The New York herald., 1921-01-09
MONTH ONLY FOR DANCES
BEFORE LENT CALLS 4 HALT

tn HERE is just a month left be-
fore Ash Wednesday shall call
a halt in the round of enter
tainments Ehat have been given for
debutantes and there will be some
thing of a let down now that the holi-
day season is we'll over, during which
period the ranks of society were much
augmented.
OF the private dances for this week
there will be one of much interest, the
dance that Mr.. and Mrs. George Jay
Gould will give on Friday night at
S57 Fifth avenue for Miss Mary
Cameron, debutante daughter of Mr..
Duncan Cameron and granddaughter
of the late Sir Roderick Cameron of
this city and Clifton Berley. Staten
Island. The guests will include the
young friends of Miss Cameron and
some of the younger married friends
of Mr.. and Mrs. Gould.
Another of the private dances OF
this month will be given on the night
of January 81 at the Colony Club by
Mr.. and Mrs Henry w. de Forest for
their daughter. Miss Julia Mary de
Forest. On that night there will be
the first for this season of series of
subscription dances known as the
Seniors. to be held in the Plaza ball
room. This set of dances is intended
for the girls who have been out in
society for several years and some of
the young married persons. Mrs. j.
Horton 1jams Is in charge. Thes.
dances were revived last winter after
having been given up during the
period of the war.
Among the few dances in private
homes of this season was that of last
Monday night given by Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles B. Alexander In their home at
4 West Fifty-eighth street. IL was not
"a large gathering and the debutantes
were in the minority, there being less
than twenty of them. The special guests
of the night were Miss Virginia Harri-
son. grandniece of Mrs. Alexander and
daughter of Mr.. Francis Burton Harrl-
son, Governor of the Philippines. and
Miss Georgette Saint Paul of Paris. who
has already sailed for her home after
visit of several weeks with Mrs. Alex
ander
Miss Saint Paul distinguished herself
during the world war, being awarded by
her Government the order OF the Legion
d'I1onneur the Croix de Guerre and also
the American order OF Merit all these
marks OF recognition for the work she
did among the wounded and III. Her
father In Paris is a Conseillier d'Eta:.
During the progress of the dance Gen.
Nivelle, accompanied by his Aide de
1t,I % al
for an hour. The other guests were
principally the young married friends
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Sheldon Whitehouse.
son-in-law and daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander. and some of the contempo-
raries OF Mrs. whltehouse.
The dance given by Brig Gen. and
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt at their home
n fortnight ago was In a measure In
formal. as their invitations for the large
dinner In advance as well as for the
dance had been sent out by telephone.
II was none the less brilliant gath
ering.
An event OF next Thursday night will
be the annual reception and dance by
tho Vrglnians. which will be held at the
Plaza. and II will have more than Gus
tomary interest, as the guest of honor
will be Mrs Alseron Sydney sullivan.
one OF the highly esteemed women OF
this city who can claim birth in the
state OF Virginia. Mrs Sullivan has
endeared herself TO thousands by her
untir,ng efforts in behalf OF the New
York Nursery and Childs Hospital, for
whose welfare she has devoted many
years of her life. She carries gracefully
her more than four-score years and
probably there Is no other native of that
state living here who Is better calculated
TO be singled out for such distinction.
In the long list of patronesses OF the
event are Mines. William Alexander, j.
Stewart Barney Norman s. Walker,