Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-12-01
Daniel Frohman's company will be pres
URt at the ceremony.

Daniel Frohman'S company will be pres
ent at the ceremony.
4 box at the horSeShow that was the
center of great interest was occupied by
Mrs. Aston, hel granddaughter, Miss
Helen Roosevelt, and James Roosevelt.
the young lady's father. Miss Roosevelt
is one of the notable debutantes this sea-
SON In certain particulars she has the
advantage over her debutante cousin,
Miss Sarah Van Allen. She is decidedly
a preposSessing Young lady, with dark
hair and eyes. n fresh complexion and
well-mOUlded features. She is, as well.
tall and well formed She was becoming
ly dressed III silver gray polka-dotted
satin and wore a large black hat. Mrs.
Aston Is apparently enjoying excellent
health. She enjoyed the show as well as
the constant attention she received. Mrs.
John Jacob Aston visited the show. also.
To her should be awarded the palm of
beauty. She WAS with the Misses Gerry
and was becomingiy attired in a gown of
snuff Colored cloth and velvet and wore a
small toque to match
From 9 o'clock in the morning until @
ut night on Thursday a line of ticket
buyers for the Bernhardt engagement
wound in and out of the lobby of the
Garden theater. All of the seats for the
first week are sold. Even the American
managers of the great French actress
were forced to buy from spectators seats
for friends whose demands for tickets az
boX-olfice rates could not be well refused
Mrs. John w Mackay arrived from
Paris on the steamship Oceanic for a So
journ of two months in the United
States. She is still devoted to the memo
ry of her son. and ii was only slowly and
reluctantly that she went out of mourn
ing. When she did so she speedily
opened her hospitahle doors and gave two
dinner parties i'll one week in her beau
tiful home i'll Carlton House Terrace,
London. This has Il famous marble
staircase which is said to have cost
100000. Not long ago a requiem mass
was ordered by her TO be celebrated at
the Madeleine. III Paris, for her son,
William. She brings to the repOse of
his soul ali the resources of the church
to which she belongs. Mrs. Mackay's
return TO society Is greatly apprecia ted,
of friends because of her charming man
ner and kindness.
l.. Y. Letter. accompanied by his elder
daughter, is going abroad in January.
They will proceed directly TO Egypt,
where several months will be spent. Mrs.
Letter will remain at her Dupont circle
home with Miss Daisy Letter, who will
enjoy the winter season at the capital.
from which she has been absent nearly
two years The Misses Letter are spend
ing the present week in New York.
Some interesting statistics are to he
found in the seasons programme of
dances beginning this week and ending
on Ash Wednesday. which comes early
this season. on February 20. The meet
Il. I, 4.
Scription dances as the Southern or
Wednesday cotillOns, the two assembly
balls and the annual charity ball make
up list of ninety-one dances for the
three months of the winter season. OF
these. forty go TO Delmonico's. The
Waldorf Astoria gets twenty-eight. in
Guiding the two assembly balls. which
involve about as much expenditure as AZ
the smaller dances put together. Sher-
ry. who once had n large proportion OF
society's dances. gets seventeen of the
ninety-one, and Dodsworth SIX.
The souvenirs for the fiftieth perform
ance of Grace George. in Her Majesty"
at the Manhattan. this evening, are ex-
tremclytaking gold-plated frames in
rocco design. with Jeweled crown or
namentation. each containing an auto
graphed photograph of Miss George.
Mrs F. O. French and her daughter.
Miss Elsie French. who is to become the
bride Of Alfred G.. Vanderbilt on January
!. will return TO their Newport villa,
"Harbor View tonight from this city.
where they have been arranging for the
wedding gown and trSusseau. On Satur-
day Col. Eaton Of the British army, WHIT
served in the Boer war, will sail for New
York with his wife. the sister Of the
bride-elect. 10 be present al the wedding.
The wedding. which is TO be a quiet af-
fair VIII be solemnzed in Trinity
church. and Bishop Potter and Rev
Henry Morgan Stone Of Trinity church
will ofiiciate. The bride will be given
away by her only brother ames Tuck
French. New York banker
The mania for combinations has struck
even the fraternity which caters TO New
York's love for fancy dancing. Every
professional cakewalker has cast his lot
with the new organization. which has
raised the price Of walking" and caused
managers - wax meditatve.
It's almost an old story TO tell Of stock
records being broken. yet that is what
happened Wednesday--over 800, 600
shares having been dealt in. In forty
I'VE minutes $4,000 shares changed
hands Fat picking, for the broker col
oay.