New-York tribune., 1900-01-29
INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY.

INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY.
The important social incident this evening viii be
Mrs Astor's annual ball. which will be given her
home No. s42 F1fth-ave Elisha Dyer. Ir, with
sisted by Harry Lehr. will lead the cotion which
will be danced after supper.
Social happenings this afternoon will include in
formal at homes by Mrs. L. Mortimer Thorn and
Miss Thorn, Of No. % West Sixteenth-st.: Mrs d.
Ru Bois sahler and the Misses sahIeTi Of No & q2
of No. % East Sixtieth-st; Mrs A. Holland Forbes
son. of No. West Fffty-seven hist and Mrs.
George Norton Miller, Of No. s11 A.adison-ave.
Announcement is made Of the engagement of Miss
Jane Bedford Henry. daughter Of Mrs. Kate Bed
ford Henry. of No. 10 West Fortyeighth-st to Vim
cent Kerens, Of st. Louis. a son Of Richard e
Patricks Cathedral, Fifth-ave. and Fiftieth-st..
soon after Easter Sunday; IS a grandniece OF Rear
Admiral Bedford, of the British Navy
pleasant social incident tomorrow afternoon
viii be the reception which will be given to intro
duce Miss Grace Coppel, the youngest daughter of
George Coppell, of No. 40 Fifth-ave The drawing
Of the CoppeI house. which adjoins the
Church of the Ascension will be handsomely dec
GRATED with choice flowers in honor OF the occasion
intimate school friends, including Miss Ruth Aus
tin, Miss Martha cambridge Bowers and Miss Louise
New-Haven: Miss Marion CaIaudet OF washing
ton; Miss Margaret Kean, of Philadelphia; her sis
ter. Mrs Edgar Hetfield Booth; her sister-in-law.
Mrs. Arthur Coppe, and her two sisters, Miss Cop
Allen Wardner is announced to take place in Grace
Church next spring.
The engagement is announced OF Miss s Agnes
Havemeyer dagg9ter @ of Mr. and Mrs James IS Haze Have
meyer, of No. 30 West Thirty-seventh-st, to Fene-
lon c. Cattus. of this city.
Miss Emily Hoffman, daughter OF Mrs. George
d,
Philadelphia, the guest Of honor at a theatre
and supper party given on Saturday night last oy
Mrs Isaac Kip, of No. 44s Fifth-ave, will give
ladies' luncheon at her home Thursday, Feb
ruary g.
The marriage Of Miss Jessie Maria DibbIe Con-
stant, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Chaffee Con-
stant Of No. SS6 AIexander-ave. to DR.. Ira Ed
mund Schafer will be solemnized on Thursday
next February /. in st. AIMS Protestant Episcopal
tieth-st There Will be no reception after the cere
mony, account of illness in the family OF the
trp' will make their home with Mr. and Mrs,
Constant. They will receive on Wednesdays after
March Z.
Miss Adelaide Ladd the eldest daughter Of Will
lam J. Ladd. of Milton Hill. Mass. announces her
stephen NJ. Weld, of Boston, and a member Of the
Somerset Club of that city.
Mr. and Mrs Royal Phelps Carroll are among the
New Workers spending the winter at Aiken S. c.
Mrs Albert Barnes Boardman will give a dinner
at her home No 40 West Fffty-third-st.. Thurs
day evening next February /, in honor Of her
young son. sewan Boardman-
Mrs. James H stebbins, Of No. so Madison-ave
will be at home informally on Thursdays in Feb
ruary.
Miss Iseary, who has not entertained to any ex-
tent since the death of her brother. Charles Leary
win give dinner party at her home No Eth, e
ave-, on wednesday evening next January Il, In
honor of Mrs William Astor
The next Junior Coti1lon. the last OF the SERIES
is announced to take place at Sherry's Tuesday
evening, February 8, and the second and last Of
the Cinderella Dances, organized by Mrs John g.
Morgan and several other well known women, will
be given at the place on the following Thurs
day, February 8.
Dinner cards have been sent out by Mrs. Walter
Watson. jr., of No 50 West F1fty-second-st.; Mrs.
Eben Wright, of No. 10 West Fifty-thrd-st. and
Mrs James Brown Lord, of No. 6Os Madison-ave.,
for tomorrow evening; Mrs. E. ]. Berwind Of No
East Sixty-fourth-st. and Mrs. Alexander T. Van
day Ss eyepiRg February g. Mrs William Astor Of
To- Mrs julien T. Davies Of No II West Nfnth-st
for Thursday, February Is, and Mrs. Joseph Stick
Mrs. Treror L. Park will give opera supper
At sherry's on Friday night next, February Mrs.
Park guests are asked 70 come at IL O'CLOCK.
Mrs. James B. Haggin, of No. SS7 F1rth-ave. will
be at home Tuesdays, February and 1a
Mrs. Henry Willard, of No 145 West Fifty eighth
ST., will give at Sherry's Saturday after
of this week.
Mrs. Alexander T. Van Nest will give another
ception Wednesday afternoon next at her home,
No. 81 West Thirty-seventh-st on which occasion
Francis Rogers and others will be heard
Mrs. Thomas Mclean OF No. S5 West Seventy
third-st., will receive informally Thursdays in
February
Alfred G. Vanderbilt. whose house hunting trip
to Newport Saturday revived the report of his
engagement to Miss Elsie French daughter Of Mrs.
Francis Ormond French. Of this city. when in
formed of the rumor, explained his presence in
Newport by saying that he expected to be alone
next summer, and in the absence OF the other
members of his family he would take house in
stead of opening his mothers villa, The Breakers.
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