New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-05
THE WEEK IN SOCIETY.
THE REASON DRAWING TO A CLOSE.
A GREAT VARIETY or Observation-Disclosures
II -. -. a....un aocIAI puTIEA.

D., IL, .c., ,r,paratory to q burst VI diversion
from o-morow until O. NJ February ao--Ash Mea
nesday After that date gayety VIII De forpiooch
Quit for many until Easter April or at least open
md above board eayety will be forbidden II docs not
follow despite the quiet, that one had good time
last week. There many good times In progress,
and tho gay world generally was in en-"
n copd not be denied even II anyone wished to deny
q ttst the cn,ertu .nme,t most in vogue this winter
in fashionable circles Of socety has been the dinner
danc meaning thereby, dance, the participants OF
which have dned in parties at different houses, and
como together to dance at 1t ia agreeable way
OF passing an evening and possibly IS aid to diges
zion Early hours Of arrival secured, there is no
danger Of any one making the oriorn mistake OF get
ting there the first and TIE gathering IS apt TO te I'D
g)Od prs. But there are required for successful
evening Of fills kind several good natured hosts VINO
d. ob1ec, TO playing into the hands OF the person
at whore expense tho dance is given, who OF course
reaps most credit. SO the fashion is not likely 10
last long F0rmerly, each dinner party was compose
Of not more than twenty guests but ucro "o W
five or six parties Now, 1t NAV De nc'od, eaoh pay
Is larger and there fewer of them IhIs ue'eiop
n,ent Of the idea therefore cannot be sa'd 10 DO
altogether pea ing or promising ol''o' pay "a
moro than twenty Is apt patake of the nature OF
a table d'hote meal, and to be SaDpy IL 'ho s"os.'
indulge in general conversation, or moro IMAM usually
tire II ths English custom OF talking ohy 10 oho
negSbor Is rigidly maintained. No fanl'; however,
could be fourd with Egerton l. WnthrDps dinner
dance No % West Tbirtythirost on wednesday
oveIng last well docs this clever host manage
his entertainments. over forty guests sat down to
dine at a hos -shOc table. Mr. Winthrop was at one
end, Miss Winthrop at the Other, and Egerton Win
throp IT., e. in the middle. There was a profdsion
of flowers and courses, and when the sport In the
da n.roOm ended the fun began In the ball room.
Frederick Bronsons connecting house at No. 17o
Madison ave-, was thrown open too, aud there was
plenty o; room, well plenty of hooks and Gran
N fnr n hatx
Howard, dancing with Miss Winthrop led the german
Monday has been a night much in favor for dances
this winter The Ncwbold MorIises started the IDEA,
apparently, with the coming out ball for their daugh-
ter at Demonlco's; tho Uvingstons followed IL up
and the fashion has prevailed widely over since IL
Is really capital notion. There Is little else going
that day, and the devotions of Sunday arc
seldom oyer-fatgulng. The gay and gddy throng
Of dancers thus in excellent condition for Sport Oh
Monday might. The Vanderbilt ball was ON Monday,
fortnight and Mrs Marshall o. Roberts gave din
at No. 10Y Fifth last Monday evening. Much
has been sad, from time to time, about Mrs Robertss
house, but has seldom been to advantage
than this occasion In the first place ii was not
decorated and In tho second place there was not
big crowd that the good points Of the rooms
could be seen. About $50 were present, not so
many people as the hostess knows, but just choice
few culled from among Miss Van Warts young asso-
ciates. The hostess, who did not look bit like
even a step grandma Their (she told OCCASIONALLY
dressed in white and silver brocade nor had she
reason to dread standing beside her step-grand-
daughter Qi the phase may be uscd) who
was pretty attired in white tulie The /
passing compliment of tho evening of course,
about a bud and rose in its mature beauty. There
was Informal dancing before supper, which was served
at and then Uspenard Stewart (once more to tho 1
'front.' led the german with Miss Van wart. Dancing
was In the gallery. The flower favors were white
roses 1t was gracefully managed dance, and
showca that Mr. Stewart stn keeps his hand (or /
his fCot rsther) in.
Other dances were given by Mis-. James IL Beck |
man. No % West Foryseventhst; Mrs. NJ L.
DunhaIn. No. 49, West shundrcfand hirtiethst;
Mrs. Degrof, No 156 West Forty fftlst Miss Sands,
No 80 West Thri third st. MIS- T. ~. smith, No.
226 MadsOlayc. Mrs. +. r. Ogden, No. 3 West One /
hundred andtwcnty nnth-st. Miss Selisman, No. 1
East Torty-siXth-st.; Mrs. James NJ Waei bury No. /
% Fiith-ave
An interesting and elaborate wedding in which moth |
Ing was left un,ione that could be done to make II
successful, that of Miss Grace Green, grand {
daug hcr of the late Theron Butler of No 433 Fifth
ave-, who was president of the Sixth Avenue Rail
road Company, and Henry A. Alexander, son of ii. |
NJ. Alexander, OF West Fifty fourth-st The ceremony
was performed in the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian /
Church by the Rev Or. Hall and tn" Rev. Dr. Sanders
at 80 O'Clock Tuesday evening At that time tho |
church full of fashonaby dressed people, largely
of PfcsDy tcgian proclvtes With reasonable prompt
tho bride appeared leaning on the arm of her
and two bridesmaids, her sisters. The bridegroom
with his b. Other, Dr. Alexander best man awaited |
the bride the pulpit, where with PresDy terrain
brevity and lack of formaly, the couple were soon
married Immediately aherward, at the house OF the
brides grandmother, Mrs. Butler, there Iecep
ton, which a very large number OF people were
invited and went The bride wore white silk gown
trimmed with lace, and her tulle veil was held In
place by liies-ofthe valley and orange blossoms
there Worr many beautiful presents, for in both
il-e. uuif here Is A
wedding celebrated the same evening at No l47
Wost Forty n,hh-s the residence of Hiram Calkins
when Bliss {. Caikins, his daughter, married to
DR.. cph A. sanders, by the Rev. b d. Burcbard
with wearing white satl. this and tnlle. and
was attended by Miss Emily McLawry. The parors
filed with friends acquaintance of the families
of Ca kns and sanders The gnestS were all properly
attended TO by a full squad Of ushers
There WERE as usual, many minor affairs, such
receptions and teas. Among the ladies who enter
tanned their friends in this way were Mrs. r. W.
No. 139 West Fftoenths Mrs T. B.
Musgrave. 40. 535 Ffth-ave. Mrs. r. b. Clifford, No.
473 Lexington ave. Mrs. HckLord No 81 Wash
ington square, West; Miss Wallace, No. East
FOrty-scycnth-st.; Mrs. H. f. Cavity, No. IS West
Eleventh-t Mrs. Lewis Iddngs, No. AZ East Twenty
siXth-si. MIS-. Harvey Dow, No. 252 West Fifty
1ourhst.; Mrs. Charles II. Leaycraft, No. II East
Fory-sNth-st; Mrs. 4. MctDon, No. 81 West Forty
fhhSt.: Mrs. Vanderbilt Cross, No. East Forty
secondsi. MIS- William Irwin, No. % West Tonth-st.;
Miss Mitchell, No. As West Fifty St Mrs J. H.
Morse No 43 West Thirty-ninth-st.; Mrs. Dillon,
No. Gal Madison ave.
Some of the ladies who gave dinners, musicales or
ncheons We're the following: Mrs. Elliot F. Shop
ard, No. = West Fifty-second-st.; Mrs. Arthur NJ
Dodge, No. ~ East Thirty -fourthst. Mrs H. o.
Armour, No. $50 FIfth-ave Mrs Francis Delafeld,
No. Ii West Thirty second St Mrs IL. d. Babcock,
No. ~ West Forty-ninthst. Mrs. Henry Marqnand,
NJ adisOn-ave. and Sixtye ighth-st Miss Do Boban,
No. % Eas; seventy -thirdst Mrs Winthrop Ray, No.
81 Clinton place; Mrs Charles Pelham CLIFTON, 10
Ill East S-veniysecOndst.; Mrs. W. ID. sloane No.
c42 Fifth ave
Among the numerous entertainments between now
and Ash Wednesday may be mentioned the following
On February music and dancing at the Union League
lub February g. marriages Of Miss Charlotte Krezker