New-York tribune., 1901-04-14
sOCIETY'S SUNDAY REVIEW

week which is the second of the spring season
are set apart for the young people. The Easter
holidays Will now end. and with them properly the
season in town. May will be the month for little
trims to Europe well as excursions to the SUBJ
urbs and the opening of country houses. But New
York will neither be empty nor deserted during
this period. looking at it from a society point of
view. Each ship that arrives from Europe brings
q few voyagers who have completed their YEARLY
visits the Old World, and who take the places OF
those who are now departing. The weddings will
There are also several dances one Of the largest
being that given by Mrs. Charles T. Barney for
Henry w. Poor will give dance for her daughter.
Edith who VIII come out next winter. The Poor
original mansions In New-York. 1t is filed with
Winter 8df Mr. and Mrs Poor viii give ball to intro
duce their daughter.
II was a very gay Easter week There is not
much to review, except the finals of dancing
classes. the records Of luncheons and dinners and
the many weddings. The entertainment given by
Mr. and Mrs. Abram S. Hewitt Friday evening
was the fitting ending of series of very amusing
and clever affairs which have taken place in this
historic mansion this season. 1t not large
entertainment. There were hardly one hundred
guests The programme a bit long, however.
and it was after midnight before the curtain fell
on the final skit. 1t had been intended that all the
guests should come dressed as their ancestors OF a
century ago would have appeared. but the objec,
tions Of New-York society it is were needed, and
this abandoned.
Last evening OF farewell bachelor din
ners Frederick Martin Davies had his guests at
Sherry's and Stephen Hyatt Pell had his at the
St Nicholas Club. Among the New-York ushers
for Mr Davies. who Will be married this next week
IN Miss Emily ONeill in Pittsburg are Robert l..
Gerry William Whitehouse. Julien T. Davies, jr..
Alfred G. Vanderbilt and Bradley Martin jr Miss
Ethel Davies of this city. and Miss Rebecca Dar-
lIngton viii be among the bridesaids 1 s III me weq
will so TO Pittsburg in special car.
the spinster dance the Natatorium. This Will be
q very notable affair and many New-Yorkers Will
60 over to it The after Lenten season in Philadel
phia has been very gay. Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander
Van Rensselaer, have returned from their cruise
in the West Indies and have given several small
entertainments. The spinster dance will be ar
ranged somewhat in the order of the leap year
Miss Geraldine Fitzgerald led cotillon with Alex,
doWers to the masculine guests and provide them
with carriages and dressing rooms. There are
sixty on the connitIee anGng Wh9m are Hiss MISS
ing Curtin and Miss Frances Grfscom II is said
that they will wear plain short white duck skirts
shirt waists and mems collars and ties.
The dates for the next years dances have all been
settled and published. The Wednesday Cotillon
has just made up its programme for next sea-
SON The applications have been so many for this
popular organization that there is waiting list
Mrs Agernon S. Sullivan will retire this year from
the list Of patronesses and her place will be taken
hy Mrs Edwin 4. Stevens, of Castle Point. George
H Sullivan retires from the active work of the
presidency, and Dr. George Boiling Lee, the grand
son Of General Robert E. Lee. succeeds him. The
cotilloa vii! keep up its individual reputation as
set and among its governors and patrons may be
found Coone J9nn - @ i VIE eorss
Gordon Battle. II. Snowden Marshall, Dr. Robert
Lee i lewis DR.. Oliver livingston Jones Buchanan
sehey. jr,. Bernard Johnston Harrison. Richard
and Heth Lorton to whose zeal and interest the
cotillon owes its existence. The dates for the
dances OF next winter are December II, January g.
January q and February l.
The plans for an early Newport season being
rerfected Mrs. Adolf Ladenburg, who has been
passing the in Ireland, will return soon and
after few weeks at Meadow Brook viii go at
Newport. She IS much interested in the
venture Of fox hunting and of drag hunts
which will be begun Newport rather at
jamestown, as early as June. James ]. Van Allen
will return the time 1t is undecided whether
Miss Sara Van Allen will back with him or
belonging 10 the Monmouth meet. Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt VIII OPEN the Breakers t and MT and and
Point. Mr. and Mrs. J. Lawrence Van Allen are 10
arrive IN New ork WITHIN month: adr. ana MIS-.
Delaney A Kane viii open their cottage at New.
port IN May. and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt
ward Tuck viii have Harborview. while Mrs
Francis Ornond French will go abroad to visit her
daughter, Mrs. Herbert Eaton
Mrs. stuyvesant Fish will pass this summer at
Newport, and abroad. Mr.. and Mrs. Elbridge
T. Gerry viii arrive Seaverge little later this
They will be abroad in the early spring
Among the bachelors who are TO be at Newport
this season and who have rented cottages are
Frank Otis. Harry Thaw. of Pittsburg; James
Henry Smith. James De Wolfe Cutting and Henry
Redmond Mr.. and Mrs. Lorillard Spencer have
rented their house CastIelux and will go abroad
for the summer. They will be at Lake Lucerne,
where Mr.. Spencer's mother and sister live. Mr..
and Mrs. F. Grand dFiautevile will also go abroad
10 their chateau in Switzerland. Mr. and Mrs.
Henry ]. Barley and the Misses Barley sailed last
week They will occupy their chateau on Lake
Geneva this summer. The Count and Countess
win be with them Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Seton tr..
and Mr. and Mrs \: Lanfear Norrie will remain in
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert VI. Thompson will give a
large dinner tomorrow evening at the Metropoli-
tan Club for the bridal party to be present at the
wedding OF Miss Sarah Gibbs Thompson and Ste
phen H. Pel- This wedding will take place on
Wednesday at the Church of the Heavenly Rest,
and will be of the largest and most notable
church ceremonials which have taken place this
season in New-York Wednesday will be indeed
Cay OF weddings. Miss Helen c. Bulkeley the daugh
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Justus Bulkeley of No 7S7
Madison-ave., and Dorsay Ives Holt will be mar
ried al the home of the brides parents in the af-
iernoon. Among Miss Bulkeley's bridesnaids will
Wells and Miss Pansy Roosevelt The best tt, man an
will be T Chesley Richardson. The wedding viii be
very quiet. and only the relatives and intimate
friends will be asked.
Monday will bring the wedding Of Miss Adellna
Tower daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence p.
Tower and Thomas Reed Bridges at the brides
home. No. % East Sixty-frst-st This VIII be a
small house wedding. On Tuesday, in New-Or-
leans Miss Marie Louise Claiborne, the daughter
OF Mr. and Mrs William C. Claiborne, and DR.. j.
Herbert Livingston one OF the governors or the
Calumet Club in this city, will be married at the
picturesque old church of the Jesuit fathers In a-
mill