New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-02
THE WEEK IN SOCIETY.
THE LENTEN THEATRE CLUB TAKES THE
PLACE OF SEWING CLASSES.>

Jent has brought Win IL IniIu ihuuietHVcS. '"'"
huc dancing is thing Of the past, theatre parties
S,os and lnncheons are quite permissible
xumorous parties left town for Washnston's Birth
sav 10 remain Sunday. Pelham ard luNcoo
park being the favored resorts Dr. and Mrs W. seward
Wc.b took family party to their country home q,
shelburne W.T. for few days OF tohoeeanlhs ana
,c.boatinc but returned to town the middle OF last
wool, and they will sail Wednesday of this week
on the same steamer with Mr.. ard Mrs lradiey
Martin to return after three months The Ma'''is
will remain short time in England. and VIII thcn :"
10 the Continent. returning TO London for the c"s
On Monday afternoon Mrs Frederick vanderbilt h"o
some delightful music Her guests. about $50 IL huhpe'
we're entertained by the singing OF Miss 'i"s".c'
Elliott who has been heard from time to time ms
winter. There was also harp and either music WIN
chamber music by the Boston Violin Quartet !t"'ohe
Mrs vandcrblt's guests were Mrs. fradlcy ''"'''"'
Mrs George De Forest. Mrs. Van Rensselaer, 'ruee''
Miss Vail, Mrs. Nicholas Fish, Mrs. Prescott Law
renee Miss Wetmorc. Miss Hargous. Miss leld MIS-
KIDD Miss Leary, Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt, MISS Iu'N"re
and Miss dc Barril.
The Theatre Club, a recent organization. seems TO
have taken the place Of Lenten sewing classes "hoh
have hitherto been looked upon with favor Inc cup
meeting on Tuesday nights matronized BY Mrs W. d.
Morgan and Mrs Charles Perkins, forms
Jolly party, its members including those
Identified with the young dancing set
among them being Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ Waterbury,
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Sloane Miss Bend, Miss Morgan, Miss BALDWIN, Miss
Wetmore. Miss Grace Wilson, the Misses Duer, Miss
Kernochan Miss Maud Janray. IL. LeGrand Cannon.
= Over Cd Charles a. Mann and foXhal Keenc.
The party went to see tie Kcndals and 10 supper
az Mrs Morsan's last Tuesday on Tuesday night
Of this week Days Theatre viii be visited and Mrs
Charles Perkins will entertain the party at supper
The Knicherbocker Bowling Club las much the
same membership last year. The first meeting
for this season he'd at the Tennis Building, i'll
West Forty -fr,t-st., Wednesday afternoon, when
special prize for matrons gwen Mrs. J. Mullen
Berg Bailey and Mrs. Austin Corbin coming out
rctorous. and beng awarded handsome clusters
n flowers. While small prizes are given
At each meeting, the more elaborate
ones are kept until the end of the
season and then given those having the hshest
average The Monday Evening Badminton Club met
at Nilsson Hall for the first tn.e prizes Of silver
being given to all winning tircc games. The patron
esscs Of this club NM. y. Pendleton Rogers.
Mrs. Robert Rutherford. Mrs. Frederick GoodridSe,
Mrs. Ii. \. v Post, Mrs. James satt'rthwaite, Mrs
Herman Clarke. and Mrs. EDWARD King.
The death of John Jacob Aston, coming as it did
after Lent had set in, did perccpbly affect social
entertainments Mrs. William Astor's dinner parties
were at an end as well the dances III which Mrs.
william Waldorf Astor was interested. The sailing
OF Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Asior and their family, which
was TO be on the TeutOnic Wednesday, has been
postponed
The most interesting feature of the week has been
the frequent announcement OF engagements which
with few exceptions have been Acknowledged.
futter of excitement caused by the ruIuor that
Miss Mabel Wight was engascd to Fernando lzn"S'
and be married To him. rms announce
mont was premature and wa maze "l,Moat w
sanction Of either party both intending TO walt uni
yesterday personally inform their friends, but some
one TO whom the secret had been lnilnsied let IL
out at the opera Wednesday night and II was
soon buzzed about from box TO box ana AGAINST
their will or inclination, Miss Wright ana Mr.
Yznaca did not have the pleasure Of being the first
A.. inf
that their wedding VIII take place on Iuc,l"f. !.
viii be extremely quiet owing to the illness Of
Miss Wrght's mother. Mr. lznaga will sail With his
bride the day following. , -,
Miss Nav Randolph. daughter Of Edmund Randolph 10
Frank Eccrton Webb. Of General James Watson
WebL Miss Randolph has been in society for two
tears and is considered one of the handSomcs young
women in Sew-YoIk. Her mother wa, Mis-
Loop. Of Philadelphia Stll a9otsr ens "a Tnnt
fomcry Hare, F. Kinrsbury Curtis -. .., .,
tenton from people in society. Last sunday night
Miss MAY Calender gave them a dinner. Hiirr wien
DunlaD Uopkins had a tea Tor them. and on Thurs
day Mrs. 4. VI. Palmer gave a breakfast i"'.s
are eSpeced Mr., Archibald Pcll Nir aud MIS-. Moses
TAYLOR Campbell, smith Clift. Mi enens Ny, Ch,r
richards Mrs Edward Cooper viii have large
Sinner for Mr. and Mrs. Kendall tonight, ana on FIJI
day next|Nr Nicholas Fish VIII give them Il re
The Farmers dinner at sherry's on Thur.day night
Percy r. Pync Theodore \. Hasemcyer, ii. H. Gr'nd
Cannon 4. 4. Taylor, Frederic i'l'il1p,l' i''
Ianier, Adrian Isclin Howard Janray iF1i'i' Il
rivcs and Chauncey Il. Dcpc". I'e lhhe va NC
Grated with miniature flaming implements ana 40
nestle animals. ,.,,,
On Friday night Mr.. Henry Draper beautiful
drawing rooms were filed with gathering 81 no
best OF al circles fashionable. literary and sc'cihc
who met to hear Professor +. c. Pickering eve an
account OF the DR.. Draper memorial WORK "i.'n =
being carried on in Peru under the auspices o nav.
vaId University. Before his death DR.. Draper Iiah
Gone much for the students Of a-trouonN IN lhyto
graphing the heavens, and were " not t,r the KIND
mes Of Mrs Draper the work her husband bc-ul
could not be carried on, or at least woNH nave Dro
extremely diicu!t Professor pciernS ' n'T
Interesting photographs Of Tie astronomical
station in Peru. whore an eNpcNuoh
has been sent by Mrs Draper for the purpose OIL pnotp
graphing t.e southern heavens. The station i az
lie same altitude as the top Of MONT Blame. and
has been chrs'eucd by the PeIuvians N0,:c Harvard
The photographs Of the evening were Inc, anu as
thrown on the gave the stars III all thcir
brightness on a dark background -
Mrs j. T. Gilbcr; has sent ont cards for an agreeable
entertainment On Tuesday night. 10 be gwen at her
Iou.e I'm East eivtecnth-St The anrsinc arrange
mont ~ Alcc in Wonderland" and Sir Charlc Yorns
sane peop'e as appeared At the house of Mr. and
Mrs. iiewt few weeks ago ,, -
Mrs : Van Rensselaer, Cruccr gave dinner on
Thursday right Her guests were Mr.. and MR., J.
pnrdcn Hartman. MIR. and Mrs. Wllmcrdng. Mss
Mabel W~tt Miss Hewitt Miss Anita Lawrence;
Center Hitchcock Edward Everett. OF Boston. ana
others TIE table covered with CON OF e.u
and decorated with clusters OF naicssus ana amaryis
Whether you arc looking for board and rooms WORK
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