Evening star., 1923-12-23

NEW YORK, December 22.-Society
has gathered at the gates of the
city to welcome the younger set who
are gaily trouping homeward from
! schools and colleges. eager for the
round Of social affairs which have
been arranged for them during the
holidays. There will be a constant
series of entertainments, luncheons,
receptions, dinners, dances and chari-
table affairs in which the young peo-
pie will take an active part. So
for the week opening tomorrow that
as many os four are to be given on
the same night
The rush homeward began Friday
and last night, and tonight the So
cial activities have taken on an
old-time zest that has been lacking
so far this season.
Dances Feature Program.
Last night Mrs. John N. Gardiner
gave a large dance for her debutante
daughter, Miss Alice Gardiner, at
Sherry's; Mrs. John Herbert Ballan-
tine a similar affair at the Essex
Club, at Orange, N j., for her nieces.
Miss Alice Ballantine Young, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Young,
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Mr. and Mrs. William Chauncey
Coles. and Miss Gertrude Montgom-
cry, daughter of Rev. and Mrs.
Archibald Eg1inton Montgomery.
Many of the young people from New
York motored out to this dance. On
the same night Mrs. Bayard Domi-
nick gave a dance at Pierre's for her
debutante granddaughter, Miss Mar
ion Dominick Smith, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. H. Alexander Smith Of
Princeton. In addition to these
dinners and a half a dozen recep-
tions in the afternoon for debutantes.
1t was the busiest day OF the sea-
son, but was surpassed in brllliancy
by today's entertainments. DR.. and
dance at the Colony Club to intro
duce their daughter, Miss Evelyn q:
Goodridge; Mr.. and Mrs. John Wood
| Blodgett entertained in a similar
fashion at the Ritz-Carlton for Mr..
| and Mrs. Morris Hadley, and Mr..
John Wood Blodgett, jr.: MIR. and
Mrs. Dwight Whitney Morrow gave
a dance at the knickerbocker Coun-
| try Club. Englewood, N. j., for their
| debutante daughter, Miss Elizabeth
| Morrow; the first of the middle holi-
| day dances for juniors was held at
| the Hotel Plaza, and receptions were
| given earlier in the day by Mrs
| Harry B. Hollins, jr., to Introduce
| her daughter, Miss Lillian Hollins
Mrs. Justus Ruperti, for her debu-
! tante daughter, Miss Florence Emily
| Ruperti, which was followed by a
dance in the evening, and Mrs. Will
liam V. B. Kip gave reception for
! Juniors at the Plaza. This same
| killing pace will be kept up all
| through next week and until New
| Year eve, which will bring the holi-
| day season to a climax with several
| smart dances.
Notes of Special Interest.
The news of the last few days of
| the most interest to society Is the
rumor of the sale of the dowager
E, Mrs. Vanderbilt's house on 5th avenue
| between 57th and 5Sth streets and
her purchase of, the late George jay
Gould house at 67th street and 5th
avenue. Both these houses have
been the scene of some OF New
York's most brilliant entertainments.
Mrs. Vanderbilt has entertained but
little in the last few years. two or
three dances having been given in
| that time by her for relatives of the
younger generation. Before the war,
| however. each winter. she gave large
three dances, which were among the
most notable of the season.. The
house is one OF the largest in the
city and has ballroom that Will
accommodate several hundred dane
era 1t was from this house that her
daughter. Gladys, married the Count
Sxechenyi, now Hungarian minister
to this country. Her other children
are Gen. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mrs