New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-11

saltus an artistic clever man. who has developed
nings. who, with his new house In Remsen-st and
n SFe T ea Sna Ed h ySu1s H.
who inherited fortune OF something like two mill
son-Miss Mae Prentice Though he seems to be,
long 20 no paytiouar time. there should be added
Iphctonga and prominent banker one OF the
most popular houses OF the day Is John Notman's.
While the history OF the Heights is that OF fam-
lies The history Of the I'M is that OF sets OF InGn
ready Tor dancing classes four or five years ago
The Hill attempted nothing Of the sort, except
season or two OF dances al Remsen Hall. Nor was
here any formal entertaining. IL was not So
ciriy OF dowasers or danes chaperons were not
always though; necessary. The men provided the
music the girls furnished their houses In turn, and
the supp-r- Generally the mammas and maiden
aunts would come down to look on but II was not
their party. Yet Hin society nourshed on just this
OF thing. and now II has reached the point
where the young matrons entertain on their own
Clinion-avc.. washlnston-ave. ard South Port
land-ave. we've the stronsholds of these sets. The
hrs of which there i clear record started IN DO
when a small thoatrc society. The Rivals, was
Cook. Robert Maileiie' Ed vernon. Francis S
sherry and Charles Day; the girls Miss Tice. MIS-
Mamie Tcnny. Miss Fahys and Miss Frances spen-
Not until l"l. however. did the Hin rise TO lis
full magnitude a. social centre Under the dires-
HonsraW. Ed" knbfeisch. Gus" Wallace. Jud-
.on Dm9Gk and George = Fahys, WIN Ge1fse
Joseph H. seaman and Jere Mcseroie coadjutors
4 So WI. formed that lasted unbrokenIy season
after season and y really the Hill set OF to-day
younger generation having stepped I'm.
These energetic young folks founded the helpie
AZ BUSCH In ISsG they ran for years series
OF cotillons ~ Kemscn Han by this tine Georse
had Was tn "a -knowedscd premier Not until the
rc..dS to take hold lid he give up his power.
The bellies OF the Hill AZ this time were Mss
n MIa S M '2 Miss " Rate Brec6er Miss
Phzer and Miss frankie Wallace
THE PARK SLOPES HISTORY.
AT the same time with the coming Of the younger
Set on the Hill eight. nine and ten years ago be-
gins the history Of the Park slope. As a separate
beEinning From The first too small In itself to
stand a.one. It began TO fuse and TO mix WIN inc
ing Class later the Assemblies. invited me I'M
young men to join season after the I'M peieS
oven more remarkable. IT was not until this dane
ing class mad Itself picked up bodily and trans
planted to the Pouch Mansion that II scored INC
real success II has since mcrttd.
But the PARK Slope. nevertheless. has this much
Importance Mrs Timothy l.. Woodruff has al
ready been mentioned As manager Of big G Iiia
A. a hostess. dinn"r-siver no one IN Brook1n
can surpass her. and the Woodruff house III
Elghth-ave while 10y no means palace Is 40
tasteful and attractive that it has come TO be one
Of the city's most representative homes, ~ ma
taken Mrs Woodruff ten years To push herself INTO
this most prominent position she IS pretty anu
petite. full Of tact. and ooks Ike i S9un me- sir WON.
on Of the slope" into great prominence and they
stand to-day leaders n that part OF ,ns
Airs j. q. Dettmer. Mrs. Thomas T. Pearsali Mrs..
David a. Body. The matrons on the NJ nn Wno en-
Wallace Mrs. Frederick H. Webster. Mrs Francis
r Fahys was until recently one OF these. but the
Fahys are now living III New-York Another prom,
is i' Mrs. Charles r. Terry OF Westinghouse
ST Valentine and bachelor balls, ta''o on , Ge
Gvrle club haze been the chief amusements OF tho
present H set. In all OF these Timothy l., woo" voc
run has been we'll ~ the head Three m, men. az d
matter of fact. have made modern I'm s9c'sS
what il is-Woodrun, Carroll j. Post Jr ara an,
drew Peters. The latter two have been me ilao| yen
and carhart OF the lin and slope Post Is an al
mirablo man AT a coton, and no one exce,s Peters
IN arranging novel de-ices. in planning Dig SUP d
scription afairs and IN handling the minuteS' oe
The three men are seen everywhere 81 t Io,''m my
different personal types. they nave never tknn WI
social piece Of work tnar .heS nst Ie besides his
prominence I'm society. Is an enthusiast on Ea NJ
&c was sern yeirs ago and now is an ardent
golfer. cyclist and lacrosse player
OTHER MEN OF THE HILL SET.
Tho other well-known men of the set are e. H.
smitbers Clinton Elliott Winthrop Tuttle Warren
Derby Austin G. Turner w r. o. B S anu mann
ears was William a. Webster. but ne Is ho" III
'ht hegios 70 look as II these sotsthe Heights
ard tIn Uill-for "a has been described, the mn
has pretty nearly swallowed up the PARK SI1Pe
seems likely 10 bring this about y, Is the tne new new
pvL.r's Meadow Golf club In which an tnret Sc
80 arc I,ins down together az the non WIN Ine
innb Timothy l.. Woodruff Is the president, 70
,.,arJ u Iitchneld the vice-president norman >.
nt,c the secretary. and Frederick II. wooster tno
~ .nrIr The Executive Committee Is composer
., .r,hnr NJ Hatch. Andrew Peters ana CarrolI >;
pos ir and the patronesses are MIS-. panis,
,,ps,,rcsy CHelghts, Mrs. T.; ~. Litchneid
tIai,h,si Mrs Frederick II. Webster ,Hilll MIS-
IathSn i Fish (Hcights) Mrs William A. Taylor
1Teishtsj and Mrs. Timothy L. woodruff 'farK
,I - this Is the more interesting when 1t comes
~ bc considered that this golf clnb was FORMED ny
Hill men. , ..or ,a,s md sectious of the
ct,y th,t should have word the famous music
racep,iors I'm the music room o! Ms. Joseph
Lnann of Bcdford-ave.. by the Fountain, are
lin remembered as grand affairs. That. 100 VA
= honse i'm which Presidents were entertained, ana
th" Rushwick or Dutch set OF sc,ons OF ora
Ioxe T,mpkns when 1t was all country homes
there was that is worth recalling nne SET nor Is
Uttered now but its chief representatives were
IIf"nrv yandsrveer. Livingston Emery, Henry
rosrim W Rappclye Davis. Charles schenck'
r"rn Wilson and Edward F. de Bexeldon. MIS-,
Susan l. Vanderveer, whose house was on tne olu
pnnnelye farm the most important inatIoI,
a. tho belle OF those Daylight or Ten years as'
80 Miss Susie Nanderveer -.
west az Atlantic-ave. in the distrlct spoken ".
oommonly as "Pacifc-st. and near New, fork-aSe..
a. stII another sci. The families there whose
"a mos are well known In society are the fIatts'
~ vmses the Cowperthwatts.> the fiummers'
the Hoppes and the Campbels.