New-York tribune., 1900-12-04
ABOUT SOCIETY.

- - and the preIude and Ieostod Of Tristan and
1-ol6e" Nine straloosch sang Massenets "Pleurez
,fes YeuN" Les ferles dOr' and Rondel de
I,Asseu" Mir PAUL sang The DeYout Lover OF
- V,torie White and What Would I Do fer
Hlt oueen2" Of G0rlng Thomas. The ballroom or
me Wadorf-As5ora Nas crowded with brilliant
and fashionable asseugiage. Among those present
,,sre Mrs.. Charles 4. Stickney, Marquise de Tai
lsyrand-P Parieord. Miss May calender, Mrs J.
Pierpont Morgan Mrs. William Douglas Sloane.
Mrs J. J. WysOng. Mr. James A. Burden, jr..
Mrs. William r. Burden, Countess de Langier-
Nilars. Mrs James Speyer. Mrs. Charles b. Alex
amer Mrs. 5. Barton French, Mrs Charles 5.
Abercrombie, Mrs. ~. Rathbon Bacon, Mrs Joseph
= S.Ss'- IL i,rt. ~ 1lrrau Mrs n n C;rosve-
nor, Mrs. Fhosbe hearst, Ms. John G Jay, Mrs
win could, Mrs. Walter "A. Lewis. Mrs Victor
irteT go Mrs Frederick Roosevelt Mrs John Enis
Roosevelt, Mrs william Castor Hamilton, MIS-
FREQ TucAcrman. Mrs. Alexander 7; Van Nest, Mrs.
Cortlandt Van hensselaer, Mrs James IL @ @haIdl-
Bun Mrs Timothy L. Woodruff, Mrs. Arthur Wei
W1s Mario Field Miss Charlotte Peli Miss Annie
Ieary Miss Helen Miller Gould. Miss CathariRe G.
T,rHnesr0n Miss GOrnclia Beekman. Miss Mary
Alice Van Nest. Miss Marguerite Chaplin and Miss
Eleanor \. Thomas.
one Of the largest debutantes receptions given
yesterday was that Of Miss Katherine Griswoid
Pratt the daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Dallas Bache
Fratt The reception was held the home of Miss
Pratts parents. No. a East Forty-eighth-st, ana
was followed by dance in the annex OF the Metro
crepe de chine assisted IN the afternoon IN fe-
rei,ine 5y Miss Nathalie Wells, Miss May Galatn.
Mss Eleanor Russell Morris. Miss Nathalie Hen
5erson Miss sydney c. Herop. Miss Nellie Hard
Miss Margaret Robinson and MISS elaoNs S'hl'i''
The drawing rooms very simply but enectlNely
decorated with white and pink flowers Among The
guests were Mrs. ". storrs Wells, Mrs Frederick
Ganatin. Mrs Arson ". Har6. Mr.. and Mrs. 7 J.
oakley Rhinelander, Mrs. ". BaEard cutting MISS
6-uffing Mrs. GoOdhue Livingston Mrs. J. ramp
Charles X.
Minturn Mrs. Alexander an tteIsselaei ana ei
Ie5 the cotion with Miss Pratt. The favors were
ies Ter the girls and cigarete cases and silver key
rings for the men Al Mrs. rats neAI @ ah asS Sa S
catiilon with the debutante.
Mrs Charles Thorndike Parker has sent out cards
for the afternoons Of December ]: and j. al her
home, No II East TTifty-seVenth-st-
The AIarauise de Talleyrand-Perigord is the guest
OF Mrs David Wolfe Bishop. in Madison Square
This evening there will be q number Of openings
of the dancing classes. The Junior Cotillon at
sherrys is one OF the most notable. There viii be
gathered sn the debutantes The occasion viii be
second only TO the Assembly. The Junior CouIon
has been called the Mecca OF the Southampton set.
hut II has become much more eclectic. There have
been a number of new patronesses added TO the list
this year. Among the debutantes present tonight
will be Miss May Gallatin, Miss Nora iselin, Miss
De Szulles Mss SpottswoOd Schenck. Miss Ma
Eleanor Russen Morris Miss Nellie Hard Miss
Margaret Robinson Miss Helen Barney Miss sgd
ney Henop Miss sbyl Kane. Miss Harr1man Miss
othy Edwards Miss Helen Kountze. Miss Evelyn
Rsdden stsGas Ti S lead With Miss Helen barney The
favors will 6e very Pretty tTlnes s DSnSs & Sl % e
served.
AT the Wal6orf-Astori the Fortnightiy Dances
viii have their frst meeting OF the season The
list OF patronesses is headed by Mrs Lewis IAV-
ingston Delafed. Other patronesses are Mrs John
& yay Mrs. Charles E Sands Mrs. l. Jacquelin
smith Mrs Edward r. Biddle. Mrs. Charles r.
Huntington, Mrs John Hone Mrs IN Thongs as 8
"TIt, sS' a5rs Henry Lewis Morris Mrs Alexan-
der ID shaw and Mrs Dallas Banhe Pratt. Rus,
be fancy bonnet pins and corzs with oisque heads
Al Delmonicos the wednesday cotinOn win have
sts dance. There viii be over two hundred guests
present The cotillon viii be led. as already an
bounced, by Thomas Coleston Kinney. Of Richmond.
Va, dancing with Miss Mary Newoold Lawrence
OF this city.
William C. Whitney viii give dance at his home
on January for his niece. Miss Helen Barney. He
gave q musical on Sunday night, al which Jean
Gerardy. the BelEian Vtolinist' played.
There Will. OF course. be any number OF recep-
tons to-day for the coming out OF debutantes
Mrs. Arthur B. DE Saules wifi give reception for
her daughter, Miss Caroline Belmont De Saulles
at the Lenox which nearly all the debutantes of
I.eaycraft viii give a reception at the Hotel .e@ck
inghRm 10 introduce her daughter. Miss Agnes
Ethel Leayoraft; Mrs. Henry H. Hollister. No is
West Forty-ninth-st.. VIII introduce Miss Louise
Holhster. and Mrs. Woodbury. Langdon, No. 7ls
Fifth-ave VIII introduce Miss Sophie Langdon
Mrs /. Jacquelin Smith. at No. East Sixteenth
vii aisS give Teeepti9Sa9, S9,v 70 lnfSoGTee Sst1 s
Miss Helen Kountze. Miss Nellie Hard. Miss Lucille
Weeks and Miss Charlotte Prime receiving with her
OF her friends.
In Washington to-day will take place the wedding
of Miss Curry Connefy. the niece OF Mr.. and Mrs
John l. NJ. Curry, 20 Walter Andrews, OF Newport
A number Of fashionable people have gone over 10
Washington for the ceremony. which takes place az
Se Sest man ana ne h Ehers m chosen are Paul An
crews, Franklin A Plummer. J. Nelson Howard
Horace westcOtt and stuyvesant lie Roy.
Ex-President and Mrs. Harrison are In Washing
ton, the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Foster
who VIII give them large dinner tomorrow even
Dinner parties viii be given this evening by Mrs
Lewis Quentin Jones and Mrs. Alexander 7. Van
Nest' who viii take their guests 20 the Junior
5 Coailon lon Miss Della Gurnee. No. 2s Fifth-aye.
anq Mrs Stuyvesant Fish. No 25 East Seventy
esnth-st' entertained at dinner last night.
Mrs L. Hollingsworth Babcock. No. 50 West
-nifty-seventh-st. gave kfa yesterday TO intro
ouee Miss Pauline Bsbcocks Mrs. Babcock was in
gray and black. and the debutante in white crepe
oe chine. trimmed with lace. Miss HOna Barr and
Miss Madeleine Cary poured tea Mrs. Spotswood
sehenck introduced Miss Nathalie schenck at a re-
Sepuon which she gave yesterday afternoon at her
costume OF black crepe Olga and her daughter
was IN gray.
bazaar. the proceeds OF which win be used to
nay on tie debt OF the parish school OF St.
Francis Xavier. No. l22-I26 West Seventeenth-st.,
opened there last evening II will continue every
evening except Sunday. and on Tuesday and Thurs
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