New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-04
THE WEEK IN SOCIETY.


the gay .a,uence mid-Lent was the opposite
anu do 80 was a plentiful sprinklinS OF recep-
OF Bay '.n music dinner parties, several large
tio"s ard a few other small entertainments OF
iu ,,d and another, which prevented the week
o"e n,ns an extremely dull one TO be sure there
i'o' ,n M actual cessation of social doings' eN-
mas w. ,,s matter of dances but the entertaining
0'p ,ar,airments since the penitentai season
anu - hepn of the most informal nature the
open" ,or,ont and only prominent social incident
Oh. oak was the reception on Tuesday afternoon
'" ,,arng at the new Metropolitan Gun mousse at
e,,,a,hst and Flfth-ave. when fasnionaoIe people,
-. and women hocked 10 the pa!atial DuIiuihs IN
-. numbers The feminine element predohiha'eu'
i was the first ard last time that the wiVes'
theirs sisters aunts and cousins or ihe "" i'ieii-
M iii no nermitted TO enter the magnificent puiid-
" enough hereafter the annex to the east or
49, clubhouse furnished throughout IN thoroughly
od taste and provided with every comfort ana
,,rv will be open for the entertainment OF women
-, rho seve.l thousand visitors VINO entered the
.ot gateway on Tuesday, and wandered ABOUT
- mart Of the house from the vaults TO the gar
'. the greater number were present curing the
.nsrnoon between the hours of 4;So and CLOCK
o. r,ursdav the clubhouse was formally opened
S- the convenience of members.
, feature OF the Lenten season thls year mas
a., the theatre parties and receptions WIN music
- the success of the former would seem 10 In
late that theatre going is no longer as was
oea r,v the case on the list of amusements
hoosd between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sun
sav Numerous parties of this kind were given on
'xorant evenings of the last week On Monday
~. Mrs George Peabody Wetmore gave one
~ her guests enjoyed 1892" at the Garden The
.,rs In her party were Miss Anita Lawrence the
,U.ses Wetmore. Alphonso de Navarro. Victor
Sorchon. Rawlins Cottenet and Center Hitchcock.
besides the private concert which was gwen at the
80 ~ Mrs Arson Phelps Stokes, in Madison-ave..
~ russday night, for the benefit of the Bryson
U Nursery there was much good music heard
ling the week in several other private houses.
o,s Of the most elaborate musical entertainments
a, the week was given by Mr.. and Mrs Henry G
Narouand, on the same night, In their superb nome
At Madison-ave. and xty-eighth-st. when the
Svmnhony Orchestra. conducted by Walter Dam
rnsch with Arthur Fredheim as pianist. performed
most attractive programme in the presence OF
h-lI,ant audience numbering nearly 200 persons
The selections included Schuberts Hungarian
March Slavic Dances, by Dvorak; Andante Canta-
nile for strings, by Tschaikowsky: the first move
ment of an unfinished symphony by Schubert; the
Waldweben, from Wagner's "Siegfried Ruom-
STEMS BAL Costume and piano concerto by
Henselt In which the orchestra and MI frieonein
took part Among those present were Mr. and Mrs.
sanford White Mrs. r. NJ. Hunt, Miss Hunt en-
Judge and Mrs. Howand, Mr.. and Mrs H. e
porter Mr. and Mrs. Charles Russell Hone MI
and Mrs F. V. S. Hoppin, Mr. and Mrs Charies IL.
Russell Mrs Casper Griswold. the Rev. Dr' ana
Mrs Roderick Terry. Mr.. and Mrs. Harold GOWN
NJ, and Mrs. L. NJ Townsend. jr.; Mrs. Alexander
Stevens Miss Stokes. Miss Adams. Miss Barser'
Mr.. and Mrs W. Emlen Roosevelt, Mrs. kean' Miss
Ksan Mr. and Mrs Henry Gabraith Ward. tn
Misses Choate Mrs. Prescott Hall Butler MISS
Crawford Miss Eleanor Hewitt Mr.. ana MIS-.
Stanley w. Dexter Miss Katharine Minturn ana
her fance. Edward lie Roy, jr.. whose wedding Is
announced to take place on April IA.
Large dinners. of which that OF Mr. and Mrs w
Watts Sherman on Tuesday night IN honor oi inc"
daughter, Miss Sybn Sherman. was the most sump'-
nous and elaborate have been given in the week
The party at Mr. and Mrs Sherman's was the hrs'
formal entertainment given in their new mousse al
Fifth-ave and SXty-hfth-st Among the !ouhs
people about the table. which was handsomely
decked with American Beauty roses and spring
flowers. were Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt MISS
Kernochan Miss Emily Vanderbilt sloane MISS
Maude Wetnlore Miss Van Rensselaer,. Miss Erv-
ing Miss Woodhouse. Miss Lille Fish. her nance.
Robert Burnside Potter. Count Sierstorpn. Richard
T. Wilson. jr, J. Wadsworth Richie. Belmont III
fanny, ]. Langdon Erving. Reginald Ronalas' ana
r r Appleton Mr. and Mrs. Sherman also en-
tertained at dinner on Friday night MI ana MrS'
John T. Hall. o. No. West Tnirty-sMu-s''' On
Thursday night gave a dinner party IN hohor OF
Miss Jean b. Gallatin and George F. Cammann'
Thursday Mrs. Egbert Guernsey. OF NO 90 flfth-
ave. gave a. luncheon in honor OF Mrs. Harrison
Grey ffske Some OF those invited to meet Mrs'
FSske were Mrs. William y. Gurnsey. Mrs. faIph
rrautman. Mrs Samuel Shipley Blood. Mrs. How
ard Carroll. Mrs. Lyman Fiske. Mrs Lyman HAST
ngs, Fr. George F. Hecker and Miss Florence
Guern ~ .ir. and Mrs James p. kernochan ana
Mr. and Yrs II. Victor Newcomb Will entertain al
j,nner on Saturday night of this week. Dr. ana
VI ri Wefb entertaining
and la OF their house parties at Sheburne Farms
their extensive establishment in Vermont In the
party which Dr. Webb took up 10 She.burne IN
his private cars. the EllsneTe ana facoh Astor
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Hartman jr: MISS Grace " ~
son. Miss Willing. H. Maitland kersey ,d Frsnk
Prsparat,ons are being actively pushed for the
Easter bazaar and entertainment winch are 10 ne
given the afternoon and evening or W euhesuatS
opening OF the establishment for the benefit OF the
Decorative Art Society. Of this city. The soclety
during the present hard times has performed mucn
good work. and an appreciation OF It's eHorts u
has been decided to place in it's treasury sub
stantial reward. The entertainment, now being ar
Richard Irwin. Mrs. George Morgan. Mrs Frank
X. sturgis Miss Newbo.d, Miss Robbins =, Mrs
Mrs. Bridge and Mrs. Frederick Y. Sturgis. VIII
have many novel features, and the fancy and Hover
maids and matrons in New-York society Mr. Bo:dt
has given the use Of the ballroom in the hotel for
an Easter sale and exhibition OF the finest speci-
mems OF work shown by the society at the recent
Worlds Fair. supplemented by an informal tea;
in the evening Mr. Grossnith and several Gther
entertainers OF note VIII appear. there WIZ De
music by Landers Band. dancing. and an elaborate
supper served In the cafe Tickets for the enter
tainment may be procured from Mrs. Irwin at the
hotel and the societys rooms.
Preparations are also being made for the concert
which IS 10 be given In Carnegie Hall next month
by Mime. Emma Eames and several other artists
from the Metropolitan Opera House. for the benefit
OF ST. Marys Free Hospital The final arrange
ments for this concert cannot. however be made
until after the close OF the supplementary season
OF opera
Hunting Will begin before the end of the month II
respectable weather comes TO the aid OF the fox
hunting contingent. At present nearly everything
on Long Island is in a swamp, and though the
Meadowbrook Club has had run two In which
some or the more enthusiastic members Joined,
mere has not been any formal meet OF the hunts
men this year.
Although II Is still three weeks to Easter arrange
menus are already making for the resumption them
OF the festivities which have been suspended dur
ing Lent. Several OF the prominent dancing classes
are TO hold meetings during Easter week. and other
entertainments OF more or less magnitude are being
Planned The tableaus In charge of -. e. Porter