New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-16

ing-room and other rooms too. were handsomely
deckcd with roses and plants. while the oval taplc
at which the guests sat was dressed with hve large
baskets heaping full OF deep blush and pink roses
and lilies OF the valley. Most OF Inc Ia1ies NJ '"c
table wore powdered wigs.
Seine OF the men, especially those who are MEM
hers of one or other Of the hunting clubs. APP
peared in their red coats and not fe" OF them
wore powdered Wigs. Mr. Hitchcock VINO Is
member OF the Meadow Brook Club. wore MS red
coat. Mr.. Buckley appeared In ordinary evening
dress.
Tho eues,s M the table were Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Hitchcock Mr.. and Mrs. Prescott Law
renee Mr. and Mrs. ogden NILS Mi ana ATS
August Belmont Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan Elliot. MI.
and Mrs Perry Tiffany Mr.. and Mrs John jacob
Aston. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sloane. Mr. and Mrs
Sidney Dillon Ripley. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Le
Grand Cannon. Mr.. and Mrs. Royal Phelps car
roll Mrs Brockhols, Cutting. Mr.. ana Mrs
Charles r. Havcmeyef. Miss Grace wilson hisS
Tooker Mss Bend. J. Wads"orth Richie. Perry
Belmont. Brockholst Cutting AMI Richard Peters
The guests invited to the ball began to arrive
about li.ao but IL was past the midnight hour be
fore there was anything Ike a crowd IN tho LOUIS
XVI ballroom Mrs. Hitchcock and Mrs. La"renc"
received the guests 10 the bali In the small fecep-
tiou-room to tho LEFT - the main entrance 10 the
hotel and directly behind the Office. This apart
ment was furnished Min furnitur" 81 the LOUIS
XVI period The long passageNay between me
OF green earIands In which were tiny electric hshs
YELLED In delicate tracerics OF fcathery ferns. To
the west OF the ballroom was the conservatory.
the walls OF which we're covered with IVY ana
mornlnggory vines. lighted with small electro
bulbs Here ices and lsht refreshments ~"Io
served throughout the night. and Ia m care 'hei'
Was a gorgeous thrcc-tiercd Greek buffet
waltz This vas followed by several square dances.
and then came the cotllon. MI Hitchcock leading
end OF the room AMI Richard refers ~ '"'
at A. ~; O'Clock the coton SUPPER was esryed az
small tables arranged IN the winter garden ana
Among the guest. invited for the hal some vi Of
and Mrs r. Cooper Hewitt. Mr. ana Mrs. karr.ck
Mr. " Watts sherman Mr. and Mrs James + u.
Ianler Mr. and Mrs v. starr Miller. MI ana MI
FISH Mrs Paran Stevens. Mrs. Roche. Mr. and
MR. Thomas Ncwbold. Mr. and Mrs. 6. Oliver ise-
r. Fulton cutting. Mr and Mrs Theodore \. Have
meyer. Mr and Mr'. Rutler Duncan. Mr. and Mr..
Sir and Mr. " Hayard cutii9s M,. and Mr., Mrs.
Charles F Hayemeysr M1 and MF; Whiin an W Mr.
hamilton Fish Webster. Mr. and Mrs. J. Lee Taller.
James Jan 81" M Waterbury. Mr. and Mrs. Reginald
Rive Mr and Mrs. irm nn, v1, R bvTGsh
and Mrs, Van Rensselaer, Kennedy the MICS t,,ss
kns ns' M sSs9 Gerry y,dsn es~ Mss
cushing Miss strong M and Mr., Es snsI. wiz
Dana, Mr. ana Mrs Charles Il oelrichs: Mr. and
Mrs Oliver Eaton Cromwell. Miss Julinna cutting.
Mr. and Mrs Paul Dana. Miss Lucy Gurnee. Mr..
and Mrs George u. he Forest. Mr.. and Mrs Elisha
Dyer r. Mr.. and Mrs Frederic Bronson Mt
and Mrs oliver Hartman. jr.. MIR. and Mrs. I'd
mund l.. Bayes. Mas Bergman. Miss Beekman.
Miss Sherman Miss Madeline Dinsmore. Miss Belle
C;urncc MIR and Mrs Robert T. Huntington. Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Russell Hone, the Misses Hewitt;
Miss Sturges, Mr. and Mrs Julian Potter Mr.. and
Mrs r Suffcrn Taller Miss Fannie Taller, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Livingston. Count dc Castellane. Count
Hadik Count Serstorpn. Il. Livingston Beck
man. Charles f.. Sands. Richard r. Wilson. j.,
Reginald Ronalds, Herbert -. Robbins. William
Cutting j. D. r. Baldwin. Elliot Gregory.
John g Furman Frederick Frelinghuysen, Gil
bert Francklyn. and Thomas +. Gushing