New-York tribune., 1896-11-22
BROOKLYNITES IN NEW-YORh
SOCIETY LEADERS WHO
HAVE GONE ACROSS THE RIVER.
HOW THE HEIGHTS AND THE HILL AND THE
PARK SLOPE HAVE MADE CONTRIBUTIONS
TO THE LIFE OF THE BIG CITY
FROM BRoOKLYN's LISTS.

TO THE LIFE OF THE BIG CITY
NOTEWORTHY NAMES MISSED
FROM BRooKLYN's LISTS.
While New-York City and New-York society are
not REGARDED exactly as a Mecca 10y Eroohlynites
Of position and means, 1t Is yet 'act that each
wear few wel-knovn households and families that
have entertained for a decade. II not for quarter
Of n century and more leave their old homes ana
settle across the river The movement mas reVer
been q marked one even the Heights. whore the
exodus has been the most important mt IL never
theess has been felt decisivey. and gaps ana crew
ices have been left in the social system that are not
n he filled M In many cases the break has
come upon the death CT the head OF some old 'am-
ily This and marriage have been the chief causes
of the undoing Of the social ties But whatever the
reason there are now at least hundred Now
Workers who until recently were noteworthy hro""
lynites and who. 50 FAR as be learned have be-
come permanent residents of the metropolis
A review Of this sort is particularly pertinent az
ne moment because Brooklyn has this fall lost one
Z her bost-known entertainers and society men JUST
In this fashion No other than w. . +. frehHc" VI
the Heights has left his home in Rcmsen-st ana
moved up In that historic region that bears the cio
namc OF Murray Hill. Mr. Prentices new house If
in West Fifty -hfth-st. the Avenue, and 1t If
not too much TO say that there could hardly be
named Brooklynte who would be missed more.
For not Only has w. s. Z. Prentice been one OF the
leaders in social affairs and manager OF great eN-
ecutive ability In the Ihpetonga and other auairs'
but Mrs Prentice has stood well 10 tho 'front.' III "a
pacity among the women OF Brooklyn. end their
home has been OF the most noted houses OF nos
ptaty that the CITY has known within the last dec
ad. The Prentice dinners have lad not little
fame and each winter has seen many or them
This same Heights set has lost number OF Its
members In the same way. The three most rroml-
nent examples are Seth Low. General benjamin f.
Tracy and Judge Charles L. Benedict, together
with his stepsons George and Henry Cromwell. the
latter OF whom died recently. These arc mentioned
because Of their high official position. None OF
them, Il should be noted. despite their removal
have ceased to belong TO Brooklyn society. ana inc
Ihpetonga and kindred entertainments are likely 10
see them each year Seth Low now lives IN East
Sixty-fourth-st. General Tracy and his daughter.
Mrs WllmerdIng. In West Twentieth-s;. while
Judge Benedict and his wife and George Cromwell.
spending their summers at their country place In
the interior OF Station Island. stay at the Bristol
during the winter season
Besides these people. distinctly OF tho CID
Heights set there are many others whose removal
from Brooklyn has been recent, and who p.aNed
leading parts among Heights men and women. Per-
haps the most important is Amory s. Carhdrt. who
almost ever since his marriage has been living ct
Tuxedo but who spends considerable portion OF
each winter in the New-York hotels To all IN
tents and purposes from social point or vicw' MT
Carhart is a Now Yorker. he and MS wife giving up
their time to New-York society. though he still
holds his citizenship in Brooklyn and votes from
the old Carhart home Columbia Heights. Mrs
Carhart It may be remembered was Miss Brook
man. The other Miss Brookman is the wife OF
Philip Bradford Niles. and the Niles home Is on
Tenth-st., close TO Ffth-avc.
Tenth-st. and the region OF lower Fifth-ave
could on a poll. in fact show several families who
were until lately leading Brooklyn Heights people
Mr. and Mrs William C. Sheldon. jr.. live at the
Eerkoley at Ninth-st.: Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence W.
Bowen are in feminist. ani Mr.. and Mrs Spencer
Tra SIX, whose main home Is quaint and curious
house in Saratoga. are located during the winter
months In Washington Square. Tho Trasks have
however, been away from 81 ooklyn for some years
BROOKLYN had n year ago. no moro delight
ful entertainers than the Peter W Lynches. OF
Henry St then for short time OF Hancock-st.
just beyond tho Hin Like many others. tho
Lynches are now Ncw-Y Workers. last winter t-;ins |
hotel life there Mr. ard Mrs John T. Forne OF me
Heights. have too. left Brooklyn pernansntly. |
They spent last winter AZ the Waldorf ana ms
year WI taks M "a hqmce mu ni, Iaicv Of Rem
sen-st.. row have a country house near rye. anu
1--we there the greater part OF INC year coming INTO
AS It has lost Mr. Carhart. so has the Heights /
tat Upon his marrying Miss Pierrepont year or |
more ago he took a house In West tleventh-st ana |
s 'he rtw and fES s pae S not pce been
1lIed Henry +. Pierreponts other daughter is TO |
his young couple will live in Brooklyn FOR year |
Al any rate :. is known that soon after that they
will move across the river. Mr.. Liquors interests.
professional and social. are mainly OF the metrOp- /
,lis he being OF Coumbias corps OF young |
pr r)fessOrs. .
While touching particularly upon Brooklyn's go
,ial leaders OF the younger generation. II should ne
noticed that since Miss Saltus's marriage and the
consequent breaking up Of the Saltus household /
LLOYD Saltus has been living In New-York having /
established himself at the Marie Antonette. on the |
Boulevard
BELOW THE PARK LINE.
Just below the Park and in the cross streets on /
both sides OF the Avenue" moro Brooklynitcs than
one would imagine have set up their household |
goods and their Lares and Ponates. To recall few