New-York tribune., 1901-09-19
ABOUT SOCIETY.

To-day will be dies non," far as socfetv
Is concerned. 1t is the day of the burial OF the
universally lamented President and the fashionable
world will take part in the national mourning.
There will be no entertainment, great small IN
detract from the solemn;ty of the day. The smart
set. indeed have displayed amount OF feeling
over the tragedy with which they not credited
away from the theatres the toilets OF the women
have been subdued in tone. and their houses in
mourning in the shape OF black hangings and craus
respeet are tbnse Of her bones n this
w Vanderbilt W d; Sloane. Mrs Cornelius VAN
The fashionable restaurants were crowded yes.sr
day. William c. Whitney. Mrs. Lawrence Water
bury and Mrs Stanford White were Iunching a,
Sherry's. Mrs. Waterbury in a frock OF black India
silk, with open herringbons seams. and a wbits
straw hat. with a black chiffon veil Mrs Reava
Merritt. cousin of President Roosevelt was Iuncb
Ing at the wadorf-Astoria. attired in frock Of
large @ black hlask hat and black chiffon veil Mr. and
oeIrehs were luncbng Delrnonicos Mrs vandernl
PIT in tailor dress of red CLOTH with black nst
wore gown of navy blue and white fouIard Wits
a large black hat trimmed with black ostriSh
Dining last night at Sherry's were Mr. and Mrs
w. X. Vanderbilt. jr. and Mrs. Hermann Oelricbs
the latter in toilet of white embroidered r,nu
trimmed with butter coored lace and a hat com,
posed for the most part OF violets and pale bus
ribbon. Mrs Vanderbilt a dress of pale sra
hat ADORNED with white feathers At another fabs
was Mrs. Frederick Benedict. in black lace. With
house was entertaining a party of English friends
Wilson and Lady Sarah his wife who %as GoTdo9
IN a gown OF black lace and chiffon spansIed Win
silver, and large black hat "
Eugene Higgins. who is crossing the Atlantic q,
board his yacht, the Varuna was reported Off
Nantucket og Yesterday afternoon, and may be ex-
Mrs Stanford White returned to her n,acs a,
Long Island last evening. She viii be in town araf,
for the yacht races. but will kept her counf-v
place open until after Thanksgiving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison return this
week from Bar Harbor and open their new house
IN upper Flfth-ave
Mr.. and Mrs. H. de Berkeley Parsons have re.
turned from the Adirondacks to their place at Bvs
James Stokes has completed his Western tr,
and is back at Lenox
Mr.. and Mrs. Elisha Dyer jr and Mrs DYER,
daughter. Miss Laura Swane. return to town this
week closing their house at Newport. '"''
| The Misses Gertrude. Constance and Mary Par
| sons, daughters of John E. Parsons who went
abroad shortly after their fathers marriage with
Mrs. David Wolfe Bishop returned from Europs
Yesterday on board the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
daughter were on the same ship.
Sir Henry Primrose. chief of the Customs De-
partment of Great Britain. and cousin OF Lord
/ Rosebery. and Mr.. and Mrs Bruce Isnay were
among those who sailed for Europe yesterday on
| board the Oceanic.
Fault has often been found with the rules and
regulations by of which order is maintained
| in Central Park. and they have been denounced
as unduly oppressive, as calculated 10 inter-
hy- he
Yet that these regulations are of public benefit is
made evident by the fact that the condition Of
London's Hyde Park. where such rules are en-
forced has become intOlerable Hyde Park is now
monopozed by two classes of people those who
ride and drive there. and what THE London Satur-
day Review describes "a heterogeneous coIlec-
ton of rogues. vagabonds. miscreauts and pariahs
OF both sexes, whose presence during day turns
a beautiful landscape into disgusting and Oren-
vs sght such as could not be wtnessed in any
these Wretched specimens. IL continues, most OF
cry alcoholism take possession OF the park from
daybreak day to midnight They have no other
secured enough to purchase The drink that gives
put out WaIlow and sleep undisturoed." The result OF
this is that Hyde Park, of the principal lungs
classes, who una bic to allow their children to
make use of it, lest their eyes and should be
destroy 6 youh aaa decsey TS i
authorities abolished the rules bv Which Pc order t9e
enforced ed and the place maintained as breathing
tion. both rich and poor.
After the Horse Show, the largest affair Of the
season will be the Assembly Ball This will take
place Thursday evening. December 12 The
three Junior Cotillons are to be held at Sherry's
on December 5. January and February l. The
first Fortnightly will be at the Astoria on Noverl-
/ Easter Sunday comes on March go and Ash
Wednesday will be in the first week in February.