New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-10
MRS. ASTOR'S BALL.
A SPLENDID ENTERTAINMENT AT HE1
HOME. IN FTFTH-AvE

Mrs william Aston gave her annual dance last
night at her home. No sf2 Fffth-sve and II Wa
one OF the most beautiful entertainments ct The
kind Of the present season. As in former ssasonss
the two houses that OF Mrs Aston. the hostesss
and Of John Jacob Aston we're thrown into ones
The decorations were % the simplest kind In the
iarge Railways there were clusters OF Asnsr1cau
Beauty roses. long-stemmed Ascension lilies. pink
and white hyacinths and other bright-coiored now-
ers The baustrades Of the two houses were orns-
mented with smax. palms and ferns, lntersperseo
with white and pink roses
Mrs Aston received her guests in the whits-snd-
gold drawing-room, where there were American
Beauty ro-es and orchids In vases. and some nns
specimen ferns She gown OF lilac eatn
Ella borately embroidered with silver. and como OF
her superb Jewels including tiara necklace and
corsage ornaments of diamonds and emerslds-
There was no FORA establishment or any descrip-
ton In the ballroom where the dancing began
soon after midnight and continued until u 20 O'Clock.
when supper was announced. The guests who had
arrived IN large numbers. began 10 take their
places al small tables set out IN the large hall
ways OF the two houses In the dlning-room ana
the drawng-roo Each table was decorated via
a cluster OF American Beauty roses. and a. each
board seated six persons.
The follows
Boulon rsse
cotslettes Dc Volatile Pengsur
T''' Do R0euf aux ss e1%Rs'''' F''''' r'aa'
c.nvssoack Duck Honlny croqu.u..
PAT. De Fole Ora. en- crouts. ssisae Oriental
Glaze
Praise. Fcsean's. MAr s.ss,. ol-"~
ss-rons c--e. Fondsni.s
Moe, & chsndou Imperial Rrut ApollinArs
Soon after the supper the cotillon was begun,
Elisha Dyer jr Leading with Mrs orme Wiiso9
AZ one end Of the room. and Harry Lenr with MA
S,uyvesant Fish the other end. There were &C
least one hundred couples in the dance. which Wa
not finished until after O'Clock The tavor In
cuded egelled buckled belts. silver fgree baskets
filed with flowers fancy fans. ribbon and flower
decora ed wands and large portfolios with bronze
etchings Them FOR the women. and for The men
fancy canes 5lotters boutonnleres, silver pins
cushions rosettes orders and small silver TRIES
Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs Cornelius
Vanderbilt Mr. and Mrs Grand DHsutevtle. III.
and Mrs ". Bayard Cutting. Nr. and MT Cor
relus Vanderbilt, Jr. MT and MIS- Ineoooro
Frel,ughuvseu Mr. and Mrs Egerton T. Winthrop.
tr NJ and Mrs Frederic Bronson Niss Elsa
Bronson Mr. and Mrs Henry Clens. Miss Clewu.
Mr. and Mrs Whitney Warren Mr.. and Mrs LLOYD
: Bryce Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton ". Cary Mr. ana
Mrs Herman Oelrchs, Mr.. and Mrs Oliver harrt-
man If " K Vanderbilt. ST.. Miss Virginia Fair.
Miss Marie Winthrop Mr. and Mrs. ". Bayard Cut
ting Mr. and Mrs Peter Cooper Hewitt. Mr. ana
Ms lanes A Burden Mr. and Mrs ". Starr Miller.
NJ and Mrs Z ] Bervind. Mrs Alexander Van
Rensselaer, Mr and Mrs Luther kounize Nr ana
Mrs William n Sloane. Ny and Mrs y" Edgar
c,e,Lerd Mr. and Mrs Frederic Sheldon. Mr and
Mrs Elbrdge T Gerry. the Misses Gerry. Mr. and
Mrs George H Bend Mr.. and Mrs Buchanan
Winthrop Miss Marie Winthrop. Mr. ana Nrs l.
Townsend Burden. Miss Evelyn Burden, Ass
Sands Mr. and Mrs Fl Mortimer Brooks. MI and
Mrs Henry l. Burnett Mr. and Mrs + G Porter'
Mr. and Mrs " Jay SchieHelin. Mr. and Mrs r.
W Vanderbilt Miss Paulding Nr and Mrs Julian
T Davies Mrs Walter Lsngdon Kane Miss kama,
Mr and Mrs Il Casimir De Rharn. Mr ana
Mrs Almeric II Paget. Mrs. James +. n-rnocnan.
Mrs Frederic Nelson. Mrs. Duncan Eliot str.
and Mrs Henry | Barley. the Misses Barley. Dir.
and Mrs T Suffern Taller, Mr.. and MIS- : ohaer
Iselin Nr and Mrs woodward haven Mr.
and Mrs Amos Tuck French. Dir. and Mrs joan
II Purdy M and Mrs Frederic Gal'atin, Ny ana
HilIhouse Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Iselin. n Nr ana
Mrs John A MADDEN. Mr. and Mrs Lncils n
Wirnerdng Mss Josephine Johnson. NJ ana MIA
A Ianfear Norrie Mr.. and Mrs. ". watts Sner-
man Mr. and Mrs. j. Frederic kernochan, M
and Mrs John E Alexandra. Mr. and Nrs James
g; Gerard. Mr.. ana Mrs Robert Goe.et, MI and
Mrs lanes Speyer, Mr. and Mrs. James l. Bar
clay NJ and Mrs. William c: Schsrr1er norm Mr.
and Mrs John Innis Kane. Worthington White
derbft jr. Winfield Scott Hoyt. Roferick Terry.
Alonzo Potter Mr.. and Mrs. oliver n p Be mont.
Mrs Pierre Lorard. ST, Nj and Mrs Whiiani
Kent Lispenerd Stewart. Mr. and Ms Frank 3
Witherbee Mr.. ana Mrs Lee Taller MIS- W.
Earle Dodge stephen II DIN, Mrs. Burke Roche.
NJ and Mrs George 3 De Forest. SIr ard SrS
Richard 7 Wilson and NJ and Mrs James A.
Mcs Astor will sail for Europe February s.
and viii remain abroad until the early summer.
when she vii return ~ pass he summer az N~ws