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BROOKLYN LIFE. 21 and lilies-of-the-valley, were assisted in receiving by Miss Althea Gibb and Miss Eunice Beecher of this borough; Miss Henrietta Bishop of Bridgeport, Miss Eleanor Clase of Waterbury, Miss Margaret Fretter of Cleveland, Ohio; Miss Edith Adams, Miss Catharine Culbert, Miss Mildred Dennis, Miss Annette Fallows, Miss Elinor Goodnow, Miss Lois Goodnow, Miss Katharine Gunn, Miss Elizabeth Gunn, Miss Marion Vanderhoef, Miss Marjorie Vreeland, Mrs. E. K. Gillett and Mrs.

David E. Goodnow. of Miss Beryl Curtis, a Dansant. At the the dansant given by Mrs. N.

Williard Curtis at her home, 151 Arlington Avenue, to introduce Miss Beryl Curtis, the honor guests were Miss Alice Rorick of Toledo, Ohio, and Miss Dorothy Dickason of Chicago. Mrs. Curtis was gowned in gray chiffon trimmed with silver and rose and the gown was of white taffeta. The color scheme was pink, and green foliage formed a background for the receiving party, all of whom carried shower bouquets of roses. The flowers were banked on either side of the room.

Mrs. Curtis, Miss Curtis, Miss Rorick and Miss Dickason. were assisted in receiving by Miss Margery Gillespie, Miss Isabel Kallenback of Kansas City, Miss Mildred Patterson, Miss Helen Thorn, Miss Rosamond Thayer, Miss Ackerman and Mrs. Arthur King and Mrs. Norman B.

Stair of Montreal, who poured tea. At the dance for the receiving party after the reception there were also Miss Thyrza Spadone, Miss Grace Meachem, Miss Mary Duke, Miss Ellen King, Miss Helen Thorn, Miss Gertrude Havens, Mr. Minton Cronkhite of Manhattan, Mr. Richard Patterson, Mr. William Rich, Mr.

Reginald Boyd, Mr. Stanley Spiedlebery, Mr. James Block, Mr. Walter Ward, Mr. Beckwith Havens, Mr.

Milton Ayres, Mr. Frederic Brown, Mr. James Trask, Mr. Charles Greenwood, Mr. Walter Spadone, Mr.

Victor Withstandley, Mr. Castle Meachem, Mr. Curtis Gillespie, Mr. Edward Vollmer, Mr. Nelson Lang, Mr.

Lester Bennett, Mr. Edwin Jimenis, Mr. Carol Smith, Mr. Niel McArthur, Mr. and Mrs.

Andrew Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ackerman, Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Mittendorf, Mr.

and Mrs. Norman B. Stair and Mrs. Edmund Day. Mrs.

Alfred Drew Seaver's Reception. Mrs Alfred Drew Seaver's reception for Miss Seaver drew to their home, at 134 Park Place, between the hours of four and seven a large number of callers. The butante and her mother were assisted in receiving by Miss Robbins, Mrs. Frederic T. Parsons, Mrs.

William Rich, Miss Bulkley, Miss Elise Burns, Miss Gwendolin Coffin, Miss Margaret Cranford, Miss Arline Cocheu, Miss Kathryn Dunton, Miss Marguerite Lexow, Miss Laura Pitt and Miss Anna Quast. A dinner and dance followed in the evening. Debut of Miss Mildred Lehrenkrauss. Mrs. Charles H.

Lehrenkrauss of 299 Sterling Place gave a reception at her home on Saturday of last week to introduce her daughter, Miss Mildred Lehrenkrauss. The bouquets and baskets received by the were SO many and so elaborate that the drawing-rooms needed no other decorations. Mrs. Lehrenkrauss wore a gown of robin's egg blue charmeuse and her daughter wore pale pink charmeuse trimmed with chiffon and gold lace. They were assisted in receiving by Miss Isabel Elliott, Mrs.

Harry B. Otersen, Miss Dorothy Bensinger and Miss Natalie Force: After the reception a dinner and dance was given for the receiving party and Mr. Robert Altshuler, Mr. Harry B. Otersen, Mr.

Clarence Yerken, Mr. Lloyd Souville and Mr. Sylvester W. Brierton, Jr. An Auction Bridge held at the Brooklyn Woman's Club.

The auction bridge given at the Brooklyn Woman's Club, 114 Pierrepont Street, this Friday afternoon by Mrs. James Lancaster Morgan and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. John Hill Morgan, was one of the first very large card parties held thus far this season which has been more given up to introducing than anything else. A few of those who played were Mrs. E.

H. Litchfield, Mrs. Henry R. Mallory, Mrs. Robert Mallory, the Misses Stockwell, Miss Julia Fish.

Mrs. Harold L. Fish, Mrs. S. B.

Chittenden, Miss Chittenden, Mrs. Augustus F. Holly, Mrs. Edwin Hallan Webster, Mrs. S.

B. Duryea, Mrs. Alden Swan, Miss Kate V. Barnum, Mrs. Cromwell, Mrs.

Manning, Mrs. Lancaster Morgan, Mrs. H. D. Brookman, Mrs.

George Ide, Mrs. William M. Van Anden, Miss Van Anden and Mrs. George D. Pratt.

A Christmas Week Dance. The dance which was to have been given by Mrs. R. Frederic Foster of 532 Monroe Street last winter following the of her daughter, Miss Fourchette M. Foster, but which was postponed on account of illness, has once more been entered on the social calendar.

The date is Monday, the twenty-ninth. It is to be a house dance. Miss Foster was a member of the class of '12, Packer Collegiate Institute. Mrs. Bowers Gives Two Dances.

As the dance which Mrs. Henry Bowers and Miss Janet Bowers gave at their home, 57 Montgomery Place, on Thursday evening in honor of Miss Gladys O'Brien, brought together a group of young people who know one another very well, it was an especially delightful affair, going with all the gaiety characteristic of an entertainment which is given for a group of people who have much in common. Among those present were Miss Lillian Davenport, Miss Helen Kene, Miss Hazel Hutchinson, Miss Helen Thorn, Miss Helen Simms, Miss Dorothy Luckenbach, Miss Doris Webster, Miss Jenette Torry, Miss Katherine Curtiss, Miss Alma Bogue, Miss Dorothy Thurston, Miss Dorothy Duryea, Miss Helen Duryea, Miss Corinne Walden, Miss Dorothy Mott, Miss Alice Blum, Miss Helen Watson, Mr. Randolph Catlin, Mr. Edward de Selding, Mr.

Stephen Van Culen Hopkins, Mr. Stirling Martin, Mr. William Murray, Mr. Herbert Von Glatz, Mr. Ira Snead, Mr.

Thomas Balfe, Mr. Cuyler Heath, Mr. Earl Biglow, Mr. Harris Thurston, Mr. Harold Graham, Mr.

Warren Murdock, Mr. Walter McClure, Mr. Newton Schenck, Mr. Gordon Schenck, Mr. Thomas Bonner, Mr.

Everett Jessup, Mr. Kenneth Kissam, Mr. Harold Kissam, Mr. William Clinton Mumford, Mr. John O'Brien, Mr.

James Guthrie Shaw, Mr. Frank Squire, Mr. Marshall Vanderhoef, Mr. Edward Vollmer, Mr. William Vollmer, Mr.

Chester Van Tassel and Mr. Clayton Du Bosque. The following evening Miss Bowers was to give a dance in honor of one of her closest friends, Miss Alice Blum, at whose the week previous Miss Bowers had received. Among those who were to be the guests for the second dance were Miss Ruth Blackford, Miss Eunice Beecher, Miss Ruth Callender, Miss Edna Chapman, Miss Ruth Dunning, Miss Kathleen Dunne, Miss Dorothy Elliot, Miss Althea Gibb. Miss Jean Southwick, Miss Alice Moss, Miss Alice Cordier, Miss Gladys O'Brien, Miss Marion Van Cleef, Miss Helen Wood, Miss Emilie Werlemann, Mr.

Dunbar Adams, Mr. Ruel Ross Appleton, Mr. Charles M. Bull, Mr. Clifford Dunning, Mr.

Clarence Dunning, Mr. James Radford English, Mr. Alexander Hayes Hunter, Mr. Oswald Jimenis, Mr. Macpherson Kennedy, Mr.

Harlin O'Connell, Mr. Chester Palmer, Mr. Walter Rothschild, Mr. Hermann Sartorius, Mr. August Sartorius, Mr.

Caryl Sayre, Mr. Howell Sayre, Mr. Thorp Van Dusen, Mr. Charles G. West, Mr.

Thomas Balfe, Mr. Arthur McClure, Mr. Rich Holloman, Mr. Reginald Kissam, Mr. Edward Morrill, Mr.

Braddish Carroll, Mr. Russell Tracy Walker, Mr. Howard Smith, Mr. James V. Converse, Jr.

Mr. Harold Forman, Mr. Walter DeGrauw. Mr. Charles Terry Greenwood, Mr.

Newell Vanderhoef and Dr. James Livingston Cobb. A Bridal Party. Miss Lillian Frances Ametrano, who has selected Wednesday evening, January twenty-first, as the date of her marriage to Mr. E.

Wiman Archer, has chosen her attendants. Miss Edna M. Ametrano, a sister of the bride-to-be, will act as the maid of honor and those chosen as bridesmaids are Miss Jeannette E. Ametrano, another sister, and Miss Elizabeth E. Avis.

Lillian F. Crichton, a little niece of Miss Ametrano from Wilmington, will be the flower girl. Mr. Archer has selected his brother, Mr. Edward J.

Archer, for his best man and as ushers Mr. James Sheriff, Mr. Henry Murphy, Mr. Alexis T. Darling, the of Miss Avis, and Mr.

Lester Ten Eyck. Miss Ametrano is a daughter of Mr. Emanuel J. Ametrano and the ceremony is to take place at her home, 312 Park Place. It is to be followed by a large reception at the Chateau du Parc.

Mr. Archer is the son of Mrs. Jacob W. Archer of 103 Bainbridge Street. The Kissam-Howe Wedding.

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Flatbush, decorated with white chrysanthemums and palms, was the scene on Tuesday evening of the marriage of Miss Mary Pullen Kissam, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Augustus E. Kissam, to Mr.

George Howe, the Rev. Dr. Townend Glover Jackson, rector of the church, officiating. Miss Bertha Bacon of Park Hill, Yonkers, was the maid of honor and only attendant of the bride. She wore a gown of tango crepe chiffon over white chiffon, trimmed with shadow lace, sable fur and pearl ornaments, and carried an arm bouquet of white chrysanthemums tied with yellow tulle.

The bride was attractively attired in a draped gown of white crepe meteor, made with a court train and trimmed with rose point lace, which was an heirloom. Her veil of Brussels lace was becomingly arranged in a pointed cap effect about her face and was ornamented with orange blossoms. It fell gracefully to the end of the court train. She carried a shower bouquet of white roses and lilies-of-the-valley. The best man was the groom's brother, Mr.

Thomas Howe of White Plains, and the ushers were Mr. Edwin J. Roberts of Flatbush, Mr. James Bailey of Somers, N.Y., and Mr. Henry M.

Stevenson and Mr. Edward M. Wheeler, both of Manhattan. A small reception for relatives followed the ceremony at 486 Westminster Road. Mr.

and Mrs. George Howe will make their home in North Salem, Westchester County, N.Y,.