New-York tribune., 1900-12-27
SOCIETY HAPPENINGS.

christmas was family festival in town T7,.-.
was nothing Of absolute social Importance Ts..'
was hardly reaction yesterday IN the 80
spirit. The opera. with La BOheme" was a a.,
traction. as also the Havemeyer dance
gloom. however. pervaded society on account a. -
| death Of Buchanan Winthrop and other ra,,
known people The death OF Mr. Winthron ,,1 t
sudden and unexpected that many people yve,sso %
solutely stunned when they saw the Grape oS az az
death throws many families into mourning mis- rs
Miss Adelaide spoor rss q T S2e5oss Yesterday
SSaugnter Or Mr. SDoTord- She Is a niece So
has been recently very in from typhoid fsvsT and
| Mr.. and Mrs Delaney Astor Kane sailed far r.,
rope Yesterday. Their son, Delaney Iselin Kara
sailed with them They win not return 70 ~
country before next summer, '"s
everybody was in town yesterday after the hoH-
usSs' ana Frth-aVe presented very gay appear
anee- Mrs. Astor. Nrs. ElbriTxe Cerrv ana NJ.
Gerry and Mrs Ogden Mills were among those ~
were, were driving early in the afternoon Reginald yaD
Others seen on that thorouehfSrs & ~ SstIlGe and
mann ,0erIehs Mrs stuyvessut Fish Mr. ana Nrs
son and Mrs Robert GOeIet and Miss GOelet. VII
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Smith have closed thar
country seat in Hampstead and have moved To H.
t so owned me- 5y Lady staoEd IN West Sixteenth
Mr. and Mrs AnsOn Phelps Stokes will .n,.r-
tain large party OF young people at sbasov
BF9ok Lenox They Will leave town on Fri5sv
will remain there until after Kew Years. i"sy
The wedding Of E. ParmeIee Prentice and MI,
Alta Rockefeller viii take place at the Fifth Avs
nue. Presbyterian Church on January L. n win \.
3 very small family affair. and there viii be No
large reception afterward. The illness OF Mr.,
cyrus McCormck's two children. OF scarlet fevsr
oeantieso9 Hits paff W Sgvs Sg the mIs e, e IN s
ultimate decision on the wedding festivities which
elect elect and bride-eect dislike any unnecessary pu5-
The wedding OF Miss Elizabeth Wynkoop and
Stuyvesant Fish Morris. jr.. az Calvary Church
will be the event OF this afternoon Miss WvnkooD
has not selected either bridesmaids or maid NJ
honor; There are number CT invitations to the
Iinited' an5 nc rece2I9n VIII 9e comparatively
friends Will be invited.
Among those who entertained specially TO-
Christmas at their country places were Mrs. Ney-
ander, the daughter of the Mrs Edwin Stevens
OF OF SasIIe POINT. HOhOken. and Mr. and Mrs Pier
Highland Falls "'S p'''y AZ
Mr. and Mrs Charles de Kay have sent ont in
vtati0ns to number OF friends to Join with then,
IN N bowl Of eggnog on Tuesday evening nexr
January l. at No Hs West Twenty -thiri-s5,
theatre and supper party will be given on Nav
Years Eve by Miss Dorothy Edwards daughter
OF Mrs; j PierETepont Edwards of No L. East
given by Mrs, NJ Grinneli for Mss KSfheTfp g WI r5 9e
MT and Mrs Philip Rhinelander will give dir
ner party this evening in honor of Miss Elisa
Saip T9ns ts and her her danee Mr. Kip Mrs Francis Ne
Mrs William F, Burden viii be the guest of
honor at the dinner party which Mrs FTern,apr
East FftyeveRth Ts oerch5 81 ass aSd h0P r No nd
from Hempstead wSeTe fbr r s returned yesterday
Mr. and Mrs Henry o. Havemeyer gave a Christ
mas dance last evening at their home No / East
81 SA'S-sNth-st', IN honor of their young daughter,
MISS Adeiine Havemsyer, who has not vet made
her debut Mrs Havemeyer and her daughter re-
ceived their guests in the handsome drawing room
IHe hostess was gowned in black satin. =sbangled
with siiTsr and Miss Havemeycr wore pretty
"hite rrOck There informal dancing Ia 1te
picture gallery before supper which was served
at small tables in the dinirg room and Corridor
About fifty couples danced In the cotiIion which
followed IL, and which was led by Harry r Peters
Mrs Havemeyer's nephew. who had Miss Adeline
Havemeyer tor his partner Favors for one figure
Ss Tefe thn dlstr6utsd r from Christmas tree. For
ana silver trinkets were provided
Mrs. William Rhinelander gave luncheon party
yesterday at her home. No. Is West Forty-ei~b-h-
ST. IN honor of the Countess de Laugfer-viI1ars
dinner, -
Nine. Sembrich will give tea on Friday at The
Hotel Savoy, which will be attended by a number
or society people.
Among the features of the coming celebration NJ
Lincon's Birthday, to be held in Carnegie Hall in
February. will be the rendering OF several Grand
ehoruses by Frank Damrosch and his People's
Choral Union Ot one thousand voices Among the
soloists viii be David Names. the vioInist The
occasion promises TO be one or the largest social
affairs. The patronesses who will occupy boxes
includes Mrs. Henry F. Dimock Mrs Abram :
Hewitt Mrs. d. Willis James. Mrs. Seth LOW Mrs
J. Pterpont Morgan. Miss Anna Depew Pauldins
Mrs. Henry c Potter, Mrs Douglas Robinson. jr.
Mrs " aSer Swayne and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt
On the General Committee in charge OF this cels-
braton are Morris K. Jesup. sER. A McCurdy, W K
Havermeyer General ]. Frederick Pierson f. W
L. Burnett.
There was very brilliant evening at the opera
for La BOheme," All the boxes In the parterrs
and first tier were occupied and some OF the gowns
and jewels were very handsome Mrs. Astor wore
gown of purple velvet. richly brocaded and
trimmed in silver. She had on also many of her
Mrs. orme Wilson who was in pink. with large
diamond ornament at the corsage and on the left
a black and gold tulle butterfly
Mrs William D. Sloane was in white with
collar and tiara OF diamonds. With her was her
daughter Miss Lila Sloane who was in rose pink.
Mrs Hammond, her other daughter also IN pink.
sat Tor a while in the back Of the box Nine.
Nordica was one OF the observed OF observers She
was in the Juiliard box with Mrs. Francis Burial
Hoffman and Miss Louise McAllister. Nine Nor
dtca wore sapphire blue velvet. encrusted with
gems and heavy with Oriental embroidery on
her head was the famous tiara presented 10 her
some years ago and she also wore parure OF dia-
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