New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-07
left side of the corsage adorned with a bow OF
rose-pink satin


green nniroir velvet the corsage ornamented with
large bowknot OF diamonds. TO which were at
tached several ropes OF pearls Miss Gerry was III
pink satin, trimmed with garlands OF pink roses
Miss Mabel Van Rensselaer, was In white SATIN
trimmed with moussene de soie Miss Marguerite
Post wore a pretty gown Of mauve satin covered
With chiffon OF the same color the corsage adorned
with a large bow Of pale blue satin. Miss Louisa
De Peyster Webb was In pink satin. the corsaSe
outlined with sable trimmed with lace. MISS jose
phine Brooks gown OF white satin' the
corsage trimmed It'll siver-spangled tulle ana d
plastron Of white roses. Mrs. Nicholas Fish was IN
white satin made with a belt of pink mror veivet.
and corsage trimmed with lace and pearls Miss
Bessie Gift was In ivory-white satin, the snort
sleeves being Of mauve velvet with trimmings Oh
lace. Miss Katharine Duer was In gown OF piue
and black brocsds and corsage bert stevens
looked exceedingly handsome In gown Oh piiin
satin trimmed Win whe s ann p and White feather
aigrette In her cofure Lady Cunard was III
white hyacnths. Mrs Oliver Hartman jr, was IN
black MORE covered with black gaSze WITH n T nae
blue satin with trimmings OF white chiffon
On Monday evening Mr.. and Mrs. T. Chesley
Richardson, Of No. "a East Fifty-sixth-st. gave
dinner and dance for their son. T. Chesley Richard
son. IT, which was a kind OF farewell on the part
OF the Richardson family they started on Tues
day for Washington and the South where they In
tend to remain for several weeks. The guests at
the dinner Miss Susie Valentine, MISS MADE
lima Knowton. Miss Helen Jackson, Miss Eioise
Davis Miss Ethel DomInck, Miss May Harper
Miss Martha Jacob Miss Mattna Riker. Miss Mary
Riker Mis-, Anna Riker. Henry Valette Day.
Buchanan Houston, Leonard Jacob, Jr.. ]. H. Mas
son. William H. Dixon Renwick Hurry, Lawrence
Gilman, Thomas c. Buckley and Woodward BAD
cock. A feature Of the dinner was large birth-
day cake ornamented with lighted candles, whlch
yr1c a MI
came for cutting IT, The cake, when opened. was
so 10 con ,ae he dance which followed the
dinner informal one.
Another charming entertainment Monday
evening was the dinner dance given by Mr.. and
Mrs Richard Stevens in their new home at Castle
Point Hoboken, which occupies commanding
position on the river bank. The guests. who num-
bered about sixty, sat at small tables arranged In
tho dinng-room and large square hallway which
runs thro' g' the house After the dinner cotilon
was dancel Valentine G. Hall leading with the
hos Pretty favors were distributed. including
corsage bouquets OF roses for the women and pct-
ure-frames for tho men. Mr.. and Mrs Stevens's
guests included Mrs Archibald Stevens. Mr.. and
Mrs William Alexander. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay
Turnbull Mr. and Mrs. c. Albert Stevens, Mr. and
Mrs Sydney ]. Smith. Mr.. and Mrs. Russell H.
Hoadley IT, Mr.. and Mrs. Eben Wright. Mr. and
Mrs. William S. Post. Miss Alice Winifred Post.
Miss Thompson, Of Baltimore; Miss Maben, Miss
Mabel Drake Miss Edith Hall, Miss Elvine Neeser,
Miss Georgiana Wilmerding. Miss Edith Knowlton
Miss Katherine Candy. Miss Ethel Hitchcock. Miss
Elizabeth Duer. Miss Dora Harris Miss Helen De
Pssr ase cha1s ann Stevens
Gordon Paddock. Alexander Stevens. Edwin A
Louis Louis Keller 10 DR. Charles Hi!cheock Stockton B.
Colt, Henry Worthington Bull and Thornton
Warren
Among other subjects that have been discussed at
the fashionable gatherings Of the week are the en-
gagements that have been recently announced.
That of Miss Helen NJ. Carroll to Herbert Delano
Robbins must be mentioned first. Miss Carroll.
who is we'll known In society both here and abroad.
IS a daughter of Ex-Governor John Lee Carroll, OF
Maryland and a great-granddaughter Of Charles
Carroll Of Carrolton, Md. who outlived all other
signers OF the Declaration of Independence, and
whose half brothe- was the first Roman Catholic
Archbishop In the United States Her mother.
Governor CAROLS first wife. Miss Anita
Phelps. whom fashionable New-Yorkers Of thirty
five years ago will remember the lovely daugh-
ter Of Royal Phelps, to whose vast fortune the Car
roll children fell heirs. Mrs. Carroll died before
the election OF her husband to the Governorship Of
Maryland leaving three sons and three daughters.
of whom Miss Helen NJ Carroll is the youngest.
Two OF the daughters married French nobemen
and live abroad. The Royal Phelps Car
roll the owner OF the Navahoe, who five or six
years 60 married the beautiful Marion Langdon, a
relative OF Mrs Astor Charles Carroll, who mar
ried Suzzane Bancroft the adopted daughter of the
late George Bancroft. the historian. and John Lee
Carroll jr. The Carroll children shared equally In
the Phelps estate. which was largely increased
der the management OF Governor Carroll. whose
| second wife Miss Carter of Virginia Miss
Carroll. who has dark hair beautiful skin. medium
closely resemble her mother. She Is an accom-"
plished French German and Italian scholar. and Is
fine musician. She ia. like the rest of her family,
a devout Roman Catholic. and it is said that It was
largely due to her influence that Mrs Royal Phelps
al hpca a
years ago Miss Carroll occupied the Castle Fan
IN m sne ao WS a IAN
society the brother of Mrs. Henry Sloane He is
member Of all the fashionable clubs, and pop
| take place In Paris after Easter.
Tho other engagement announced last week was
that Of Miss Fanny Theodore Bland Pryor the
| youngest and only unmarried daughter OF Judge
and Mrs. Roger A. Pryor. to William de Leftwlch
Dodge the young American painter, who for sew
eral years has made his home in Paris The en-
| gagement Of tho young couple was announced sew
! eral years ago and was fatty contradicted at the
| time. Miss Pryor, who is really handsome girl
introduced to society several years ago, and
has had her success at Bar Harbor. Narragansett
and White Sulphur Springs. She is talented
| bright. and Is great favorte with her friends
The match is genuine love match the young
people having been devotedy attached since their
early CHILDHOOD. Mr.. Dodge, who was born about
| thrty-two years ago In Virginia, comes OF old
Revolutionary ancestry who came from Cheshire
England and settled in Virginia in Colonial times
He was graduated from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts
| In Paris. and his pictures accepted in the
Salon before he was tweny-one years old Mr.
Dodge who is one OF the best known OF the
younger school Of painters recently decorated one
OF the two pavilions octagonal rooms at the cor
ners OF the new Congressional Library in Washing.
ton. His decorative work the Administration
Building at the Columbian Exhibition in Chicago
four years ago was tho result Of a competitive ex-
animation participated In by young artists for tho
prize offered by Richard NJ Hunt. The marriage
of Miss Pryor and Mr.. Dodge will be soemnzed
on Wednesday, March 81. at the home OF Judge a nd
Mrs. Pryor, No. West Sixty -ninth-st The cere-
mony. which Will be performed at noon by the
Rev. Dr. David II. Greer. rector OF St. Barthoo-
news Church. will be attended only by the rela-
lives and a few personal friends OF the young
cnunle A wedding breakfast VIII follnuv h.