The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-18
WHAT rs GOING OWN soC1ErE

Coaching ana racing ~ tho VAiiy "hluOG
| ments now left for the mority OF New YORK
society people Down in attic corner OF Long
Island. bounded by Moadfbrook, Hempstead.
and Cedarhurst, q cote+ OF young couples
keep up never ending recession OF dinners,
drives, races. hunts d, occasional dances,
which make tho days fand tho nights ring
with their tnerriment a revelry but this 10
not socioty-it is only le smart set, an I'M
portant but still u vob small segment OF II,
Tho shutters are ndtet UP nor the blinds
drawn In the wlndowsn Fifth avenue, nor VIII
they be until after 10 races on Memoflsi
Day, and tho annuRrarade OF tho Coaching
Club on tho last Sarday OF May. After that
| the scene changes,ut not the play nor tho
actors, for at Newpt Bar llarbor, Lenox, or
| Tuxedo the old sto repeats itself. and Vanity
Fair is much the enc by the sad sea waves or
in the shadow Of q everlasting hills as 1t ID IN
tho roar and buspof town life.
At present faspnable as well as popular
interest centresn handicaps and stakes.
cracks" and ouiders, and. Judging from the
attendance on 10 first day Of tho Brooklyn
meeting tho rang season Is likely to be an
exciting one. he nssemblago in the club
house and boxeon Handicap day was almost
Jerome Par crowd, and included Mr. and
NIrs. Prescott lawrence. Mr.. AMI Mrs Q. Il.
Marshall, MrGnd Mrs. W. II. Travors. Miss
Bird. and lfae party from Hampstead. the
guests of Mr.. .ukust Belmont, Jr. If tho morn-
ing had beephntr. tho attendance might lave
been oven laget and the feminine display OF
racing gearnop striking: but whom tho treat
race was list ind won very possibly smbro
apparel ws NOT out of harmony with the hdies'
Spirits AM tetnpers, as they flung awty the
tickets thy had bought on the 'favoriteL"
Following the Gravescnd meeting vii CONS
the opening of the Morris Park cours,-than
which there b no other in the world hat 10
larger, moro cemmodious, and Offering better
attractions. In tho rare and perfect days OF
June Sleepshtad Bay will keep up thu excite-
ment, and the great Suburban, the crGk event
of the 'acing season, will draw out te cream
Of tho equine as well as OF tho sochl world.
Monmouth Park and Saratoga follor but the
socinl interest," connected with these meetings
is purify local as tho distance is toogreat and
the July and August sun too hot Or any but
professional Turtles to attend thon
Nett to the Brooklyn Handicap. he biggest
crowd Of the week assembled by Invitation Of
Mr. and Mrs. Hewitt at the Madison Square
Theatre on Wednesday aftern oonto hear TIP
Ladies' Orchestra which has praised 20 sogo
purpose during the last twelvemonths, std
showed Immense improvement pom previous
performances. Tho scene ws pptty
one as the curtain rose upon thu thirty yang
musicians, In costumes of whit and blue ana
the musical programme. underthe leadfship
OF Herr Schmelz, was we carried QUIZ
and went smoothly from beginning to
end. The violin solo by MSS Won Moltke
from Die MeistorsinRer" was. loWeVers
the gem Of the concert. A caltal littlscomedy.
admirably acted by Mrs. Copper Hetitt Miss
Gilbert. Mrs. Followes Moran. AND MIR. Nor
rell. ended the performancomost Ftlslactort-
ly. and the audience disposed Jut In time to
witness from the steps o the tleatre very
discreditable abuse Of avhoritypY one OF the
guardians of the peace. u couse the tumult
and excitement were gret. anF as the atmos"
phere was hot and suly. mny Iadles wero
quito overcome by tho eentst the afternoon.
The engagement OF Mss Jpia Schreiner and
Mr.. Frederick d. Thomson will secure very
charming young lady ornament resident
Of New York. and proabE open new house
next winter where Isaspt parties and re-
unions will take plac Mss Schreiners homo
has been in Paris fornany y,ars, and her mar
riage will be celebra,d Their in the autumn.
The marriage OF fis5 Ounce and Mr.. Jules
Montant will take IAce neE week very quietly
and no general invations ave been Issued.
The first countryGeddiH OF tho season will
be that OF Mr. Arthur Turure and Miss Harri-
son. The cergn,ny wifbe in the Episcopal
church at NoWRochelle. tuesday next. with
q small reception afterytrd.
Among theattractiop provided for the en-
tertainmentot tho Guets OF the Tuxedo Park
Club on DECORATION DS Will be the dancing Of
the famous Carmcncta, whose performances
at several ttists' stuiios and ut private houses
have latelybeen so huch talked about.
A circulr has bon sent out inviting sub
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scriptiona for sCieS OF Six afternoon per-
formancs OF light French opera next winter.
to be Gvtn at sous theatre not pamed.
The cochinG parade last year was SO poor an
exhibition that ills devoutly TO DO hoped thht
some EFFORT will be made tals spring to In
crease he num'er OF COACHES and toyinsnre
their Icing KEEP in line and suticionty near
together to convey tho ldel OF procession.
The qow is G.Ways ropu!iT' ana the CROWDS OF
peono that throng the iootpaths Ia Central
Part to Look ut 1t deserve something better
THAI six 6 seven straGginE Nehlc!es III some
cases BABY horsed ana DAILY driven such as
the clubexhibtted last May limo was IN the
earlier days OF tho 'arhdes' "heh si&teon
'oacEei have ioIloWeu 'a'n otH"r up INC fAtu
lvenn, each ono Iadh WIN !OVe.Y women III