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| fairly well with . good promise Of enjoyment
| to the young. but with no Indication OF sump-
tuousness or display In balls or dinners. VAN
derbit entertain m ents whether large or
small, must necessarily embrace all that IL
pleasing to the eye and gratifying TO cultivated
and artistic taste Mrs Sloane's reception for
her younger daughter. although It was simply
q throwing open OF her own and her sisters
beautiful dwellings to her friends. was easily
the most attractive tea" thus far OF the sea-
| son. Young faces. however charming. gain
| not little by the environment that surrounds
them, and in rooms like Mrs. slosne's grace
full figures in dainty costumes seem to blend
| with the artistic background to form one great
| and lovely picture.
| The same may be said for Mrs. Tvom-
| bly's dance on Thursday night which
was intended to be small and early. bu,
which was. in fact quite elaborate. Tn.
ballroom and dining room. into which little
| tables, furnished with lights, flowers. and sil.
| YER, were introduced in q magical way, before
| the dancers had time to draw q long breath,
after the last figure OF the cotlllon. were fairy
like in the effect that they produced.
| On Thursday evening Mrs. Frederic Gslstn
also gave. after a crowded reception, dinner
| and dance for her young daughter. and there
was dancing class meeting In the new ball.
room at Sherry's. all OF which were gay and
| crowded and gave no Indication Of clashlns
| with each other.
| These different sections Of the one great
| circle known as society Will appear In har.
monious whole at the Patriarchs' bali on
| Wednesday evening. when debutantes will
| be subjected to critical comparison with
| mothers. sisters. and aunts OF bygone gen.
| GRAFTON married bellies will strive By evsry
| foreign aid OF ornament to establish their own
supremacy in the ranks Of beauty and dowa-
gers will glitter IN the reflected light Of
| crowns. stomachers. stars, and je1sled suns.
| 1t has not yet been announced upon whom will
| fall Mrs William Astor's mantle OF precedence
| and lead the way to supper with Mr.. McAllis-
| ter. II left TO the popular vote. the honor
| would probably be allotted to Mrs Paran Bts-
| vens. but Mr.. McAlllster may decide to confer
| II upon younger matron. like Mrs Ogden
| Mills Mrs w. d. Sloane. or Mrs. William jay.
whose Jewels would be quite as superb -
those Of the more mature dowagers.
As for the debutantes. every one Of whom
will probably be at her best as regards dress
and adornment for this nrst great ball OF the
winter. like all other candidates for honors
and distinctions. they must stand on their own
merits. and be judged By the same standards
as those who have gone before. As yet they
havo been seen only at small Affairs. and. 10
must be admitted. have created no excitement
Indeed. O belle Of two or three seasons was
heard to say. at Mrs Twombly's dance ss
she glanced around the circle OF cotillou
dancers, well. II we have nothing worse than
this to fear, We needn't worry about our iau-
rels this year at least Pleasing m mediocrity 10
tho best they have to show" Probably the
young lady was n OF sufficiently we'll Informed
to know that mediocrity wields tho most
power. and is always the m ost to be dreaded
Very many New Workers went over tho bridge
to Brooklyn on Wednesday to attend the we'd.
ding ~ Mias Marion Brookmnn and Mr.
Amory Carhart The bride was superbly at
tired in point lace and diam onds. and the nov
city was introduced at the church OF . VERY
elabora.e 70 organ recital with violoncello accom-
paniment, while family and friends were
awaiting the arrival OF the bridal party. Some
excellent music from Schumann, Schubert
and Wagner was played. and at the entrance
OF the bride the choir sang the bridal chorus
from Coven's Rose Maiden" which, to the