Evening star., 1924-03-16
Spence Alumnae Spinsters
Entertain New York Society
Second Dance at Ritz. Carlton Brilliant Event
Wedding of Importance Scheduled-Nup-
tial Engagements Announced

NEW YORK. March lo.-The second
sance given by the Spinsters OF the
.]ence School AlumnaA, which was
neid this week at the Rtz-Carlton, was
marked by a high degree OF success.
The entertainment was known as Cir
Gus night" and there were many unique
features Among these were the snake
charmer, sword swallower. bearded
lady, fat lady. clowns giant. dwarf,
Hon tanner and tanned seals. Ralph
Grose Grosvenor was rinsmaster and
his rendition OF the circus song was con-
sidcred one Of the prime attractions Of
the evening. AS a tsht-rope walker
Miss Rosemary Hollister scored a big
success, as did William Taylor in his
hSIlyhoo act A chic bareback chorus
was led by Mrs John Twining, and
those who took part included. the
Misses Lois Smith. Elizabeth Long
fellow, Etheldreda Seabury and Mrs
Murray Vernon.
a fanciful cabaret number was pre-
sented by the Misses Marie Vornam,
Mildred Hoye, Charlotte Demorest.
Adele Kelley. Constance Nash. Virginia
Wilson, Betty Beardsley, Claire Schenck
and Ada Heinze. The men who assisted
Stone. Bertram Allen: Robert Miles and
Roderick Philips. The coaching OF the
performance was in charge OF Misses
Grace Henry and Peggy Stout
Among the weddings of importance
that will take place before the Easter
season rolls around will be that of
Miss Alice Perkins March "a. She is
to become the bride of the Hon. Reg
inald Henry Winn, son of the late
Lord and Lady St. Oswald. The en-
She is the daughter of the late Mt.
and Mrs Moncure Perkins of Rich
rnond. Va. and sister OF MRS. a.
Ronald Tree of East 96th street.
The late Mrs. Perkins, mother OF
Miss Perkins. was one of the famous
Langhorne sisters. The aunts of
Miss Perkins are Viscountess Astor,
Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson. Mrs. Paul
Phipps and Mrs. Robert H. Brand
The death of Mrs. Elliot f. Shepard,
March 3, came as a shock to society
Two days before her death she was
present at the wedding of her grand
daughter, Miss Louise Vanderbilt
Schieffelin, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hewitt, in the Madison Avenue Pres
tyterian Church. She was taken i'll
the following day. Sunday, and died
Monday. Mrs. Shepard was Margare
Louise Vanderbilt, the oldest of the
surviving eight children of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. William II. Vanderbilt,
and a granddaughter of Commodore
Cornelius Vanderbilt. Mrs. Shepard
was born in 1S45 and was two years
younger than her brother, Cornelius
Vanderbilt, who died in 1899. Her
surviving brother and sisters are, in
the order Of their birth, Mrs. Henry
White, formerly Mrs. William Daug-
las Sloane; Frederick w. Vanderbilt,
Mrs. Hamilton Mex. Twombly and
Mrs. William Seward webb. The
late William X. Vanderbilt and George
w. Vanderbilt were her brothers.
MES. Shepards surviving children
are Mrs. William Jay Schieffelin, Mrs.
Edith Shepard Fabbri, Mrs. Dave
ard. Mrs. Shepard is survived by
seventeen grandchildren and several
great-grandchildre
Her nephews and nieces include
Gen. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mrs.
Harry Payne Whitney, Mr.. Reginald
G. Vanderbilt, Countess Laszlo
Szechnyi. William X. Vanderbilt
Harold S. Vanderbilt, Mrs. James A
Burden. Mrs. John Henry Hammond
Ruth Vanderbilt Twombly. Mrs. Will
liam A. NJ. Burden. Miss Cornelia
Stuyvesant Vanderbilt, whose en-
gagement to the Hon. j. F. A. Cecil
first secretary Of the British embassy
Pulitzer, James Watson Vanderbilt,
William Seward Webb, jr., and Nal
colin Douglas Sloane.
Mrs. Caleb Wild Hammill of 52J
Park avenue has announced the en-
Gagement of her daughter, Miss
Betty Hammil, to Juan NJ. cebal-
los of this city. Miss Hammil
was introduced to society at a
ball given January /, 1928, by
Frank A. Munsey at the Ritz-Carlton.
She has figured prominently in So
cfety since then. Miss HammilI was
one of the bridesmaids at the we'd
ding of Miss Cathleen Vanderbilt
daughter of Mr.. Reginald c. Wander
bilt, to Harry C. Cushing. Sd, last
June. Her father, Caleb Wild Ham