Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29
Fetes for Debutantes Mark
Social Season in New York
Entertainments for Buds Exceed in. Number
Those of Any Previous Year-Dates
for Junior Dances Set.

b NEW YORK, September 2S.-More
!. entertainments for debutantes have
s been given this month than ever be-
fore in the history of metropolitan So
ciety. Usually the first party for the
buds was the annual Tuxedo ball which
took place on the last Saturday Of Oc-
? tober, but now owners of country
places on Long Island, in Westminster
County in New Jersey and Tuxedo are
bringing out their daughters at coun-
try estates. These affairs, of course,
will be followed by receptions, dinners,
theater parties and dances during the
coming season in town.
!, With the return to the city of So
ciety a number of plans for the sea-
sons debutantes have been announced.
|. DR.. and Mrs. Ransom Spafard Hooker
. Of ITS East Seventy-first street will
introduce their daughter, Miss Mildred
: Phelps Stoakes Hooker at dinner
" dance to be given on December 81 at
the Colony Club. Mrs Hooker will give
tea in November to present her
daughter to the older friends of the
family. Miss Hooker attended the
FoXcroft School in Virginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward C.. Delafleld,
jr.. OF 400 Park avenue and Fieldston
Hill, Riverdale, N. Y, will give sup
per dance December 20 to introduce
their daughter, Miss Mary Delafleld.
Miss Delafield also has been student
at FoXcroft.
Record of Presentations
In the Past Fortnight.
Among the young women who have
been introduced in the last fortnight at
country estates and clubs have been
Miss Barbara Barnes, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. F. Mortimer Barnes, who was
presented at dance given by her par
entS on September Is at their country
home near Glen Head, Long Island; Miss
Florence Won E. Watts daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Ridley Watts of 610 Park
avenue this city, who was introduced
at the Morristown Country Club on
September 10; Miss Martha Hodge,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William T.
Hodge, who was presented at tea dance
on September 81 at the Round Hill
Country Club, Greenwich; Miss Eliza
beth Morgan Jay, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. De Lancey Kane Jay, who gave a
: large dance for her on September IA;
Miss Janet Stone, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles A. Stone, who was intro
duced at dance given by her parents
at Solana, their country estate at Locust
Valley, Long Island; Miss Gwendolyn
Roome, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard LIE Chavellier Roome of Moore
wood, Westbury, Long Island who was
introduced on September 10 at large
dance; Miss Katrinka Van Cortlandt
Suydam, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs,
Hendrick Suydam Of 800 Park avenue,
who made her debut at large dance
given at their country place at Mount
Kisco; Miss Virginia Thaw. for whom
a large dinner dance was given by Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Markoe Robertson
at their country place at Old West
bury, long Island; Miss Barbara Phipps,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Car
negie Phipps neice of the Under Secre-
tary of the Treasury, Ogden L. Mills,
who was presented at dinner dance
given by the Hon. and Mrs. Frederick
E. Guest at their country place at
Resign, Long Island.
Junior Dances Scheduled
To Begin December 20.
With the advent of the Autumn So
,cial program, completed plans for events
nounced. One of the most important
series of functions, the Friday junior
dances, will begin December 20. The
second is to take place December "a at
the Savoy Plaza, and the third dance
will be held in the ballroom of the
Colony Club New Year eve, through
the courtesy of Mrs. Oliver Hartman
= icIc Will NC d OpIllk oh11Cc ~ u udLC
to be announced later.
Patronesses include Mrs. James Goats
AuchincloSS, Mrs. Robert Ogden Bacon,
Mrs. WHY'S r. Belts, Mrs. Willard S.
Brown, Mrs. Alexander Jay Bruen. Mrs.
William E. Dick, Mrs. M. Hatley Dodge,
Mrs. Edward H. Delafield, Mrs. Morgan
H. Grace, Mrs. Charles Garrison Mayer,
Mrs. Colgate Hoyt, Mrs. Gerald Mon
terieffe Livingston and Mrs. Henry v.
- h. 49,
are Donald w. Brown, jr; A. Jay
Bruen, jr.; Harrison K. Bird, jr.; Alan
r. Breed George M. Clarke, jr.; Henry
Ashton Crosby. Sd; M. Hartley Dodge,
jr.; Oliver r. Grace, Ransom S. Hooker,
Sjr.; George I. Malcolm, 3D. Norris H.
Mundy, jr.; Winthrop Rockefeller, F..
Hartley Shearer, E. Kingland Van Win
kle, M S. Huntington Watts and Alfred
r. Whitney.
Society Leaders Announce
New Year Ball for Buds.
A long list of applications already
have been received for the debutante'
New Year ball, to be held at the st.
Regis January l. Among those who
have taken tables are Mrs. F. Bailey
Vanderhoef, whose daughter, Miss Cor
della Ann Vanderhoef, made her debut
at the Round Hill Club, Greenwich, re-
Gently; Mrs. William Hodge, who pre-
sented Miss Martha Hodge at dinner
dance at the same club; Mrs. E. Vivian
Gabriel who introduced her daughter,
Miss Jean Preston. at her country es-
tate, Random Farm, Mount Kisco, re-
Gently, and Mrs. Arthur j. McComb,
who has set october IL as the date her
daughter, Miss Marjorie McComb, wild
make her debut at the Montclair Golf
Club.
Others are Mrs. Francis Stoddard,
whose daughter. Miss Martha Stoddard,
will be one of the debutantes Mrs.
James Imbrie. who will introduce Miss
Dorothy Imbrie: Mrs. j. Macy Willets
who will present Miss Mary Willets;
Mrs. j. M. Davis, whose daughter. Miss
Mildred Davis, a recent Spence School
graduate is included in this wears r0s-