New-York tribune., 1898-12-25
THE WEEK IN SOCIETY.

| The week which closed last night proved no ex-
ception to the rule. and nearly every sort Of enter
| tanning gave way to preparations for the Christ
| mas festival There were few dinners. no large
subscription dances and only Mrs Pagets dinner
and dance In honor OF Miss Emily NanderoN
1 Sloane and her fance. John II. Hammond. which
out Of the ordinary order Of things However
the opera a5sorbs much interest and affords
such enjoyment to all who are fortunate enough
TO have boxes or seats that other sratiIca,lore re
most brilliant and there was on every opera M nlsnt
| the same fine showing Of handsome gowns, elegant
! Jewels and beautiful women.
One of the most elaborate dinner parties OF the
week given by Mr. and Mrs. Richard L wilson
at their home No 81 Fifth-ave.. Tuesday even
| ing II was one Of a series begun by Mr. and Mrs.
Wilson a fortnight The guests were Mr. ana
Mrs Orme Wilson, stephen II. On. Mrs. Post. MI
and Mrs Stuyvesant Fish. Mr. and Mrs Elisha
Dyer IT, Mr.. and Mrs. William Jay. Mr.. and Mrs
4erishs Mis-, sondf Miss J9hnsGn so5 r T. wssR. WsGn
guests a their hrst dinner party on Mr.
SHd Mrs Mrs dhsy wS5se As Mqr q and wm
a. Duer. Mr.. and Mrs. W. Watts SheTman no-ne Sls
lius Vanderbilt jr. D o. Mills and ChauncySy y1 NJ
Depew Al their next dinner party, on New itan IA
| Eve Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson will entertain tne puuS
OF the season.
! A pleasant incident last week was the evening
reception. with music. given on Thursday hlgn'
| by Mrs William c. Schermerhorn, at her home
No 40 West Twenty -ihird-st. Mrs Schermerhorn
was assisted in receiving by her daughters MIS-
John Inness Kane and Mrs. Samuel Bridgham.
Nine Marcela Sernbrich was the bright. part,cu-
lar star OF the occasion contributing seVera h soso
Among Mrs. Schermerhorns guests were ,,,rn p,smy'
sha T anG Mrs Mrs Luther Kountze. Mr and Mrs VIII
| lam d Sloane. Mr.. and Mrs BUCHANAN WlhinroP2' 2
Por,er 5 eru Mr. and ,i''a Mrs Paul Tuckcrman Miss
Eleanor Hewitt Miss sae Hewitt M'ss se2arSSr 9tCnss
II. Hadden Miss Amy Townse1d, Mn Mrs c,AIi Aireo
schcr nerhorn. Nicholson Kane and MISS uiper''
The Fortnightly Dance at Sherry's on Tuesday
| night; although not so large the previous one
| was handsome and jolly. Alexander NJ Haddeh
led the cotillon. dancing with Miss Marie Hun,ihg-
| ton and the favors brought into the ball
room In a large sleigh covered with crimson c'o'h
and glistening with garlands OF tinsel' and drawn
by six girls driven with relns OF white satin rlD-
bon decorated with tiny bells. The favors IN
cluded wsnds covered with different colored rid
bons and topped with bunches OF holly ropes rd oi
pearl beads and small hoops for the girls s. ana he
! bows and arrows and boutonneres Of holly Tor ihe
Drexel ii,f Miss May Riker; Miss Helen PEA PeabQYdy
Miss Grace Henop. the Misses Deiaileld MISS L-a-
ss sas4,s s'eSf1s N0se N; Mi- e4nSl aS Sst
Cothcr,ne Iapslev. Miss Harrict, H. Fellows Miss
Grace Parker Miss Ethel stebbins Miss Lucy
owa hona ESwsra ~ cbide Ausn BALDWIN Louis
Bishop. George s Baxter. jr, Doug'as Bushnell. !;
Bache Blocker. Lawrence Atierbury J Nelson
Carpenter. Bradlsh johnson and Lyman Dyer.
The Columbia College ball at sherty's on Friday
night was gay and pretty affair. and Gid credit
to the taste and liberality Of the undergraduates
bv whom II was given Miss Young. Miss Carrie
Edgar Miss Miller Miss Robinson Miss Emnet.
Miss Katherine Dix Miss Susan Butter MISS
one or two seasons among the dancers
This week as might be expected. Christmas
festivities which appeal to all hearts. will carry
| hut favy
| will take place nevertheless. On Tuesday evening
| Mrs Daniel F. Appleton. Of No. 3 East Thrty-
sixth-s will give a cotillon for young people ana
on the same evening Mrs. Prescott Hall Butler VIII
! give a dance In her new home Park-aVe anu
| Thirty-dfth-st FOR her daughter, Miss susan
Butler who # making her debut this winter AZ
Dolnsonicos another the Tu uesday evening dances
viii be- given Mrs Harold F. Hadden WI also
ever s raesday Share Miss Be Forest ' and Miss CALENDER
will give afternoon reception on lh1asuaEy reN
Mrs Thomas : Young a number OF su.sts from rs.'
this city viii at,fnd 'he Ganfe few 70 at her home on
| Columbia Heights. Brooklyn
Mrs Fanshawe Of No iS East Fortyh,th-st., Will
give dance on January 3 In honor Of her two
Young daughters Alexander N Hacden will lead
tho co,illon. At the second junior cotillon' at
sherrys. on January 9. Mr.. Hadden VIII also iead'
HIS partner will be Miss Mildred stokes MIS-;
Astors dance which is announceg ioa arss M yho
night will no, be large one. The guests wng VIZ
viii invade ihc large mansion az ilitn-diSei; aiiu ~
Siyty-dfth-st on that night Will be prihc'pd'y
young people
prcrara;ions are now well under way FOR the an
rrol hunt ball Of the Richmond County Hunt CLUB
--hib IS 10 take place on Friday night next at the
ra,tlion Hotel New Brighton staten Island. Ef-
forts are being made TO make this ball the largest
and finest ever given by the organization Inc
decorations consisting principally Of CHRISTMAS
greens holly and nistletoe and the RED "hIte ana
.Ia clrii will bt elaborate lNSltdu
Of cotlllon there will Do number OF hunt dalces
danced after supper the dancers singing Old hunt-
Ing songs The members Of the club. as wei as me tne
hunting costume. Some 4 the patronesses are Ms
+ Norman Nichols, Mrs Georse j.. Greenis,a no
Mr. Wss1 g Kerr, Mrs = s sH,l Twinipg T. NJ, e
Henry W Watrous. Mrs W G. Nc1oy ,,-: MTI, I,.,n, Wv
r Boody. Mrs. a. J. Outerbrdge. Mrs J. r; Chad
wick and Mrs Gugy - rrvl2s me vcbois ot,o
Ahlmann George Cromwell. II. r. Montgomery. F.
@ James w5 PIT dis = HsgTy GsSafaTss ercSnas
T. 5 Twlnng T. s Hope-Smpson. ". Clinton
Brown. Hopkins E5nes f9sF G. HabTy B2Rner
Boody Morton W. Smith and Carlisle Boyd
The Misses Culliney Of No 123 East One-hun-
dred-and-hfih-st. will give pos'-Christnas dance
at their home on Thursday evening. The cotillon
will he led by DR.. p Checario. This viii be the
first dance given this season by the Misses Guilt
ney who have not entertained during the last two
seasons. owing TO death In the family
The marriage Of Miss Helen Fidelia Hoffman, the
eldest daughter Of Mr. and Mrs Richard Hoffman,
Of No lle West Forty-third-st., to DR.. William
Kinnicutt Draper. which WAS to take place on
Wednesday afternoon ir St Thomas Pr0testanj
Episcopal Church will. on account OF the illness oI
WiIl Be performed by the Rev Dr. j. Wesley
e, a p f. h6me 8pape Of e H6 s Es @
Mice ,,ae Stuar, scholeAed daughter OF the late