The Washington herald., 1921-01-06
Glue Party
To MUeUe
NelD York Social Leaders
Attend FmelDeU to
French General.

NEW YORK. Jan. 5.-A farewell
dinner, arranged by Whitney War
rem, member of the Institute of
France, under the auspices of the
France-American Society, was given
tonight at the Biltmore for Gen.
Robert Georges Nivelle, of the
French army. SAmong those who at
tended were Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent
Astor. Mr.. and Mrs. Adrien Iselin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Dana, Mr.. and
Mrs. Adolph Ochs, Mr.. and Mrs. John
d. Ryan, Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon c.
Brown. Mrs. and Mrs. Charles A
Coffin, Miss Anne Morgan, Frank A.
Munsey and Lloyd Phoenix.
Mrs. Charles b. Alexander will
head the reception committee of
representative women who will be
hostesses at the formal opening of
New YOrk's new Town Hall the week
of January IL to IS. There will be-
| hOuse-warming reception every
afternoon from 3 to s, the Town
Hall to be formally opened the even
ing of January II. The committee
on arrangements includes Mrs. Hen
ry A. Alexander, Otto H. Kahn,
Frank A. Xarderlip, Henry w. Nor
genthau, A. Barton Hepburn, Morgan
J. O'Brien, Robert Erskine Ely and
Mary B. Cleveland.
Boxing Matches Find Favor.
Deep interest in the fistic art of
self defense is the latest hobby of
the smart set, and boxing fetes are
| being largely sponsored by Metro
politan society. Miss Anne Morgan,
who heads the American Committee
| for Devastated France, has secured
| the ballroom of the Hotel Commo-
/ dore for an auction sale of ringside
seats and choice box seats for the
worlds light weight championship
| bout between Benny Leonard and
/ Richie Mitchell The event will take
place on Friday evening. January
| IA. in Madison Square Garden. The
sale of seats will take place on
| Thursday evening of this week at
o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Henneu Nor
ris will give a dance February 5 at
| their home, 10 East Seventeen
street. for their daughter, Miss
Louise Morris. 1t will be preceded
! by a number of dinners, among
those who will entertain before the
| dance being Mr.. and Mrs. John
| Henry Hammond, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
| lam Jay Schefflin, Mr.. and Mrs. J.
| Horace Harding and Mr.. and Mrs.
/ Lewis Cass Ledyard. 1t will be one
of the largest and most brilliant af-
fairs of the winter for the younger
! set.
Fabbris to Visit Italy.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Ernesto G. Fabbri,
who are at their country place at
| Bar Harbor, will leave there at the
end of the month and return to the
city. They will sail for Florence,
Italy. early in February to spenu
several weeks there.
Mrs. Ewald Fleitmann will give
dinner on Friday evening for her
! granddaughter, Miss Catherine Wat
! jen, and later take her guests to the
second of the junior assembly dances
at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.
tea will be given tomorrow
afternoon by Mrs. Henry Sargent
Appleton at her home, 152 East
| Thirty-siXth street.
The Right Rev. Junius Moore
| HOrner, Bishop of Asheville, n. C,
and Mrs. HOrner announce the en-
| gagement of their daughter Miss
Eva Horner, to George Forrest But
| terwOrth. of 81 East Fifty-fourth
street. The marriage will take place
| in Asheville in April.
Mrs. John Ames Mitchell gave A
reception this afternoon at her home,
Al East Sixty-seventh street, for
Mrs. Charles S. Farnam.
Mrs. Samuel Heilner, of Spring
Lake, n. J.. gave a luncheon at the
Colony Club for Miss Dorothy Glenn
ems, the debutante daughter of Dr..
and Mrs. James f. Clemens, of 10
| East Seventy first street