New-York tribune., 1901-01-04
SOCIETY DAY BY DAY.

AS the year advances and the season IS at its
r,od it Is very gay, and there are many things
ACQUIRING each day. II is certainly a year of
dances and it Will be long remembered as one ,n
which both the younger and the married set en-
%s % was fast being rvaIed by dinners @ @Ieerea59n eq
LAST evening there was the dinner dance given by
1el known women at Delmonieo's ana % % is otner
Miss Helen Barney is VI
Last evening was one principally OF dinners and
theatre parties Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson No
East Fffty-third-st-; Miss Elizabeth Remsen ana
NJ and Mrs. Charles s. Abercrombie zvere a,,,a-..-
those Who entertained in this way Mrs snottss
wood schenek gave dinner and party TO the NAV
ierest.ng meeting the home Of Mrs. Morris seFy
3 JSup peaTg @ afterhoon mTS cba SRd in the morning
1ge obsqt 1ReneGH Mc1s ana there was another given by
Tomorrow one Of the principal affairs of the a,v
snd indeed OF the week viii be the reception givon
in honor Of their debutante daughter Miss Fred
erica "eDo' py Dr' and Mrs. w. Seward Webb at
their residence. No. $50 Fifth-ave. Dr. Webb and
his family have Just arrived in town from their
country place in Vermont. where they have been
deaths both sides. this is the first time IN ser
taned The reception which viii be AN ass enter
affair. Will be followed next week by a dinner ard
Mrs. W storrs Wells and Miss Nathalie Wells
hold their first reception this afternoon at the Wells
home No. 16 East Fifty-seventh-st This win -
the debut OF Miss Wells. Receptions will also he
held to-day by Mrs. Henry Ashton Crosby No %
Nashingtoon on square west, for Miss Beatrice Cros-
Ninth-st, ii i-1a '''"e'' i'aAe'' NO IS West
The wedding of Miss Esther Morris Hunt m.
daughter Of the late Richard NJ Hunt. and George
~ Woolsey will take place on Saturday. Feb
ruary l6, at the home Of the brides mother. Mrs
Rishard IN n Hunt Hug No rs MadisOn-aye. Miss An
married IN April At the home Of the brides parents,
hawken Heights.
Mrs William E Dodge has cards out for Thurs
Gays in January. Mrs. Henry Eugene Coe has sent
senth-st - -'1~' '1H"@tS NO East
The second Of four dances organized by Mrs. AL
fred Snedeer Will take place this evening at sher-
ry's. The second Cinderella Cotillon took place
One Of the large entertainments for tomorrow
afternoon viii be the luncheon given by Mrs Isaac
lA Kip. No AS Fifth-ave., for Miss Elisa Strong.
Mrs. Nicholas Fish gave the first of a series of
luncheons yesterday at her home. No. IS Irving
Place. in honor Of her daughter. Mrs. Burnside
Potter. who has just returned from Paris, where
Nr Potter recently graduated with distinction
and received his diploma at the Beaux Arts. 1t
was the first time that Mrs. Fish has entertained
in two years and half. she has been in deep
mourning. Covers laid for twenty-five. Her |
guests, who were seated at three tables INCLUDED
s MTs ATe eanceT @ G2ag RgSe re Mam d sioane
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr, Mrs. Duncan Cryder,
Mrs. Theodore Frelinghuysen. Mrs. Edward c. |
Post. Mrs Herbert Eaton; Mrs Whitney Warren, |
Forest after the lInehe9n there was e2; music by by
e6esirs Chest LAG
Colonel and Mrs John Jacob Astor gave large
dinner night az their house. No. $40 Fifth-ave
The party, which numbered twenty-eight, included
slr and Mrs Stanford White. Mr.. and Mrs. John
Chapman. Mr.: and Mrs James Burden de- ,:,Ia }T Mr.
Eliot Gregory Rawlins Cottenet, Miss AIaude Wet
Edward wharton Mr. and Mrs Lewis S. Chanler,
Miss Duer Mrs. Ladenburg, Harper Pennington
The first of two subscription dinner dances Or
ganized by Mrs. Frederick ]. De Peyster and Mrs |
J. Montgomery Strong and a long list Of patron
esses took place last evening at Delmonieo's 1t
was a very jolly debutante dance. and nearly all
the buds OF the season were present. The sub
scribers were among those whose names are prom
inent in the organization Of the Junior cotillOn
and the & various smart dancing classes Of the sea
seven guests four men M d G hree sTis q The din
ner began at O'Clock, and was served in the large
away at 1 and the coto began led fe by Aexan
der M Hadden: Lapder's orchestra played The
ne girls who also received @ large japanese fans
Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes and Mrs. Charles steb-
bins had at their table the Misses Stokes the
Misses Stebbins. Miss Una Soley. Miss Rowland
and Douglas Campbell, Phoenix Ingraham, Philip
Bernhard and Vail stebbins. Mrs. John Clarkson
Jay and Miss Josephine Drexel had in their party
the Misses Edith Van Cortlandt Jay. Estelle
Hawkins. De Zerega Bailey. Elsie Ladd and Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Stout. Lawrence Atterbury
Mansfield Patterson, John Delafeld and Seymour
party comprised Miss Marion Fish, Miss Augusta |
Iadden, Miss Sophie Langdon, Henry E. Mont
gomery. %. Miss Gardiner and James r. Pierson.
Among the patronesses Of this DANCE were Mrs.
Charles Stebbins, Mrs B. Aymar Sands Mrs
s6aturin L Delafeld. Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes
Mrs. Chester Griswod, Mrs. Dallas B. Pratt. Mrs
Woodbury. G. Langdon, Mrs Morgan Dix Mrs
George r. Schieffeln, Mrs. William G. Low, Mrs. A.
3. Low. Mrs z. Henry Hartman. Mrs. Alfred Pell,
Mrs. Walter s. Gurnee. Mrs. G. O'D. Iseiin. Mrs.
Prescott Hall Butler, Mrs. Charles r. Henderson,
gerald Mrs. John @. Neeser, Mrs. Benjamin S.
Church. Mrs LeVerich. Mrs. John Clarkson jay,
latin.
novel feature Of the dance last evening the
presence Of a committee Of four men,. Montgom-
cry Strong Frederick Ashton de Peyster, James
r. Pierson and Vail Stebhins. who assisted in the
receiving and acted as ushers Among the many
debutantes who were present were Miss Florence
IwOmbly. the Misses Cryder. Miss May Gallatin,
Miss Katherine Griswold Pratt Miss Fanny Jones.
Miss Nathalie Schenck, Miss Nathalie Wells. Miss
Ella de PeysteF. Miss Margaret Robson. Miss
Helen Ely, Miss Dix. Miss Mary Hartman. Miss
Nora Iselin, Miss Jacquelin Smith, Miss Therese
55seln. Miss Sydney Eenop. Miss Eleanor Morris.
s4iss Natalie Henderson. Miss Lucy Cole. Miss
Marie de SeUfyie. Miss Davies, Miss Cornelia
yards. Miss Erving. Miss Caroline de Saulles Miss
Louise Hollister, Miss stebbins, Miss Ethel steb
we Misses Delateld. Miss Boardnan, Miss Alice