New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-06
THE WEEK IN SOCIETY.
TUE LAST OF raE SPRING WEDDINGS
MONDAY A BUSY TIME FOR BRIDES AND BRIDE
cnooMs-AMATEuR THEATRicALs, SUCCESSFUL
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NAV Is almost always quiet month May mar
80 ga deemed uniuchy. and rs the strongest
..,ndsa wpman and tho weakest minded man never
bravo any superstt,on connected with wedding these
,te festivities In the spring arc generally crowded
into ApriI or postponed until june Then the days In
MAY are too long, and the season is too nearly ended
IN make dinner parties effective: and the dancing
crowd have little relish for germans IN weather winch
A. any moment may become intensely warm-moreover.
,hav had dancing enough during the winter months.
rhere k little left therefore, for fashionable people OF
,ssure to do by way Of amusement. except driving,
riding and amateur theatrIcals. Central Park Is ex-
ccedngly beautiful during this month. and tho East
Side Drive Is thronged with carriages on warm and
neasant afternoons Most of the riding. however. is
dome earlier IN the day-end Sunday mornings-for,
unfortunately tho brdc paths laid out that they
s,dop, run along the side Of the fashionable drives.
and thus the gay world OF can never contem
nato itself in Central Park fine attire. horseback
or in carriages at the time. the fashionable
psople OF London are able to do In HYDE Park by a
happy arrangement Of roads. This is defect In Cen
ytrsi park from social point Of vew which is fire.
oucntly commented bY carrisgefok and eouestrans
IL the drive and the brc path close together for
any distance the East Side. both driving and riding
would be attractive. and more interested spec
ta,ors would ock hhcr for the pleasure of seeing tho
really fine horses and carriages which Newforaers can
boast Of The display not at its best last week.
however, tOf inc JAYS NcrC uuIl, DchNy ~
was March. with wind blowing most of the time.
rather than May the month of flowers. But 1t was
Just as we'll perhaps that the weather bad. No
May parties for children were attempted and oonse
Queny there is less sickness among little people than
there otherwise would be.
Amateur theatricals and other entertainments
nomInally for charity remained. and, directly or In
directly, number of wellknown people were inter
es,ed In them. The conspicuous incident in the
sLa nf
Victoria siddons and her society company" $50 it
was advertset) in "As You Like tn This was In
tended to be given week before last at the Berkeley
Lycoum, on Friday, but owing to conflict between
the police and the Mayor on one side, and tho man
agement Of tho company the other, 1t was post
poned until last Thursday, May g. The place was no
longer the classic Berkeley Lyceum but sad to relate
the uncassc Dockstader's. Well, the curtain went up
this time to say than that perhaps, would sound
like unknd criticism There was fairly numerous
audience present, and its quality IN spots was e1,
eeLent. But SO many ANNOYING MISTAKES hau poen
made by the management that the feeling among the
innocent patronesses is anything but pleasant The
that had been arranged, notably Mrs. Van Auken's.
This lady, however, altered her plans without delay,
Sons vo hes b es with the 1yecum
for tho fashionable patronage of the spring season.
eoS ne pay 4s ssve humber Of we're
sshsd in and alogethe there was a. merry
the last dance OF the season.
A highly successful private concert, Qf It really
san DO called private when it was held In CHECKER
Ing Hall, which was crowded with people in evening
aress), given on Wednesday evening for the bene
ft of the Homeopathic Medical College and Free
Hospital An excellent programme was carried out,
tho performers comprising Richard Hoffman Miss c. B.
Footc, Miss Emily winant Charles ii. Clarke. Francis
+. Bowers aud Mrs L. L. Danforth. with choruses from
tho Rubnstein and the Mendelssohn Glee Clubs. The
management deserve great credit for tho manner in
which everything passed off, Much regret was felt
that Mrs c. NJ. Raymond was Ill and had TO DO ex-
cused There is always some expense attending such
an entertainment, but largo sum must have been
cleared for the hospital fund Another successful
amateur performance for charity was given at tho
Lyceum Theatre on Friday afternoon 1t was the
Babies shelter OF the Church OF the Holy Communion
known amateur and several professional players ap-
Peaod on the programmes. Among the amateurs were
s Collins. Valentine c. Hall, F. @, Warren and Ed
ward Fesser all under direction Si Henry NIL Mer S Of
Croly for the cast and tho charming young actress
did her part we'll
On Monday April 80. tho last wedding bells for
about month to como were hoard almost throughout
the day They seemed to say, Marry now or
never" Among those eager to obey was j. Hooker
Hamersley who in the afternoon married Miss Margery
Chisolm, of No. &c Clinton place This was one OF
those "quetH weddings which, nevertheless, manage
70 be lavish displays for those asked TO see them
Tho house was profusely decorated with flowers the
bride was fair with golden hair and she wore ,oxey
fishers Of SUFFICIENT distinction to be proper acces-
SORES Of tho occasion, assisted at the ceremony.
The bridegroom carried himself with dignity anu
divided the honors of the occasion with the bride
upon the Rev P ". shyRer. The best man, who
really was not needed, was william Beehman'
The Marshall-Banks wedding passed of better than
was expected to DO time Just before the cere-
aS m the First regl Church,
TTehh-st and Fifth ave, at 80 p. IN. Tho BRIDE
groom was Charles H. Marshall and the bride was
Josephine NJ. Banks. Tho church was filed with we'll
dressed people, and finally the bridegroom and his
best man took their positions near the palpit, While
the oiganst set up the wedding march. Everybody
looked toward the door, expecting to sec the bride
appear but she did not and for timo (some say
ten minutes the bridegroom thought then It was
about half an hour those two unfortunate men had TO
stand waiting But Mr. Marshall bore It gracefully
and everybody else did the best he she could not
to laugh AT last the bridal procession appeared Just
as II nothing had happened nothng had3 after which
There was no hitch in the proceedings. IL was an
eectve wedding amid palms and such things. for the
there was a reception at Mrs Thomas satterees No.
~ East Forty fourthst, at which every one had an
Miss Marie Banks, Miss May Appleton. Miss Maria
onstavia and Mss Annie Banks.
Earlier In the day, this same church tho scene
ofthe wedding of Rudolph E. schrmer ami Miss Martha
IT, Barnes. There were many people to see the cere-
mony. but only intimate friends present at the
wedding breakfast later at No. 106 East feminist. In
the evening Miss Cecilia Andrews daughter OF Mrs.
Thomas Andrews, of No 46 East Sixty-seventhst..
was married to Charles NJ Wilkinson, and reception
followed ct the BRIDES mothers house From every
point Of view this was pretty and effective affair,
markcd by elegance and good taste.
The relatively minor entertainments of the week
may be mentioned as follows Mrs Bulkey, No
West sixteenthst., dinner Mrs. II. II. Butterworth
No. 3S East ThFty-1fth-gt.. a receufion. Mrz
La Montague No. 40 West Twenty tea
in honor of Miss Firth, who is engaged to marry
Maurice La Montague Miss Flint. No. ID West ThIr-
tiethst. tea; Mrs. George H. Peabody, No lis East
Yightoenth-st., a reception; Mrs. Thomas y. Boes,
No. West Elfty-sixth-st. a pton Mrs. a. Lam
sing Baird, No. 263 West Twenty -fith-st, musicale
MISx HELEN RIRPY,S THEA TRInLr prlNc