New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-20
THE WEEK IN SOCIETY.

with the penitential season within whispering
| distance. the nights and days are being devoted
to mild pleasures principally dances and music
| The pre-Lenten entertainments not many. but
they will follow each other In rapid succession
until Tuesday night when elaborate meeting
Of the Tuesday Evening Club recently or
sanzed by Mrs, John Jacob Aston, Mrs Peter
oSsr yon SM matrons in society viii be held at
the home OF Mrs. Garfield No. % Park-ave This
will probably be the final entertainment OF the
season Of 1878.
| Private dances and musicals really the
features Of the week which closed last night Mr..
and Mrs william D. sloane's dinner dance on
J Monday night at their home. IN Frfth-ave.. In
honor OF their debutante daughter. Miss Lila Van
derbit Sloane. certainly one or the most
beautiful parties Of the season The dinner. which
was attended by eghty-fou guests. was followed
at II o'clock by a co,ilon which led by G.
! Creighton Webb. who had n partner Miss Emily
| Sloane This distinctly young peoples
dance with valentine features, few Of the older
married set being present hut nearly all the young
married couples and buds who TO make up the
fashionable balls OF the winter included In
| the list OF guests. The favors. which were as
handsome as have been seen anywhere since the
new year included satin valentines with appro-
pirate verses inscribed on doves for the g!rl, ,
satin hearts: in another figure there were genuine
hshng-nets. trimmed with fancy ribbons FOR the
In still another figure there were Cupd's bows
men. Then there were handsome silver cardcases.
| court-plaster cases and s'amp-boXes photograph
terhios trimmed with ribbons The cotion. which
finished at o'clock was followed by sup
| per.
81. Valentines Day made the most Of by
| society and luncheons and dinner parties were
TEXTURES Of the afternoon and evening. One OF the
| largest luncheons OF the Law was given by MISS
| Gurnee AT her home. No SOS Fffth-ave An Incl
dent on Monday night was the last Monday cotillon
| at Delmonico's This also valentine dance.
and the favors distributed in the cotillon partook
| largely of the valentine character. on Tuesday
| night Perry Belmont gave musical entertainment
! at his home. in upper Flfth-ave. His guests
listened TO some excellent music contributed by
Nine Melba. Signor Campanari and Ysays, the
vollnist who came somewhat as n surprise TO
/ Mr.. Relmont's guests II was thought AT one
time that The ar., who had PLAYED The night Hrft
! before In Ohio would he unable TO roach Ncw-N ork
IN time to appear at the concert The music was
followed by a supper.
The eayest subscription dance Of the week was
the second and last Of the Tuesday Evening Dances
which given AZ Sherry's Wednesday even
Ing the date having been changed from February
% to the 18th II one Of the latest dances OF
the season: not until nearly midnight the
ballroom anywhere nearly filled. II was. however
one Of the merriest and best-dressed gatherings OF
the winter The girls seemed all have reserved
fresh and pretty gowns for the occasion. and the
handsome rooms in Sherry's establishment prob
ably never appeared to better advantage than on
Wednesday night. when crowded with the troops
OF gay young dancers The guests were received
by Mrs Alexander Van Rensselaer,. Mrs J. Fred
eric Kernochan and Mrs Francis K. Pendeton
The cotion which followed the supper was led
by Craig w Wadsworth. who danced with Mrs
Edmund l.. Bayles. The favors were Mardi-Gras
in character and ordered abroad months
was made. In one figure there were CAV banners
Of various coors. with "Mardi-Gras. 1885" worked
on fancy colored ribbons for The men In another
figure there bonhon baskets adorned with
with candy. for the women. while the men re-
Geived boHtonneres Of pink satin UTless all In
h. continued next winter.
The entertainment Of Mr. and Mrs Abram s
Hewitt at their home in Lexington-ave on Thurs
day night. far and away the most unusual not
say startling. affair OF the present season The
members of the Hewitt family noted for their
originality. and as had been whispered about In
society that something novel In store for the
evening. the invitations generally responded
TO- and there a great crowd The Hewitt
drawing-room made to represent a garden
with treswork overhead. covered with flowers
and the room arranged with number Of small
tables There also n stage end and
here the novel features OF the entertainment were
revealed. The women guests had been requested to
come with their gowns and conures ornamented
with kind Of flowers. and many novel devices
were worn the heads and covered Of the
gowns OF their fair wearers Probably of the
most original headdresses OF the evening that
worn by young well known in society 1t
consisted Of a wheatneld. IN the centre OF which
was large scarecrow. The men. when they ar
rived AT the Hewitt house. supplied with de-
tachable boards mustaches and noses made TO
represent carrots. potatoes. onions. cabbages. etc
The entertainment on the stage was introduced by
The Misses Hewitt who 'RRe9red i4 AMUSING Ing
Warehouses. and Mr.. Cushing. of Boston as Dick
swlyeer william conn ana TaIrorl BeckWn
"A Memorial Of St Helena." Then came a
Leaves from the Highlands" from her latest por-
trait by a. Murray Young. Miss Cornea Barnes
appeared in "A Corner sociabe." The next item
on the programme was IA R9ndeag de Ia Pay Pay
with appeared. Then followed 'Backwoods and
D. Prince followed with number of French-Ca-
madam songs. Then came Mrs. Ludlow White
Les Poupps' Mrs Peter Cooper Hewitt next
appeared in pictures by old masters; Moliere
lowed clyde Fitch who appeared as Mile Yvette
Guilbert 1t is safe to say that not in years has
vate house. supper followed the performance,
guests until the small hours OF the morning
The fortnightly musical Wednesday afternoon
ri the home Of Mrs. Edward Wnslow No q West
Fifty-thrd-s was one OF the pleasant social IN
cidents OF the day. The vocasts were Nine Emma
Juch- Wenan Miss Laura Louise Warren. Mrs
Katherine Bloodgood and Ericsson F. Bushnell
Miss Avice Boxall played the harp, and Mrs. Bur
cherd the plano. The accompanies was Mr. Haril.
In the crowded audience were Mrs. Paul Thebaud.
Dr. and Mrs. Edward l.. Reyes. Mr.. and Mrs
George Sheldon. Mrs r. Burrill Hoffman. Mr. and
Mrs. William Casey. Mr. and Mrs. J. Stuart Wing.
Mrs. Gustav n. Schwab Mrs Walter G.. Oakman.
Mrs. w Hull Wickham. Mrs. Louis L. Stanton.
Mrs. Henry c. Trevor. Mrs. Hoffman Miller. Mrs.
Henry Dmock. Mrs ogden DR. and Mrs Polk
and Mr.. and Mrs. Newbod Lawrence
The matrimonial celebrations OF next week will
begin tomorrow nj noon, when Miss Mcneil a
niece OF tho late Mrs. Morgan Smith will be mar