The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-29
WHAT rs como ON IN souEry
Thanksgiving Day bas dominated tho

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that no man who has tho desire TO be bo,h
truthful and good natured would like to hs
asked. The Thanksgiving Invented and inst
4 tuted by the Pilgrim fathers was once an occ..
! sion for devout religious obsetvances, followed
by patriarchal gatherings under grand.
| fathers" roof tree. where old and young war.
| RECALLED with doughnuts, crauberries. ami pie.
| OF startling architectural structure and won.
dcrful interior attractions, with plentiful lih,.
tons Of sweet cider to give q glow ana
sparkle to the feast The Thanksriv.
| ing OF to-day Is limited TO tho via.
| torious parties In tho football games. WIN
paint the town red with their cries and cali,
their champagne dinners and their cocktail
| suppers. with all tho various exhibitions a,
| exultant revelry for which college boys and
| their sweethearts are distinguished. Anew
| comparatively meek spirited and faint-he,r,.
| cd individuals betake themselves to the hunt.
| ing field and its luxurious hospitalitics ms A
refuge from the pandemonium Of the town,
while pigeon shooting in suburban districts
| fills up the idle hours for those who have ths
| skill and the opportunities to indulge In IT, but
the spirit OF the carly days Is not In any Of it.
This year the intercolez iate football contest
| came as q kind OF addendum to the Horss
| Show. and perhaps some Of the supcri!uou,
| and unappropriated enthusiasm bestowed
| upon the four-footed favorites was carried
| forward to the fierce battle that ragged between
| two OF the foremost colleges Of the country
| and resulted in brilliant victory for one. Ths
| fact that several young fellows belonging to
prominent New York families are students at
| Yale. and that the sons and grandsons o,
Princeton's founders and magnates are also
residents OF this city. raised the excitement up
to fever heat, and the display OF colorci hunt.
ing along the line OF Fifth avenue and Broad.
way. intermingling with the orange Of one the
blue OF the other college. conveyed the ,ca
OF some i'm portant national victory or exciting
political canvass. il rained rs II has not
rained for months. alike on the blue and ON
the orange. on tho conquerors and the con-
qucred. and the saturated condition Of the wo.
men on coach tops. In buggies. dog carts. and
wagons as they drove through the Park on their
return. suggested unlimited grip and rneumo-
mia for them and harvest for the doctors It
was a curious spectacle. ending AZ i; did in
sumptuous hanauets at Mr.. Cornelius Vaia"r-
bits and eX-Secretary Whitney's for such 4
the victorious teams as were friciid6 OF their
undergraduate sons
Among the pretty girls who were seer IN box
es on tho grand stand or on the tons o. iour-n-
hand coaches were Miss Marie winthrop. Miss
Beatrice Bend. Miss Eleanor Cross. Miss Bray
ton IVES and tho younger Miss Wetmo.e. all
detutantes OF the coming season. and n!l ar.
parently quite ready and willing to vii: their
feathers ard draggie their neat taiior-rlade
gowns for the sake OF the colors that they wore.
Human nature is the same in all countries and
in all ages. As curly AS tho epoch 81 the olrm.
plan games, at least. II not earlier. women
showed their admiration OF masculine strength
and agility. and our modern football matches
and athletic contests arc but revival of this
ancient taste. intellectual ability and cutiva-
tion have their charms but the vast majority
OF the female sex demand something mo-
directly appealing to tho eye. This ia not to
their discredit. and 1t is n fact which has TO bs
recognizcfb by the philosophical observer.
Mrs. Sidney Dillon Ripley. than whom nota
peeress OF England has o more distinguished
carriage nor n lofticr pose Of head and shouI.
ders, entertained Mt u hunt breakfast on Thurs.
day all the old Mcadowbrook and Hampstead
set which has been somewhat dispersed
during tho past autumn. Nearly all were
married people, several II whom had achieved
matrimonial distinction since the last Meadow
brook Hunt breakfast Conspicuous among
these were Mrs. Duncan Elliot nnd Mrs.
Thomas Hitchcock. j.. Mr. and Mrs. Laden
burg. Mr.. and Mrs. Lanier. Miss Eloise Steven.
son and AIR. J. J.. Kernochan. Mr. and Mrs
Stanley Mortimer. and very many others
formed Mrs. Ripley's Thanksgiving Day party
and partook OF tho good cheer provided for
them. which. II not absolutely Puritanical in
its quality. WAS infinitely more cnlivenins than
anything our forefathers ever dreamed OF.
Pigeon shooting ut Tuxedo had It's votalics
too on the great Puritan Christmas Eleven
men took part in the matches. and Mr.. Loril-
lard's son-in-law. Mr. William Kent. came Of
victorious. The club house was full. but not
with so gay a crowd as Is generally seen there
on national holidays.
Apart from tn" merry-mnkins. which seems
to he n lending fentura in th,, irving n! fin1ks
tho wecl: has been about rs dull ms it could
very well be. Not even wedding or surprise
engagement to silence the croukers over the
threatened water famine. which happily turn
ed out to be no famine ut all. or to raise the
spirits Of those who looked longingly back to
the Horse Show and its attendant G,"ries
Crowds OF enthusiastic ilrst-nighters iiocked
to Days Theatre to welcome Miss Ada !srhan
and her associates. who scom TO have
bridged over tho Atlantic. and forged a new
bond OF interest and affection between Eng
land and America. In the audience wer" Mr.
and Mrs. Butler Duncan. Mrs. Brockholst Cut
ting. and Mr.. F. b. Cutting. her son, who looks
rs IL he had quite recovered from his lorE and
severe illness: Mr.. Stephen IT, Olr. w,io was
only tho other day n freluen: visitor NJ Mr.
Days London Theatre. and host Of young
fellows of the ieuncsse dpr6c. who gave Mss
Kehan n most stirring welcome.
But AFTER all said ana done. spc!ct" hes been
stupid and prosy OF late to the last lcGrcr.
Probably. however. this Is only thu powerful
lu!l before the storm. or the traiit!ona! dark
est hour before the coming OF tho day, or
next week the trumpets will sound at r"rra-
lions and O'Clock teas to herald the vHcG,n:
OF probably the gayest season that has yet
been known in the city.
Thursday Is always favorito DAY for rccep-
tons and at homes. and next Thursday there
will be no less than six, on Friday four. and on
eight. These will introduce colre-
spending number OF daughters, sisters. and
friends. all 81 whom and u great many mora
will cOngregate mt Dplmpnico's on the follow
ing Tuesday for the Patrarchs' ball. Mr.. and
Mis. Bradley Martin will probably 10 here ty
that time. and those who have but little else TO
talk or think about arc already speculatinG as
to Mrs. Martins laces. jewels. and brocade'.
They wonder under what new form her