The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-03-09
WHAT n COMO ON IN soczsrE

sense OF the word. not to say melancholy ana
depressing. 1t Is fair to suppose that the OK
cheauer Ia not vet OVERLOOKING. 30 little has
boon done for the comfort or enjoyment Of tho
subscribers. Very dim light. no music the
room sparsely filled. and a raging snow storm
outside are not precisely the elements Of gay
and festive occasion. But time will doubtless
remedy all these minor details. and whom the
evening meetings begin and young people get
into the swing Of skating. sewing. and flirting
instead Of dressing. dancing. and flirting. tho
machinery Of all these various clubs and classes
will run good deal moro smoothly.
Every day now sewing class IL born. In spite
Of the fact that there arc already moro In ex-
istenoe than can possibly do any good TO those
whom they aspire TO help. OF these Mrs. 8. g.
Howlands will probably be the saysst a. the
meetings are to be In the evening. and gontle.
men are expected or. ono might say. invited.
to attend. Miss Alice Elliotts class meets on
Friday afternoon. and IL composed mainly OF
debutantes and girls Of two seasons Mrs. Del
Montes 10 emphatically q working class. with
not even q ladies' luncheon to wind up with.
Last year this club did . great deal Of good
work. which showed itsolf by Easter time In
substantial help given to the poor.
Mrs. James Waterbury 10 organizing Satur.
day night whist club which. from masculine
point OF view. offers creator attractions than
sewing circles. Then there is the Madrlgal
Club. and the Badminton. which is q kind Of
inferior lawn tennis. and reading and literary
clubs. which last. by the way. the very young
ladies profess to think the most delightful Of
all and so. perhaps. they are. when each fair
listener Is seated next to the right person.
Fish dinners arc not yet absolutely insisted
upon. and 1t would seem that tho dinner par
ties Of the past week must have been left over
from the carnival season. so gay and noisy
hox ,Y,ay haa Do
beautiful d6butantes' dinner on Monday oven.
ing to celebrate the, coming OF age OF her son.
Mr.. George Parsons. Among those present
were Miss Van Rensselaer,, Miss Hall. Miss
Wotherspoon. Miss Ludlow Miss Taller Mr.
Dudley Winthrop. and Mr.. Pendleton Rogers
One OF those elaborate banquets wiere every
thing Is roses and rose colored was given BY
Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. HOLSTER on Thursday oven
ing. Sixteen sat down to table. and the menu
was certainly not intended for hermits or an
chorites Mrs. HOLSTER was before her mar.
rage Miss Howell Of Newark.
One OF the few Hunt dinners Of the season
took place on Thursday at Delmonico's. About
twenty-five members Of the Meadow Brook
Club were present. Mr.. August Belmont Jr pre-.
siding. The men were all In pink and the effect
was as usual. by the way. the weather does not
seem to be propitious for hunting this spring.
and although the Meadow Brook meots for
March are set down as commencing yesterday.
1t looks as though they would DO blanks for
some days to come.
No cards have as yet beon issued for post.
Easter balls or weddings. but they arc eagerly
looked for BY the younger members OF overy
household. who In spite Of sowing reading and
tennis. are signing for Delmonico's ball room.
Matrimonial engagements arc already begin.
ming to be announced. From Newport wo hear
OF Miss Iona Leroys to Mr.. Amos French q
son OF MIR. B. U. Fronch and an undergraduate
OF Harvard. Miss Leroy is daughter Of Mr..
Stuyvesant Leroy. In this city the engage
mont OF Miss Fanny Lanisr. daughter Of Mr..
Charles Lanier. to Mr.. Francis r. Appleton
son Of Mr. Daniel Appleton and brother OF Mrs.
Gerald Hoyt and Mrs. Charles Tuckerman. has
been recently announced; also that OF Miss
Fanny Remsen. daughter of Robert G.. Rom
sen. to Mr.. Albert Ludlum. and that OF Miss
Philippa Hone Anthem. daughter OF the late
Philip H. Anthem and granddaughter OF tho
late John Anthem. tho eminent lawyer OF for
NOR days. to Mr. Mills Rogers. son OF Judgo
Rogers OF Chicago.
At tho International Peasant Festival 70.
Gently given In London in aid OF some local
charity the ladies' who presided over tho stalls
wore pretty generally In costume. but moro
money was made by the presence Of prominent
society people and by the longing to 500 them
thoh LA ouy ilOIo lokIIluluto way. Inc outl08
and drinking department was AZ usual as.
signed to Americans. and Mrs. Ronalds madea
small fortune for the lame. halt. or blind. as the
case may have been. by mixing and selling cock
tails and other fancy drinks Mrs. Ronalds's
costume was said to be faultless-her apron and
cap study for housemaids and kitchen maids.
and as decorations tiny set Of kitchen uten-
sils hung from her girdle. She was assisted By
Lady Vaudeville. Lady Randolph Churchill.
and Mrs. Hughes Halett. Lady Wolseley. for.
merly Miss Murphy OF California. popped corn
industrously. and sold It too. as the unso-
phisticated subjects OF Queen Victoria were oil
anxious to. know what "a popcorn" was.
Very few. however. Of those who bought and
tasted were impatient to buy again.
Tho Washers and crushers" OF English 80.
ciety are receiving pretty severelesson in tho
fate that Is likoly to befall Lord Garmoyle In
the breach Of promise suit brought against
him BY Miss Fortescuo. It seems to be tho
general belief that his lordship will be lucky
II he gets OF with the loss Of half his income.
This 10 paying somewhat dear for summer
days pastime especially as 1t would seem that
the wooer was ut only for an insane asylum
when he engaged himself to woman who per.
sisted In calling his father. once Lord Chan.
color OF England. "old chappie" who sang
music hall songs to tho accompaniment Of Q
hymn which curate was playing on the piano.
who came down to breakfast unkcmpt and
disheveled. and who in fact. outraged and
opera bouffed" the whole OF Lord Cairns's
household when invited there on visit OF in
PRODUCTION. In this country. offences much
more trihlng than these would get a man OF
scot free from any marriage engagement. and
would even be strong points In his favor In Q
suit for divorce. But the tide Of public opinion
on the other side has been setting strongly OF
late against the philanderln1 and loyem kins
INDUCED In by youths OF high degree with girls
belonging. perhaps. to q lower stratum Of
society. but perfectly honest upright. and re-
spectacle. 1t begins In ideness and senti-
mental nonsense on the part OF the men; u
ends In heartachs. bitterness. and disappoInt-
ment for tho woman. sometimes In murder and
suicide. That there Is as much II not more. Of
1t here than there Is on the other sido Is beyond
doubt; and II an English Judge and Jury. By