New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-24
THE WEEK IN SOCIETY.
FATHER A DEARTH OF PRIVATE ENTER.
TAINMENTSl

..r no nrivats entertainments few dinner
nartes The Charity Ball for the Nursery and Chnds
Hosp,tal is to take place in the Metropolitan Opera
House on the night of January = 1890. and Mrs
Thomas Hitchcock has the boxes 10 sell at her house,
No East Twenty -nnth-st.. where she may be seen
ssrh morning from IL until l O'Clock. Tho list OF
oatronesses for this ball includes all the women of
prominence in NewYork society. and judged from the
success of the ball last year. and the apparent lack OF
prvate balls for the coming winter there Is sure 10 DC
great demand for boxes and tickets 10 the Chsrl'y
The only wedding of the week In town TO bring inc
leaders of society together was that OF Miss Amy
Rowan Scott and Efingham Lawrence Johnson ana
Grace Church on wednesday afternoon was filled with
fashionable people, among whom the older iamiies oil
N.u.York predominated. The ceremony was simple
a. the members OF the BRIDES family arc IN mourning
Much admiration expressed for the old lace whlch
-. hrde wore and the beautiful diamond sun
hurs,s gift from the bridegroom, which was but
an. Of many rare gifts from large
,.,s Of relatives There also a New Orleans
,,rrent at the wedding in that city the Bradish
,xsons have passed the winter for many years Mr..
- Mrs Bingham Johnson Will shortly go 10
louisiana to the Johnson plantation for the winter.
The bride Of "Wednesday will be the second Amy
Johnson in the family. the Christian name being
horne By Mrs. Bradish Johnson jr
Thanksgiving week will be unusually gay, with
weddings, the opening of the opera season and the
family gatherings of Thursday. On that day Mrs
Elliott Roosevelt will give a luncheon for the meadow
Brook Club at HEM stead after the hunt FREDERICK
Watson will entertain the Country Club hunters In
similar way and there will also be breakfast at
Cedarhurst There will be pigeon shoot at inc
Country Club, also at Tuxedo Park
The weddings Of the week Will be gay ones Io-mor
row afternoon Miss Laura Hartman, who is more fam
Iarly known Miss Lily Hartman, VIII be married 10
William Il. Travers. Of the famous W.T. al heI
fathers house In West Fifty seventies This weclhs
will be comparatively small only three hundred guests
being expected. At 80 o'clock Miss Kate Wynkoop'
daughter Of DR.. Gerarlus Wynkoop, Will be marrleo
in Grace Church to Harold Stanley Forwood' eldest
son of SIR william Forwood, Bart, Of England.
large reception will follow al Dr. Vynkoop's house,
No West SiXteenth-st.
The chief social occurrence of Tuesday will be the
marriage of Miss Edyth NewcOmb only daughter OF
II. Victor Newcomb, to Reginald HenSha" Naru'
formerly Of Boston. This will be house weddlng'
10 which the most intimate friends have been asked
others having been asked for the reception Twenty
Of Miss Newcomb's girl friends will form an aisle
through which the bride Will pass. They VIII an
be dressed in white. among the number BENG MIS-
Flora Davis, Miss Daisy PiersOn. Miss Alice "aIu"
the bridegroom's sister Miss Annie Depew fauluih-'
who is engaged 10 his brother A. Henshaw Ward. IT,
Miss Helen Dinsmore Miss Emily Lcnthon MISS
Nathalie Post Miss Mathilde Reynal aud number
rom Louisville Ky Mr. Ward comes from an old Boston
family noted in The history Of this country MS great
great grandfather having been General Artemus Ward
Of the Continental Army. Mr.. Wards success IN the
world Of finance has been considered 'reiharhip'o'
His bride 10 be is relative Mrs Ncwcomb being q
cousin on the Ward side NJ. Ward VIII give "S
farewell bachelor dinner at Delmonco's to-morio"
night.
on Wednesday afternoon at the Du'ch keIoiincu
Church. Fifth-ave and Forty-eighth-st Mss Anna
Worth daughter of Mrs. Austin Abbott VIII be marle'
10 Benson sloan son of samuel Sloan. Inc prlue'-
maids will be Miss Ida worth Miss Molie sIoal'
Miss Nina Onativia, Miss May Perkins. Miss huIOh
Lawrence and Mss Laura Conkling. Mr.. sloan gave
his farewell bachelor dinner at PnaIds lasi Sh''
On Wednesday evening the German opera season VIII
begin ard the fist brilliant evening sd'"cI'"e Va '0
fall Will be seen
"Yellowr dinners and teas have been in favor
during the last week on Thursday night Nj. anu
Mrs. J. T. Parish gave dinner for me friice anu
Princess Brancaccio. the latter formerly MIS- "
Field of this city. The table was something 10 Sc
and remember. covered with cO'H OF
yellow satin and rare Brussels lace. and in the SILVER
bowls at the centre and corners were yellow chrS9,
anthemums and roses. The guests were MI "u
Mrs James Kernochan. Colonel and MIS- de ia"'c!
Kane Miss Field. cousin Of the Pr0cess' Mt. ah'
Mrs 7 Townsend Burden Colonel and Mrs : v X
(rucer and Peter Marie. Mr. Marie enter'aheu 'ho
Prince and Princess at dinner last night "A !eno"
tea was given by Mrs. Lawrence Miller at her "oih'
In West Ffty-hfh-st on Thursday afternoon ior Mi'S
Nina Iauey Smith, of Boston MISS NcHlo lo"''
ami Mrs Charles Cooper poured tea al taDe 'o'o'o"
with pale silk cloth embroidered with SPHINX hod"
The chua was al yellow. Among those present "eI0
Mrs A. ;. Hewitt the Misses Cooper Miss ChshoIh
Miss Doemus. Miss Hillhouse. Mrs. Gouyeneur Mor
ris Oakley Rhneander, Herbert seymour Banyer
GARRISON. c. stuart smith and Newbold Edgar
"pinkn dinner was given by Mrs George ; scott
on Thursday night for some debltanies OIL ihe com
ing season. The table was decorated WIN P"N
sovers The guests included Miss Mathilde Keyna'
Mss buchanan Houston, Miss Brce-Price. Miss kIa
Raker Miss Robinson, Mss Helen PHELPS s'ohes'
paul Gilbert Thebald, W. Z. Bond Emerson, Niliain
Turnbun jr Andrew Bibby Edward Moler, K. ii.
Hoadley jr. Edward MOller and George Lorllar
Ronalds
invitations TO ahomes, teas and small
dances. Among those soon 10 take place
are MIS- j. Pierpont Morgans eary dance
tomorrow night Mrs. ID. J. Stewards cOuLioh on
Friday night; Mis-. F. H. Bctts's tea on Saturday for
her daughter and Mrs. 6. >. Appe,on's tea on the
same day for her granddaughter. Miss Carrie Fraser.
With small dance in the evening. The entertain
nents further ahead dance b. Mrs Philip j.
sands on December .: tea by Mrs. Elbridge I.
Jery December g. for her daughters; the wedding of
Mis- Bowdoln in Grace Church, December A the
wedding of Miss Barley and Alfred Seton. lr. IN st.
Barholomew's Church December .; Mrs. j. Perponi
Morgans second early dance. December 8; MIS-
Bsysrd Clarke's tea for the Misses CLARKE December
Z; MS {. l.. Perkins, afternoon reception, Decem-
Der o; Mrs W c. schermerhOln's afternoon athOme,
with music December 10; Mrs Charles Lanlers al
home, for Miss Lizzie Laner. December l. MIS-. j.
FREDERICK Persons tea % introduce her daughter,
Miss Daisy Person December -. and Ms Frederick
Goodrdge's large reception introduce her youngest
daughter Miss Caroline GrosvenOr GO0dridge Decem-
Der Is.
Among the passengers by the French steamship La
GascOgne yesterday, were the Count and Countess
dATamOn, VINO have come here for a short visit to
Eugene Kelly, whose first wife a sister of the
Countess. IL was through he d'Aramons that the
engagement OF Miss Caldwell TO Prince N1rat wa ar
ranged ON the same steamer was Charles r. Tuck
erman, formerly United States Minister Greece. Mr.
Tuckerman lives In Florence, Italy Mrs william
Jafray. of the beautiful smythe sisters of whom
the other two are Mrs. Edward j. Woosev i, and
Mrs Gordon sailed yesterday by the Um,rta Mrs
JaTray is making her home IN England MIR and