New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-18
THE WEEK IN SOCIETY.

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Dulness the order Of the week so far az enter
tanning has been concerned The last week OF Lent
complied with the most stringent requirements OF
the season. and to the world at large has been as
quiet and dull as the most exacDg anchorite could
desire While the services at tho churches last
week were we'll attended, the opera and theatres
suffered little in point of patronage. for the musical
and dramatic enthusiasts crowded the Metropolitan
Opera House and the theatres to speed the parting
and welcome the coming artists as well as to enjoy
the musical feasts provided for them The gloom
and austerty of the Lenten season will give way
TO sunshine and glad tdings which the feast OF
the resurrection brings with it. Already the
churches and many other places less sanctimed
have been transformed into immense gardens. The
flowers which fill the sanctuaries OF many OF the
city churches to-day will play an important part
will set in tomorrow and Will continue until the
middle of June without the weddings the Easter
season would lose half Of It's charm.
The audiences ct the opera last week included
a majority OF the social world still left In town.
On Monday night. when a large audience was dis
appointed by not hearing Nine. Calv6 as Mar
guerite In Gounod's Faust" there was n BRILL
liant gathering In the orchestra. the balcony and
boxes while in the upper parts OF the house there
were hundreds Of men and women who have fire.
quenty been seen In the more expensive seats In
the opera house. box which was well filed with
men during the entire evening was occupied by
Fair. and Miss Katherine Duer. The last named
looked especially pretty In n gown OF pink satin,
the corsage ornamented with tiny bows OF black
velvet and chiffon. Miss Fair looked fresh and
beautiful In white satin. embellished with clusters
OF pink roses Mrs. Oelrichs in a gown Of
black n re. covered with black gauze embroidered
with silver. Mrs. George Bird, in green m!ror
velvet with trimmings of white lace, sat with Mrs.
Elisha Dyer jr. who was In a handsome gown or
canarycolored satin. trimmed with lace and bright
red roses Mrs. George +. Baker was In gown OF
back velvet. trimmed with white lace and red
peoples. Miss Florence Baker wore n beautiful
gown OF white satin richly embroidered in silver.
Mrs. James Barclay in pink satin and some mag
nificent diamond ornaments. chaperoned Miss
Dixon, who was in gown of white satin and
chiffon. Mrs. Stanford White. wearing a gown Of:
pale green satin and silverspangled gauae. sat in
a box with Miss Elsie Clews VINO was in gown
OF pink and white silk, trimmed with pink roses.
trimmed with blue chiffon and white aigrette in
her couture, had as her guest Airs. Thomas H..
trimmed with pink velvet and deeper shade OF red
roses Mrs. H. &. Porter In a stunning gown OF
mauve satin. the left side OF corsdge orndmenled
with huge cluster Of purple volets. sat with Miss
Blight, whose gown was OF black more and silver
spaneied gauze. and Miss Wctmore, who was in
helotrope silk, trimmed with chiffon and lace.
Mrs. Lloyd s. Bryce, in white satin and silver
Edmund T. BSyIies who wore a gown Of black
trimmed with china-bue velvet and chiffon. Mrs.
Almeric Hugh Paset wore gown OF black We vet;
the front OF the Corsage emDc.lishcd with pearl and
diamond ornaments and large cluster OF red roses
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, who recently returned from
a Southern trip. was in gown of white satin, the
corsage trimmed with mauve flowers; she sat In a
box with Miss Josephine Johnson, who was In = sot-
gcous gown OF mauve brocade combined with black
drG M w ag and IN pink csa G %
e MTf NIX Tho wore gown owl oil yeSW
OF Nile green mror velvet, trimmed with white
feathers and white hyacnths.
On Thursday night, when Nine Calve appeared
thor lrp cat her Of
society people in the boxes and other parts of the
house Mrs Charles f. Havemeyer, who has just
returned from winter spent In Aiken, s. C.. looked
extremely handsome in a gown OF black velvet. on
the cQrsage of which cluster OF American
Beauty roses With her In the box was Miss Anna
Sands also In black. Mrs. =. Lorillard Ronads,
jr, In a gown of samon-pink satin combined with
black velvet. held court in of the boxes during
the evening. In box the opposite of the house
sat her mother. Mrs. William A. Perry, in white
satin and silver Mrs Peter Cooper Hewitt. In "A
gown Of delicate shade Of lemon-colored satin
made with belt and sash OF green velvet, and
Edmund J.: Bayles who was in Spanish-lookins
her couture. Mrs. Henry Clews. in white satin. the
corsage adorned with pink roses, had with her as
her guest Miss Belknap Of Washington who was
In gown Of black velvet. relieved with trimmings
OF blue. Mrs. A: Cass Canie.d was in white satin
brocade was the CUES; of Mrs. George +. Baker.
who was in pink satin tin b I,o the corsage
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of black gapze embroidered with silver.
The preparations for the Faster weddings have
been finished. and the principals and attendants
who are TO take part in them are almost ready to
begin the march TO the altar. The details OF the
important nuptia affairs OF the Easter season have
appeared from time to time in the columns OF The
Tribune list OF the marriages to take place
during the next two weeks is as follows
Monday-Mss Marguerite Lanler Wlnsow the
fo,,U ~ and Mra Ehuo
Of No Il West Fifty-thrd-st. tn Arthur W. Lite
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph J. Little. at 1 O'clock
In st. Bartholomews Church; Miss Mary Louise
Coe. daughter Of the late +. II. Coe. to Henry
Montague Earle OF Washington. at noon. Mt the
home Of tho brides mother No Cos Fifth-ave. Miss
Anna Rutherford Peabody daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs Arthur Peabody. OF No. Is West feminist. to
John r. Wainwright, at o'clock, in Calvary
Protestant Episcopal Church. Miss lone w. Sutton
Pickhardt daughter Of the late William Pickhardt
TO Charles Warner Shope at o'clock. In the
Church Of the Heavenly Rest; Miss Daisy Gordon
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Gordon. OF Ceve-
land. to Walter Maude. OF England. nj noon. In st
Agnes's Chapel. West Nnety-second-st.; Miss IIar-
riett Theobad Wilson. daughter Of Mrs Oliver
Wilson. to Henry Judson Chaplin. OF Montclair ~