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Fran
els H. Cabot, and Miss Florence Lock
wood, daughter of Mrs. NJ. I. Lockw God.
Another dance in their honor is to be
given by their grandfather, George t.
Bonner, next Wednesday evening at
the Colony Club.
Preceding Mrs. Pinchot's dance,
which was attended by 1876 guests, a
dlnner was given by Mrs. Lockwood at
the Colony Club. There were about
forty guests. including Mrs. Lockwood's IS
..on-ln-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
lie Roy King. Mrs. King was Miss
Mary l. Lockwood. Also in the assem-
eage We're Mr.. and Mrs. Francis H,
s,,ahot, Miss Joan Whitney, the Misses
Emlly and Josephine Dodge, Miss
1nydia Dadmun, Miss Louise Sanford,
in,enonl Lockwood jr., c. A. Clark,
nnenry ). Morgan, George B. Cabot,
yulncy 5. Cabot, Christopher La Fargo
.rsuenck Warburg, Lawrence Perry
ana Charles Wharton, of Philadelphia
The debutante reception and dance
a. a. winch Miss Cecilia Kip Banks and
Miss Constance Hatch Banks, daugh-
sers OF Mrs. David Banks, were intro
uaced to society took place yeste rdav
aaieerhoon at the Banks home, $50
Maolson Avenue, and served to bring
y.,gether all of the prominent girls of
sHe oeoutante set, as we'll as the young
',h VINO have arrived in town from
",iege tor the Christmas holidays
Aecelvlng with Mrs. Banks and her
swsughters We're Miss Kathleen Metcalf
s MSS Muriel Hatch, Miss Junie Fincke
rlsss Frances Drury, Miss Millicent
barnard, Miss Ada Fisher, Miss Doro-
w browne, Miss Mary Field, Miss
marina marina Ottley, Miss Helen Rice. Miss
Laan Smedberg, Miss Betty Merchant
esa MISS Barbara Whitmore
roiiowing the reception the receiving
Party was joined by an equal number
:. pn, men, and after dinner Mr.. and Mrs
pahKs accompanied their guests to the
"'ce dance at the Ritz-Carlton.
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