New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-29
CONCERNING SOCIETY,

Thanksgiving is essentially an American 49,.
festival. II is decreed somewhere on account -
its Puritanic and New-Englard origin. that turkev
and pumpkin pies shall form part OF the menu -,
the occasion. and that the day shall De largely d.
voted to family meetings. This Is the sotrit =,
which It is more less kept in New-York TbA
prevalence OF house parties has made the coun+r,-
most attractive. and there were many Departure
yesterday for different points near Nsw-York Tb
clubs were practically deserted last night Isks
Wood has It's Ihanksgiyins golf match. which ha,
Tuxedo offers extra inducements IN the wsv -
ties down Hampstead way and up the Ha5ss par
in Westchester along the sound anu
Among those giving house parties to-day a.. ~
c. Albert Stevens. at westbury; Mr. and W..
Borden Hartman. at Mount Kisco; Mr. ana ~
Trenor L. Park and Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver -
man. at White Plains. Colonel and Mrs yVu1t
Jay have large house party at Ratonah ana NJ
and Mrs. Charles de Rham, 1r.. have another A.
Garrisons- on-the-H Hudson. Colonel and Mrs John
William K Bond Enerson ana T1" gr r and ana Mrs
Thomas Maitland r.. are entertaining in the
has sman house party near Great Neck
IL has been announced that the wedding o. Ms,
Augusta Little. the daughter Of Colonel and Mn
MeCarty Little. and Guy Norman. OF Newport vii
take place to-day at Newport. II will De a ouisr
family AFFAIR as the brdegroom-elsct has JUST lost
MS brother, Hugh Norman Mr.. and Mrs Norna5
after a short honeymoon trip viii go abroad
In Philadelphia this evening bali will b rvs,
at the Natator for the debutantes OF the saaso
Several New-Yor1ers will go over FOR the occssio1
Miss Helen NJ Gould gives feast for rrtI.
orphans at Woody Crest near TarrYtoHn ard Mrs.
Frederick " Vanderbilt has her regular dinner
" Se"poTt FOR ne ns.wsS2ys and
themselves are at Hyde Park -on-the- Hudson
large stag dinner given last evening At ~.
Morris County Golf Club by the twins Michael
and John van Buren, Davis, Mrs. Alexander Tiers
men waom the Davis twins had asked thzr a.
DR. and Mrs ". Seward Webb will give large
reception on January at their New-York home 70
Introduce their daughter. Miss Frederick Webb
box on certain nights with James J Van Alien
Several changes are given by runor IN the par.
terre boxes for the James Henry Smith
Will have the Babcock box on one evening OF the
week, Mr. and Mrs. Charles T Parker and John
VI. Bowers have secured IL for the other evenings
Mr. and Mrs Frank :. Witherbee have taken the
Perry Belmont box for Fridays Mr. and Mrs
PercivaI Roberts will have the Warren box On onA
evening, and among the other newcomers aye Mrs
Frederic Nelson and Mrs DahIgren who has
taken the r. Fulton Cutting box for Wednesdays
Mr. and Mrs. Henry DimOck have the H4b4r
Bishop box for certain evenings. while Mrs. Pear
Belmont bex Eserfon wintbTon ard a. Nj 15
Mrs. E. j Berwind viii share the Gerry box The
stnman has secured the Isein box fer Wednes-
days and Fridays
Mr.. and Mrs. Columbus ODonnel IssIn SAILED
this week for Europe. and Mr.. and Mrs Delaney
Kane o- and Mi and Mrs Adrian Tseitn. r.. and
Mrs Langdon Schroeder has cards on, to- -7o
days In December-Friday, the 7th. and Friday.
the flth-at No. - West Eleventh-st. II VIII -
5 Tle in'F'du''" Of her sister Miss Marie de N'O
Mrs William 5 Fanshave who was Miss Jessie
Jerome, will introduce two or her daughters this
winter. Miss Lena Fanshawe and Miss Julia Fan
shaws. home nse go Il East 0 gxsf Il b.
cember Is
The engagement OF Miss Florence Nightsasale
Carnegie. the second daughter OF Mrs. Thomas "
Carnegie: Of PittsbuEg. and well known In New
nounced
Mrs stuyvesant Fish. prior TO her regular
Wednesday afternoon bridge whist party, enter
tanned the players at luncheon yesterday At her
home in East Seventy-eighth-st. The guests were
Mrs Aston Mrs. George B. de- Forest. Mrs. Her
mann Oerichs Mrs. Charles H Marshall. Mrs 3
Lanfear Norrie. Mrs George CROKER Mrs gfe9Ese
Gretta Pomeroy.
Mr. and Mrs James Abercrombie Burden. n
who were expected to return TO New-York yester-
day. have decided to remain at Leuox until
morrow in order 10 spend Thanksgiving With Mrs
Burdens parents. Mr.. and Mrs William Dougla=
sloane. who are entertaining large house party
typhoid fever is on the high road 70 recovery re
was up for the first time on Tuesday.
Mrs. Charles A. Post. who Miss Marie c. IA
Trobria1d Is about 10 give large reception -
introduce TO- s9eiety her dsughteE Edith -, whose
Mr. and Mrs ] Hooker Hamersley will close
their country house az Garrisons. y 7. Sat
urday. and open their town house. No. 1850 Fifth
ave, for the season.
Mrs. William Whitehead Ladd. IT. gave recsp-
ton yesterday afternoon At her home No 10 East
Thirty -fourth-st.. introduce her daughter Elsie
Miss Ruth Jones. Miss Eliza beth Stevenson. Mss
Alice Clark Miss Edith Talbot. Miss Gertrude Her
rick and Miss Madeleine Cary
Mrs Alfred Ely will give a dance at Sherrv's or
December q for her daughter Helen. and three a.
homes on the afternoons Of December 3. = and S
at her home. No us Second-ave
sion of their new house. No 24s I>extrgtou-avs..
where they will be for the winter.
The Catholic Club gives reception tonight IN
honor or Archbishop Corriean-
Mr. Basby has arranged TO have Nine sarah
Bernhardt appear of hts musical mornings
in December at the Waidort-Astoris-
Dinner parties are being given to-day by Mn
Hermann Oelrichs and BY Miss Della Gurnee at
their homes in East Fifty-seventh-st and Fifth
ave. respectively
Mrs, Park Benjamin VIII give an afternoon rsesp-
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