The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-27
WHAT sooIErr rs DOING.

long, dull Ientcn period to DO bridRod. VIII
liam X. Vanderbilt will avail himself Of this
to give his postponed dinner dance. It will
he possible for Mr.. Vanderbilt 70 add to the
collection Of pretty favors prepared for the first
occasion others appropriate to Mi.Careme.
William X. Vanderbilt, Jr., will return at
once to Harvard College. His attack Of
measles was OF tho liehtost description. and he
simply had to keep his room and avoid taking
cold. Unfortunately, his sickness came just at
the wrong moment, when the dinner Ounce
was to have been given in honor Of his pretty
Mr.. Vanderbilt celebrated Wachington's Birth.
day by teking his first walk on tho avenue
afscr his illness.
From letters Just received from Cairo, TO
which place Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Wander
hllt had returned after their Nile trip, II ap.
pears that Mr.. Vanderbilt 10 In an unexpected.
ly good condition as to health. The familiar
business friend and rlEht-hand man. undoubt.
eddy had n cheering influence. There 10 now
a probability that Mr., and Mrs. Vanderbilt will
reopen THE Breakers at Newport for the sum-
mer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry CLOVIS and Miss Clews
will so to Newport late in tho spring. and will
pass the summer there. Tho family occupy
""Tho Rocks In alternate seasons only, Mrs.
Clews having q preference for travelling on tho
Continent between times. Horny CLOVIS. Jr.,
will soon blossom out az one of tho beaux OF
school at Hanover. and previously studied for q
year or two In Franco.
There 10 talk of Miss Marie poroas Conde and
Lctbeus Harding Rogers being married In June.
After a honeymoon on this side they will 20 to
Europe for q Continental trip. Their engage.
ment Is said to be one of the results Of the winter
series Of substitution dances arranged by Mrs.
Hiram Cloaver krok. Tho last of these was
given on Monday night.
Tho details of the college dinner dance given
on Monday night by Mrs. James A. Burden for
her second son. Williams Proudft Burden. In
honor of his twenty. first birthday. were I'D.
mirably carried out. Tho ~cot!llon was led by
William stackpols of Boston. q college friend of
young Mr.. Burden. He danced with Mrs. James
A. Burden, Jr. All of the favors were tied with
ribbon OF the Harvard crimson hue. just aftor
midnight, when Washineton's birthday was ush-
each q cluster OF artificial cherries was tied.
Other favors given out were coaching whips,
French hunting; horns, triangles, and whistles.
There was one SRlo figure, and for this oorsage
bouquets and boutonnieres Of violets were dis
tributcd.
Reginald W. Rives will entertain his fellow
members of the Coaching Club at his country
day. April o. until he following Monday. which
is Easter Monday. Inc party will drive to and
from New Hamburg on tho coach Pioneer.
The date of tho marriage OF Miss Katherine
Duer and Clarence H. Mackay has been fixed
for June IS. Much preparation is to be made
meanwhile. Mr.. Mackay and his mother are
devout Roman Catholics. and the Duers are of
the old Grace Church set. The difference in re-
ligion will require p. small home wedding, In.
s Miss S Ge qRe Il Miss ssu EYe,vS Mi su pnS1 has Sf,s ssie Msd
Goelet. and Miss Virginia Fair to attend her AZ
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton Wilkes Cary will es
tablish themselves on their return from their
bridal trip ut Sol Fifth avenue. This house 10
in the shadow Of the big adjoining Bostwick
residence. When the engagement Of Mrs. Nor
rell and Mr.. Cary was made public the beauty
and great wealth of the former were expatiated
upon. From that time until the wedding offers
Of marriage and begging letters poured in on the
widow by mail from every section of tie
mother. Mrs. w. +. Cary. on Monday was. as It
bridegroom and other members Of the family.
Mrs. Bostwick and Mrs. Cary planned 1t. Mrs.
Cary was brought to the house in an invalid
chair.
Two enjoyable young peoples parties were
given last week. That OF Mrs. H. Mckay
Twombly at her home. 6s4 Fifth avenue, on
afternoon. was for her younger daugh-
pirate to the Washington Birthday epoch were
given out. Mrs. Whitelaw l.eid's entertain
nent for her daughter. Miss Jeanne Reid. on
Friday afternoon. proved n pleasant affair to
the many young people who attended. Music
furnished by u quartet, and pretty favors
Some handsome dinners were given on Mon
lay night. The dining room and table Of Mrs.
NJ. Orme Wilson were decked with red roses.
Mrs. James A. Burden gave a dinner to pre-
cede her ~cotillon, and the small tables at
which IL Ina Berypd Wnra raRplenlant Nyith |
spring flowers. At the luncheon and dinner
parties given Oh that day by Mrs. William Pol !
ock large centre picces, Of rcd roses and lilies
IF the valley and vases llled with these flowers
adorned tho table. Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Schitr
II 932 Fifth avenue had twenty guests at
heir Monday night dinner. The table formed
l hollow square, and In tho centre were ounce
ferns, tulips. daffodils, and forsythia.
,lFbt' Ogden fbs , nill1 dEe sys E a'nT of % Sl dbne %srs
icllow tulips and gencsta.
Months ago J. Norman de r. Whitehouse SGT
IL AS the date upon which ne wanted to be
prepared to receive congratulations on bis i'm
pending marriage 10 Miss Vera Boarman of
Sew Orleans. The engagement had been made
public before that. but MIR. Whitehousc having
ct many dates for his departure for Europe, and
till remaining here. he finally fixed on Feb. IL.
hen, If he had, not sailed, he conhded to his
riends, they might consideri /. all over with him.
natrimoniallly speaking. Since Feb. IL he has
Hooded with congratulations. He and his
iancec, as well as quite a party OF New Workers
Including Mr.. and Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs, Mr.,
nd Mrs. George Croker. and Mrs. Charles
'hilds. enjoyed tho recent carnival festivities at
he Crescent CITY.
Miss Sarah Cooper Hewitt, daughter of Mr..
nd Mrs. Abram S. Hewitt. will lecture at
hcrry's on Thursday aftc rnoon, March 81. Tho
ubject will be ''The Use of Materials in Dec.
ration This will be one OF a series for the
enefit OF the Society Of Decorative Art. The
atroncsses of these lectures include: Mrs.
'harles Wetmore.. Miss Leland, Mrs. Alexander
Mrs. .KiDnicut. Mrs. A: u. Stone, Mrs.
sichard Irwin, Mrs. James ". Pinchot, Mrs.
rank Sturgis, Mrs. Frederic Sturgis, Mrs.
$. Young. Jr. and Mrs; Lewis L. Della.
cid. Tho lectures by Prof. Ware and Prof.
melting will be given at the Same place Oh the
of March 8 and II.
Two dramatic teas are to be given at tho Wal
OFF Astoria OH the afternoons OF Friday, March
! aud 10. for tho benefit of the o~rthopndic Dis.
ensary and Hospital. The hour set is 3 o'clock.
nd.the programme will comprise some short
lays. presented by well-known professionals.
ftcr the plays there will be tea and chatter.
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