New-York tribune., 1896-12-06
THE WEEK IN SOCIETY.


tainments OF varied character enough to keep the
BILE world constantly on the go The social
do,nes Of the week began with delightful recep.
ton given by Mr.. and Mrs William e. Whitney In
the magnificent house at Fifty-seventh-st and
! Fifth-ave which its owner recently transferred to
his son. Harry Payne Whitney who Is at present
, IN Japan with his young bride formerly Miss Ger.
/ trude Vanderbilt The reception on Monday after
mon nv Mr.. and Mrs. Whitney was the frs, large
entertainment given In the house since the recep-
tion and breakfast which followed the marriage Of
Miss Pauline whitney to Mr. rags;' gs, ysas ago
one Of the 25o cards sent out by Mrs Whitney was
in the nrons oh he sss Sa With II:
rich of music was provSsd by the Sos
yiolin,st Bronislaw Hubermann ana Mr. Sieve
king the pianist. as well as IN ane saaS room.
WEI h,,.y an made most gracious hostess She wore
/ gown of brown velvet. the front vi .ne corsage
srimmed with sort of silver passementerie
Five debutante teas finished the week yesterday
! afternoon and all were well attended Al colonel
ard Mrs Walter Cuttings home. In West Twen
/ ,,o,hst Miss Madeline Cutting the younger daush'
49,. - tho host and hostess. was introduced The
! dohutante tall and handsome, was a''red IN
rown OF white silk and mousseiine de sore one was
assisted in receiving by Miss Beatrice fos'. Miss
Edith Knowlton. Miss Ethei fos'. ME Aae,aiae
STAFFORD Miss Josephine Zabriskie. MISS Maud Hall.
,f,.s poue p Curnee Miss Juana cutting, Miss
! Iucv r. Gurnee Mrs. Arthur j. cumnock ana Ms.
Leslie Cotton. The reception was io'io"ed py .
dinner and small dance. At Mrs Ropert waller.
,r,s home. No l37 East Thrty-fifth-st., MISS Mary
Stewart the niece of the hostess, anu odusn'er oI
Mrs william A. w. Stewart. VINO. win her iam'
a.. has lived at Princeton. y. j., for the last two
or three seasons. was introduced at very peasant
tea given in her honor by her aunt Mrs waller
! Miss Stewart who wore "A gown OF whlte SILK ana
! chiffon was assisted In receiving by Miss Dorothy
tbo to-
Dudley Eidlitz. Mrs n. Denton Smith. OF No.
west seyenteenth-st gave a reception TO introduce
her daughter Miss Ethel Smith. who received In a
gown of white satin. trimmed with lace ,S ana Was
,ss Harris, Bidde Miss Julia Floyd Deaed Miss
ssse OnSS Miss ME- sy HIx Miss SI Le Mss
zn9sh Eoass oaFsy Miss MIS- Mare Miss
1:Shih'' Edith Jay: Miss joscphas BeekmMan, Miss
Marian Conn Mss Helen s1sGH FInv5 NiF Mrs saFsn Ea
ward l.. Keyes Of No. l East eventy;fourth-st,
gave comngout reception 10 introduce her daugn'
ter Miss Eleanor Keyes. extremely pretty girl
who wore a gown of white more velour and chif;
o and who was the eipen. s o Kyss were s
Bessie Hollister. Miss Bertha Mu&nde & Mss Mss saIe
well. There was a dinner for the members OF the
receiving party and few extra guests after tne re-
fsRon Among Keyss ,ns young % Rchard S
Thomas walsh. Charles Weiser Joseph T. Kelley
given Yesterday afternoon by Mrs Lawrence Phelps
Tower Of No p East M i5a rssd4 to 4'TSSaIs
nn 1 onv child After the reception there
dinner party for twenty guests
The BOARD of Governors OF the Wednesday CO.
,ions the first OF which will take place on Wednes-
day evening next. at Sherry's. gave large recep-
| ton from to o'clock yesterday afternoon. at
the Waldorf for the patronesses OF the dances
The state apartments were used for the reception.
which afforded the members OF the assemblies an
| opportunity to meet The patronesses and some OF
| the guests who have been invited 10 the dances
! The patronesses who received were Mrs Robert
| Nlcok Mrs William 5 Livingston. Ms Agernon
s Sullivan Mrs William l.. Trenholm. Mrs Oliver
I Livingston Jones Mrs Samuel Spencer and Mrs
John Burng Lawrence The members OF the
/ Board of Governors present included Dr. Russell
Benamy Heth Iorton. George II. sullivan, James
T Johns2n Henry y modge an ArShs ns q sn1y Ssnrrs..
Adams The Tea table was presided over by Mss
9sa Goss,r Miss AsaSs ad M. SGTa %ss In
ME Switzerland, Miss Edith BLACK Miss AeHs
s5 spenssr Mis- Mss 4HIee sen Se Mis-.
rier Miss Mamie y. ADAMS. Miss Constance Irea'
The following men composed the Reception Com
receiving and entertaining its guests: Dr. r, c.
Ny raTss rarksr iS1y ufha 4 aay A. Z R%df E.
Hs9sn hf1y 6 GCS " yefse r buSEne T:
H' Dlna wh n5Hw"nF samue 'IfH Wilt 'TfoP % waks $ sn
AwS4G We L. Ds hnosn Max r',iS H. Is@S l.
Ladlaw. Themas c. Kinney Frank Guest Robert w
iS 8Srksiy. Frank d Denton Andrew J. Dickinson.
FL FFs%fq enf E2'?G cary sp9aai @Sh'sI a
II. NJ. Hawksworth, Francis T. \: Junkn. God
r'S Mason r@Sl william hHop "!Hi Miller G 'U H. NeSkk How
ard r,h snrsls Eankn oa de Ia vsn NSTsfi
out the afternoon. the hotel band playing a number
Of pa9'nion M melodies M The guests constitutes
Mr. and Mrs Albert g. Jennings gave dinner
party at their home. No. q Remsen-st. Brooklyn.
on Wednesday. night. Their guests INCLUDED NJ q
Titchfeid MIR and Mrs William Ambrose Taylor
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Burnham Moffat and Miss i8rins-
made
Mr. and Mrs Bradley Martin. who have not beer
In New-iork In TWO years. will sail from Liver
pool in the steamship Etrura December It.
Their home. AT No. % West Twenteth-st. is now
being prepared for them. Mrs. Sherman. Mrs
pass the winter In New-York. 1t is unlikely that
the Earl and Countess OF Craven will cross the
ocean this winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Schell. who returned from
abroad last month. are now at' the Hotel Man.
haitian They will open their town house. No Il
East sixty-second-st. In few days. where they
Will spend the winter.
On the same afternoon Mrs S. Montgomery Roose-
welt gave large reception at her home. IN upper
Fifth-ave TO introduce her daughter. Miss Boyl-
ston. a pretty young woman. who assisted In
receiving by Miss Jessie Garry. OF Baltimore. Miss
Adene Person. Miss Jane Gillett and Miss Kath-
leen Kelly Tuesday brought another comng-ou.
reception-that given by Mrs. Edgar $ AuchI
Gloss. OF No. "a East Forty -eighth-st I'm honor OF
her daughter Miss Elizabeth r. Auchncloss. The
young women who assisted the debutante In recev-
ing were Miss Ethel De Forest Miss May Neeser.
Miss Anne Agncw. Miss Frances Rowland, Miss
Bertha Munde. Miss Ethel Talbot Miss Adelaide
Fitzgerald, Miss Janeway. Miss Helen Bcaman.
Miss Mabel Huntington and Miss Sarah Gibbs
Thompson. The last-named was introduced on the
following day at tea which was given for that
purpOse by her mother Mrs. Robert Means Thomp-