The age-herald., 1901-11-04

proposes making a grand tour of the earth.
 In few days Miss Grace Gurnee Scott will become Mrs. George Rathbone Dyer, at the Church of the Heavenly Rest. She Is the granddaughter of Walter c. Cur nee. The Gurnees have, during the past twenty-five years, been of some conse- quence in the city's social life.
 
 We are now enjoying Indian summer This is the season of the year most joyed by those who love the pleasures of the country. October Is sort of rest month. During July, August and Sep tember the gayety of Newport, Bar liar Dor and Saratoga, or European tour finds one in need of rest In October With November comes the desire to see ones friends again, and still as the fine weather invites us out of doors we turn our backs to the city. Tuxedo al- ways has gay assemblage in Novem- Der. Here one can ride and drive along perfect roads lined with trees glowing in autumnal colors. Through the noun tains there is the sharp bracing air which whets the appetite. At the club house the most bountiful larder, the best cellar and ar admirable chef cater to the creature comforts. In the evening whist and draw poker for the men, and the
 
 and the youngsters. The last brilliant social affair was the autumn ball. It was given by the Tuxedo Club, and was delightful affair. The cottages and club house have been filled for days, and the week has been one of the gayest of the season. Many arrived in the last few days. only to find that they could not get accommodations, as the rooms at the club had been engaged three weeks | ahead
 The ball room was most attractively decorated with evergreens and leaves in all the glary of autumn colors, which made the scene most picturesque. On either side of the room arbors had been erected for the orchestras.
 During the early evening there were numerous dinner parties at the club and the cottages. At the club MT. John F. | Talmage entertained a party of twenty | eight, Mir and Mrs. William MacPherson Horner a party of twelve, MT. and Mrs. James B. Haggin party of twelve, and | Mir. and Mrs. Howard Page, MT. and | Mrs. H. P. Rogers and others had guests. | At the cottages Mrs Alfred R. Conkling | entertained nineteen guests, and MT. and l Mrs. James Brown Lord, MT. and Mrs. Charles Alexander, MT and Mrs. James | Henning, Mir. and Mrs. Henry Munroe, Mir. and Mrs. w. s. Gurnee, Jr., and many others 'also had friends staying with them. During the dinner hour at 1 the club house the guests were amused by a musicale by MT. Charles Van Barrs l banjo trio.
 After dinner all the cottagers began to gather at the club. The cotillon was ] commenced at Il o'clock, MT H. Evelyn | Pierpont, Jr., leading with Miss Made line Knowlton. The favors were many and costly consisting of dolls, swords, masks, shields, etc., which were present. ed by Mrs. Charles Alexander and dis tributed by Mrs. James Brown Lord, Mrs. | Frederic Foster and others. | At o'clock supper was served by MT. | Charles Lohman. manager of the Tuxe- | do Club, after which dancing was re- sumed.
 But Tuxedo is not all the earth, as the | Lorillard faction would have you be- lieve. There Is life in Hampstead, too. | Just the same sort of life Instead of | the mountain roads and the glorious trees. they have the sunny meadows, treeless but green and soft. It is the | land of the rider Here fox hunting and cross-country riding is everything The air is soft and warm, just blown off the bosom of the Atlantic. Here are the hunting people. The most recent and thrilling exploit was the pursuit of an