New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-09
THE WEEK IN SOCIETY.
CAVITY BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS.

THE NINETEENTH CENTURY CLUB-WEDDlNuo
AND RECEPTIONS.
Already the influence of the approaching hoh-
DAYS ia beginning felt and people are crOWdne tno
bookstores to get the first selections rom the ne"
mas cards. For a time these pretty little missves OF re
membrance md affection will put the orthodox visiting
card in the background There has been enough gong OH
during the past week interfere seriously with inc p
inc NJ Christmas gifts but the weather until yesterday
smiled on busy Society and helped her In her various
rands OF charity, patriotism and conventional duty
Monday evening brought to the tired workers ioi
the Rartholdi Loan Exhibition welcome rest from theH
labors The opening was q conspicuous success Inc
attendance was gratifying, and General Grant anu MI
Eyarts did the formaes in brief and sensible speeche
II was handsome picture the group OF muScianS anu
singers on the stairway, the distinguished heads aoun
the speakers stand and the crowd offace about the oA
ustrades and dOorways against the rch DacKgo"
Of tapesties paintings needle-wOrk, etc. Among the
most active workers In getting the exhibition In shapo
were Mrs George Rives, Mrs. Burton ~ HARRISON NIB
Wheeler Mrs. +. J. Woosey, Miss Emmett MI r hop
knson Smith and Mr.. Montague L. Marks. The attend
ance has been good during the week and ought to con-
,nue So People who do not 80 are not only shgntg al
appeal 70 patriotic feelings but are missing hours OF gen
une pleasure
The first F. D. c. ball on Monday evening drew muoh
the usual company though It was smaller than that Oh
last winter It was a late gathering and people VINO
had already been 10 opera the loan exhibition OF
proved himself a skilful leader OF the cotlllon'
The ball WAS especially agreeable account of the mum
Der OF beautiful young women present, including Mrs'
Frederic Nelson Mrs X. r. Colgate Mrs August Mon
tant Mrs Emelen Roosevelt, and the dehuiahtes tno
Misses Reed Tooker Leayitt, Morgan, Elliott ana van
Duzer.
On Monday afternoon bouquets and good wishes In
abundance were carried or sent To Miss Alice
Elliott daughter OF the late DR.. George I. Elliou
on the occasion OF her introduction by Mrs Giraud
Foster at No 10 East feminist Mrs A. j. Graves gave
handsome dinner of twenty In the evening and Mrs'
Pohemus, OF No. so Rcmsen-st brooklyn gave Pretv
german for a small company.
Tuesdays programme was more easily gotten 'hrouEh
with a. its demands less general than Mondays
The wedding OF Miss Purdy and Mr. Thomson was wen
attended and the receptions at Mrs Samuel C"gates'
Mrs. W. Bawkhurst Townsend'S and Mrs George o.
wheolocks proved pleasant meetings for many num-
Der OF NewYorkers went Brooklyn TO pay their re-
spects 10 General and Mrs Barnes and Miss Barnes at
their cosey home Washington Park The Barncses are
loyal BlOoklyues and their pubishinghouse Is one
OF the most striking buildings from the East River
Bridge.
A bouquet Of roscbuds" surrounded Miss Draper at
the reception in her Wednesday, and II she had
wished she might have hidden herself entirely under the
avalanche OF roses that hcaped upon her The we'd
ding OF Miss Macy and Walter Ladd Graemc on the same
day drew 50 large company "a almost TO exceed the
limits OF the house No l. West Fifty-thrdst The Rev
DR. John Hail. who rivals Bishop Potter In popularity for
such services performed ceremony In the afternoon
Miss Anne Wckham Porchcr married to Charles ST.
George sinkcr. OF South Carolina in Zion Church. and
Mr. George H. Boyd, the brides uncle gave the reception
at No 81 Parkavc. In Brooklyn Mrs James A. Hewlett
introduced her daughter No SO Rem-cnst, and Mrs
wintringhsm entertained at No. q "il!ow-st IT.,
P1re Hyacnth's reception In the Fifth Avenue Hotel
was notable for the number Of ccrgymcns daughter aud
Of them entertained the Pcre with aud startling pro
nunciations and combinations IN grammar. Dr Ham
/ ID tIaf
! present. ,,
Schmidt aud Mr. Jewctt and of william Wood and Miss
Mason Mr Wood rich IN years and honOrr, AMI most
devoted and Jealous champion ~ the public schools Mrs
Trowbrdge aud her daughter Mrs Davis received at No
! 50 West Twenty hfth-st, and Mrs. julius Catln ana
Mia, Anna X. Phclp, at No. 10 Last Forty
reunion az the house Of j. Pierpont Morgan the con
seryAtory and entire being opened and Illuminated
on Friday Mrs Halls dancing class met at Professor
| Manuels FOR the first time this season.
80 West seventecnthsi, and the tennis clubs enlvened
many OF the anOres that Of the 9Th Regiment being &C
cuped by Miss Seward and her band 81 player
The sailing OF william Aston was one Of tho most no
ticcable Of ocean departures OF tho wccE Mr. A.or
goes London and Paris and viii probably not return
| until March. The seryia took l. r. cushing: = o.
General and Mr. Richmond Baron Blcic6rodcr Mr. and
Mrs Nathaniel Thayer aud Charles X. Tucke1nan. A. s.
tomorrow evening MIR J. II. stebbin, gives a rccep-
daughter Miss Blanche Phelps seb6ns, and
No 81 Fifthave receives with her daughter The most
eagerly anticipated gathering Of the week T. Mrs Van
| much speculation and little knowledge. Mrs Gordon
NOrrca ball the evening. and receptions 10y Mr-
Robert McKlm Mrs T. T. Lesher, Mrs Sutton and others
| will make II an evcntiul day for society. .
Thursday will be enliyened by the first Assembly ball
at DelmoncOs. The success OF this meeting Is already
assured and the ladies have demonstrated That such
entertainments need not fall through m their hands
Miss Lizzie Harbcck Morrill, will be married 10 Warren
Sage at -. BarthOOmcw'z Church ON Tuesday. The
usners will he G. -. Morrill, j. r. Apgar, Dr. J. l. Morrill,,
H. W. Hayden, t. l.. sage, W. A. Taylor and James A.
Metcalf In Brooklyn. Miss Minnie Jones, daughter OF
Charles Jones will Dc married ~ Frederic j. MddchfOok
at No l44 PacihC-st reception will be held from
TO 10 Miss Kate FredeTka BrundaRe viii De married
TO Vernon G. BrOwn VI Vernon IL. Brown OF the
Cunard Steamship Company, at the Church OF the Holy
Trinity on Thursday, the 18Th.
On December Il the first OF the Patriarch balls VIII
prove the ygOr Of this old and and stable organization
the PHtnarchs recently chosen are j. Coleman
DraytOn James @. King Duer r. Graud Foster George
| $. BOWdOn and W. BIyard Cutting
| There are to be few moro weddings before the hol
days. The first C0tillOD will give lively note TO holiday
week the 27th The recent engagements include those
| OF Miss Katherine WOthcrrpOOn, daughter Of David
WOherspOOn and W PendlrtOn Rogers aud Miss Eliza
beth Marquand, daughter OF Henry q. Marquand, and
Harold Goodwin, OF Parkc Goodwin. The engagement
OF THEODORE Ffclnghuyscn youngest son OF the score
tary OF state, and Miss Alice Coates OF Providence H. l.,
| Is also announced.
closing Of the first OF opera at the Academy
shuts of Important OF social pleasure UOnOrs
have been about between the two houses. Meils
Ofee the weeks climax at one, and perhaps the
! matinee OF " Aida at the other.
| The " List" Mr. MniOns convenient directory, has
| appeared in enlarged form with list OF prominent
Brooklyn people included wen the membership OF
Louis Dcka, the artistic stationer OF Philadelphia has
issued his bluebook Of Philadelphia 1t Is tastefuy
gotten up.