New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-19
THE WEEK IN SOCIETY

was last week the great centre OF fash.onahIa a
sporting Interest The boxes and many o, ~.
seats filed with society notabes, and tho ~
OF the immense amphitheatre was crowded WITH !.
telligent and interested observers whose heart, ~
| In the dumb beauties before them in the ring -.
who were spectators only TO watch and ann,a~.
the exhibition. The vastness Of the building uh,.s
adapts It so admirably to the purposes OF a sb
| Is a considerable drawback from a society no,,,
| view, It Is nearly impossible to recosnl,. -
acquaintance across It's vast extent and an - -
that many OF those who went 10 see and "a -
seen had 70 make tour Of the arena On 49,.
The promenade popular with the well kno..
people Of the fashionable world and one NJ -.
most conspicuous features OF the dsnIsv :.
gowns. worn not only In the afternoons bu, ala.
in the evenings. the length Of the skirt, az
the lavish prodigality OF silver and gold IN .o,,.
giles. cords and trimmings OF nearly every A.
scription. The trains OF the womens skirts 81,
fectually swept the rough boards Of the pror.
enade. and many. formed Of light daphanous ma.
terlal. torn and OF them ruined nv
being caught in the rough surface OF the board,
OF the yak on almost every nigh nigh Of the yhov
the "a nous bellies and beauties were in Az
either in the afternoon evening and In n.
throng throughout the week were Mrs Dun
Harriman' r Mrs Frederic HI r. Benedict d or
Burke Roche. Mrs, Charles A Chfds Mrs. J. l..
Frelnghuysen Mrs Adolf Ladenburg, Mrs. JoSs
Jacob Aston Mrs Edmund L. Baylies Mrs z
P Pona Mrs r MTs oe 6Ser I MT s Lo
sands Miss Evelyn Burden. the Misses Gerry Il.
Prescott Lawrence. Mrs Richard MORTIMER W.
George 3. De Forest. Miss Isabel Cameron Mr.,
Miss Cora RanSo6h Mrs Frederic Edey a nSS1Wp s.
Marie Van Nest. The Philadelphia contlnsent'
W Wdener H? Mrs John R. DreRe Miss julia rxt
and Mrs William Carter w9s always ,,t followed byi
terday young men and maidens old men and wom,n
blue blooded arstocracy OF one branch Of the four
footed race and the blue ribboned red rlbbonsi
and roset,ed favorites Of their own and thelr
friends stables.
The other social entertainments were entirely
subscrvient and grouped themselves around II.
Horse Show. OF dinner parties there hun
dreds and no end OF late suppers and informal
gatherings Of all kinds Mrs. Hermann Oerich,
gave a large supper party at her house, Fifty
| ave and Fifty; seyenth-st. on TUESDAY =, night
after the Horse SNOW and on frldaSy hlsht Mr ana
OF Mr. and Mrs. James Abercrombie Burden. f.
in East sixty nlnthst tor me NV %inier mqntS
at the Waldorf-Astoria, supplemented by some In
formal dancing
Mrs Maturin Livingston Delaheld will give tee
10 introduce her daughter Miss Harriet Delaheh.
on Tuesday afternoon. November Is, at her homa
No. AS Fifth-ave.
December receptions for the introduction Of
| debutantes are looming UP. although the white
missives have not yet huttered in TO All the card
baskets One Of the first OF the month will be
given by Mrs Robert Olyphant, Of No East
sixty-frst-st. on Friday. December l. Mrs.
George c. Clark Of No. West Thlrty-seventh-st.
will introduce one OF her daughters on the after
noon of Saturday, December 2, and on the same
day Mrs Bayard Dominck Of No. q West Fifty
hrst-st will give tea for a similar purpose. For
the other debutantes Of the season whose names
ton teas and receptions will soon follow, so that
by Christmas most OF the youthful candidates 70,
into the world of society.
The annual Christmas ball given by the Junior
Glass OF Columbia University. will take place at
sherry's on Tuesday evening. December 49, This
affair IL the principal social incident OF the college
wear at the University, and as more than TWO
hundred and fifty OF the best known New-iofS
patrons and patronesses have accepted ln'au0ns
the ball this year promises to be hanosome ana
Orsne an one there viii be about twenty-five dances
The large ballroom In Sherrys esIdpIIs 7ii W.
s 5ahs ON SSnmi8 with the light blue
college colors in bunting and flowers. WIN re 20
ntte OF in Charge Of the for
bali is follows Augustine y hs"Ffn rs e.
Rrnce NJ. Falconer and Gustavus w. Bucknoi
Mr. Falconer, OF No. East Sixty-second-sI' NV
secretary.
The weather last week glorious for hunting
and Notwithstanding the attractions at the hOls'
show the clubs had several good runs. especially
on Thursday. when the field at Meadow brook wa.
one Of the largest OF the season. numoer
women we're in the saddle. and a still larger num-
Der followed the hounds in four-in-hands a as,
and other traps ana Am %ps t James Lorafd K
nochan Mr. and Mrs. II. Van Rensselaer, h S
Mr. and Mgf Mr. A and MTs Richard
and Mrs j f. Smith Hadden. sidney t PIon us ny
IIeS' ti M&S William A Hazard and Ralph
Ellis master Of the hounds.
The first fashionable wedding OF this week VIZ
he that Of Miss Alice Gillet. daughter Of MT ana
Mrs. Elsmslie Gillet, to Henry Mott Ransom wnSa
will he solemnzed in Trinity Chapel West I"enV'
ffth-st near Broadway, on Tuesday next -No'.
Der q. The ceremony will be performed o' ~'
Rev Dr. Storrs rector Of St. PauIs Church po
ton. assisted by the Rev. DR.. William H. NioOe.s
vicar OF the chapel. The bride will be at'enusS
by a maid Of honor and ten bridesmaids VINO , wa
be her three sisters-Miss Bertha Gllet MisS Mary
TihSert Miss Eleanor Goodrich. Miss Mary "
Barry Miss Anna b. Mott. Miss Lucy carter I I.Is
T Mlss Ai and Miss Anna stor OF Boston, .d T
best man will be Southeriana hI IIy and Cooper
lansing, of Albany; Henry r storrs MnarrI s B.
Evans Charles Miner Washington nreeeotlov
will follow the ceremony on account OF t ns 1s
death OF Mr. Ransom's mother whi'"
Albany about two weeks ago.
rh. marriage OF Miss Helen Jeroloman. dausn"
80 Mr. and Mrs John Jeroloman. 10 Albert 0V
we'll will take place quietly on Tuesday afteInS,'
November rs. at the home of the brides pais All
M 25S West Thirty fourth-st. reception Vii
follow from until o'clock. Only relauyes n.r
he present at the ceremony, which VIII DC -
formed at $3.50 o'clock.
The wedding Of Miss Annie Rollins Cooper
Louis de la Montaigne Amerman will be ceeoiA,
on Tuesday evening December 5, at the h9ns ii
the brides mother. Mrs. Poinsett cooper W.
West one hundred and-thirty -hrst-st
II is announced that the marriage OF III
Ni,cbeu daughter Of Mrs Archibald PAUL Mi'cn'"
of M a. West Seventy -first-st.. 10 HeroeI' Gscs
nun, Seeey, OF Bridgeport. Conn. Will take P~
| ON New Years Day.
In All Angels Protestant Episcopal ChuiVr NJ.