The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16
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OF great interest Mrs. Astor gives her annual
ball tomorrow. and Mrs. Ogden Mills gives one
on Friday night. Most Of the occupants Of
boxes at the Mstrogolitsn vii In, GO ,S directly III tr9 Ssp
Friday night as vol. Mr.. and Mrs. Mile will.
OF course, as usual, get roses by, the hundreds
viii make make their Ivory and gold. dinins. room
bloom. The supper WIN DO served by their own
chefs.
Elisha Dyer. Jr., leads the cotillon tomorrow
night at Mrs. Astor's. Mr.. Dyer never selects
his partner until the last moment He will DO
likely to dance with Mrs. John Jacob Astor, Mrs.
George o. Haig, or Miss Van Allen. Mrs. Aston
always gives pretty favors, and included in the
list this time may DO some of tho latest French
mechanical toys.
Mi. and Mrs. Elisha Dyer, Jr., will sail for Eu-
rope on Jan. %, as will ]. Norman de r. White
house and Edward II. Buckley. Mr.. and Mrs.
Anthony Drexel, who had deferred their Euro
pean trip for tho third time because OF social
engagements, will sail on Fob. IL on the Nor
MAMMA. At Genoa they will board their own
yacht, tho Marguerite. to cruise in the Orient.
Now that tho Badminton Club meetings
loom up, It lie suggestive of the Lenten period.
Tho first of these will be on Saturday afternoon,
Jan. 20, at tho Berkeley armory. In Forty
fourth street. Although the officers change
| places, they do not change individually. 7. J.
Oakley Rhinelander, for some time the Presi-
dent. is now Secretary OF the, Club; Amory 9.
Vice-Prcsident and Rowland Peii 10 President.
Horace Gallatin is the Treasurer. The club has
eleven Vacancies. fhe Saturday Afternoon
! games and receptions will continue through
Lent. and will wine up. as usual. with o dance.
There are few changes In the list Of patron
esses. Mrs. Frederick ID. Grant 10 to take tho
place of Mrs. J. Muhlenberg Bailey, who has
been made a life member. and in the place of
Mrs. John Alsop King. who Is in mourning, Mrs.
members, Miss Hull, who comes from Tuxedo,
is one Of the most beautiful. Two nephews OF
Mrs. RrsSer df S 4; d. PSssfSS have H Sscn and adm hsttaP
as have Miss Daisy Hollins, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs; HsrEy Ri hcliins; DC w RHISyterR HSIlins.
Kombie, Julia Benedict. and Misc Mabel Lewis.
Next Wednesday evening Arthur Delano
weekes 10 to be married to Miss Minelle Louise
Alexander. The m will DO performedin
tho presence of relatives only by the Rev. j.
Wesley Brown at the home OF Miss Alexander's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles c. Alexander. At
East Fifty-third street. Several hundred cards
hSEe been zen I isSued for n, tss 5sSep1TFSSs s.s w niiI ~ Is no TO
attendants. The brides. white satin costume
will be embellisbed with the lace worn by her
mother on her wedding day.
1t is now decided that Mrs. Levi p. Morton
and Elbridge 7. Gerry are to lead the grand
march ut the charity ball on the night Of Feb. IL
at the Waldorf. Astoria.
William K. Vanderbilt will give q dinner
dance on the night OF Feb. II. This f~estivity
will be in honor of his niece, Miss Lila Wander
bilt Sloane. Miss Sloane was formally presented
by her mother late in the season q couple Of
ing, she has been seen seldom In society since
then.
CALENDAR FOR THIS WEEK.
Monday, Jan. l7-wedding Of Miss Anna
jackson and the Rev. William Walton Ruther-
furd, st. Thomas's Church, at 8 o'clock.
Mrs. James A. Scrymser, 107 East Twenty
first street. first of three evening receptions.
Wedding of Miss Florence Handy and Ferdi-
nand Louis Cross. at 4 o'clock p. NJ, in ST. Ag-
ness Chapel. in West Ninety-second street.
William X. Barber. third piano recital. at the
Hotel Majestic. 8 o'clock p. M.
Mrs. Astor's ball.
Mrs. Edward Curtis and the Misses Curtis Of
80 West Sixty ninth street, Mrs. John g. Barnes
and the Misses Barnes Of % East Forty-eighth
street, and Mrs: Harold Binney of 70 East Fifty
fourth street, give Informal teas from 4 until7
Tuesday. Jan. 1s-Tne annual Ihpetonga ball
in the assembly rooms Of the Academy Of Music.
Entertainment at the Astoria by the Society
The Fortnightiy, at sherry's.
The first Of a series of musicales to be given
at different private, houses in the evening. at
Miss Nora MAYNARD Green's. 40 Fifth avenue.
The first meeting Of the Music club for this
Wcdnesdav. Jan, l9-Wedding Of Arthu: De.
ssa :so S o'eiaes, a at the %,ss re aiRs.is q a'' the Sride e
parents. 4 East Fifty. third street.
Wedding of Miss Elizabeth Sumner Barbour
Beloved Disciple. Eighty-ninth street. near
Madison avenue. at noon.
WeGdinne of Miss Jessie Fremont Mason and
C C6Snorl at si ! e m'' in Ste eBs Gno OF w 81 t6s faea y:
Miss FrelinRhuysen, IS West Fifteenth street.
Mi. and Mrs. John Sloane. 1873 Fifth avenue. .
dinner party: .
| Miss Lydia Eustis and the Adamowsh trio in
the afternoon at the residence OF Mrs. Levi p.
Morton. 6S1 Fifth avenue.
A dramatic entertainment by Mansfield. Min
mic Maddern Fiske. and julio Opp at the Astoria
In. the forenoon. for tho benefit OF LUe's Fresh
-~Fridav.Jan. 21-Mrs. Ogden Mills's dance. 2
East Sixty-ninth street.
The dancing class of Mrs. Dallas B. Pratt. at
Saturday. Jan. 22-Mrs. Anson W. Hard's
Mrs. john Kean, 8 ! East tFFiffty.sixth street, q
Mrs. John Hall Watson, e7l Fifth avenue, a
Miss Laura ID. Ireland. Is East Forty-seventh
street, a bridesmaids' luncheon.
Louis II. Junod, farewell bachelor dinner at
Mrs. Henry Mason Day, 10 West 121st street.
coming-out reception for her daughter.
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