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One of the leading dances of the week is the one 
which Mr. and Mrs. Sewell H. Fessenden of 1 Raleigh 
st., are giving at the Hotel Somerset this Friday evening, 
in honor of their debutante daughter, Miss Harriet Fes- 
senden. The dance will be preceded by a dinner which 
Mrs. Reginald Gray will give for Miss Fessenden, who 
is her niece. 
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John L. Saltonstall of the Pride’s Crossing ‘colony, 
has been appointed chairman of Committee of Navy 
league of America to circulate a petition for a kind of 
“navy Plattsburg” to be held at Narragansett in August. 
Frederick Winthrop and R. L. Agassiz of Hamilton are 
the members of the committee. The petition, when 
signed by sufficient numbers is to go to the Navy Depart- 
ment at Washington. The idea is to establish for yachts- 
mien and owners of small boats a training station for 
instruction in navigation, gun pointing, signalling and 
other naval operations which would be necessary for the 
third line of naval defence in time of war. Officials of 
tne Navy League at Washington declare that they ex- 
peet to secure 100,000 signers. 
Miss Frances Bradley, the youngest daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Bradley, is returning today from 
a visit in Washington with Miss Katherine G. McClin- 
tock. 
“This piece of lace on my dress is more than fiftv 
years old.” “It’s beautiful. Did you make it yourself?” 
PALM BEACH.—Among the arrivals at Palm Beach 
for the season is Frank D. Frazier of New York and 
West Manchester. Mr. and Mrs, Leonard CU. Hanna of 
Cleveland, the parents of Mrs. Paul Moore of Pride’s 
Crossing, will be at the Royal Poinciana for the season. 
‘“He—They say after marriage the husband and wife 
grow to look like each other. 
She—Then consider my refusal final—Yale Record. 
PHILADELPHIA society made up a brilliant audience 
last week when, at the call of Mrs. William S. Ellis, 
the South Broad Street theatre was filled at the afternoon 
performance of the Comedie Francaise d’Amerique in that 
charming classic “Le Gendre de M. Poirie” of Augier and 
Sandeau. Mr. Raimond Faure looked and acted the part 
of the Marquis de Presles and brought out in fine relief 
the curious old-time idea of honor in regard to the affairs 
of a patrician and a fine little bourgeoise whom he took 
ne trouble*to woo, but whose innate nobility eventually 
appealed to his own and won his heart. Every one in the 
cast was good. Between the third and fourth acts Mrs. 
Sidney Emlen Hutchinson, as the Goddess of Liberty, 
arrayed in the tricolor and holding aloft the French flag, 
sang two verses of “La Marseillaise,” the audience spon- 
taneously standing up. As an encore she gave the “Star- 
Spangled Banner”; and it added piquancy to the occasion, 
as well as point to Jares M. Beck’s recent remark in the 
subject of our general ignorance of American history, and 
to his challenge to his hearers that few of those present 
kiavew the words of the national anthem, when Mrs. Hutch- 
inson had to refer to her lines to refresh her memory, 
although she had sung the ‘“Marseillaise’” without any 
such assistance. | 
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Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury gave a dinner and concert 
recently to 500 members of the Working Girls’ Catholic 
club in Philadelphia. The affair was one of many given 
to the girls by Mrs. Stotesbury since coming to the city. 
Mr. Robert Lowell will be the head usher. — 
Jan. 14, 1916. 
My, and Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury will give a con- 
terence-dinner on the evening of the private view of thie 
exhibition of the work of foreign-born artists, or artists 
of foreign parentage, which will be held through the win- 
ter months at Memorial hall, Philadelphia. The opening 
will be notable in both the art world and the social world. 
Many prominent persons, such as members of the Astor 
and Vanderbilt families, James J. Hill and Col. Roosevelt, 
and others interested in the problems to be presented and 
discussed by the members of the National Committee on 
Americanization, of which Mrs. Stotesbury is a vice- 
president, have been invited to the dinner. The dinner- 
conference 1s supposed to be merely a time-saving device 
for the busy people who attend and is not regarded as a 
social function strictly speaking. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent 
Astor gave the first dinner of the kind and the Stotesburys 
will give the second prominent one in this country. — It is 
said that three students are modeling a bust of Edward 
{. Stotesbury for the exhibition and Polasek will exhibit 
his bronze bust of the late J. Pierpont Morgan, which the 
family prefer to any hitherto made of the great financier. 
It recently created interest‘at the New York Academy. 
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Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Heppe, who spent the summer at 
the Oceanside, Magnolia, gave a dance at their home last 
week for their daughter, Miss Frances V. Heppe. About 
35 of the school set were present. 
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The historic Assembly ball, the most exclusive social 
function of the year, was held last Friday night in the 
Bellevue-Stratford in Philadelphia. The Assembly has 
grown from a mere handful in 1748 to about 1400 guests 
at the present day. There were a selected few from 
ether cities present who, of course, are not eligible to 
subscribe to the ball. Many of the season’s debutantes 
are now members of the ball and attended for theif first 
time. Many dinners were given before the ball, several 
affairs being arranged for debutantes. Miss Aimeé Hutch- 
itson was a guest at the dinner given for Miss Elizabeth 
W. Griffith. A dinner was given for Miss Adeline L. F. 
Pepper, whose engagement to Theodore S. F. Paul was 
recently announced. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Meeker, 
whose marriage took place in the fall and who were holi- 
day guests in Chicago and at Haverford, Pa., the home 
of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Field, were 
honor guests at a dinner. Other dinners were given by 
Mrs. Henry Pemberton, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Henry, 
jr., and Miss Julia F. Berwind. Mrs. Charles F. Berwind 
cf Philadelphia spent the summer at the Oceanside at 
Magnolia. Miss Marianna W. Gowan, a daughter of- 
Mr. and Mrs. Francis I. Gowan, and a debutante present, 
was entertained at dinner last Monday night by Mr. and 
Mrs. Charles A. Munn, ; 
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Dr. Richard Harte of Philadelphia, the father of 
Mrs. George Putnam (Katherine Harte), was among the 
passengers sailing from New York to Liverpool last Sat- 
urday. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Francis B. Crowninshield (Louise du 
Pont) of Peach’s Point, Marblehead, and Boston have 
been visiting at the home of Senator Henry A. du Pont, — 
who is the father of Mrs. Crowninshield. | Benjamin 
Crowninshield was also.a guest. A series of dinners was 
given at the du Pont home, which is in Wilmington, Del. 
Mr. and Mrs. A. F, du Pont gave a dinner in their honor — 
and among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. Eugene du Pont. 
Another pleasant affair was the dance given by Mr. and 
Mrs. T. Coleman du Pont, who summer at the Rock-Mere, 
Marblehead, The dance was to introduce their daughter, 
