Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
New York Launches Gavest
Holiday Season of Record
Unusual List of Christmas Frolics and Brilliant
Affairs for Debutantes Mark the Smart
Sets Program.

nelius Vanderbilt and of the late
George w. Vanderbilt. and of Fred
erick w. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Hamilton
Mex. Twombly. Mrs. Henry White
and Mrs. w. Seward Webb Another
sister of the late William Vanderbilt
was the late Mrs. Elliott F.. Sheppard.
Miss Vanderbilt's mother was Miss
Virginia Fair. Her grandmother is
Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont.
Mr.. Smiths mother, the former Miss
Fannie B. Taller, Is a sister of T.
Suffern Taller and of Mrs. Robert r.
Livingston.
Miss Dawson New Year Bride.
Plans have been completed for the
wedding Of Miss Frances Dawson,
youngest daughter of Mrs. Henry
Pomeroy Dawson and the late Henry
Pomeroy Dawson. Her marriage to
Ward Cheney will take place on New
Year afternoon in the Church, of St.
Johns of darlington. at Locust Val
ley, Long Island. Mr. Cheney is the
son of Charles Cheney of South Man
chester, Conn. Invitations for the
event have already been issued, and
it is expected that more than $4,000
will attend the reception following
the ceremony.
Owing to the fact that the church
for the wedding have been limited to
about 200 persons, relatives and init
mate friends. The officiating clergy.
men will be Rev. Charles w. Hinton.
rector of the church, and Rev. Endi-
colt Peabody, headmaSter of the Gro
ton School. The reception will be
held at the Dawson country home on
Peacock Point.
Reaux Arts Rail in January
Gayer than ever with its perfect
blending Of art and coloring, the an
nual Beaux Arts ball will be given
on January 20 at the Hotel Aston by
the Beaux Arts Architects. The affair
is known as "a fete in the gardens of
Versailles" and the plans which are
being laid by some of the best known
figures in society here indicate that
all the gorgeous effects of old France
will he revived on Broadway.
Probably the most striking feature
will be the decorations, which are to be
constructed regardless of expense. and
will be based upon the periods of
Louis XIV. XIV and XVI. The splen-
dor of these courts have survived
through the centuries, and the strik-
ing historical details will be followed
in the fete. Special attention will be
bestowed upon costumes, where unique
and original ideas will be combined in
dazzling array.
Within a few days Whitney Warren
will return from Paris, where he has
been collecting special decorative fea-
lures. He will be general chairman
of the ball committee and Kenneth
Murchison, recently elected president
of the Beaux Arts Society, will be
chairman of the executive committee.
Architects. painters and sculptors OF
worldwide prominence are working
for the success of the affair, with the
assistance OF a group of we'll known
society women.
Members of the executive committee
assisting include Chester H. Aldrich.
II. r. Burt. Robert w. Cha nler. r.
Burnham Chapman. George :. Chap
peH. Frank Crowninshield. Henry r.
Culver Bradley Delehanty G. 4. Falls.
Howard Greenley. Ben Ali Haggin. j.
Monroe Hewlett. Raymond NJ Hood.
John Mead Howells. Ernest Peixotto.
Edward F. Sanford. jr.; John f..
Sheridan. FerruCio WHALE. 6. Oakley
Wander Peel. a. Stewart Walker and
Arthur Ware.
Events i'm the Home of Polo.
The Meadowbrook section of Long
Island has long been known as the
home of polo in the United States, and
now it's influence has been extended to
the Southland as the call of the Win
ter resorts for players is heard. Ac-
cording to the gossip of the smart set
here many of the polo enthusiasts of
the district are to take leading parts
in the tournaments. on Florida fields.
1t has also been indicated by the
United States Polo AssoCia ton, of
which Louis Stoddard Is president,
that an English team, comprised of