New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-13
THE WEEK IN SOCIETY.
TIE ,NrruENCE OF THINGS ENGLISH.
AFRICAN INTEREST IN TIE DRAwiSo-RooM OF
THE ENGLISH sovEREIGN-A rRIrLE WEDDING


AFRICAN INTEREST IN TIE DRAwiNo-RooM OF
THE ENGLISH sovEREIGN-A TRIPLE WEDDING
AND MORE TO coME.
Save for tho presence OF Q titled Ensiishman, ana
a.. attendant duties and Obligations, not wave OF
.ropble rolled across the peaceful breast OF Society
Sac. week The presentations at the Court OF St
raules's TO tho Queen, Wednesday, caused pleas
ursbic amount of gossip and the friends OF those
prescnted rcoiccd that nothing happened al berin 10
s,or the Drawing Room According 10 the caoicd &C.
counts thereof, the American women wore gowns OF
.,.s,ncs and value well adapted To make them native
"a proud II really looks, now, as II the Queens
nrawing Room would soon become as Interesting to
N.w-York society as IL Is 10 London. whether this
a. matter of congratulation or not Is open to discus
ton "Thc Duke" and the Drawing Room aside. the
. rou, Hundred and the ad1.oe Struggling Thousand
,,u,cd themselves in quiet way during tho week.
:, IN. theatre Ton cool evenings and by riding and
,v,rs Central Park is exceedingly bcautiHal in
~. frc.h lcvelinoss Of bud. loaf and blossom
ond IN. drives pleasant days last week
rer. crowded. PARTIES OF oQuestrians sometimes
.xen,y in number. dashed through ths bride paths
,.eare.s OF broken ncckS IL the horses should shy
a. tho dark shadows cast By the bridges, or at some
.raa,n turn in the road Tho Ions stretch at the
rexervoir tho scene OF many an imrronptu race.
There life too, at all tho country clubs but moro
IN the way Of future than present, enjoyment, The
popularty OF these rural retreats still grows, cspe
tally among people who hsvo large country places
Of their own. For purposes Of an entertainment,
eottaso near established country club is much OF
On advantage 10 an ambitious couple as large es
t,o further removed from lemons and like con-
venIences And II very gay crowd is to be enter
taned there IS really no objection to house directly
On the race Much sport OF all kinds is antc
pstcd for tho summer at Cedarhurst, Ut tho Country
Climb at the Meadovbrook Hunt ard II Far Rookaway.
!, the present temper Of Society" continues all tho
will he ell NIT nj
the weather the amateur athletic games at Cearhurst
yesterday excited much interest.
II tho superstition against May marriages has
any real foundation the Radford family and It's
nections, Of No 80 West Forty-sixthst., ought TO
feel nervous. On Wednesday at was not a bright
DAY ether three Of the feminine members were mar
RED in the evening, one aor another, Just as fast
a. the Rev. Dr. Macarthur could turn them off. 1t
was a pretty affair, and by acting in behalf OF one
another the three bridal couples effected an immense
saving in bridesmaids and ushers. Tho first couple
was Miss Sarah c. Radford and James IL Doty the
second. Miss Mary f. Radford and t. II. Gilbert
These vero daughters of the head OF the house Lewis
Radiord The third bride was his granddaughter,
Miss Lillian westerHcld and the happy man, Joseph
F. Talson. All the brides woro white satin Poo
pie who have attended Days Theatre for years were
Interested IN another marriage on wednesday I'm
Chcago that Of Miss Virginia Droher TO G. T. Postle-
place for to marry from. II Miss Kingdoms
mrs George Goud's) experience and Miss Drehers
prove anything On Wednesday, also, In EliSaoeth'
A. j., william Travcrs jerome. q son OF Larr!,'
and one of thu assistant dlstrictauorneys OF ms
city, married Miss L. I. Howe II was quiet
marriage at tho brides homo
Othor May brides will be Miss Emily T. FIRTH, OF
No. Al West Thrty-eighthst, who viii DO married 10
Maurice Montague Of No. 40 West Twenty eighth-st,
on The 10TH Wednesday; Miss Janet King VINO Will
become the wife Of Van Rensselaer, Townsend, the
ceremony being celebrated in the ohantry OF Grace
Church Miss Gcorgine Dresser TO Theodore J. Gels
ler on Wednesday evening tho Church of the Holy
Communion
There were two private entertainments OF Interest
(which were moro or less public too last week one
was the production of Mrs. G. A. Dorenluss play,
Fair Bohemian" which was given In the MSiison
SQUARE Theatre on Thursday afternoon. Everything
passed OF well, but there were more amateurs IN tho
audience than tho stage. Tho other ahslr was
a French reading held al Frederic Couderts house,
No 100 West Fifty -nlnthst About $50 persons wore
present besides the reading thcre was some good
music. This was on Monday. Tho Misses eoudert
will give a musicals Thursday evening, May IT,
Among minor entertainments Of tho week were'
A tea by Mrs. Charles spraguc, IN the Rens6elaer
apartment house: reception, by Mrs. H. H. Butter
worth no IS East Thirty fthst luncheon, oJ MIS-
Samuel Sloan, No. East Thirty eighthst reception
by Mrs Eberhard Faber, No $50 " est Fifty ojnthSt.
dinner by Mrs. Robert Hoe tr., No. IL East Thirty
sixth-st costume dinner, by II. Le Grand Can
non dinner to Mr.. PHELPS tho american Minister 10
England, by Mayor Hewitt; q reception at tbs Law
yer' Club, in the Equitable Building