New-York tribune., 1886-01-17
THE WEEK IN SOCIETY.
ToBoaeANING AND sLEIGHINa POPULAR.
TWO HANDSOME PRIVATE BALLS-REckPTioNS ANp
TEAs-wEDDINGs-COMIN PLEAsUREs.

TEAs-wEDDINGs-COMI PLEASUREs.
Society has been on runners during the past
vsek some in sleghs others skates ana largo num-
ber on toboggan Instead OF having to 80 to Canada TO
enjoy tho delight Of gliding down hill as the wnd
Canada kindly consented to come to the ana botn
Orange Country Club at Barlow. toboggan'
ing has been the leading pasme The SLIDE AZ orange
has been ON attraction many hundreds OF youths and
maidsns who decked in the regulation suits VIII close
caps and broad sashes ND the delights OK
the ballroom and with their toboggans some OF the real
Canadian ones climbed the long hill and, after settng
themselves with all the rmness possible on the narrow
,leds and ciutchng fondly and wildly at the person In
'front.' with mingled expression Of fear and delight
have started on the lightning Journey going a. straighe
n an arrow when the steerer old hand, Dut moro
frequently bobbng from one side to the otoer Id .
zig-zag manner. They came up smhinS eFctS
time, however, quite ready for another Trip
To Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Sumner Tea are due the thanks
of the young people who enjoyed this delightful ana OK
haratin sport for IT was owing to their enors tnas
the slide was built They invited parties OF frienos 70
dinner In the little clubhouse almost every evening
Among those thus entertained were Mrss Lawrence, La
p Thebaud, Miss Pryor. Powers Farr, Mr. and Mrs. Boil
ton, Miss Hoag and Miss Barnea The slide az tne
Country Club was built by James Waterbury, anu al
though it is not long as the one atOrange' nany
members of the club and their friends found more spore
on IT, In town. seighing was the favorite diversion
morning and afternoon, and at night when the moon
shone the ingng Of sleigh bells could be heard up
Phaye Ola and sssS siTSSsn wsrs eTs Many
yato parties went out of town 10 Msnase M
on OF a ho@s The take
lingtoD Vt next month is an interesting supect among
Ss Waisr ,paf. TaS ensFsa ssTs af'' the
hundred NswYGTs people to WIZ ~ and soshns
aud NIL be p%TaE
the A. saaSSr oaSSr
private balls in the of the week have been Of
The first took place on Tuesday evening when Mr. and
Mrs Robert G. Remsen threw open Their house ~ ywos
Carrie Remsen. The large square drawing rooms anu
the room beyond used for dancing ana t so atso
yersaton Mrs Remsen received the guests With her
four daughters the youngest LOOKING gIsisn Th Tba
others formed charming group Two In eue soTns; %
and Miss Remsen in black and pale green Suppsr & inv
lie Grand Cannon who danced with MISS carrie hemsGn
About the same people danced o9 M f nS r. FeSercS
Gaatn for Miss Amy GsllatD, at their mouse IN uppe,
na dscted with palms and ferns was used prome
made and the bce reception-roo Tor e
youpg people danced IN the two large % % @
white and gold with rose hangn:s ana also III ~ ne
library adjoining which had been cleared Oh noss Oh ss
beyond was served from table set with rare carved
silver and d.cked with orchid blooms Miss uahaan &
who white with pearls received numOer,ess % Dou.
auets Another ball will be given III ner honor o,oI
row night by her aunt MRS basTss invitation:
and her mothers adjoining hers In Fortyelxnth-
| st. connected
Kn entertainment. that was dance and dinner COM
@ Snsd w wa sso o. MR. and Ars osde GOee Es
Winthrop and Mr.. eud Mrs Frederick Bronson r. Eaya Ta
give a dinuer-party at their own house, anu al ~
O'clock ali met at Mrs. Bronsons iu Madson-aye, ior
dancns MI %nh,Gp' 9S%ss Ro",o %ss pspors through
| doorway hidden by carved cabinet Aoou' s'A'
sRsceptoHs with small dances afterward are among
popular moes Of ana 'eyeys % wss ty
9Hr%S nS one on tuesday for her daa1her who
Ia. iust returned from years residence abroad Tho
TsSsgSSs %i nn lT% oSoet On the
MIS- Walter Watson gave reception and eItioa M s ,Os
until until next winter About i5O present Mas Wa:
:on %Or; with r fas SHs IN BoStyn a tsfs
were two OF entertainments on Tuesday evening"
trodaeed u Miss swan Their house elaborately
decorated with plants and flowers and there was aan
daced Miss Alice Woodford Howell Miss Claain, Miss
Alexander. Miss Thurbcr Mrs E A. Howell. MIS- q; IL D.
Abbott and Mrs. stewart L. "oOdioru a''i'''u h'~
Afternoon receptions: and teas are promised p%anS
novelties are to be introduced LIN IN tSs ,Ss
relieve If Ss fsSSraiSn rd monSoy Mrs
ure and Miss Tunure, OF East Thirty sItht,st, gave
gSea and tea the VI sisa Of % s.isT
tained similar manner Mrs storms MISS GaorIent
pour tic te, aud about 300 guests called: Mrs John
D9, and on Mrs frasy waiter and ye.9say
S Tfs isaac sn.aSq NT Charles s.. ea1"al SarFo!
M TS % M ana SG. @
trrtnned number OF friends Thursday afternoon at
eT The osy notable Wedding IN The city wa.
"Wednesday ut house Of tho brides mother In West
William j. Underwood by the Rev. DR.. Watkins:
Tho Invitations were not numerous as , tms
! were handsomely decorated with flowers, tho cere;
mOuy Delng performed under an arch Ot smllaA anu
| ferns, from which hung large bell Of roses. ,,.
Miss Anna Louise Ogden and Andrew Hamilton l1psstt
Tds PTea am T% in asa j. Thary ins
was wedding In tho FIRST Baptist Church. Miss Anna
r biTH Typs n cars gave the second OF her rose bud
dinners on "Wednesday eyoning the tor 9elns H.OI%I %
Miss Campbell, Miss De Ruyter. Miss Jackson Joha A
ladder william baoSrs De soGs Mst "STe MR. and
Mrs Arthur VI. Dodge and Mrs H R BALDWIN aIso E"'e
The engagement Of Miss George Davis to Lindsay
! Bury Is announced ~, ,.. ., o,, ar
row evening there are numerous Of ia
terest. The Charity Ball on Tuesday evening win az
at Delmomcos Thursday, aud on the same evening
the members OF the Old Guard will give their anLaai
Coke has sent out cards for musicale on Inur-y:
Mrs Commodore Chandler and the Misses TnsSiSy yy
Yard and February there will be ball ~ tue san
LETT under the OF Mrs G9anSer Snd Mr Mrs
W. b. Dnsmore will hold their regular
Wednesday evening" Mr. and Mrs Leonard Moody
will give large reception Tor their daughter ana da ,Ua
will give dancing party on Friday; ,., =. ,h.
1.-The Old Love and the New Will be PLAYED 10 , tno
Brooklyn AthenGum on January ID IN AID o me %
ris school and Home for Destitute Children Mrs Jaue'
Brown Potter ana Edward Facs Coward Saking tnr & t
ing roles and the 26h IL viii ne repeated IN the ~
versy CuD Theatre In aid OF ST. AIMS Church for Deal
Mutes In West Eightoenth-st "a.
! This second Patriarchs' ball takes place on the ootu
in the Assembly Room Of the Metropolitan Opera iiuss,
and second Junior Patrlsrchs ia the same paes u
February The third b. H. II. O.. and the tbird new
Brigho Assembly occur on the same evening" Jhhuay
2s and in the city that evening there Will De leV'y
ton at the Union League Club. Mrs e. = Bo"uoin ~
Parkave will give dance the same even.nS' m "a "a
February Mrs. Ogden GOelet and Mrs j. an -. hrea
will give balls. Lent late this year tnht @
balls usually given in January will occur IN the I"
| part of February. ,, n.
sgnor l. d. Ventura will give a French reading at W.
Parmly's, No. 10 West Thirty tyeightl-st, on ihn,susJ
January 81, at 230 In behalf OF the lniusis ne.
Education enterprise As he gives his services 70 'hs
philanthropc movement u, Is expected that he WI" "eo'