New Britain herald., 1929-11-30
NEW WORKERS HAVE
 BUSY HOLIDAYS
Meadow Brook Hunt Attracts
 Football Games Of Interest

New York. Nov. 90 P-Turkey and trimmings. Thanksgiving hunts end football games, were New York societys piece de resistance this week as it celebrated the holiday Puritan Fathers established three hundred years ago.
 The Thanksgiving festivities Of the faShionables have come a long way fl om the simple feast the Pilgrims set on the rocky Massachusetts shores. Sc varied were this weeks celebrations that most Of the smart folk dashed from Park avenue 10 country lanes and back to Broadway to celebrate the season of thanks.
 Many of them began the holiday at the Meadow Brook hunt on Long Island. The old cry. "a hunting we will go." sounded by Harry Peters master Of the hounds. brought them Rocking to the meeting place in front Of the kennels on the Robert Tod estate at nine o'clock in the morning. Take New Workers .... .... ,...
 Arrayed in pink hunting coats and mounted on their favorite hun ters they dashed across country for the chase and then gathered in the club at noontime for the hunt break fast of turkey and cranberry sauce.
 Mrs Felix Du Pont, NJ. r. II. of the Brandywine Hunt at Whining 1lelt1 r1r-n artA ,f,l n l Thanksgiving house party which she gave in her country home there. The army Of collegians, home for the week end took their Thanks giving turkey when-and if-they could find it. Their first activity the greater part of their day was spent journeying 10 and from the Pennsylv Cornell or the Colum- | bia- Syracuse frays.
 Most of them, however. returned 10 New lork in time for at least one toE trot at Sherry's, where the first of Q series of tea dances was held
 late in the afternoon. Mrs. John A. Merriman, Mrs. Charles De Rham Ind and Mrs. Philip Graham were among the sponsors of the afternoon party.
 Holiday week launched some of the most important of the seasons debutantes on their social careers.
 Miss Gladys Rockefeller was intro duced to society Thanksgiving eve at a s,.pper dance given at Sherry's by her parents, Mir. and Mrs. Percy Rockefeller. The next afternoon Miss Eugenia Morris made her bow at a tea dance given in the same restau- rant by her mother. Mrs. Edward Nay Morris, and Mrs. Williams Woods Plankinton presented her daughter at a dinner in the Ritz Carlton that evening.
 The "debs." sharing their elders i interest in charity. have been busy this week with bazaars and beneht bridge parties. Miss Barbara Barnes and Miss Sybil Whigham were among
 the seasons butterflies who donncd the crisp organdy uniforms Of ven dors and sold flowers. cigarettes and novelty favors at the bridge given ! iu the Ritz-Carlton "Wednesday in ald Of the union settlement.
 ! Others aided in the preparation for the Christmas bazaar to be given early next week at the Women's Cn'- versity club for the benefit of the ln- te rnational Grenfell association. i Hooked rugs, skin boots and gloves. baskets and carved worries made by the natives of LabI ador will be sold. While many of the fashionables are planning skiing frolics in Tuxe- do or Quebec with the approach of the Christmas season. others are 1 preparing to take their winter sports at home. And chief among their preparations are their costumes. Mittens of red. blue or green wool are the latest style note in the fash ioneble ice devotee's array Gloves are passo. Mrs. Harold Talbot, one
 of societys most ardent skaters, has ! chosen a brightly patterned sweater
 and short wool skirt for the sport.
 She completes her costume with q 1 urban of swathed jersey.
 
 don't will flock to Madison Sf-Ire Garden for the ice carnival which will be given early in January. The name of the frolic has been chang
 cd from "A Night in st. Moritz' to
 "The Land Of tho Midniu Int Sun" in 1 honor of So. ia Henie, worlds anna 1 teur cham pion skater from Norway, who will give an exhibition. Miss | Henic will do the Alex Pauisen skating jump. q tUrr and alt l in the air, hiding on one foot Skat- 1 inS backwards.
 1 A costume ball will attract many ! of society's members to the Ambas- i sador tonight Juliets and Romeos, l Knights of Olde England and court
 ladies in powdered wigs and bout
 rant gowns will glide around the
 floor Of the grand ballroom until the midnight entertainment.
 l The highlight of the program is
 a fashion show displaying the mode
 of "The Gay Nineties" with the leg ! of mutton sleeves and peach basket | hats of the fashionables Of 50 years ago paraded for the edification Di | the small folk Of the twentiC,l cen
 trrN. A one o'clock supper clos $
 festivities.
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