The sun., 1895-05-19
WHAT rs GOING ON IN socrErr

Coaching 10 still the amusement OF the hons
and the Pioneer has rolled to and from us
Country Club at West Chester every day With,
full complement OF passengers. The efforts q,
Col. Kane, DIR. Webb and Mr.. Bronson hnys
thus met with q gratifying success. and Mrs.
william n. Sloane, Mrs. Delaney Kane Mrs.
seyyard Webb und other ladies WHO have takcn
out parties, havo conferred much pleasure uron
their euests. IL can hardly be snd tina, IN.
weather has been consistently or ohlisinrv
propitttious to them, heat and cold hayipg
fought hard for tho mastery, but 1t Is carly We,
for settled summer weather. Yesterday the
Coaching Club started as Gsun! en- ga,con ON
their annual drive, bound for Tuxedo en- rout.
to Mr.. Havemeyer's farm at Mahwnh, y. J.
They had two coaches and very jolly com.
many. and arc expected to return tomorrow.
that the Pioneer may resume Its daily trips.
On Saturday next the 25th, the parade OF tho
Coaching Club will take place in the Central
Park and given clear sky and balmy atmos.
phere Il will be glittering show. More interest
seems to be felt in IL than has been shown for the
last few years. AT least nine or ten coaches and
probably moro will be in line. as the leading
men In the club, Col. Jay, Col. Kane, Mr.. Fred.
erick Bronson. Reginald R!ves, Prescott Law.
rcnce Perry and August Belmont, are al, In this
country, and none of them In mourning. The
breakfast after tho parade Is to be AT Clnremont
whore the whole establishment has been se.
cured and will be tastefully decorated with
spring flowers. Landers band will be in at
tendance and an effort made to restore tho chic
and dignity which marked the coaching clubs
dinners Mt the Brunswick in the olden tina
Among the ladies whose costumes and person.
ality will give beauty and interest to tho occa.
sion are Mrs. William Jay, Mrs. Bronson, Mrs
Lawrence. Mrs. Roche. Mrs. Lsdenbure. Mn.
Cooper Hewitt. Mrs. Henry Sloane, Miss Van.
derbilt. Miss Morton, Miss Maud Livingston,
and Miss Bend.
After coaching comes yachting, with an inter.
ludc OF horse racing. and there ia no doubt at
all that this In to be . great summer on the
waters. The three great cracks Defender,
vigllant. and Jubilee. will have tho eyes Of tho
world upon them during their trial trips, ard
there will be n fleet Of whlte wings ahoat that
will mako the blue waters from here to Newport
one great panorama Of form, color. and move.
ment during the whole yachting season. Mr..
and Mrs. Ogden Goelet, who are expected Al
their handsome Newport homo this season, will
bring over the White Ladyo. and 1t looks now
as II Newport and Newport harbor would be tho
scene of many festivities during tho bright sum-
mer days. Commodore and Mrs. Morgan will be
at Brenton's Reef. and tho May, as we'll as other
craft. will ride at anchor in the waters below.
The new Breakers will be In readiness fos
Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt and his family about
July 4. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Wharton, who
have been two years abroad. will OCCUPY theiY
cottage again at Ochre Point. Mrs. Stuyvesant
Fish and Mrs. Henry Sloane have taken houses.
Mr.. Gouvcrneur Kortright has Mr.. Baldwin's
place at the corner OF Bellevue and Narragan.
sett Rvenues. Commodore Gerry. Buchanan
Winthrop, and Lispenard Stewart are but q few
among the largo number who have rented
places for tho summer. while cottage owners
from tho Casino all the way to Mr.. Henry
Clews's commanding domain will nearly I'll be
at home, with the exception of w. Waldorf As
tor and possibly Mrs. Alva Vanderbilt.
Although great deal has been said about tho
European exodus this spring, In point Of fact
New Workers have not filled the steamers, and
of those who took flyer in February many
have already returned, and others will be here
before life at the watering places is fairly
started. The first day of June will usher in tho
reign of Cupid and Hymon, who will have it
all their own way until after the marriage Of
Miss Adele Sloane and MIR. James Abercrombie
Burden, .Tr.. at Lenox. Cards have been issued
by Mrs. w. d. Sloane for this notable occasion.
and embrace invitations to her friends and more
intimate acquaintance, not only to the church,
but to the breakfast at Elm Court. with passes
to the special train=pn the 9th. which is to
turn on the afternoon Of the next day. and also
to the hospitalities of Curtis's Hotel while they
remain in Berkshire.
This is doing things right royalty and is quite
characteristic of Mrs. Sloane. whose mission in
life to be to give all the pleasure Others
that she possibly can. without the slightest dis
play or ostcntation on her own part. 1t used TO
be said OF the late William r. Travers that hs
was the pleasantest rich man that ever LIVED.
and Mrs. w. ID. Sloane stands out prominel'!y
in the same way among her own sex Rs disprrs
ing her abundant means in the most liberal AMI
the least pretentious fashion. The bridesmaid
and ushers will all be guests ut Elm Court iur
tho wedding, as we'll as many members %: to
Vanderbilt family. 1t would. therefore. be I'M
possible to accommodate the many friends VI
tho two families and Mrs. Sloane could hardly
have done handsomer thing than TO secure ilo
chief hotel of the place for their com fort. Those
persons who have a prejudice against absrn"e
from homo during the hours of sleep can rcu!l
to town the same evening By way OF Pittsscld.
which supplies a later train.
Mr.. Burdens best man will be Mr. FREDERICK
Winthrop and the list of ushers will include j.
Hampden Robb. Jr., Moses Taylor. Columbus
Baldwin, Richmond Fearing and several Bus-
ton men who were classmates of young Burden
at Harvard. Miss Emily Sloane, Miss Gertrude
Vanderbilt, Miss Evelyn Burden, Miss Beatrice
Bend. Miss Ethel Stokes. and several other
young ladies make up the group of bridesmaid.
1t IL ea.d that tour around the world is to DO
tho young couples Bridal trip, In which case
their honeymoon must be indefinitely prolonged.
Among the many engagements recently an
n1unced none has excited more interest and
surprise than that OF Miss Ethel Barley and
Mr.. Lanfear Norrie. The engagement, 1t is said.
will bo short one, as tho marriage is to take
place at Mr.. Barbey's country residence In
Switzerland early in June.
The engagement has also been announced OF
Miss Elizabeth Gray Lyman daughter OF Mr..
George II. Lyman of Bellport, l.. l.. and niece OF
the Hon. James Otis, to Mr.. Meredith of Milton.
Massachusetts.
Among other engagements recently made
known are those Of Miss Geraldine Fitzgerald.
daughter Of Gen. and Mrs. Louis Fitzgerald, to
Mr.. Ernest Adeo OF West Chester and of Miss
Mary Whitney, daughter OF the late Stephen
| Whitney of Morristown, n. J to Mr.. Robert
| Stevens. youngest son Of the lato Edwin A.
Stevens Of Castle Point. HobOken.