New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-23
THE WEEK IN SOCIETY.
COMING OUT TEAS FOR DEBUTANTES AND
WEDDINGS To COME.

What the Horse SHOW did for society was mt inJ
realized unit! the last week. which has seemed onn
indeed when compared with the brskness attending
the equine display, consequently society has fallen
Into stlcss state, which fortunately Is soon ~ DC
broken lor long term Of uninterrupted gaycty. The
debntente element Is looking forward with much
eagerness 70 this condition OF affairs Which will not be
IN actual existence until Thanksgiving Day IS over
The incidents of the week have been moderate enough
Advantage has been taken OF this quiet 10 arrange
pleasant meetings for the future, and while 1t had
seemed until three days ago that there would be
luck Of balls II has only Just been decided to give
some that will compare with those Of last season. NO
doubt the brilliant ard fashionable succcss OF the
Horse Show decided the women who are to be the
patronesses OF the coming dances to have them III
the gorgeous new ballroom Of the Madison square
Garden. which is to be completed. all reports
to the contrary notwithstanding. before January l.
Not only will the assemblies be held there, but other
dances as WELL TO be arranged by those who are regular
subscribers to the annual subscription dances before
named The first Assembly ball has been set for Jan
uary 8, and as there will be only other instead OF
the three Of years past, these will be more brilliant
than ever. Lent coming In February IL, the season
must be short one, and there reason for its not
being brilliant The other ball has for its prime mover
Mrs. Adolf Ladenburg, and she will have the able assist
ance OF Mrs. William Asor Mrs. Whitney, Mrs. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt. Mrs. 5. " r. Cruser and Others.
The dinner dances, which have been distinctive
feature of the last four years, and which led really TO
the organization OF the subscription dances at Serry's.
will for this winter fall into other bands, as Mrs Bron-
and Egerton l.. winthrop the orignators. arc In
mourning the recent death Of relatives Mrs.
William Waldorf Astor and the various branches
Of the 1selin family who have taken lead
in such affairs likewise In mourning, while Mr..
and Mrs. Ogden GOelet likely to remain abroad
for indefinite period, owing TO the extremely pre-
carous condition Of Mr. Goelets health Mr.. and
NrS Wall Asfo will he a winter,
and according to reports In English papers Mr.. Astor
is to take ansdowne House In Berkeley Square, Lon
don, the magnificent place which Lord Rosebery has
had for some years. and there he will resume his
literary labors and will in the future publish
new novel;
The first subscription ball will be the Patriarchs,
on December at Delmonicos, and the debutantes are
pluming themselves for this incident The ball will
have the added interest Of Delmonicos new rooms,
which for the evenings of the dances will be hung with
the beautiful stuifs which do not appear at the public
dinners In the same place. The new ballroom In the
Madison Square Garden building Is finished IN the
Louis XVIII style, and though the walls will not be
cOlored this year, they will eventually be
finished in tones OF ivory gold and pink
The designers the same who did the
rooms at DelmonlcO's. There Is in the new room
gallery which runs almost entirely around, and the
supperroom, instead of being below, Is on level with
the gallery. The musicians will take their place on
concert purposes. The supperroom will seat more
than 400 people, and the dancing floor more spa
cious than any of the smaller dancing rooms In New
York like Sherry's or Demonico's, there will be nc
crowding.
In view Of the approaching balls, coming-out teas
will be In vogue but these will not be so numerous as
for the last two years Each day brings fresh CARDS
of invitation. Some Of these teas will be as follows
November 25, Mrs Magrane Coke for her sisters the
Nou ,tar II
Mrs. Charles Harriman's tea for the same date Is
indefinitely postponed December l. Mrs. How
ard GARRISON, and on the same date MISS
White Of No. ~ West Twenty frst-st., Tor
Miss Stuyvesant December .. Mrs. ]. c. Westervelt
for Miss Florence westervelt: December 3, Mrs.
Lawrence Wells for Miss Lucy Wells. and the same
day Mrs. Elbrdge T. Gerry for her second daughter; )
December A. Mrs John B. Ireland for her daughters
and the same day, Mrs F. Rhinelander Jones for her
daughter Miss Beatrix Jones' and Mrs Walter Cuttlng
for Miss Juliana Cutting. in the house. NO. west
Slxteenhst which Colonel Cutting has taken for the
winter: December 6. Mrs. Francis Delafeld for Miss
Bessie Delaied; the same day, Sir Roderick cameron
for his daughter; December 8, Mrs. T. Ludlow oeden
for her daughter Miss Alice Ogden, and December H.
E. S. Jaffray, at his spacious house in fthave Tor
his granddaughter, Miss May Jaffray daughter Of
William Jafray and Miss Hurst second daughter OF
+. W. J. Hurst. Of the National Steamship Line.
Besides these teas there receptions and special
Eugene Kelly IT, will give afternoon reception on
the Tuesday coming, and Mrs. Richard Mortimer will
give one December !. Mrs kely's reception VIII
be followed by an Informal dance, and Mrs. Mortimer
will give cotlllOn about the middle OF December
Mr.. and Mrs. Kelly are soon to have as their
guests two agreeable Englishmen Victor BOwring
a grandson OF the famous architect Cubtt, who con
smcted the houses In Ielgrave Square, and :" jack
Fraser OF the Blues" who has recently passed his
military examinations with great honors. Mr
Bowrng Is one Of the taest men In England, and when
| making an appointment at any OF the fashionable
brushes in England, like the Ascot Meeting or the
Garden Party at Marlborough House. 1t is customary
To say "We'n meet by BOwrDg In half an hour ms
height making him conspicuous In any crowd
The coming week promises numerous weddings, aid
ON Tuesday alone there will be half dozen OF interest
The largest will be that Of Miss Aimee Coudert third
daughter OF Charles Coudert, the lawyer, to j.
Mackenzie Semple, Assistant United States District
Attorney The ceremony will take place at the
Church OF st. Francis Xavier, in West sixeenth-st
and wedding breakfast will DO served by Pinad at
the new home of the brides parents in West Forty
ninth-st. On the day Miss LoweTe will b.
married to E. L. Harding in the Church OF the Heavenly
Rest which church in the afternoon will be the scene
of the marriage of Bayard Bowie to Miss NJ A. Pot
ter, while at staten Island Miss Eoise Tcair Will be
married TO Charles Freeman. On the following day
Miss Marie Mance will be married 10 Newbod lie Roy
Edgar at her fathers house, In West Fortieth-
st. A distant wedding OH saturday, that Of Miss
Helen Beckwith to the Hon. Francis Dudley Leigh
of Lord Leigh of Stonelegh Abbey, Warwickshire
England, will at 81. Georges Church. Hanover
Square, London, when Canon Leigh, uncle Of the
bridegroom, VIII oilcatc Ii had been the intention
to celebrate the wedding In st. Mary's, Bryanston
| Square but as Miss BccIwth had been living in
other parish it was found necessary 10 have the
mony in the church named
For the FIRST week In December there will be
weddings of Importance in town. but in Philadelphia
| on December Edward Fac, Coward Of this city, will
lead the altar Miss Mabel Ridgway of the bellies
Of the Quaker City. several Of NJ. Cowards friends
will 20 on from New York 10 attend the ceremony and
TO act In the capacity OF best man uslers The wed
| ding viii take place IN st. Peters Church. Cards
already out for the wedding OF Miss Charlotte
di Zereea Sir Frederick Frankland Of Thifleby, at
! tie Church Of the incarnation, Madson-ave and
! Thirty-n.th-st., Wednesday afternoon, Deem
Der TO- at = O'Clock. a reception will follow al the
home OF the brides parents, In West Forty eightst