The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-24
THE SOCIAL WORLD.

90 lOIlQUdte III
ehal the regiment has been taken up
SO to speak,by Jersey City society. II
De sure society does not recognize tn,
regiment as a part of social life during
the entire year, but once in the year al
the annual subscription ball the armor,
IS the scene OF a social event, Just
10 what this recognition is due 1t is moi
quite easy to say. The regiments in 9th.
er cities are seldom so fortunate. To be
sure the Seventh Regiment in New
YORK and the Twenty-thlrd in BROOKLYN
are visited by society people, but they
are almost the only ones. 1t is probable
mat much of the annual popularity of
our Fourth Regiment is due primarily
to the drill shed. which really is perfec-
ton itself, SO far as a dance is con-
cerned; then there is no other place in
the city where a large ball could be held.
But drill shed or no drill .shed the an
nual armory ball would never have been
attended by the society people of Jersey
CITY If the committee had not been SO
wise and so fortunate as to secure as pa
tronessess the ladies whose names are on
the invitations. There is not a name on
the list which does not carry influence
with it, and first and foremost, though
modestly second on the list, is the name
of Mrs. Edward r. c. Young.
Mrs. Young has not gone out much this
fail and winter for the reason thai her
beautiful new house is occupying the
greater part of her time. Mrs, Young
does not believe in leaving the task Of
furnishing ones house in the hands Of a
decorator. but selects everything herself
and personally supervises every step to-
wards the completion of what will be the
most beautiful dwelling in Jersey City
Though the furnishing is completed,
with the exception of a few small details,
Mrs. Young has as vet given nothing in
the way of a house-warming. She is
herself undecided as to what the nature
OF IT will be when finally it does take
place. but rather favors a large recep-
ton. With the exception of a small din
ner given during the holidays to Mr.. and
Mrs. George 7. Smith. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward L. Young, Mr.. and Mrs. J. B.
Throckmorton. DR.. and Mrs. Gray and
Mrs. Stroll, Mrs. Young has not enter
tanned at all. The first affair of the kind
viii be Friday evening, January 81, when
she will entertain the six-handed euchre
club of which she is a member. Other
members of the club are Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Mcbride. Mr.. and Mrs. Jonathan
Dixon. Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Dixon, Mr..
and Mrs. l. N. Vanderbeek, Mrs. Edward
Linn. Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Niese, Miss
Sadie ~Traphagen, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Hulshizer, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward HUI
shizer, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew j.
Post. Sr., and Mr.. and Mrs. Sherrell. The,
club differs from the general tiresome run
of euchre clubs in that ~six-handed euchre
alone is played. and the players do not
progress.
Another euchre club was formed re-
Gently by some young ladies' of the
Heights, which has twenty-four MEM
bers in all. The club will be entertained
next Thursday afternoon by Miss Mamie
Cropsey of Academy street.
Among the members are Misses Blanche
Meyers, Emmie Apgar, Guila Jackson,
Florence Hovey, Alice Throckmorton,
May Muirhead, Fanny Muirhead, Josie
Gubelman, Mary Wilson, Bessie Koes-
ter. Nellie Van Wrinkle. Lulu Hussa. Ro-
berta Williams. Edla Kase, Gertrude
Bushfeld, Edna Brown. Jennie Harring,
of New York, Jennie Crane, Adele
Sweeney. Grace Sibley. Carrie Case,
Mamie Cropsey.
Mrs. Rooster of Madison avenue en-
tertained the Matinee Euchre Club, of
which she is a member, at her residence
yesterday afternoon. This club also is
a subscription club and is known for its
handsome prizes. Mrs. Dayton won the
first prize, a Dresden boudoir lamp, and
Mrs. Manton the second. a handsome
sofa pillow. The members of the club
are Mrs. Holbrook, Mrs. Manton, Mrs.
Miller, Mrs. Anness, Mrs. Blanchard,
Mrs. Simmons, Mrs. Harring and Miss
uo ,r;n of TNrax., Vorlx Awe NoxJo, aE,o
Leech, Mrs. Williams of Newark, Mrs.
George White, Mrs. Seymour. Mrs.
Dayton, Miss Peel, Miss Thomas, Mrs.
Gilmore, Mrs. Darling. Mrs. Gray, Mrs.
Garland, Mrs. Rooster. The next meet
ing Of the club viii be at the residence
of Mrs. Mantcn. Clifton place, Thurs
day, February 5.
1t is a strange feature of Jersey City
society that almost all social life is
carried on by means of clubs or SUBJ
scription something's. If not a subserip-
ton dance it is a subscription euchres or
musical, or a literary, musical or card
club. There is hardly a reception or
dance or even an Home" that least
bothersome form of entertainment, in
private houses, while the number of
subscription affairs is surprising. The
subscription euchre which met last week
at the home of Miss Lucy Kent, Summit
avenue, is the most important of the
euchre clubs, as 1T numbers sixty young
ladies among its members. Miss Ken is
a charming young lady and possessed of
a sweet voice, which is frequently heard
in st. Johns Church.
The best known of the other subserip-
lions is the series of subscription dances
which was organized by the younger set.
Two dances have been given and two
are still to come. Some of the young
men nave told the girls that they are
going to turn the tables. They say they
have saved their dance programmes of
the. memorable Leap Year dance. and
they will dance at the two coming dances
with those girls only who danced with
them. This the girls declare is Just too
mean"
Mrs. James Hunt of Belmont and Ber-
gen avenues Is one of the few who have
his year entertained guests. She gave
the first of a series of evening musi-
Gales and dances, a short time ago, at
which she introduced her niece, Miss
Grace skinner. Miss Skinner is a very
pretty girl and is an accomplished mu-
sician. 1t is probable that she will prove
an acquisition to society,
The decorations of Mrs. Hunts new