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"Debutante Month," mid-November
to mid-December, is in all its
fashionable glory, "Debutante
Week," as the past six days may
fairly be called, has been a
conspicuous success. For that
matter next week will be very
nearly as gay as this has been.
It cannot be said, really, that
one week takes special
precedence over another in
social éclat. Only, as the
season speeds on, future
happenings heap up at a rapid
rate. The winter is like a ball
of snow rolling down a long. It
increases its girth
prodigiously.
Hill and Park Slope shared in
the week's debutante activity.
Miss Ruth Wadsworth Howard of
226 Lincoln place, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Marvin
Howard, and a girl whose social
interests are largely of the
Heights set, formally entered
society yesterday afternoon.
This debut proved an exceedingly
attractive event of its order
and was distinguished by the
presence of many people from the
heights. Heights girls, too,
made up the greater part of its
receiving party, which comprised
Mrs. Charles Marvin Howard, Miss
Howard, Mrs. Charles A. Moore,
Mrs. Arthur P. Howard of the
Borough of Manhattan, Mrs.
Frederick T. Howard and Miss
Fanny S. Wadsworth of
Germantown, Pa; Miss Gertrude
Munroe, Miss Maude Knowlton of
West Upton, Mass.; Miss Helen
Dominick and Miss Elizabeth
Newell of the Borough of
Manhattan; Miss Louisa Lee, Miss
Jessie Moore, Miss Grace
Knowlton, Miss Louise Tousey,
Miss Marian Ward Low, Miss
Mollie Maxwell, Miss Jessie
Neergaard, Miss Frances
Williams, Miss Julia Barr, Miss
Sarah V. Carhart, Miss Mabel
King, Miss Alice Birdsall.
A second Park Slope debutante
was Miss Winifred Leeming,
daughter of Thomas L. Leeming,
whose "coming out" was one of
the chief events of Wednesday.
Miss Leeming's reception was
given by Mrs. Joseph Leeming,
her sister-in-law, resident at
492 Fourth street. Pink was the
color of this debut, pink mermet
roses being charmingly used. The
debutante wore a gown of soft
white silk with a Chou of blue
panne velvet. Mrs. Leeming's
frock was of ivory satin and
lace. The receiving party
included Miss Carolyn Wurster,
Miss Margaret Vanderbilt, Miss
Busby, Mrs. T.L. Leeming, Jr.,
of Brooklyn; Miss Brooks and
Mrs. Woodruff Leeming of New
York, and Miss Hincks of
Andover, Mass.
At her
home, 460 Clinton avenue, Miss
Marian Lavinia Keep, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. J. Lester Keep, was
introduced on Wednesday
afternoon, this being the first
of a series of informal
receptions for first Wednesdays
until Lent given by Mrs. and
Miss Keep.
Wednesday afternoon, just
preceding the festivities of the
Neergaard debut and ball of the
evening, that was necessarily
the leading event of an
important day for the Heights
since the Francis-Chapman
wedding came as well during the
hours immediately before sundown
occurred, Miss Jessie Stevens'
entrance into society. This
debutante was at her home, 134
Columbia Heights, between the
hours of 4 and 7, this day being
the first of four Wednesdays in
December. Her mother, Mrs. W.H.
Stevens, headed, of course, her
receiving party, which otherwise
comprised Miss Louise Tousey and
Miss Edith Ray of Brooklyn, Miss
Ellen Stevens of the Borough of
Manhattan and Miss Margaret
Roper of Pelham Manor, N.Y.
Mrs. Robert H. Turie's and Miss
Millicent Turle's reception
yesterday afternoon, the second
of the two at homes announced by
them, at 34 Monroe place, was a
further event of the week and
with Miss Ruth Wadsworth
Howard's reception during the
same hours made an effective
finale for the moment, as
regards the Heights set.
Yesterday witnessed two other at
homes. One was in the Hotel
Buckingham, Borough of
Manhattan, in the afternoon
only, the cards being issued in
the names of Mrs. Gardiner Van
Nostrand, Miss Van Nostrand,
Miss Anabel Gardiner Van
Nostrand. The second occurred in
the Hill section of Brooklyn,
and was the reception of Mrs..
William Ray, Miss Ray, Miss
Edith Ray and Miss Helen Ray,
377 Grand avenue, from 4 to 6,
and from 8 to 10. Mrs. Ray and
the Misses Ray also announce
Thursdays in January. They had
as their receiving party
yesterday Mrs. Frank D. Hedge,
Mrs. Henry G. Webster, Mrs.
Charles S. Pashley, the Misses
Hollenback, Miss Anderson, Miss
Hamilton, Miss Emily G. Kelsey,
Miss Florence E. Martin, Miss
Susan P. Kennedy, Miss Tracy,
Miss Katherine Whitney, Miss
Vida Kneeland, Miss Bertha Hull
of Brooklyn, Miss Haddock of the
Borough of Manhattan and Miss
Carrington of Newark, N.J.
Mrs. Edmund Terry's and Miss
Terry's at home (12 Remsen
street), on Thursday afternoon,
between the hours of 3 and 7,
had this receiving party: Mrs.
Henry Sanger Snow, Mrs. Louis G.
Bryan, Mrs. Stewart L. Woodford,
Miss Herriman, Miss Charlotte
Nesmith, Miss Hazelhurst, Miss
Bertha Stockwell, Miss Madeline
Litchfield, Miss Mary Guild,
Miss Julia Fish, Miss Alice
Chittenden, Mrs. Edward T.
Cushing and Mrs. T. Mortimer
Lloyd.
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