Evening star., 1926-12-05
Debutantes Reign Supreme
At Junior Assembly Ball
Most Exclusive Fete Given for New York Younger
Set-Weddins of Interest and En-
eagements Listed.

NEW YORK, December 4.-The
debutante reigned supreme here last
night when the music sounded for the
first of the Junior Assembly dances,
which took place at the z-Carlton.
There will be two more, one Janu.
ary and the other February d. The
fetes comprise series recognized as
the most exclusive given for the
younger set. The dances are devoted
to young women coming out this
Winter and those of a year ago.
The Junior Assembly succeeded the
Junior Cotillon, started several years
ago by Mrs. Arthur Murray Dodge.
About 13 years ago Mrs. Dodge re-
tired from the management and the
name was changed to the Junior AS
sembly, with permanent committee
in charge
The subscribers are the parents or
guardians of this or last season s
debutantes. Membership is limited
to two years and each girl is per-
mitted to invite two men. There are
Sc members this year. and among the
families represented are the Rookie
fellers, GalsatinS, GrisWolds, Emmets.
PotterS. Gurnees. Iselins, Cuttings,
Hammonds, Whltehouses, Van der
Poels, BA.bt rs. Dodges. Nanderbilts,
etc.
The committee which passes on all
applications is composed of Mrs
Richard e. Colt. chairman; Mrs.
James Gore King. Mrs. Marshall j.
Dodge, Mrs. Walter Phelps Bliss. Mrs
Herbert l.. Sat;nrlee, Mrs. de Lancey
kountze and Mrs. Harry 7. Peters.
Among the subscribers and the
debutantes they introduced were
Mrs. Darlington G. Arnold, for Miss
Jennie c. Arnold: Mrs. Joseph &.
Baldwin, jr., for Miss Jane Baldwin:
Mrs. Donn Barber, for Miss Elsa
BARBER; Mrs. Henry l.. Batterman,
Frederick T. Bedford. for Miss Lucie
Bedford Mrs. Nicholas Biddle, for
Miss Katherine T. Biddle; Mrs
CorneliussNa Bliss, for Miss Elizabeth
A. Bliss: Alfred Borden, for Miss
Hope Borden, and Mrs. Clifford a.
Cochran. for Miss Jean Cochran.
Also Mrs John w. Hammond, for
Miss Rachel Hammond Mrs. Edward
T.. Hewitt, for Miss Nan Hewitt; Mrs.
Irving Howell. for Miss Agnes A.
Howell and Miss kathleen w. Howell,
Mrs Edward F. Hutton. for Miss
Adelaide Hutton; Mrs. Lewis Iselin.
for Miss Marie Iselin: Mrs. Edward
s. Jaffray. for Miss Edith H. Jaffray
Mrs Pierre Jay. for Miss Louise Jay
Mrs John j. Kellogg. for Miss Clara
Kellogg: Mrs. de Lancey kOuntZe, for
Miss Martha kountze; Mrs. Adrian
v. S. Lambert. efor Miss Mary f.
Lambert; Mrs. Philip w. Livermore.
for Miss Hope I. Livermore; Mrs. Hall
Park Mccullough. for Miss Elizabeth
McCullough Mrs. w. Bayard Cutting.
NJre, a,.l:
Nelson. for Miss Betty Nelson, and
Mrs. T.. Parralee Prentice. for Miss
Mary A. Prentice
Also Mrs. T. Douglas Robinson,
for Miss Helen D. Robinson; Mrs.
William G. Rockefeler, for Miss
Almira Rockefeller: Mrs. Oliver n.
p. La Fargo, for Miss May w.
Swords? Mrs Robert f. Tod. for Miss
Katharine Tod: Mrs. S. Oakley
Wander Poel. for Miss Mildred 3.
Wander Poel: Mrs. Kiliaen Van Rens-
selaer. for Miss Barbara Van Rensse-
laer; Mrs. J Norman de r. White
house. for Miss Alice V. Whitehouse:
Mrs Henry J. Whitehouse, for Miss
Evelyn Whitehouse: Mrs. Elbert F
Wilmerdng for Miss Helen B. Will
merdine: Mrs Christopher Wyatt,
FOR Miss Elizabeth Wyatt. and Mrs.
r. Hawthorne Wylie, for Miss Kath-
ryn WYlie.
A quiet wedding. but one of much
interest to society, was celebrated
TUESDAY when Miss Beatrice Munro
Schurn1ar was married TO Holhrook
r. Cushman. The ceremony took
place AT the home of the brides par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs George w. Schur
man, 3S West Fifty-third street. The
Rev Arthur Ketchum. rector of St.
Matthew's CHURCH. Bedford Hills,
performed the ceremony.
Owing to the recent death Of Mr..
Cushman's mother. only immediate
relatives attended the wedding. Miss
Schurnans sister Mrs. Gavin Miller,
of Montreal, was her only attendant.
while DR. George Winthrop Fish
acted as best man.
Miss Schurman was graduated from
Miss Chapin's school and Cornell
University. MIR. CuShman, who is the
SCn of the late Mr. and Mrs Joseph