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Debutantes Introduced to Brooklyn Society 1900

"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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Article Name: Debutantes Introduced to Brooklyn Society 1900
Website: http:www.thehistorybox.com |Researcher/Transcriber:    Miriam Medina
Source: Brooklyn Eagle Dec 09, 1900 Page Number: 21
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