The New York herald., 1922-12-27
HOLIDAY PARTIES
GIVEN FOR THE DEBUTANTES
Miss Estelle Manville Pre-
sented to Society-Dinner
for Miss Rockefeller.

There was unusual holiday activity
In society yesterday afternoon and
night. with another round Of entertain
ments for icbutantes. including recep-
tlons. dinners and dances. Mr.. and Mrs.
III. Edward Manville of Pleasantvilie
and this city gave one of the largest
parties of the winter at the Ritz-Carl-
ton to introduce their daughter, Miss
Estelle Manville. In the afternoon there
was a reception in the crystal room.
Receiving with Mrs. Manville and her
daughter were Misses Maria Brooke.
Betty Condor. Nancy Potter. Emily
Schniewind and Marion Hopkinson.
After the reception there was a din
ner for the receiving party and addi-
tional guests including Misses Adele
Kelley. Margaret Hatfield, Carol Clark.
Cornelia Livingston, Mary Steers,
Betty Stettinius, Margaret Stone and
Banning Grange. Also Messrs. Sherman
Ewing, Walter Watson Stokes, Jr..
Charles Bunnell. Herman Grange, John
Gould. James Hatfield. Nathaniel S.
Howe, Var:ck Stout, John Hopkinson,
Conrad Matthiessen. Henry w. Sage,
Jr., Robert Sanderson. Thomas Sargent
and II. Edward Manville, Jr.
The dinner was followed by a ball In
the main ballroom suite of the Ritz
Carlton. The decorations were unusual
and artistic and had been designed by
MIR. Howard Greenley. architect. There
was formal arrangement of ever
greens and scarlet poinsettias, along
the stairways leading to the ballroom
where there was beautifully decorated
Christmas tree. Above the tree in the
center OF the ballroom was a canopy
of turquoise blue spangled with silver
and draped with bands of silk stamped
with batik designs that terminated In
lamps shaped like stalactites. The room
was divided into alcoves by huge screens
of gold. green and black hung with
batiks in pastel shades. At either end
of the room was a broad stairway deco
rated with fantastic flower motifs and
thanking fountains that led to the bal
comics of the ballroom where supper
was served.
Additional Guests Mt Ball.
Among the guests at the ball in addi-
tion 10 numerous debutantes were Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis Gawtry. Mr.. and Mrs.
Stephen Baker. Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
c. Brokaw. Mr.. and Mrs. Francis L. v.
Hoppin. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry L. Batter
man. Mr. and Mrs. Darwin p. Kingsley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Hartman. Mrs.
William A. Read, Mrs Henry S. Red
mon, Mr.. and Mrs. Goodhue Livingston.
Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Towne, Mr. and
Mrs. j. Stewart Barney. Mrs. n. Thayer
Robb, MIR. and Mrs. William II. Porter,
oI arl nd Hrc
Lewis Mills GLIB.
Also Mr.. and Mrs. j. Rich Steers. Mr..
and Mrs. William c. Browning, Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene s. Reynal. Mr.. and Mrs.
David Stuart. Mr.. and Mrs. George d. F.
Lelth. Commander and Mrs. b. Hayes
Brooke. Mr.. and Mrs. Lorillard Suffern
Taller Mrs. ]. Prentice Kellogg. Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas G.. Condor. Mr.. Frank
lin A. Plummer Mr. and Mrs. William
Henry Hays, Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon H
Brown. Mr.. and Mrs. Murray w. Dodge
Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald Barclay. Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur o. Choate. Mr.. and Mrs
Douglas Gibbons. Mr. and Mrs. Rector
Fox. Mr.. and Mrs. Francis L. Hine, Mr.
and Mrs. G.. Trowbridge Hollister and
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis ii. Lapham.
For Miss RockefeIIer.
Mr.. and Mrs. John d. Rockefeller
Jr.. gave one of the largest dinner par
ties OF the evening at their home, 10
West Fifty-fourth street. for their
daughter, Miss Abby Rockefeller, who
was formally introduced to society last
month.
The guests were Misses Elizabeth
Armstrong. Ruth Baldwin. Rosemary
yelling Baltz. Phyllis Bernhard, Sibyll
Bliss. Helen NJ. Brown. Alice Dodge
Beatrice Gawtry. Anna r. Hall. Mary
Gallatin Hoppin. Garcia de Peyster Kip
Constance Miller. Lucia Norton, Mary
Noyes. Virgilia Peterson. Jean Potter,
Carolyn Prentice, Adele Reynal, Cornelia
Van Rensselaer, Robb. Maud Knowlton
Smith. Emeline Starr. Augusta Trimble
and Elizabeth Vincent
The men of the party were DR.. Carl o.
Binger. DIR. George r. Brow DR. Ralph
II. Boots. Messrs. Marsden q. Gambler
Winthrop Aldrich, Charles NJ. Chaplin
Jr.. II. Otis Chapman. Jr, John Crosby
Brown. Everett Colby. Charles Denby
Edward Kellogg Durham. Jr. William
NJ. Evarts. Samuel Hammond, Jr.. II
Wainwright Howe. Jr.. william j. Mad
dox and Edwin Merrill.
David NJ. Milton. c. Peabody Mohun
Jr.. Minturn lie Roy. Garrison Norton.
Alfred w. Paine. G.. Lyman Paine. Fur
nival Peard. Frederick q. Polhemus. Eu-
gene 81. r. ReynaI. Davidge Rowland
A. Coster Schermerhorn. Bayard Schief-
felin. Irwin A. Sprague. william Strong,
John Vincent. Edward Watts. stephen
Wooiston. Charles yelling, Sherman
Stearns. Corliss Lamont. DR.. Harold J.
Stewart and Or. Leslie Webster.
After the dinner there was small
dance
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph sampson Stevens
gave a dinner at Pierre's for their niece
Miss Priscilla Alden Allen. debutante
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
Hobbs Allen. and afterwards their