New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-01
RELATING TO SOCIETY.

Halloween is always a festival in the country.
There were many small dinners and little dances
last evening. and some of them were observed with
the rites and oldtime customs peculiar to this
quaint festival This especially the case at
Tuxedo and down at Meadow Brook. At Norris
town took place the famous Halloween ball. or
dinner dance. as most of these festivities are now
Mrs. Charles Bradley. To-day being the Feast Of
All Saints. there will be outpouring of church
rate services will be held, At Meadow Brook
there will be the usual Thursday hunt
There is quite change in the aspect Of the town
now as compared with that of ten days ago The
streets crowded with carriages and the theatres
and restaurants filled with patrons. The in
PRODUCTION OF the depot theatre wagon both
for horses and for power. is of the
signs of the season. For evenings at the play
short h dinner is served at o'clock at the house
OF the restaurants. The presence OF Mrs Aston
son. Mrs. Elbridge T. Gerry and the Misses Gerry
Mrs. Hermann Oelrchs and Mrs. Frederick w
off and in the week. certainly shows that the
opening Of the social season is rapidly approaching
Lord and Lady Pauncefote have left Newport
and have returned to Washington Tho Misses
Letter at their house. in Dupont Circle in
Washington, and Mr.. and Mrs. Letter in Chi
cago for few days. Miss Letter denies the sto-
prove absolutely that all such reports false.
Among the engagements recently announced is
that OF Miss Helen Smith. the eldest daughter OF
Mrs Denton Smith. of No. II West Seventeenth-st
to Banyer Clarkson, the Of Mr.. and Mrs. Mat
thew Clarkson. Of No. 10 West Forty-ffth-st. Miss
Smith Smiths mother was Miss Harriet Shelton and
Ciarkson's mother was Miss Jay and is connected
With the Livingston Astor and Wilks families
died recently and the family is in deep mourning.
Mrs. Charles Addison Miller. whose daughter.
Ian will he ed
Swift Isham; jr:. on Wednesday. November IL has
sent out cards for three receptions be given for
cember >. II and 49,
Mr.. md Mrs Lewis Quentin Jones and Miss
Jones returned yesterday from Newport. where
IF fey b hayg been this UNI Miss Jones one
Miss Mildred Mfnturn will be maid of honor to
her sister Miss Gertrude Mnturn who will be mar
ried to Amos R. Fro Ptnchor at st. Georges
viii include Hugh Minturn Henr~ Lane Emo 6r
Edwin Hotter
The automobile show will open on Saturday even
ing at Madison Square Garden, and it promises
TO be a fashionable affair. At Meadow Brook the
last few days have been devoted trials Of beagle
hounds. and many spectators have watched the
hunts with these interesting little animals Among
those who are interested in them are Mr.. and Mrs
B. Post jr., ]. w. Appleton and W. G. Rockefeller
Mrs. Astor will give her annual ball on the first
Monday in January, and on the second Monday her
daughter-in-law. Mrs. John Jacob Astor. will give
a large dance.
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish gave a luncheon party a+
her home. No. % East seventy-eghth-st. her
guests 1QmPrising Mrs. O. H, P. Belmont Mrs.
Cireta Pomeroy, Moncure Robinson and Mr. c;iI
lespe.
Mrs. Clarence H Mackay among those taking
luncheon al the Waldorf-Astoria Yesterday Sbo
was attired in a frock of black cloth with apploued
th1oGsh wRch ran thqesd 9th "f BLACK braid
black hat was trimmed with iridescent spangles
Miss Margaret Nicoll's marriage to William, Navo
of her parents, No 81 East Ftty-seventh-stt o nome
Mr.. and Mrs w. Bayard Cutting and Miss Cut-
ting returned from Europe yesterday and are ~
their town house. in East Seventy -second-st
The Halloween party at Morristowp last NIGH,
wound up with one OF the prettiest dances OF the
season. In the evening the lights were lowered
and while the burning driftwood on the hearth cast
shadows ahouf the two hostesses. Mrs. c. S Brad
the dancers disguised as witches Each freG am4hs
Dig caidron hlIed with fortunes for those present
Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt tr Mrs DO
den Goelet and her daughter. May: Mrs + Rollins
Morse, j. J. Van Allen, r. B. Van Cortlandt Mrs
Jules Reynal, Mrs. Newbold Edgar and Miss En-
gar Royal Phelps Carroll and c. Albert Stevens
are among the New-York people now ar Hot
Springs Mrs. r. H. Sprague whose grandfather
was the first Governor of California, and who has
taken her own horses and carriages to the Springs
starts soon with her daughter. Fanchette for her
TO San Francisco for the winter. Mrs Rrad,sS
Johnson, Miss Johnson and Miss Aymar arrived
at the Springs yesterday, and among those who arc
due there is Mrs. Nelson Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Addison Cammack have rented the
house No 81 West Forty-seventh-st for the winter
The regular skating season at the St Nicholas
Rink will begin on Saturday morning The Board
OF Directors this year is composed OF J. NJ CeAalos
president; n. w. Harris. vice-president: F. G.
Langdon, treasurer: George D. Phillips secretary
ana Francis Louis Slade. Erskne Hewitt and
Charles n. Sterrl. AS already announced in these
club Is being organized at the ST. Nicholas Rink
Mr. and Mrs. H. De h. Parsons closed their coun
try home at Rye. in Westchester County. on Tues-
day. ana nave returned 10 this city for the winter
Mr. and Mrs H. r. Mallory will close their coun
NY nome at Hawthorne, Conn. this week and re-
turn TO the city. ~ ~
Colonel and Mrs. Delaney Aston Kane who ara
now at their home The Paddocks New-Rocheua
VIII PROBABLY remain there for the winter They
VIII not take the trip to the Klondike region Colo
mel Kane says. ' WV