New-York tribune., 1900-11-21
SOCIETY.
At THE HORSE SHOW IN THE AFTER

NOON
The weather, like spring day warm damn an.
ruggy. played havoc with many social affairs IN
town yesterday. although the Horse Show did not
suffer much from it, The extraordinary s,,o
cess of the show equine exhibition ba.
brought society its doors, and the second 6o,,
was more brilliant than the first The note
OF color in the gowns which prevailed on Monday
was again conspicuous The majority of the
women Of the smarter set wore dark colors and
In the evening there was bit more latitude as To-
the general tone of the dressing Socially the
features from other years. There is hoWever e
much an mere Sleng & and Walking about the
tie in their own boxes that it is dificuit to find
hosts and guests; Some lack of young men vas
noticed both on Monday and yesterday. SIX of the
wealthiest and and most attractive girls in New-York
society sat for two hours in a box each day with
out the visits 5, Of more more than three young men In
The evening was more brilliant than the morn
ing The presence however of Mrs Astor who
seldom attends the Horse Show in the afternoon
made the afternoon yesterday distinctive few,
actresses wore extravagant gowns at night and
were the wonder Of the crowd But white seemed
re5r1esenTetiye Mrs Jobn Taeb atlvely' was most
Gerry and the Misses Morton were among those
present '-'0'e
Mrs. Sidney Smith was In box No IL in tbe after
She wore steel gray cloth and velvet enbroid
cred with steel The bodice, like her black velvet
hat, was set off with enormous steel buckle.
which seemed to fasten it in front Mrs PRESCOTT
Lawrence and little Miss Kitty Lawrence occuned
their usual seats. Mrs. Lawrence was In dark blue
tooue of Pe8a Th beg g4d and efru aee and
scarlet cloth coat and a scarlet velvet Tam o.
and John G. Foiansbee She wore black Skirt and
white lace lace bodice Her picture hat of velvet
with her part of the afternoon. wore dark blue
gray graded felt. trimmed with scarlet velvet anu
Miss Edith Gushing with her father, who. by
the bye. was very attentive afterward to Miss
Josephine Johnson Miss Cushing was in nut brown
@ sS ns Lhe n ooHlce Of which was trimmed with red
Mrs. Astor in the Newbold Morris box and
with her were Miss Van Allen and James ]. Van
Allen Mrs Astor wore gown of purple silk
trimmed with bands OF white lace down the front
Of the skirt White lace was also introduced on the
police. FORMING vest arrangement Her bonnet
wore an immense sable cape. Miss Van Alien looked
Of black velvet trimmed with BLACK feetber nat
Mrs John Jacob Astor came In alone about
o'clock. and walked twice around the arena looking
for the Gerry box. The Misses Gerry at the time
had vacated their box were strolling about the
ring. Mrs. J. J. Astor wore frock OF plum colored
cloth. ribbed like corduroy. with an Eton jacket.
The Misses Gerry had a number of friends with
were Miss Mis- Morton. Miss Evelyn Burden and Miss
Of black broadcloth and sable paIerine Her black
Egef ngefa nat 94 %aS with 1T Ostrich PemPonS Miss
being trimmed on each side of the front with white
Evelyn Burden ava was in gray, and wore a gray cloth
tue. Miss Blight was also in gray cloth and wore
large gray picture hat trimmed with gray feath-
Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay with her husband
and father, and left the Show early. She
striking gown Of antique red velvet. white chiffon
boa and an enormous picture hat of black velvet
faced with white chiffon trir vii whit
ostrich plumes Mrs. Frederick Gebhard had the
lovely Mrs. Carter, of Philadelphia, with her. Mrs.
Carter. is perfect type Of blonde was in pur-
pie broadcloth. and wore violet panne velvet hat.
hat trimmed with ostrich plumes. Frederick Geb-
hard with them.
Mrs. Frank K. sturgis had with her the Misses
Johnson Miss Josephine johnson wore black
cloth. elaborately embroidered in white Mrs.
Sturgis white. with open Jacket dis
playing white lace bodice. Mrs. J. Hampden
Robb occupied OF the south boxes. With
her yas her daughter Mrs; Goodhue Livingston.
silk. black feather boa and small black bonnet,
IF old ose co she M wd4s WRs
feafher 1e boa n and tan velvet o1 hat Mrs stanford
green and gray velvet turban.
Mrs Hamilton W. Cary who IN the box
with her husband, wore hat giving OF the
brightest bits Of color at the Show yesterday It
draped turban of geranium velvet. trimmed
with velvet of a darker shade. and
eoGrse wss sae the same rock
she appeared in the opening afternoon. 1t is
OF black broadeloth. with white lace revers and a
maize colored bodice She was in the box with her
sister-n-aw. Her hat of black velvet.
Others present were Mrs. James Hude Beekman,
Mrs. Gouverneur Kortright, Mrs. Duncan Elliot.
Mrs. George B. de Forest, the Misses Fitzgerald.
Mrs. Joseph Widener. Mrs. Edmund L. Baylies.
Mrs. Frederick Benedict and Mrs. Hermann Gel
rchs, Mrs. Charles Chds Mrs. Oliver Hartman.
tr. and Mrs. Stuyvesart Fish
Large numbers of fashionable people took lunch
con at the Waldorf yesterday. Among the well
known women there were Mrs. Duncan Elliot.
Mrs. James P. Kernochan. Mrs. Alexander T. Van
Nest Miss Van Nest, Mrs. Richard Irwin. Mrs.
Charles NJ Oelrichs. Mrs. Frederick Benedict. Mrs.
Frederick Nelson, Miss Kathleen Nelson. Miss
Fitzgerald, Mrs. Oliver Hartman. jr., Mrs stuy-
yesant Fish and Harry Lehr. Mrs. Hartman
wore black cloth trimmed with chinchilla, a white
lace bodice and a very large hat of gray felt,
trimmed with chinchila. Mrs. Fish was in mill
tary blue cloth, trimmed with black braid, and
wore white lace bodice. Her hat black vel
VET trimmed with black feathers.