New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-26
THE WEEK IN SOCIETY.

.or. weddings few dinner parties OF no par
.,onlar note with several small theatre parties 10
All I'D the gap. make the sum to'a OF ias' "e
ye,es NETWORKS fashionable people are no.
- settled for the season in their city homes ana
vi =, ,ber, will not be until after the great
.,,onal holiday. Thanksgiving Day. winch as
- will be devoted 10 turkey and familE ed'nei
ngs with runs with the hounds ana prooaoN
INT breakfast or two. Thanksgiving Is supposeu
:. see The end OF the country clubs season paruou-
xiv - cold snap ensues and the hunting ceases
10, ,bere is no denying the fact that every year
80 ave later returning 10 town. and before many
more wears e. will be Christmas before all the ninds
are drawn up Fifth-ave.
scarcely another city in the world oners the sub
ran attractions Of New-York Then. with the
,.scnating brightness and eXhharaton OF our au-
,1n,nai weather Il is scarcely reasonaoe 20 expect
,Ss those who have homes rSpiete Win oolIoro anu
49,, IN tho country should be WllUns 10 return
!eNIS ,bi.b has little 10 offer those who are fond
y ou1,U ,i ,' 70 the many cannot compare with the
ir5uremen.s offered by food ana nero on LONG
yy,e-,bester where there appears 70 ne an endless
succession Of driving. riding ahH snoolnk Pais -
nc, Il mis- YEAR being made the most Of as sew
,-5l men and women who have large country houses
l:.t,r ,oecb ~ town will entertain week end par
Nl.' ,rt december is well on its way, though they
M M come tc town themselves for any amusement
hey may wish 10 attend.
Tho runs with the Meadow Brook hounds. which
,.,,- every Tuesday Thursday and saturday have
- r,ore exciting and enjoyable than usual this
,.u Tho attendance has been unusually large and
r. -.,-rer riders more numerous than they have
hoar for several seasons. on Thursday Mrs. James
4 tsrrocban who rode the hunter Retribution
be5 her drst fall Of the season. but covered herself
i,b eiory and was as pretty sight as was ever
seen I'm a hunting field Mrs. herhochah 5 mount
b-oW1 over the horses head. puckiy remounted
b9it and was first In at the hnish. The women VINO
toioWcd were many OF them on horseback and
many driving carts spider phaetons ana oJneT iao
er air beauties Of which there are several in the
Meadow Brook colony.
,,aas,nt reception was given on Friday after
- b- Mrs James Hartman at her home, No. III
ives, Fifty-fnh-st.. in honor Of Mrs De Machado
49, v,es De Machado OF Paris Some OF the guests
,rsre Miss May Calender. Miss Caroline De Forest
Een1al Miss Margaret Kendal-Grimst on. MISS
Restrce How and Francis Rogers. Miss Hartman
aTS Miss Dorothy Kendal-Grimston were al the tea
table
The Ars, Assembly Ball OF the season is an
,oYrced 20 take place on Thursday evening. De
oeraber a. IN the grand ballroom az the Waldorf
Astoria. Matrons and debutantes are looking for-
ward 10 this ball, which will be one OF the most
beautiful and elegant Of the season Unusual ei-
forts are being made TO make II an entertainment
mat IN point OF magnihcence will rank with any
ever given at the waldorf-Astora anywhere
else in New-York. The women who have in charge
the arrangements for the Assembly Will spare no
expense or trouble about flowers or ornamental
ton but the ballroom is sufficient unto itself. ana
Will stand very little in the way Of artificial deco
rations II requires only the freshness Of the
dancers and glitter Of jewels fresh gowns and the
beauty OF young women 10 make 1t scene as
bright and dazzling as could be desired. More
than ever before the ball will have all the attri-
butes calculated 10 give it private character.
The guests will enter from Thirty-thrd-st, and
the new staircase built in during the summer
months will be used for the first time. Inc grano
suite OF rooms adjacent 10 the ballroom viii be
used for the entertainment. and the guests will be
received in the foyer which leads into the ball
room. and which. for the occasion, will be superoy
fitted up TO represent salon The approaches.
too will be handsomely arranged and DECORATED.
and Mrs. Edmund /. Bayhes Will receive me
guests The cotillon Will he led ny Northlngloh
Whtehouse. who Will probably nave an assistant
in craig NadswoTth. ana mere VIII O De W.
after supper. which will be served at midnight IN
parronesses for the Assemblies this season is as
follows: Mrs. Astor. Mrs. john Jacob Astor Mrs.
Mrs Frederic bronson Mrs Lloyd Bryce, Mrs
Edmund L Baylies, Mrs Henry l. Barley Barley Ms
William Bayard Cutting, Mrs Gerry. Mrs Fred
enc Ga MAJ AsTis6 0 IseIin ir Mrs Cadwaiader
Jones. Mrs Lewis Quentin Jones. Mrs: Hamilton
TT I'm NIX Kane Mrs. Lorillard Mrs A. Newbold
Morris Mrs. John W. Minturn; Mrs, ROBERT 6 o.
Minturn. Mrs. Charles H. Marshall Mrs ). P le
pont Morgan. Mrs. l. Morton Mrs. r Ward Nc
Alister Mrs Charles A. Post, MRS. 1dWard =
Peyster. Mrs Moses Taylor Pyne, Mrs GeraIdyn
erIey Robinson. Mrs J Hampden Robb Mrs. shei-
don. Mrs. William Watts sherman, Mrs' ZINES S
dam. Mrs Henry A. c. Taylor. Mrs J. Kennedy
Tod Mrs Stephen Van Rensselaer, ana MISS W IN ny.
ney The dance music will be played by Lander
orchestra.
The Thursday Evening Club has announced the
date for It's first meeting. which will be held on
r,aoer,ber : az the home OF Miss Durham, No 81
East Tnirty-sixth-st.
The weeks Immediately preceding the first As
sembly Ball are in New-York always the most
prolific Of coming out receptions Mrs. Maturin l.
Delafeld will strike the initial note on Tuesday
afternoon when she will present her daughter
Miss Harriet Deshed. al which will be given
AT her home No as Fifth-ave Miss Helen Doni-
nick daughter OF Mrs. Bayard Dominick. Of No. %
West Fifty hrst-st.. VIII make her obeisance TO the
great world a tea which Will be given IN her
December 2 on the same afternoon Mrs George
q. Clark. Of No. West Thirty-seventh-st;. Will
Edith clark: Mrs Matthew B Du Bots. Of No. 2Ss
Pbelps Stokes Of No 2s Madson-aye, will give a
reception and Mrs Walter Roche Will Introduce
her daughter. Miss Beatrice Roche. at a large re
ception which she viii give at her home. No. $50
West Ffty-seventh-st.
on Friday. December /. Mrs. Albert Barnes
Boardmar Of No. 40 West Fifty-third-st., will pre-
sent her daughter Miss Cecil Boardman at an
afternoon reception and on the same afternoon
Mrs Robert Olyphant will give similar entertain
ment al her home No. East Sxty-hrst-st. Mrs.
Walter Watson jr.. has sent out CARDS ior Tecep-
ton 10 be neld AT her home No. 81 West Fifty
secOnd-st. on Tuesday afternoon. December o.
Mrs Lemuel Bolton Bangs Of No 81 East Forty
fourth-st, will give tea on Thursday afternoon
December T.
one Of the first dinner dances Of the season will
he given by Mrs Thomas Huger Pratt, Of No. %
Wsverley Place az sherrys on Tuesday December
y In honor OF her daughter. Miss Harriette Wright
Mrs Bayard DOminck's on Saturday next Tor
her daughter Will be supplemented by dance at
sherry's Wednesday December 2