New-York tribune., 1895-12-29

| anu staH VIII take part In TIE festivities Oh
the evening. The officers of the Charity Ball AS
| socaton this year are Mrs. A.gornon s. Sullivan
| president Mrs. William NJ. Kingsland, vce-pres-
dent Mrs. Robert Nichols secretary, and Mrs. Alex
ander p Van Ness. treasurer. 1t is requested that
all money for tickets be sent to Mrs. Van Ness at
| her home. No. 81 West Thirty -seventh-st. Alex
andor NJ Hadden. who is to be the floor manager
! of the ball. viii have large staff of assistants
cded. The who declined 10 serve as his assist
ants at the bali last year will not be among the
number In the list of patrons and paironesses, Just
| Mrs. Astor. Mr.. and Mrs. John Jacob As,or, VIII
Vanderbilt. President Cleveland Governor Morton.
! Chauncey NJ Depew, Mrs Samue j. Colgate Mrs
O. H. p. Bemon,. Mrs a. Cass CanaeId Mrs, Glenn
ent Cleveland Mrs Theodore A. Havsmeyer M MIS- IS
| Mortimer Mrs w Seward Webb. Mrs John {.
Wimerdng' 7. J. Oakley Rhn,lander MTs Mr: hyam
Barnes. Mrs. Giraud Foster, Mrs sidney Diiion NO.
Ripley, Miss Leary Mrs. Brockhost Cutung lnn. Mrs
! Frederic r. COuiert. James a. Burden, T. La Mon
tagne. Richard Irving, Edwin G MoIleT; airsi i, vi
lam RoGkefeeT Mrs hamipn Wpn Ifn MenTy Psrsh
Mrs Delaney Kane Mrs Luser 49, hoVHiTe; Wam
Giement coonS G MOGse M r. cruger Mrs Elisha Dyer
jr Mrs John G. Nesser Mrs. gh%pes ~ A9s RarIow
and Mrs. Butler Duncan. jr.
The engagement was announced last week of Miss
! May Person Rker. daughter Of the late Apneus
| y R,ler tr Of Long Island. to Winfield Grant
| Conrad of Philadelphia Another recent engage
ment was that of Miss Stevenson. daughter OF Mrs
David Stevenson Of No Msdson Va S9pare nothfr
| engagement was that of Miss Lucia Brown dausn. en-
ndw 1Sr OF Of East orange to Frank + Brown Of East
/ Orange Miss Louise Weir, daughter OF rroiessor @
John Wen, & naseper ~ 10 Jossoh B. Sargent jr
Son"GsG sSn of exMayoT sarssh Of Conn
Colonel ard Mrs. Gillespie. of No. 10 East Fifty
| third-st have sent out cards for reception on
Saturday afternoon January L. to Major-Generai and
| Mrs Ruger and Miss Ruger. Mrs Charles Lewis
| Colby No s East sxty-ninth-st, has sent OUT m
yttaiions for reception to be given her home on
Saturday afternoon January H. irqm h Miss s' For
| ence Hallett Knowlton in receiving.
| Mr. and Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt will give an
| elaborate musicale. at which SeidIs orchestfa Mi
be one of the principal features at their home NO
| West Fifty-seventh-st.. Tuesday evening Jan
| uarv Z William CASTOR Hamilton will give large
reception at his home No 100 East Twenty-iirs'-st
on Saturday afternoon of this week January >. -
introduce his daughter Miss Marie y Hamilton
ST. gave a reception OH Friday afternoon IN r nO,oi
Si %bd heE was assie in recevng by Miss Harper
Miss Mary Harper, Miss Ressie Rrttan, Mss ,I Tlu
Miss Marguerite Mcclure. Miss Laura Br9wer MSS MSS
Maud FortesGue ana rp,vn nTp t~2 oConnor The debu
| tantes gown Of white embroidered ch"on / ng
| reception followed by dinner ana 'iioi""
| dance.
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fashionable people who will sail for Europe in the
steamship Normannia on January 3. Miss ODon-
neu Of Baltimore and Miss Helen Carroll will give
| a leap year barn dance Tuesday night next , De
Charles Carroll Hampstead Iong Island Tne
decorations vii, be suggestive OF the hohaaN SEASON
| and the music viii be by the hungarian 'd'u'
| Albany. Dec 2s-The marriage took place to-day
Of Miss Jane Martindale Kidd, daughter oi MT anu
Mrs William Kidd Amasa j. Parker. jr OF th''
Of hp
! near Cooperstown. y y. only the immediate MEM
bers OF the two families present owing 10 the
recent death Of the brides grandmother specmI
| train left Albany this morning with the members
of Mr.. Parkers family, consisting OF Geheral A'ias'
7 Parker Lewis r. Parker. the Misses Parker, Mrs
Rice Mrs Erastus Corning. Miss Corning, General
aha n mrs M aSS SFin Ihe r Rev ana Mrs Charles H. strong
of Savannah ca Among 2tnfrs arns ef Roc6eser
| n s M9rtindale Of Rochester; Mr. and Mrs James
Howard Kidd Miss KIDD ana Robert IL Hg; S
Tivolon-the Hudson The bride is giandaIuf II
of James KIDD Of this city ana OF nehgIai T. i,,1r ~
| ney-General Of this state
Parkersburg W Va, Dec 2S.-Announcement Is
made of the engagement Of Richard r. Iowndes. the
snd of f"M4s Maryand "a to Miss Nay
Gof sister OF Judge Nathan Go1
The first of the Tuesday evening dances, which
| have been for several among the most brill
| liant and successful entertainments of the gay pc
rod IN town. will take place on January IA. As III
former years the dance will take place at Sherry :
| the second and last Of the Tuesday evenings SET
down for Mardl Gras Tuesday. February 49, vii.
be one OF the gayest happenings of the last week
Of the season The subscribers for the dances 70
| come in January and February are Mrs. Astor Mfs.
| John Jacob Aston. Mrs. Edmund l.. Bayies Mrs
George II. Bend Mrs James a. Burden. Mrs ; v
r. Cruger Mrs. Brockholst Cutting, Mrs Henry
Coster Mrs Walter Cutting. Mrs. Robert j. cut
! ting Mrs William Duer. Mrs. Duncan Elliott. Mrs
| Elisha Dyer jr.. Mrs Fish. Mrs Charles c. Franck
.lyn Mrs ogden Goelet Mrs. Ebrdse T. Gerry,
Mrs Adrian Ise.in, jr.. Mrs. Van Rensselaer, Ken
nedy. Mrs. Luther Kountze. Mrs: j. Frederic ker-
nochan Mrs Adolf Ladenburg Mrs. Peter Cooper
! Hewitt. Mrs Henry y. Livingston. Mrs. Lew T.
! Morton Mrs. John Mnurn Mrs. Robert B. Min
turn, Mrs J. Pierpont Morgan. Mrs W. Starr Mil.er
Mrs Francis X Pendleon. Mrs William f. Rogers.
Mrs Henry M Mr. cn12 W%I Douglas a1oS n4s
| Cornelius Vanderbilt. Mrs: alexander Yam Rens-
sfa9' snan winthrop Mrs John G. Wi:mSriine Mrs W
Seward Webb Mrs. Whitney Warren, Mrs Alexan-
der 5 Webb and Mrs George Peabody Wetmore
| Mrs Henry Sdenberg. of No "A West Ffty-frst-
st. gave a reception yesterday afternoon to intro
duce her daughter. Mss Estele Brooks Sidenbers.
| The dra wing-room. daing-room and hallway were
handsomely decorated by Stumpf with clusters OF
American Beauty roses, lilies OF the valley and
| bollv Miss SIdenberg. whose gown Of white
ssn agG r e9Sn acqaes ~ Hale &sssa Mss Eva ifa Hale M
sic Strauss Miss irene Schef'e!; Miss Florence 81
! denberg Miss Florence Meyer, Miss Frances Cohn.
| Miss Madeline Schafer. Miss Grace Schafer and
! Miss Helena Marks, of Philadelpna.
Mrs Frederick Wright Trippe. Of No. S22 West
Seventy-eiehth- St. gave reception yesterday af-
ternoon in honor Of her son. Charles White Trippe.
! and his bride
Mrs Robert w Todd and Miss Todd will be at
I home Monday afternoons January and Is, No.
! l25 West East Ffty-seventh-st
Mrs c. Doremus OF No. 81 West Eghty-seventh-
| st gave a large reception Saturday afternoon.
! between and O'Clock, to Introduce her daugh-
| ter Miss c. Adelaide Doremus. The following
| Young women assisted in receiving: Miss Steven