New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-03-22
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THE WEEK IN SOCIETY.
LOOKING FORWARD NOW TO EASTER.
1.-THE EpHEMERoN AMATEUR THEAi1iOALe-
INCIDENTS AFTER LENT rs OVER

urYp rpHrMERoN AMATEUR THEATElCALs-
INCIDENTS AFTER LENT is OVER.
Charity has been the social passport OF the
last few weeks, and many delightful en'er ain. -,
Uld not otherwise appropriate during Lent nave ooon
,ren ,n this NAME Informal muscaes, dinners CIRCUS
na theatre PARTIES have helped the last week 70 pass
pleasantly. o.or,,,noer.
~ Monaav evening when the second Issue OF me
EDheusyou was read by Professor Carroll Inc hrse
Ephemeron came winters ago. and proved 30 at
tractiye that Mrs Harrison arranged this one nVuhg
eighty guests had not attended the nrst ISSUE
The company included the strictly literary and the fash
tonabe element and all the papers were listened 10 win
interest Mrs Harrison opened the evening by reading
an editorial Among the articles reau was
little poem by Mrs. Piatt in Primrose liine
contributed by the Editor of 81. Nicholas; poeh'
Free WILL" by Julian Hawthorne; =" Forty Days on .
Camp Chair" a little sketch by Mrs. Harrison; Ac'
cented poem by j. T. Trowbridgeand poems by Phnp
Rourke Marston and Matthew Arnold with story py
Frank r. stockton George Parsons Lathrop read two
of his own poems All the articles were
especially contributed written FOR me
rnb,m,ron The guests included Mr. and Mrs. Frank R.
stockton r. W. Glider, Miss Glider Mr. and Mrs. sanuei
Borrowe, Mrs. Binnger, Mrs. Hewitt and the Misses
Hewitt Miss Durart Mr.. and Mrs Henry sloan' Mr ana
Mira g. NJ Vince Ter, Carroll Beckwith Judge Barrett
and Arthur Cutting.
largo company Of invited guests filed the parors OF
1T. u.
20 a musical programme. supper and dancing closed
the entertainment Mrs. Gilman. of Ffth-avc and Mrs
j. c. Peters Madisonsve gave entertainments OF the
same kind on THURSDAY SVen,ng have ham numerous
during Lent Mrs. Van Rensselaer, Cruger enierta,nea
Emily Warren who is hostess during her mothers abb
senoe abroad. had twenty guests az dinner, to x
dinner party on Friday the decorations being entirely OF
Jacqueinuot in silver vases and In the aierho0n
Mira Inckeueyer gave a luncheon for her daughier.
Yesterday Mrs Astor gathered several ladies about her
at luncheon, having put on her usual dinner parry T t
month. ,.,. rar,v nm Mondav
evening and Mr. Ryes one on "Wednesday. 49,, -
Mrs. Lorard had pleasant party 70 Gunner nS. Gu
spencer, Of No. 446 West Twenty-third-st., gave a
lunche on seventeen guests; - - ;, di,ar
emit from given in th atre In the former case
the guests are apt to confuse the actg Win an or oIer
wise the general Impression is good Mrs Dodge LOUISE
anu Parkaye Is Se s sne ern ir
in artistic simplicity; all of which the guests on inus
Ssy sysP ae ss% pay
riyeted to the stage. The play moved brskly, ana
miss AL appanse Mrs. Tea looked and
acted with her usual grace MIS- S - OS soo time
next week 1t Is an adaptation from the French by Mrs
Harrison and was acted last summer al henU1 v The
proceeds are for the Day Nursery. A.. ,..o,u
The Piano Club COMPRISED OF ts sDm Sb ng and Will
hold the next at tie house OF Mrs Lawrence Lee
in SeVenteenth-st Among those VINO peiouS ~ tno
are Mrs Golden Murray, Mrs Courtlandt Palmer Mrs
Townsend. Meetings are held every Monday. m
The two weeks between now anu Easter WI VIZ so11
quietly The dances for the Krmess are In rehealSa
and most Of the booths have been arranged. Tue
Children's Carnival on Easter Monday Will be pretty
sight and, the charity for which u Is gwen Is an @
Guernsey has charge OF the tickets Inc Romance VI
Poor Young Man" at the University Cup InsatIS, on
April 81 % and 23 for the benefit OF the Cuo lof
ing Girls under efficient management ana me TICKETS
have been put at low price Mrs. Potter, Mrs. Ieaii'
Mr.. Coward and Mr.. Bird are in the cast .,,.,.
Two weddings TO take place N Brooklyn TINS week
will make break the monoony Of the last few weeks
Miss baldwin and Schuyler Walden VIII ne inaIIieu
on Wednesday, the house of the brides father 10 Chm
s;r spa i an vii dY ~ wsaded At
home in eKalb-aye Mrs Almet Jenks's entertainment
of Rotations by Miss Otis and music py MI M S
the biIdreps Carnival at the Academy viii take place
the same evening 1t Is In aid OF the Det s'
and already severn I,h Tennvson" is the title OF
an entertainment In rehearsal ior AP..h ~
i'm the Historical Building. The proceeds are ,or Ine
Mrs lean sage and Miss Ellen Bracket are among tne
managers Tableaus from Tennysoho poens' WIN
music and readings, win make up the programme Mica
Among the first Easter weddings VIII DO tnat Va
Bessie r Rutter daughter Of James II. Butter. presi
dent of the New-York Central Railway, 10 Ailred D.
Manning April Is at iryngton. MISS ate wnnd
ings, daughter of Hugh Hastings anu s, ,h sono
ward, a London Daker are 10 10 ipaiA'oN "'0N Vs. "
large number Of New-York people are at lakewood
n j. among them Mr.. and Mrs E. Coleman mis- beIIy
man Miss Sands and Mr.. and Mrs Augustus jay MISS
Otis gave reading there the other evening yro.,
! Amateur theatrcas in aid OF the Newsooys nSss ~
Side lodging House will be given In the concert nan vi
two Metropolitan Opera House. on WEDNESDAY evens'
Apr by the Junior Club. The list OF patronesses In
cludes Mrs. Hamilton Fish, Mrs John hone, MIS-
Catlin Mrs r. Rives and other leaders OF fashionable
circles.