Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19

NEW YORK, December 1S.-Holi
DAY social activities for the young men
and women home from school and
college and for the debutantes, who
nave held the center of the stage for
the last month, already have set in
and from now until after New Year
there will be a hectic time Of it for
the younger members of society.
Luncheons, receptions. dinners, thea
ter parties and dances. not to mention
the numerous charitable entertain
ments in which they will figure, will
leave them not moments leisure
and little time even for sleep, as the
dances do not break up until 3 to 4
O'Clock in the morning. On some
nights during the holidays there are
as many as 10 large dances, and the
young people go from one to the other,
spending an hour or so at each one.
Previous to the dances they usually
attend a dinner and a theater party.
Tonight Mr.. and Mrs. Walter s.
Gurnee gave a dance at the Ritz
Carlton for their debutante daughter,
Miss Cordelia Gurnee. At the same
place tonight Mr.. and Mrs. E. Bruce
Merriman of Providence, who are
spending the Winter in New York,
gave a dance for their debutante
daughter, Miss Emile Bruce Merri-
man. Mrs. Charles Thaddeus Terry
gave an afternoon reception with
dancing in the ballroom of the Colony
Club to introduce their daughter, Miss
Beatrice Terry. who returned recently
to join her mother at East Eighty
seventh street after two years passed
in Europe in study. Mrs. George l..
Shearer gave an afternoon reception
at her home. 65 East SiXty-siXth
street, for Miss Frances Cruger Ed
gerton.
Monday Miss Dorothea Marshall
Willard, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Oswald Garrison Willard, will make
her debut at a dance at the RitZ-Carl
ton: Mrs. William Reynolds Brown
will give a supper dance at Pierre's
to introduce her granddaughter, Miss
Charlotte Brown, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Donald w. Brown, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward II. Blanc will give a
thinner in the crystal room of the Ritz
Carlton to introduce their daughter,
Miss Elliott o. Blanc.
Also on Monday Mrs. William Nor
ris Carpenter will give a dance at the
Plaza for Miss Mary Douglas Potter
Tuesday Miss Natalie Potter, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel Bow
ditch Potter. will be introduced at a
dinner dance in the Italian garden of
the Ambassador; Miss Rita Manning,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Man
ming. will be presented at dinner
dance to be given at the RitzCarlton;
the twin debutante daughters of Mr..
and Mrs j. Monroe Hewlett of Law
renee. Long Island. will be entertained
at luncheon at Pierre's; Miss Virginia
Chaplin. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Simeon B. Chaplin, will be presented by
means of a dance at Sherry's. and
Miss Mary S. Sheppard will be intro
duced at a dinner dance given by her
uncle and aunt. Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Plimpton, at Pierre's.
Miss Elizabeth F. Gleason will make
her debut at a tea dance which her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles J. Glea-
son. will give at Sherry's Wednesday;
and on the same night Miss Marjorie
Heather will he introduced at supper
dance at Sherry's which her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard G. Heather,
will give for her. Other young women
for whom parties will be given during
the week are Miss ElearioI Anderson
Hewitt, Miss Margaret Knott, Miss
Mary Goddard, Miss Elizabeth D. w