New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-03
THE WEEK IN SOCIETY.

Tho eoveties OF the week were not Of az especially
exciting kind though there were several entertain
ments which certainly lively and in character
thoroughly In keeping with the holiday season As
is always the case the domestic festivities incident
TO the holiday season occupied the minds Of many OF
the men and women In society, and In addition to
fulfilling the duties at their own hearthstones many
fashionable women have spent good deal OF time
since the week before Christmas in Frightening the
homes Of the poor children connected with the
many charitable institutions throughout the city.
Departures for the country were numerous on
Thursday and consequence New Years Day
found the town In part deserted and fashionable
places Of rendezvous comparatively empty. merry
New Year party of about thirty young people left
the Grand Central Station at $3.50 o'clock OH Thurs
day afternoon chaperoned by Mrs. Frederic Good
ridge bound for her country place at Pomfret.
Conn, to remain until tomorrow. Three hours
aer o M s snS T James ns
for Montreal with headquarters at the Windsor
Whitaker' Miss Lucy Gurnee. Miss Belle Gurnee
Alexander NJ; Iladden. j. I.angdon Erying; Fred,
sorts OF SEASONAL BILE sports have been arranged by
the generous host and hostess. Including a day at
York al GAS o'clock tomorrow morning.
Perhaps the gayest gathering in the vicinity Of
New-York Thursday night to the new year
In and the old year at :he Tuxedo Club
Every room In the clubhouse occupied and
there general exodus from the cottages the
clubhouse that night. The decorations In the
large rooms were most effective. The surrounding
hills contributed laurel evergreens spruce and pine
trees which transformed piazzas and the ballroom
into miniature forests Tho ball more than
ordinarily jolly. and the at midnight was ex-
| tremely pretty Dancing began soon after dinner
| and In accordance with custom On New Years Eve
| was informal At the midnight hour and just as
| the dance was at its gayest. an immense punch
! bowl brought into the ballroom when a fare
| new Then the band struck mp Aud Lang syne =
| which was sung by the entire company. Some OF
Mrs Richard Mortimer, Mr. and Mrs Lloyd s.
| Bryce Mr. and Mrs. r. Lorillard Ronalds jr Mr.
Mcvickar. Mr.. and Mrs. James Brown Lord. Mrs
James Kent Miss Edwina Post. the Misses varnum
| Miss Mary Thornc Carpenter. Mr. and Mrs c. II
| Ccster the Misses Coudert Mr. and Mrs Pierre
ns MTs M Mi a Ran Mrf PAM aud s M
| Cutting. Mr.. and Mrs Lucius 4. Wimerdlng
Mr.; and T Mrs Geo. George W. q Brs an, Mr. and Mrs
Carey. Miss Mabel Lewis Mr. ard Mrs Walker
sea Smith MI. M ana Pc George rswod and
| Mr. and Mrs Peter Cooper Hewitts party a,
| their home in Lexington-ave.. on New Years Eve
! was one OF the plcesantest Incidents in town on
! Thursday night. Their guests. about fifty in mum
Der. In from dinner parties given nj tn,
| homes of Mr.. and Mrs Stuyvesant FISH Miss
! Mary Turnure and Mrs. Burke Roche Until short
ly before the arrival OF the new year there was a
concert by the Neapoitan singers and afterwa RI
| there was a supper and dancing TO tho music OF
| tho Hungarian Band.
On New Years Day there large reception
In the new clubhouse. just finished for the Baltus
rol Club at Short Hills. y. j.. and in town a
luncheon By Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver r. p Belmont al
their home. In East Seventy-second-st.
pleasant dance was given New Years Eve
at the Hotel Beechwood Summit n J. The hail
room was 'as'efuiiy decorated with laurel ant
palms and festoons of red. while the large piazzas
Enclosed in glass and thoroughly heated were con
verted into a large drawing groom: the floors were
covered with rugs. and every corner was trans
formed into c"sey nook. with divans easy chair,
and palms Among the guests at the dance wer,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. de Barry, the Misses de Barry
| Mr.. and Mrs. A. White Mrs. Charles Miller Mis-.