The morning call., 1892-12-18
IN A GREAT CITY.
The Society Center of the
United States.
sonE NEW YORK RECEPTIONS.
ROsebuds Coming to the Front Under
the Electric Light-A Rare
Orchid.
Correspondence OF THE MORNING CALL

The chief social event in the career OF q
debutante in New York is her first appear
ance at a grand bali. This past week the
rosebud girls have been blooming In rapid
succession into drawiDg-Toom bellies, SO that
they might appear at the first Patriarehs'
ball of the season. The Patriarchs cele-
brated. also, their twentieth anniversary on
Monday night. 1t is from these exclusive
society gatherings that Ward McAllister
makes his calculation that the representa-
tives of New York's swelldom consist of
but 400 In the twenty years that the
Patriarchs' balls have served for a social
distraction for pleasure-lovers there have
not been more than 400 and sometimes less
than that number at tho balls.
Among the most Neutrality-suspicious. OF the
week was that given by Mr. and Mrs. Will
liam Z. Whitney to introduce their eldest
daughter. Miss Pauline Whitney, who has
been abroad three years travelling and study
ing. The Whitney mansion at 2 West Fif-
ty-seventh street is one of the finest homes
In New York. The spacious doors, framed
in polished wood. are cuTtained with Irish
point lace. The doors open into vestibule
furnished with ancient seat chests OF carved
oak and carved table. The walls OF this
anteToom are hung with handsome tapes
tries. From this vestibule the guest enters
an imposing hall.
He faces tue stairway, which Ia close to
broken By landings and galleries. From
the center Of the high dome is suspended a
handsome chandelier OF wrought iron, fur
nished with brass. The tapestries are so
immense that one gets the impression that
they, too, like the chandelier, come fron the
dome. They are great in size, but not
quite 80 deep in length as that. They
cover the walls from the first gallery Of the
stairway to the floor below. They are of
rich soft colors and exquisite work.
In mi is ria In droF nd w,
hangings of deep cardinal velvet wrought
with gold. The drawing room is in red.
The ballroom is in white and gold. The
tapestries on the walls are OF aesthetic
tints of blue. The furniture and curtains
once adorned an old French chateau.
Mrs. Whitney, who is a charming woman.
with that shade of gray hair that is more
blonde than gray, LOOKED especially attrac-
tive on the night of her daughters social
debut She wore an empire gown OF yellow
Six yelled with the sheerest Of black lace.
Her daughter looked like an ideal debutante
In an empire dress Of white silk. adorned
with white flowers. She lie tall, well-formed,
and has brown hair, blue-gray eyes, and
carries herself with dignity and grace She
wears her hair back from her forehead.
style which is particularly becoming 10 her
oval face. Her manners are gracious and
unaffected. Among the Californians who
attended the reception were Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Il. Alexander, who live quite near
the Whitneys.
Miss Easton, who came East for her
health, has improved very much and has
quite recovered from the attack Of nervous
prostration with which she was threatened
early in the year. She has had a round of
quiet en1oyments at Boston, Governors
Island, the navy-yard at Brooklyn and at
New Rochelle.
She has been visiting the Summerhays at
Pelham Manor, and will leave Thursday
for San Francisco to spend Christmas with
her mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Sutro departed
this week for brief trip to California.
At the Coleman House one may meet also
MIR. "T0m" Luther and wife. Everybody
remembers Tom Luther, tile capital old
Comstock miner, who always manages to
have "rich lead" somewhere. His mine
In Montana is panning out well, and he
and his wife are going to spend the winter
here and enjoy all the good things of
this life.
Mr., Arthur Bull. one of the successful
real estate men Of California. nephew Of