The sun., 1890-01-26
war Is come on m socrErE

noon VIVA the openInR event OF q very ray
week. This young couple have apparently
more than the ordinary number OF friends tor
in spite Of all the atmospheric conditions tnet
attend influenza the church was crowded to
tho utmost by everybody who is anybody In
New York society. Tho ushers, who, by the
way. were very manly sot OF young fellows
showed unexampled patience and endurance
In seating the vast assemblago according 10
individual desires. Probably their training and
experience In athletic eats iltted thom for tao
difficult task tuey had to perform. as twenty
mile run over a very still country is-in1nitely
less exhaustinR than tho work OF an usher
OF best man at fashionable
wedding. The time will undoubtedly come
whom such functionaries can be hired like
mutes at an English funeral to do what now
arc certainly the most disipterested acts OF
friendship. The class OF male and fomale idlers
In New York who tlrong q church whore
wedding has been announced TO take place,
many OF them not invited or expected, is be-
coming too large to be handled by any but
those having authority from tho military or
the police. Tho bride was half an hour late.
but she was worth waiting for. Queen rose
OF the rosebud garden Of girls she looked as
she walked up the aisle in hor snowy frippery
OF lace and flowers but infinitely too frail and
delicate for human natures daily tasks and
duties, and It could hardly be said that tho
bridegroom looked robust. The young couple
sailed for Europe two days after their mar
riage where they will doubtless find health
and renewed strength as well as amusement
The second Patriarchs' on Monday evening,
or rather Tuesday morning 30 late was it be-
fore the company began to assemble. was NOS
80 brilliant as the first one. although the dow
ayers. with their tiaras. stomachers, and solar
systems OF brilliants, Worth's best creations
OF satin. velvet. and lace, and MoAllisterS
loftiest inspirations in arrangement and deo-
grafton, combined to help out the entertain
ment The bellies were not all there. and MIR.
Carbart's leading OF the german wbs not per-
fectly satisfactory. STILL the young brides Of
the winter. Mrs. Alfred Seton and Mrs.
Reginald Henshaw Ward. were both present
Miss Romano Stone made her first appear
ance this season. Mrs. B. G. Porter and
Miss Flora Davis. both in white and gold.
divided the admiration Of those who lay
their homage at the feet Of fair beauties. Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt was quite unadorned and
very simply Rowned which no doubt WAS .
pleasant change to the wearer from her usual
elaborate parure Of diamonds and other gems.
great many strangers, including afeW dis
tinguished foreigners, were present. The
dancing was kept up until 1t was breakfast
time for working people.
Wednesday was not q very BRILLIANT night at
the OPERA aS Lu0 Jokes were aosoItou Wy LuObA
OF the people going to Mrs. Astor's ball. but
the ball was feast of flowers and fair women.
Tho treasures OF art and the specimens Of
mans skill, knowledge. and industry
displayed faded into insigniAcance be-
fore the orchids, roses, and spring
blossoms with which the mansion was
lavishly adorned. and the lovely living Great
ures collected together in It The cotilOn,
danced In the Art Gallery, had the indescnba-
bly, weird fascination that music and move.
ment give 10 a room Of which the walls a:e COW
cred with the counterfeit presentmeni Of tho
various phases Of human life. all silen, and Inn
movable IN their gded frames. Tie dancers
were almost identically the same with those
who graced the cotillon at Delmonico's two
nights before. Many OF the same gowns were
whirled about and nearly all the same jewels
flashed and sparked. But 1t was private
ball in gentleman's house, and on every side
indications, not only OF wealth and luxury but
OF refined and cultivated taste met the eye.
bringing with them perfection OF detail which
no public or subscription ball can ever attain.
On Thursday came the wedding OF Miss Mar
Raret Hone and Mr.. Archibald Mackay which
differed from other ceremonies Of the same
kind. in being celobrate at the late hour OF g.
p. NJ, in having q plethora Of pretty girls as
bridesmaids who approached the altar In Q
platoon OF three abreast, which suggested thu
idea that on some future occasion they nigh
be unicorn rigged or driven tandem fashid
by way OF q change. and in the youth and fres-
ness of the bridal pair. A dinner at Sherrys.
instead Of the conventional breakfast ande-
ception. was also a novelty In the annals Of
weddings. and the adjournment Of the wolO
bridal party. after the departure Of the ride
and groom. to Mrs. GoodridRe's. dance mdeS .
pleasant finish to the day.
The dinners of the week have been pmors
Gus and sumptuous, those given by Mrs Brad
ley Martin. Mrs Henry Clews and Ms. A. ].
Forbes-Leith being the most remrkable.
Costly and elaborate luncheons are hiding of
until Lent, there being hardly time cough to
do justice to them between IL oclck break
fasts and o'clock teas.
Amateur theatrical performances In aid OF
popular charities are coming to tberont much
earlier than usuallthis year. Tb Columbia
College boys gained new laurels y their per-
formance OF Wilmington and Hi Cat" an old
English burlesque adapted to AHericRn taste
by the introduction of topica song or two
and few sensational gags" fhe young fell
lows were all so well dtsguisedthat their own
mothers did not know them, and Robert L.
Cutting. Jr.. James W. Gerar. Jr., and r. L.
Morrell were especially good. MIR. Wall
might have compared fayoably with Sylvia
Gray or Lefty Lind. Of whonhe had evidently
been a pupil. and young Gerard was inimta-
BILE In his burlesque of anEnGlish swell
Tho coming week prombes to be ~ crowded
with entertainments as tle.last was. Tomorrow
night there will be a Inner at Mrs. Sidney
Ripley Dfllon's and email and early" at Mrs.
Elliott F. Shepards. o. Tuesday come the seq
ond subscription dame at Sherrys. under Mrs.
W. W. Astor's and Ms. August Belmont, Jr.'s.
direction when Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt will
present the fayors, and a carpet dance at Mrs.
Lawrence Wels's Dinners also wl be given
by Mrs. Henry Clews, Mrs. Edward Cooper.
and Mrs. Hebes II. Bishop. On Wednesday
hir. and Miss BGerton Winthrop give dance
and so through the week.
On Tuesday at Chckering Hall. two capital
plays. /" His Better Half" and Nine Points OF
The Law" will be given for the benefit OF st.
A mia Chnrch fnr Mntn lnnial