New-York tribune., 1886-03-07
TIE WEEK IN SOCIETY.
A wuJRL OF GAYETY BEFORE LENT.

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was the last full week before Lent There were dinners
soos ,.lai,gs and balls well 4" last nights at
,,e Ietrnrotau Opera House, and brilliant cIarlty
,a;ion OF Lakme at the Academy The MOT
gan picture sales three evenings drew together
fasbional lie and wealthy assembly at Ch!cRrilS HAN
Tbcse pictures have been the fashion ever since they
werc placed on exhibition and not 10 have seen them
almost fatal ones reputation as cultivated person
Tho LAST co.illOn ball also incident OF note.
After next Wednesday the fashionable word VIII EFo
come little their souls by going to church; ana 10
tler minds by attending realags. Such arc tho most
approved LeEten diversions for those Who stay in to"h'
The Io;os Club opened its hospabe doors to laiies on
Monday AMI g,ve the week capital start From noon
until > p m. the lach-strng was ont to the mempeS
and their frends The pictures lent Tor the occaNo"'
were duly admired. and other entertainment was pro
yided in the shape OF piano music singing rec'"''
and some charming either playing lho piO'"'N' "0
still shown on Tuesday
Each coton hail AS il comes along is declared TO be
The pcasantest OF the series. The last one lor HIS
season. danced at Delmoncos on Thursday nEht' was
no exception to this rule and WAS declared 70 De oIo
cnioyalle than the two which have preceded II.
The decorations more elaborate thln usuai IN al
The rooms The bouquets used in the flower figure OF
the co,ion were particularly pretty. Mrs DIaytoh'
Mrs Wcman. Mrs. Walker B. smith aud Mrs. F. Il.
Jones received guests in the middle room supper
WAS served in the restaurant down stairs at 1870 ~ NJ
and then tho german begun. Charles T.
Hone led il and eighty couples danced it. Among
the wc!l-known people present Mr. and Mrs John
Jacob Astor. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick GalIatin'
Blr ana Mira. J. e. X Duer, Mr. and Mrs Charles Berry
man. Mr. and Mrs y Belmont. Nj. and Mrs. o. NlSon'
blr and Mrs ogden Goeet. Mr.. and Mrs T. G1ect MISS
Belle Wilson, Mrs. Barrat Reginald Rlvcs. FfescotV
Lawrence ana 7. BrOckholst Cutting
The Toboggan ball Mt Orange the next evening was
also highly successful, AMI Orange Music Hall was filled
by about 200 guests OF the Essex County Cluo Ihere
would nave been there If the ice in the North iTer
aha opa{,,r 70 tl,c IL
tedious. In case the fercyboat was an hour ana
twenty minutes in getting over aad some Of the people
from New-Tork did not reach Orange until after H.
pretty late country bail The decorations OF the
Music Hall were suggestive of the sports OF tue cuD
ma we're a pleasant variation from the usual ball
room ornamentaton They consisted OF everSreens,
kEoyshoes tobOggans. and a dummy toooggan Slide
Among those present Mr. and Mrs Pou!tney Bige-
low. Courtandt Parker jr., Wendell Go1win and H. lie
Grand Cannon The ball ended early, for at 1880 the
Nsw.York guests had to start for home
The gay people Of Staten Island danced for charltys
sake on Wednesday night as they have for ten years
mast at the German Club at Stapleton The mu-
sic was good, the supper capital ana tho decorations
handsome; SO that, after the enjoyment which such
thpgs give had been received the $1,000 (net proceed
eua hardly be spoken Of contributions for charity
Every body got his moneys worth All the wellknown
Staten islanders were out-amOng them Mr.. and Mrs.
Erastus Brooks, Mr. and Mrs. Erastus Wman, and Mr.
ma Mrs. George William Curtis good many people
frp1u Brooklyn and New York were also there.
As pretty dance the has afforded was given
DE- Tuesday night at the house Of Mr. aud Mrs Robert
Hoe IT, at No IL East ThrtysiXthst II was in honor
p sho daughters in the family The house particularly
ven adapted for entertainment OF this Kind ana mat
taci part perhaps accounts for tho success OF the
aaace The decorations were largely OF sprnG ho"crs
Isvishly placed throughout the drawing
roozns library and dining room. supper was
served at midnight. and the cotillOn. which was a
sInaIl one, begun at o'clock. Alexander Hadden
led gith Miss Lizzie Hoe Among the guests were MI
snl Mrs y. H. Dodge Miss Barrat, the Misses Remsen'
Miss de Ruyer. John Hadden. jr Mr.. and Mrs Ale1an
Ger Barring. and Mr.. and Mrs. J. f. ID. Lanier Many
OF The Of the ladies were exceptionally pretty
Another Of the "dinner-dances" which have formed
novel Of this season occurred on Tuesday night
EgsetOn L. Winthrop, who has the credit OF origi-
nang the idea believes that has discovered the
to eOunteract the abomnabe fashion OF going TO balls
Mt very late hour He has succeeded IN measure at
leget The dinner hosts OF Tuesday last Mr and
Ms Drayton, Mr. aud Mrs r. Goelet, Mr. and Mrs. Og-
dsn Goolet, Mr. and Mrs F. Bronson aud Mr.. winthrop
AT 10 o'clock these people and their guests ap-
peared at Mr.. WnthrOps at No 23 East Thrty-thlrds
Mrs Bronsons house. next to the WinthrOps, con
nersed with No 23 and fine place was thus provided
for she entertainment The cotilIon was begun at IL
o'ciock-au earlier than is ususl-aud was led by
Thomas Howard. dancing with MISS BeIrynah;, q,
gay company, made brilliant by the uniforms OF
naval and army officers, gathered IN the Equipment
bulding OF the Navy lard on thursday liom uht'I
D. TO- The officers OF the Yard were entertaining their
The CHANCES of on such
si0ns great and fine effects were Obtained Win
wtfe there with the officers OF the Austrian rlgate
DUnau, and several hundred people from New York II
TIE Navy Yard on Manhattan Island and not away
over in Brooklyn, and more or less lnaecessi1e rn
the week ON Monday James b: townsend married
Gilbert, No lO7 East Sixteenth St The bride is
CnthClc and the marriage service vas read by Arch
No. many people were present at the ceremony put
lasted from $3.50 to 6ociock The bridal party pre-;
ssned exceedingly pretty appearance as tRey stood
wore gown OF white satin and MORE damask made
with train. The front was OF silver brocade with point
Tssre were four brdesmaids~Miss Gilbert Miss
iruas Gilbert. Miss Townsend and Miss Annie
and their bouquets were OF pink roses.
friend of the grOoms-Percy r. Pyne r-and the ushers
were Edward ID. Appleton. T. j. Oakley Rhinelander,
at iho reception Nj. and Mrs. George H. Pe.
Mr., and Mrs. james Brown Potter. ,,..-., .... g.
day the chimes OF Grace Church rang out for
the marriage of Mss Estea Wright daughterof the late
mann, r Dr. Huntington read the service and the bride
was given away by Bishop H. c, Potter; The grooms
Smith j. d. Thornton. Henry Cammann aud f. Camp
There no brdesmaids The bride wore white satin
and point lace with ornaments OF pearls. There was
reception after the wedding at No. 2OS West Forty
In the evening there was wedding at No $50 Fifth
ave. when Miss julia only daughter OF isidor
the presence OF few friends and relatives Dr. GO;thei
performed the ceremony. The house was eaboratey
aud beautifully adorned with flowers and a wedding
march was sung by the choir OF Temple Emanu II.
There brides maids the ushers we're relatives OF
the bride. After the ceremony their was wedding
feast at Delmonicos at o'clock and reception after
8 o'clock. The presents were extrayaganty rch aud
several large checks the list Mr. WormseI did
not conhne his lberaity OH this occasion TO his own
friends and family Six charitable institutions In this
city and several in San Francisco enjoyed his bounty
and the benefciares sat down TO fine dinner at the
same time his daughters wedding feast spread
Miss Mnturn's marriage on wednesday
TO Paul Tuckernan at No. % North
Washington Square not as gay az
had been G xpected The bride i'll and withdrew TO
her soon as the ceremony was performed some
nfly friends and relatives were IN attendance MISS
Mntun is a daughter of the late John Mnturn. ON
Wednesday also Frederick Charles Ringer married Miss
Alice May Norton, daughter OF General and Mrs. L. b.
Norton, In the Church Of tho AnnunciatiOn In Four
ieenth-st. over thousand inyations 10 the church