The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-28
WHAT rs GOING ON IN socBrx

WHAT rs come ON Nv SOCzEIE
The dog show has dominated all other inter.
csts during the week. and people who went OF
to the country on Washineton's Birthday hur.
ricd back on Tuesday morning to inspect the
familiar short noses. long noses. pug noses.
and no noses at all OF the canine creation. and
to have their ears split with the howIs. yelps.
barks. and growls OF the "demnition bow.
vows" Not that the show began to have the
interest OF tho horse show. which opened the
gay season three months ngo. 1t was morn
ing lounge. with too little Of novelty about II to
carry very much enthusiasm. except to owners
and dog fanciers and 1t was accompanied by
nothing more exciting than lunch at Del.
monico's No smart gowns werc exhibited al
II. aud society mon generally preferred the
companionship OF their own sex In the ring to
all the attractions that tho boxes held out.
Only the women who had secured arena boxes
had tho smallest chance OF even a word with
their best favorites. and they ultimately
strolled away in parties OF three and four.
without lingering or looking backward some-
what disguised with the last show OF the sea-
son. The judges. as usual. had pretty hard
time. for not a single individual woman was
satisfied with tho award given to her pet and
the unfortunate arbitrators had considerably
moro than they deserved OF angry looks and
roproachful words
1t is rather curious that the four-footed
tribes should have opened and closed the
fashionable season in the metropolis. Ger
tainly. what We have hitherto known IS the
brute creation has como largely to tho front
Of late years. and by the time that the learned
gentleman who addressed the Nineteenth
Century Club not long ago shall have ended
his experience in p cocoanut tree studying the
L.. ~ IA
testing their conversational powers. shall have
had them duly gowned by Worth and dressed
By Poole. the apes and balloons Of to-day may
become prominent in the social. financial.
literary. and scientific world OF the future. and.
in their turn. bring forward promising squines
and CANNES to intercourse with themselves
and with humanity. 1t may chance. too. that
the brutes may sometimes mako mon and
women blush for their own shortcomings and
delinQuencies.
The natal day Of the immortal Washington
did not make much OF a show among the years
holidays. The Westchester Club was the
pleasantest place. Mr. and Mrs Marion Story.
the Prescott Lawrences. Mr.. and Mrs. James
Waterbury. tho Duncan Elliotts. Camerons.
Potters. Minturns and other habitues OF
the neighborhood lunched. walked. chatted.
took a turn at tho traps. and amused them.
selves as best they could in wintry weather.
when trees arc bare and tennis lawns are
brown. without skating sleighing. or tobog.
gaming. In town 1t was like Sunday-only .
little more so. There was nothing to 60 out
for. and nothing to stay at homo for. and the
women dragging small children to the matt.
nees and men lounginG in club windows felt
like rowling the father OF his country for hav-
ing been born ut all.
The charming entertainment given BY Mr..
nO5op Mills
the spirit OF their dream however,. and made
every one in love with dancing. flirting. and
supping again. Mr. James Otis. who has Ger.
tainly earned an immunity from any fresh
attacks OF his old enemy. the govt. by the ner-
Gloss way in which he has condemned himself
to perpetual motion during tho winter months.
again led tho cotillon in the Louis Seize
ballroom. where the frescoed ceiling. gllded
frames and panels. and exquisite ornaments
ton seems to demand that dancers also should
be in the costume OF two centuries ago.
On Thursday evening Mrs. John T. Hall gave
a dinner dance. her guests. oil OF tho younger
set. coming from dinners at Mrs. Francis Dela-
fields. Mrs John Z. Parsons's. Mrs. Douglas
Robinson's. and Mrs. Henry Parish's. There
was an unusual number Of young men at this
entertainment. and the doorways were blocked,
by them in q way that has been rather unoora.
mon this season. when the masculine element
has been quite In the minority.
Mrs. Havemeyer's double dinner. or rather
two dinners. her sixty guests being seated e
tables in two different rooms-the large dining
hall and the picture gallery-was distinctly Q
novelty. The banquet was superb. Edouard
do Reszke was the after-dlnner attraction and
dancing wound UP the evening.
Elaborate luncheons. which arc always Q
feature Of the Lenten season. are coming to
the fore again. the initial one having been
given by Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish more than Q
week ago. Sunday. 1t is said. is to be tho favor.
ito day for these entertainments. which. Al
though called by a more modern name. will
bear a strong family likeness to tho early Sun.
day dinners OF former days. There will be NO
difficulty. Of course. in securing an abundance
Of men for this midday repast and. as 10
will be social. informal. and appetizing.
It will tide many housekeepers as we'll % bseh.
elors over to the evening hours. when reoep-
lions at Mrs. Pnran Stevens's and other pleas
ant houses will fill up the remainder Of the
day. Very grand dinners will. OF course. re-
tire from sight during the period ofabsttnence.
but rich people will not be dining at home OK
alone every evening BY any means.
The Niagara party OF which Mr.. and Mrs.
James A.. Scrymser were the host and host
ess. dispersed on Tuesday morning on their
arrival in this city. having been absent since
the previous Friday. The ladies were the
Misses Emmett, the Misses Minturn. Miss
Cora Randolph. Miss Bessie Delafeld. Miss
Potter. and Miss Whitney. The young fol-
lows who made It pleasant for them were
Messrs. Oakley RhlnclanAer. George ". Van
derbilt. Meredith Rowland. Jr. Langdon
Ewing. and two or three others. II was Q
charming excursion. Niagara was irldescent.
with tho winter sun playing over its blocks
and bridges OF Ice. and tho surrounding coun-
try being under several feet OF snow. jolly
sleigh rides. within sight and hearing Of the
roaring waters. divined the pleasures Of the
day with expeditions into Canada and roman
tic rambles over impossible roads.
Tho holiday trlps. however, which wore 20
much enjoyed on Monday. are but tho prelude
to the fittings to distant lands. which will
begin next week. The Werra Of the Medi-
terranean line carried the first installment
yesterday. whom Mrs. Heber Bishop. Mrs.
James Low Hartman. Mr.. Howlond Robbins.
Mr.. Frank Sturgis. Mr. G. G. Rowland. and
Mr.. Frederick II. Allen started Tor Gibraltar
and Genoa Tho Majestic. as usual. will take