Evening star., 1927-11-13

which VIII take pace on DecSHibet -
! January 6 and February 3. All three
dances will he held in the main ball
room suite of the Ritz-Carlton. They
are dedicated to the debutantes of this
(. season. but some of those of last year
:. will participate.
OF course there will be many din.
ners to precede these affairs. which
are confined to the ultra fashionable
folk. In former years it was the Gus
tom TO issue invitations to a favored
few who were not among the sub
scribers. but this season the regular
list is so lengthy that such procedure
will be Impossible.
Selection of young men as guests
2 has been a difficult task this year, but
the quota has already been named.
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The following are some of the promi.
nent girls who have been elected to
the Junior Assemblies and their spon-
sors: Mrs. James Cox Brady is spon-
sor for Miss Ruth Brady, Mrs. Joseph
H. Choate for Miss Priscilla Choate,
. Mrs. J. Sergeant Cram for Miss Edith
B. Cram, Mrs. Ernest Fahnestock for
Miss Evelyn Fahnestock. Mrs. Joseph
S. Frelinghuysen for Miss Emily FIRE.
Iinghuyser. Mrs. Albert Gallatin for
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Hutton for Miss Eleanor Z. Hutton,
Mrs. John {. Jay for Miss Alice Jay,
Mrs. Percy II. Jennings fox Miss Jo-
anna Jennings, Mrs. dc Lancey
Kountze for Miss Helen KountZe, Mrs.
Lewis CasS Ledyard, jr.. for Miss Ruth
f. Ledyard. Mrs. John II. Livingston
for Miss Honoria Livingston, Mrs. w.
GoadbV Loew for Miss Winifred I4oew,
Mrs. w. Barclay Parsons for Miss
Sylvia Weld, Mrs. Charles L. Riker
for Miss Mary J. ,Riker, Mrs. T. Suf-
fern Taller for Miss Betty H. Taller,
Mrs. Benjamin T. Tilton for Miss
Maud T. Tilton. Mrs. Frank A. Van
derlp for Miss Virginia Vanderlip and
Mrs. Lucius Wilmerding for Miss Ruth
Wilmerding.
Among the dates for presentation
announced recently was that by Mr.
and Mrs. William Robinson Simonds of
APO Park avenue and Saville, Long
Island, who will give, dance for
their daughter, Miss Marjorie Elwell
Simonds, on Thursday evening, De-
cember %, at the Ritz-Carlton.
Miss Joy Ivey Carter Dickerman,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Carter Dickerman, will make her
debut at a large dinner dance No
vember % at the Colony Club.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Z. Watson
of 62 East Sixtv-sixth street will
give dance at the Ritz-Carlton No.
vember "a for their debutante daugh.
ter. Miss Rosalie Starr Watson.
Miss Martha Tuck Caldwell. daush.
ter of Mrs. Theodore Grant Caldwell
and the late Mr.. Caldwell of ass
East Seventeenth street. Brooklyn.
will be introduced to society at a
tea dance at the Ambassador Janu-
ary 2. Miss Caldwell was educated
at the Bennett School, Millbrook, and
the Gardner School,
Mrs. Morton Merriman will give a
luncheon at the Colony Club on No.
vember Is for her daughter, Miss
Maude Merriman, who was graduated
from Westover last year and has
been studying in France since then.
Miss Eleanor May Hall. daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Melville Hall
of 8S5 Park avenue and New
Canaan, Conn, will make her debut
at a dinner and dance to be given
by her parents at the Ritz.Carlton
December %.
One Of the smartest weddings Of
the late Autumn will be the mar
riage Of Miss Emily Lincoln, daugh.
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick w.
Lincoln Of this city and Greenwich
Conn. She will become the bride of
Sidney Lanier, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Lanier, also Of New York
and Greenwich, on November 90.
Plans have been completed for the
marriage and the reception which are
to follow. The ceremony will be per-
formed in the Second Congregational
Church in Greenwich. The Rev. DIR.
George Alexander pastor Of the First
Presbyterian Church, on Fifth ave-
nue. here. and the Rev. DR.. Olive
Huckel of Greenwich will officiate.
A number of we'll known society
folk will attend the reception at the
Lincoln home.
Miss Lincoln has chosen her sister,
Mrs, Reginald G.. Coombe, to be her
tron of honor. and her bridesmaids
will be the Misses Elizabeth Hotter
Helen Runkle. Phyllis Thompson, Vir-
ginia Robinson, Becky Lanier, sister
of Mr.. Lanier, and Mrs. Richard Der
by Tucker, all of New York and Green
wich: Miss Joan Prentice Of Prince
ton, cousin of Miss Lincoln. and Miss
Elizabeth Spra que of Boston.
he best man, and the ushers will be
John B. Hopkinson, Albert Tilt, jr.,
Douglas Debevoise, Henry Sutphin,
Frederick w. Lincoln. jr., Lunsford
Yandell. jr, all Of New York and
Greenwich; Sidney Keith of Philadel-
phia, John Mills Of Norfolk, Va; Lew
is B. Cuyler Of Princeton and Richard
Beebe Of Great harrington.
Miss Lincoln. sister of Mrs. Will
liam A. Rockefeller, made her debut
three Winters ago, and is a member
of the New York Junior League. -Four
years ago she was graduated from
Miss Porter's School at Pennington.
Mr.. Lanier is. a graduate Of Prince.
ron, class OF '24t He is a, grandson Of
tf. late Sidney Lanier, poet.
Early November has been marked
r. the announcement Of a number
of prominent weddings. One of the
most interesting Of these is made by
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Clayton Black.
well Of TreHotn, y. j.. who have
given ont TIE news of the betrothal
of their daughter, Miss Katherine Mid
dendorf Blackwell TO Uric Dahlgren,
jr., son of Prof. and Mrs. Uric Dahl
gren of Princeton, n. j.
Miss Blackwell is the granddaugh-
ter Of the late Senator and Mrs.
Jonathan Hunt Blackwell Of Tren.
ton and j. William Middendorf Of
Baltimore. She was graduated f. ON
the Oldfelds School and is a mesnber
of the Junior League of Trenton.
Mr.. Dahlgren is n descendant OF
Admiral John Dahlgren, u. S. n. He
was graduated from Princeton in
1923 and Is member Of the Elm
Club and Of the Princeton Club OF
New York. lie served in France for
two years with the French and
American forces.
Announcement has been made In
Malta Of the engagement of Miss
Theresa Strickland, daughter Of the
late Charles Strickland, to II. Duns'
comb Colt of New York. Both par
nnts nf Miss Strickland are dead. the