The New York herald., 1922-01-04
Mrs. WhiteI0w Reid
Gives Dinner Dance
to -Four. De butanteS
Misses Barbara and Joan Whit
ney, Sheila Burden and Adele
Hammond Chief Guests.

While the debutantes still continue TO
carry on with their typical parties they
are sharing the social foreground with
their elder friends. This was true par
ticuiarly In entertainments arranged for
last night. the most important of which
was dinner and dance given by Mrs.
Whitelaw Reid In her spacious home.
<61 Madison avenue. For this soiree
there were 800 guests. eighty of whom
dined with the hostess. whose chief
guests were four debutantes, Miss Bar
bara Whitney. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Payne Whitney; Miss Joan Whit
ney. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Payne
Whitney; Miss Shela Burden, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Burden. and
Miss Adele S. Hammond, daughter OF
Mr.. al d Mrs. John Henry Hammond.
When the additional guests arrived
debutantes received at the entrance to
the ballroom. There was dancing before
and after the supper at midnight.
Several large dinners led directly to
Mrs. Reid's dance. while some of the
guests at other dinners also went on to
it. or such among the early entertain
ments Of the evening was dinner in
one Of the private suites at Sherry's by
Mr. Albert Elgene Gallatin, whose
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. John Wallace
Riddle. Brig.-Gen. and Mrs. Charles H.
Sheriff.. Mr.. and Mrs. Adrian Iselin 2d.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick H. Prince, Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Horace Gallatin. Mr..
and Mrs Felix D. Doubleday, Mr.. and
Mrs. William K. Dick, Mr.. and Mrs r.
Thornton Wilson. Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver
Dwight Fil'ey, Mr.. and Mrs. George B.
Post Jr. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Winthrop
kean. Mr.. and Mrs James CAMERON
Clark Mrs. B'ddlo Dr'-e the Misses
Muriel Vanderbilt. Sarah SCHUYLER But
Ter. Louise Iselin and Miriam Hartman,
and Messrs. Ashhel Fl. Farrey, Bayard
c. Hoppin, Francis B~rke Roche.
Charles A. Munr, e. Coster Wilmerding,
Newton Rae and Er,len L. Drayton.
Following the line of entertainments
of the last two months dances were
given by Mr.. and Mrs. George NJ
Gardiner of $40 Park avenue in Sherrys
and by Mrs. Robert Waller in the Ritz
Carlton. At each the young set pre-
dominated.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gardeners dance was
for Miss Alice Gardiner and Mr.. George
N. Gardiner. Jr. Miss Gardiner is a stu
Gent at the Masters School. in Dobbs
Ferry. Before the assembly for the
dance dinners were given by Mrs. Rob-
ert Kelly Prentice of 100 East Sixty
fourth street and Mrs. Winchester
Noyes OF As East SiXty-second street.
There were about one hundred guests
at the dance.
Mrs. Waller gave her dance for her
debutante grandniece. Miss Mary Shelf
field. There We're advance dinners by
Mrs Waller. Mr.. and Mrs Stewart
Waller and Mr.. and Mrs. William A. w.
Stewart of l Washington Square. The
dance was in the main ballroom of ths
Ritz-Carlton, which was elaborately but
tastefully decorated with sp1ilax. palms
and blooming plants with a few cedar
trees grouped in tire corners to suggest
the aftermath of the holiday season
Another incident of last evening was
dinner In the Plaza by Ms Anson l.,
Clark for Miss Alice de Lamar Mrs
Clark took her guests TO theater.
Luncheon parties We're crowded into
the midday. In the st. Regis Mrs. Ar
thur B. Twombly had such a party her
guests including Mrs. Ten Eyck Wen
dell. Mrs. John A. Stewart. Mrs. Joh,,
Wood Blodgett, Mrs Charles S. Smith
and Mrs Jose Aymar.
In the st. Regis also Miss Margaret
Steward had for luncheon party that
Included Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer. Mrs. Bay
ard c. Hoppin. Mrs. Franklin Chase
Hoyt Miss Louise Iselln and Mrs Ed
ward A. lie Roy.