New-York tribune., 1896-12-27

only daughter of the late Mr.. and Mrs James
Westhall, who were among the early come's "
Lakewood. many years ago -
On Tuesday evening Professor william i-ooey'
of Princeton. gave his annual talk for the puphs
OF the Oaks. the Misses Farrington's school for
girls Professor Libbey's discourse was the same
as that delivered before the Royal Geographicai
Society in London. and was a most interesting
account OF his voyage with the Peary reiiel party
on board the Falcon. In 1884, The talk was Illus
trated throughout its entire length with hhe pic'
ures from Professor Llbbey's own camera. Espe-
ciay interesting those OF South 'reeniahh'
the dwellings and costumes of the natives the Ice
bergs in Inglefeld Gulf and Bain's Bay-veritabe
castles Of splendid architecture. The scenery was
contrasted briefly with that of Switzerland ana
there was interesting mention of plant HE IN
country where trees only eight inches high
and beautiful yellow poppes bloom through tme
snow. There were pictures of wonderful sHlcieIs'
ample of the strange contrast in that country,
the fact that the Esquimau does not iiA ms pene,
in hell upon everlasting fire, but upon the Waa'rs M @ ="
the inland ice The pictures of the Esquimau @ rare
in its varying grades of civilization We're i aso ,h
enjoyable. The hunters OF the hai's utn,,,,r,n,
women of the country and a group OF Esquiina,n qi !,
bellies oMsd Were hy shG%n r Nsnfe wn n hs inland
the beauty of the country who capuVa'eu o''o VI
Professor Llbbey also told number OF anus
ing stories, including the yarns OF one 1Iu sd't ol
dog belonging to Lieutenant Peiry that ate his
thong to escape the drudgery or puins ne f H.
am ihe ~" bv tb lords of creation The pathetic in
cident OF the journey the finding OF inc Dorgs Dor,
and their subsequent burial The return JohrnrGI
after taking LIEUTENANT ana MIS- rtds ,bc town Of
Gothaven. with its one building oi "oou odousmh, Hnh
stormy seas from copenhaseF' 'rrase .he WHEN
they have never received At the close OF the ieit ct
nge p6turGs5 uaGs5 Gl bv 'nf Mr. Rryat and Miss Bill
maid for Mrs fearys little daughter were r SPSWn PSn
| delpha on September 26. 1884, and of the loss oi
the crew upon the next o yoyasf orne nler "''
An Interested audience that filled the library and
c the Of sssss ss Pr ET
Van Wagner, Professor and Mrs William m,ad "a; rr
Smith Mrs Kingdom, the Rey Dr G. y. ,nner M1Gher-
Ian Miss Mcclellan Dr and Mrs W. w; " SfhIud 81 Ineds
Root the MISS Msss' nsdd srdrii Mis- Ms Allsp Elsie
Davis and A. D. Davis, who has recently returned
The Yearly distribution of the Lakewood Branch
The benehciaries inSinGed i%re he me sum
rniu mit Convalescent Home Daisy Fields, at Enge- Eg
wood: the Gerry society in New oTK & i,cbn Gbe9
association There has also been distribution OF O.
a large quantity of clothing by Mrs Henry s.
The hotels are radiant with holiday greens AZ AZ
the Laurel House the office ana dns en9 rIo, retnr
and large branch of the native mistetoe as gIows
vi wss ''e a Christmas dance on Friday night and Mr
Plumer has sent out invitations ior the Dd t % r
evening last M ard Mrs. Ja.lcs Mclean gave
Welsh bbit party for their frsnLs at & Inc iiuI' ~
stOns. onse MIs. Stone and T 5 Beckwh OF GleveIand
Richard W. Iought0n Of MTaukedd' M nd M Ss rrancjs
C. 6op noy a ErneSt Lloyd the Misses Mclean OF New
York ana the Misses Davis Of aEewGo1 ednne AZ Ie
| Miss Hastings. of New-York; sans number OF me me
ner who recently won the l0o-franc priz. offered
| by the European edition of New-l ork hcWSpaPel
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| The engagement list numbers several parties OF
young people Among the Watrqn, VINO Tll VII, eh@p a%d
Mrs Gustav sGhwa6 Mr ana M i j. sSd sSYda% Mr@
y Brokaw. the Rey. and Mrs. Wilton Mcre
Smith and Mrs. +. Burrow Green Of New York YORK
". b. Jenkins. of Jersey City, and +. sandiord
The lakewood Hotel has a particularly lr lne
laurel ana pine festooncd about the ceiling IN
Th gr9mPs or TTea5 n "d dSorw w n
| corridors. The electric display OF red "hlte ana
blue lights running through the green is most ei-
fectve The Christmas dance took place on Friday
| night and Mr.. Slleck has issued nedr.y lVv nkia-
| Years eve Tonight the VIII Lyle Minstrel Com
| pany, who are old favorites at this house gave
pany made up the first part and bnrlesque special
| ties and juggling the second On Tuesday evening
formance and "Wednesday evening 10
give regular exhibition t & The s sSein w peaent n fS OF
party Of friends n PTygte wS2n Dr on
Isaac f. Piati Dr. PAU + Kimba Jasper Lynch
ana John M,,ey. Sleiehing parties have been popu-
lar win Lakewood Hotel guests this week Mr.,
and Mrs. Prag, of Baltimore, made Up a party 10 90
| to Toms River Tuesday evening Fhe booking
| shows the names Of many prominent people, among
| Flower of New-York and his family; M and Mrs.
! Francis Wellman and Mrs Pho Echeverra 6 -.
| Dunn BENJAMIN f. Goodspecd ana MI ana MIS-.
Jonathan G. Moore will give parties Of at least
| At the Laurel-in- Pines Mr. Porter has sent
| out invitations for the bail New Years Eve.
| Beginning with tonight the list Of engagements IS
most gratifying and there VIII he lirse numpsr r,r r
of arrivals to add TO those here for Christmas the
cia wcrld appear on he list: Warner Van N3rdel'
| president of the Bank of North America w. \.
Nash president of the Corn Exchange Bank: John !.
| Townsend. president of the BOWery Savings Bank.
| and Crowel Hadden. president OF the Long Island
Trust Company. Others who are coming are Lewis
Morris Norwood. the Misses Norwood. Mrs. Charles
l.. Colby, Howard and Everett Colby Dr. and Mr..
Newton NJ Schafer Mr.. and Mrs. William NJ.
Kngsland and Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Walker
as to the Office dining and music rooms There were
dances fCr the guests TO celebrate Christmas;
one THURSDAY and the cher Friday might rne ban
furnished amusement for the guests on "Wednesday
evening. Among the people EXPECTED are Mrs. j
and party. Mrs. VI. \. Nesbt Frank +. Low. Miss
Marray and ". J. Boyd q New-York o.
Union Theological Seminary. Is staying at the
Laurel House
John D. Rockefeller spent Sunday at the Laurel
ton While here. Mr. Rockefeler entertained AZ
! dinner his daughter. Mrs. Charles 4: Strong. and
Professor Strong. Miss strong and Mrs Moore
| week were ex-Controer Theodore W Myers. Com
gresham Henry, c. Miner and Mrs Miner, Naihan M
Rush c. Hawkins. Of New-York
Professor and Mrs. Albert Cook, Of New Haven
are at the Palmer House.
Hotel for the holidays Mr.. and Mrs. w. II