New-York tribune., 1900-10-28
coCIETY SUNDAY REVIEW.

. has not been the most brilliant OF weeks So
L. either in the suburbs or the adjacent conn
,d certainly In town IL has been wofully
- The near approach to election acts as a
T unon all social affairs Il is very difficult even
= -.+ men for dances and dinners out OF town and
~ ,sck OF the masculine element has been Keen
= 81, AZ the various house parties Tuxedo seems
have been the gayest OF all the resorts. There
- evening last week there something go
- IN in the shape Of dinner an informal
s,ce The first hunt took place at Goshen on
SS1TTosSnesday and the second yesterday afternoon
yhe 3oIlv affair but the men there were yerv
sesrce many OF them remaining in town for the
ssTesf Roosevelt reception at Madison Square Gar
The weddings also few in number. wednes-
a. saw that Of Miss Elizabeth Livingston and
Charles James Welch On Thursday Langdon Val
snf,ne and Miss May Harper, the daughter of Mr.
spd Mrs. J. Henry Harper, were married. and on
si@Toz Pben and @ Charles Bell esdh Gaard S Gfse qaet
lehman and Charles Guthrie, which took place on
Monday
This week will be almost social blank There
rflI be an All Halloween dinner and dance at
worrfstown and the usual of the hounds at
,be different hunting centres. On Thursday there
ALI be a large wedding the Church OF the
TRANSFORMATION. The bride will be Miss Edith
whitney the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Sumner Whitney, and the bridegroom Henry Lewis
Battermann. on ~ 5reseay mere ere; WI take place at
Stone daughter of Mrs. George Frederick Stone
axe 70 Morristown large contingent from New
YORK
There is much interest in the Automobile Show,
which opens Saturday at Madison Square Gar
den and continues week. A great many novelties
sre promised and among others there is to be an
artificial hill which the automobiles will
climb There will be races and trials OF various
kinds Among the automobile who are
interested are David Wolfe Bishop. Albert R, Shat
George 3. De Forest; william K. Xanderbilt,' jr,,
sdoTed on November Is by the Horse Show iii the
sale q boxes for which will take place Thurs
There have been all sorts Of reports about various
engagements IN society in the last few days, and
scme OF them a bit wild and have been in
stanty denied The gossips at Newport seem fixed
however. in the idea OF marrying the popular
Mss Daisy Post 10 J. Lawrence Van Alen and the
r1nor has gained some cTedence there. Mrs Post
h0Fever. has denied II, and that should settle the
nsrer for the present The rumored engagement
As a AdPf dadep6gTg if t9 Mg Bet the DamGnd a @
Aag OF LoneoIl. @ Feaos . lke a Islry tale ana mrs
person Mrs. Post and her daughter will remain
FOR the present at Newport where there Is a con-
siderable autumn colony.
The visit OF General and Mrs. Herbert Eaton to
MS Francis Ormond French at Newport will take
place next month. Mrs Eaton will remain for the
Wedding Of her sister, Miss Elsie French to Alfred
g. Vanderbilt Miss French has been paying some
passes Saturday and Sunday always at Newport.
Mr- and Mrs T. Shaw Safe are still. the centre Of
attraction at Newport. A dinner was given in their
honor last week by Mrs Slater Lord and Lady
Pauncefote viii remain at Newport until the sec
ond week in November Mr and Mrs Joseph
@ raTeT ST Ras s one 0e OF fher eHnis iatest 1so
"a fSl S James +; ksrn9enan is also remaining late
AZ -Se"poTl- IN tne Saslno Court there nave been
ennis games ana the ,cottagers generally have
The announcement Of the engagement of Mrs
salms A. Kerr. the widow Of Chauncey F. Kerr, to
Charles ". Bailey. of Philadelphia. was hardly
surprise. Mrs Kerr the unfortunate victim of
a shooting accident in the Adirondacks this last
summer, in which DR. Charles T. Dade. mistakng
her and Mr.. Bailey. who were sitting In a runway
themselves shot her and 3Ir Bailey Mrs Kerrs
injuries were serious to necessitate the ampu-
she last days. Mrs Kerr has entirely recovered
romantic denouement as could be desired
Another wedding in the Harper family will take
place on Tuesday afternoon. Miss Ethel Muster
Taintor VIII be married to John Harper at the
home Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Giles e Taintor
No. 12S West Fifty-seventh-st Only relatives and
very intimate friends will be asked to the wedding
Henry Harper win be best man. The ushsrs win
Hard, Leonard F. NicolI and Harrison II. Boyd.
On account Of a death in the family, Mrs. Louis
A. Thebaud and Mrs. Richard A. McCurdy have
been obliged 70 give up their dinners, preceding
Mrs Twomblys cotillon in Florham, Madison N
J, on November g. Mrs GTannis; Of Overlook
guests lnd wiz have the cnrer, in place of Mrs
McCuTS<
Miss TwombIy viii not be introduced TO society
at this cotillon Her formal coming OUT will
take place in New-Yorz. where her parents return
in December.
Prince Henri de Croy Of Belgium is the guest of
Mrs. Rowland the Cottage. James-st., Morris
toWn, this week.
Eugene Higgins. who has been entertaining a
Tor New York where he Will remain until he goes
the Varuna 10 the West Indies
Mr and Mrs George G. Frelinghuysen. of Nor
ristown have returned from Lenox. where they
have been spending week.
Miss L. Raymond ard Miss Annie Howland
Ford sailed on the Lain last Wednesday.
The senli-annual tournament for the women's
championship at the golf club this week. has been
champion being successful in the first contest
with Miss Elsa Hurlbut.
Miss Nellie Bryce is the guest OF Mrs. Trenor a.
Park. White Plains.
Mr. and Mrs. John Murray Forbes and family
VIII leave Newport next week.
The wedding Of Miss Emma Dorrance Stone.
daughter of Mrs. and the late George r. Stone. of
Fair Oaks. Morristown, y. J.. and Walter S
kemeys, OF New-York Will take place at the
South Street Presbyterian Church Morristown.
next Tuesday. AT noon. Miss Stone Will have
bridesmaids her only attendant being Miss Marie
I. Baldwin OF New-Y York. Mr. Kemeys best man
viii be Reginald Ronalds. Of New-YOrk. The