Evening star., 1925-11-29
New York Ready for First
Of orAssembly Dances
Subscribers Most Exclusive of City s Society Peo
ple-Rockefeller' Granddaughter Surprises
Observers by Simple Taste in Apartments

NEW YORK, November 2S.--One of
the most brilliant social institutions OF
New York is the series Of Junior as
sembly dances, the first of which Will
be held next Friday at the Ritz-
Carleton. The second is scheduled Tor
January s, and the final affair on
February s. All of these fetes are
of especial interest to the debutante
and the girls of the younger set VINO
are fortunate enough TO be admitted
to the coveted precincts of the ball
room.
AS In the days whtr. th:E AFFAIR was
known as the .fdn:or Cotillon, the sub
scribers are passed upon by com
mittee whose aim is to maintain the
dignitied and conservative tone Whlch
has marked these affairs for years.
Only so have been taken into the Iold
this year and two cards are ISSUED
to each daughter of subscriber,
which are used as invitations for
young men. Needless to say that the
social position of all these families Is
Of the highest.
A permanent committee which has
charge OF the dances includes Mrs.
Richard c. Colt as chairman Mrs
Walter Phelps Bliss, Mrs. Marshall j.
Dodge, Mrs. Robert l.. Stevens, Mrs.
James Gore King, Mrs. Herbert Lee
Pratt and Mrs. Herbert Livingstone
Satterlee.
Society will gather at number of
dinners before the dance next Friday
night. After the entertainments at
the homes the parties will be taken 10
the assembly.
Among those whose names are on
the exclusive list are: Mrs. Charles &.
Auchincloss for Miss Rosamond
Auchincloss, Mrs. Joseph Fl. Shoate
for Miss Helen Choate, Mrs. Henry
H Flager for Miss Elizabeth Flager,
Mrs. John T. Wing, I'd. for Miss Bessy
NJ. Belmont. Mrs. Harry ii. Benkart
for Miss Bertha Benkart, Mrs. John
s. Hoyt for Miss Ethel Hoyt, Mrs.
Goelet Galletin for Miss Beatrice
GalIetin, Mrs. A. Barton Hepburn for
Miss Jane A. Hepburn, Mrs. John G..
Jay for Miss Peggy Jay. Mrs. Lewis
G. Ledyard. jr., for Miss Dorothy
Ledyard, Mrs. John T. Pratt for Miss
Sally Pratt, Mrs. Harry T. Peters for
Miss Natalie Peters, Mrs. Robert ID.
Pruyn for Miss Ruth Pruyn, Mrs.
Darwin P. Kingsley for Miss Lois
Kingsley, Mrs. Bushnell Bigelow for
Miss :. Louise Bigelow, Mrs. Russell
G. Leffingwell for Miss Lucy Letting
well. Also Mrs. Joseph s. Freling-
huysen for Miss Victoria Freling.
huysen Mrs. John S. Phipps for Miss
Peggie Phipps, Mrs. II. Worthington
Bull for Miss Kathleen Baker, Mrs
A. Stewart Walker for Miss Alike
Walker, Mrs. Forsythe Wickes for
Miss Marian F. Wickes, Mrs. Arthur
du Bois for Miss Marion du Bois.
Although living in a seven-room
suite on Park avenue cannot exactly
he termed as love in a cottage, wher
the occupant of this abode is the
granddaughter of John d. Rockefeller
it almost amounts to that. The rental
price is 81 500 a year, just about the
same amount as the cost of one OF
the stately automobiles which draw
up to the portals of the mansions ir
Pocantico Hills. where the grand
| daughter, now the bride of David NJ
Milton, jr., passed so many hours.
When It was announced that the
Millions were house hunting the mem
bers of the smart set got a thrill
from speculating over the kind of a
house the newly married couple would
occupy. The guesses ranged from a
town house with a retinue of servants