New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-25
THE WEEK IN SOCIETY.
TONG LIST OF AFTER-LENTEN WE'D
nrvcs-soME OF THE COUPLES.

Informal KIND, ana tHert has everywhere been
= complete restraint of gay life Much church
- and light penance have been the rule OF the
80 The hustle activity and life displayed in the
,-oa,s and shops and the exhibit Of spring flowers
before clubs and private houses were the visible
roofs that the penitentia season was nearly ended.
The dawn OF Easter Will change the face of things
,c,a,I,, and from tomorrow until 1t Is too hot to
go, On town there will be weddings some dances
afternoons at home, dinner parties. and minor
arusen,ents which will fill up the time and pre-
vent the DAYS and nights from hanging heavily
the hands OF the socially inclined. Coming early
IN the year the Easter season should be gay one.
as II probably Will De-
The dinner party given by John H. Davis az his
horne IN Washington Square. North. on Tuesday
night in honor of the Earl of Ava, eldest of
the MARQUIS Of Duffern and Ava, British Minister
- France was one OF the few notable incidents of
Holy Week Mr. Daviss party composed
,,rey OF men, but at half past 10 o'clock num-
her of persons were invited TO meet the distin-
s,,she,i foreigner and to enjoy Thought transfer"
performance by Miss Maude Lancaster. The Earl
~ Ava who is a brother of Lord Terence Temple
p,ackwood who married Miss Flora Davis, sailed
on Wednesday morning in the steamship Majestic
The principal incidents of the present week will
IA weddings most of which will take place in
churches and the series of tabeaus to be given
Easter Tuesday night in the Manhattan Athletic
Club theatre, for the benefit OF the st. lgnatius
Protestant Episcopal Church, and principally to
aid in paying for the parish house. which is
10 be in the rear OF the church, in West Thirty
ninth-st In addition there will be several dances.
but nothing in the way of fashionable ball. The
Wilson and Kellogg Camera Club will give sub
scripton dance tomorrow night, at Hodgson's. and
on Tuesday night the members OF Mrs. John T.
Halls dancing class will have dance at Sherrys.
when John ogden. jr. viii lead the cotillon. dane
ing with Miss Lizzie Wells. On Thursday Of this
week Mrs Henri Braem's dancing class will
ioy a cotillon at Sherry's and the following night
the class organized by Mrs. William Brown will
have an extra meeting at the Mendelssohn Assem-
bly, Rooms. Mrs. Jonas b. Kissams dancing class
has also arranged for final meeting. at No
West Thirythrd-st.. Friday night. April 6.
when large cotillon will be danced.
Cnquestionably the most fashionable gathering
OF the Easter will be the one which will
witness the exhibition of living pictures on Tues
day night In the Manhattan Athletic Club Theatre.
OF the financial and artistic of the enter
prise, for which Mrs. John Lowery. Mrs. Stanley
Mortimer Mrs William Jay and Mrs. Henry Clews
have worked so hard. there can be doubt The
demand for tickets has been great. and therefore
the presence Of large and brilliant audience is
assured; besides. the ladies who have been posing
and rehearsing for the pictures have all shown a
zeal and interest not often met with In representa-
lions of this kind. George Munzig. the painter and
George Hamilton Bell have given valuable aid to
the promoters Of the charity in arranging the living
pictures and looking after the details Of the exh-
bition The tableaus, thirteen In number will
illustrate a period OF French history represented
in famous paintings By noted painters, covering the
period from the reign of the Grand Monarch to
the Restoration. The programme will include
Charles Antoine Coypels picture. "A Portrait Of
Adrienne Lecouvreur," representing the actress as
Cornelie in the OF holding the funeral urn con-
tanning the ashes Of her husband, impersonated by
Miss Elizabeth Greene: Jean Marc-Matter's "Por-
trait of Nine. De Maison-Rouge," as Venus about
10 attach the doves to her chariot. by Miss Sadie
Thompson. of Baltimore; Charles Andre Van-Loos
picture. la Sultane," portrait Of Mime. La Mar
quise de Pompadour. by Miss Field; Francois
Boucher's la 3ouquetiere," by Mrs. Francis V.
L. Hoppin: FRANCOIS Hubert Drouais's portrait OF
Charles Philippe Of France Comte d'Arto!s. after
ward Charles y, aged six years. and his
sister, Adelafde- Clothiide Of France
afterward Queen of Sardinia. aged four
years BY Master Rives and Miss Whiting. son and
niece OF Mrs. c. l.. Rives; Charles Dominique
Joseph Elsen's "LAmour Europeen" by Mr.. and
Mrs. Archibald Pell; Nine. Eliz2beth-Loulse Nigee-
lie Bruins portrait Of Nine De Mole-Raymond, Of
the Coincide Francaise. by Miss Randolph; Jean
Michel Moreau lie Jeune's Les Adicux." by Mrs.
Herman Oelrchs. The other pictures to be pre-
scented Jean Antoine Watteaus "Gllles. OF the
Comedie 1talienne. supposed 70 be portrait OF the
celebrated comedian and dramatist Biancolelli, in
his role Of Pierrot; Alexander Roslins Portrait
OF Mile. Boucher" decorating Falconnets statue Of
Supiu, Jean-BdptSt GreOZc La PlIOSODnie En-
dormie." portrait of Nine. Greuze. who posed
Greuzes model FOR his best-known pictures and
ideal heads; Pierre-Paul PrudhOn's la PAX gu
les Honneurs allegorical subject relating to the
First Empire. and finally Charles de Bolsfremont's
picture entitled. THE Clemency of Napoleon Toward
the Princess Hatfield" in which the Emperor Is
represented in the OF according to the Princess
Hatfield the pardon OF her husband who was the
Governor Of Berlin when 1t abandoned by the
Pruss!ans after the battle Of jena
number Of well-known people will figure IN
these pictures. including Mrs. c. Albert stevens
Miss Marie Vyse. Mrs. Charles F. Havemeyer and
Miss Sedley There will be appropriate music with
each OF the pictures, and after the exhibition nfor-
NAL dancing.
Easter wedding bells will begin to peal on Tues
DAY. for the brides OF this time of the year shun
Easter Monday a day for their marriage and as
IL needing Cowpers admOnition 10 choose not
alone proper mate but proper time to marry"
elect almost any other day in Easter week We'd
dings especially will be prominent feature Of
spring social ife and the weeks to come before May
arrives VIII see more than the usual number Of
happy couples start their new life
on tuesday, at noon. Miss Bertha Ray daughter
OF Mrs. James d. Ray. will he married 10 Henry
Luckett In st. Andrews Protestant Episcopal
S"uich' fHth-aVe. and one hundred d-twenty
seVenth-st In the evening at o'clock in Trinity
|hapei' west Iwenty-hfth-st., near Broadway. the
marriage OF Miss Josephine Brewer daughter OF
mrs Zebuion Homan Bower. to Maxcey Lyman
Random VIII take place. The marriage OF Miss
Eiia H. ketchum granddaughter of the late Elijah
I. kearney 10 DR.. Frank l.. Tucker will be cele-
brated at $50 o'clock the same evening. in St
AIMS Protestant Episcopal Church. St. Anns-ave.
and Northumberland ortieth-st The Rev Dr.
iiarris VIII perform the ceremony The bride will
be attended by her sister, Miss Lizzie r. Ketchum
as maid OF honor. and two bridesmaids Miss Adele
keehe and the brides cousin. Miss Matte Smith.
who herself is soon 10 be married 70 Frank L.
Dunnel OF Brooklyn. A small reception Will follow
al the nome OF the bride. No 72s East One-hundred
and-fortieth-st. Another wedding on this day will
take place at the Church Of the Holy Communion,
bixth-ave and Twentieth-st. the bride being Miss
Eae Thorne Underhill OF Bronxville and the bride
goom w. II. Crossman. ir. OF this city. The re-
cepion and wedding breakfast are TO take place at
sherrys
wv clnehdaY will be vii Al