The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-05
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

At the close OF the fashionable metro |
politan season | mentally survey the held |
TO note the effect OF the winters campaign.
Ing After n battle a general counts ever
his forces and makes mark as to what
the engagement cost him In men, enuinerat-
ing the dead and wounded Why not after
q social season accurately determine how
many young men have succumbed to the
destinations OF fashionable bellies for the
display Of whose charms SO much labor
has been employed and 80 much money ex-
pended, IL Is no secret TINT society IL n
marriage market and that for eighteen
years q girl has been trained to take her
place In the ante chamber ct the hymen,A
altar. With the blare OF trumpcts and the
sounds of the sackbut and psalter at the
proper time the youths are Invited in 10
select partner who shall make them
happy or miserable for life, This Ia the
| season Of announcement. What young
maids have whispered the fatal yes.
There is going to he wedding in the
old Gallatln family. Miss May Gallntin,
the youngest daughter Of Mr.. aud Mrs.
Frederic Galatin'ls engaged to Mr.. VII
liam Warner Hoppin, Jr, of this city
Rumor has had much TO do with the ar
fairs Of these young people. Time and
time again 1t decided this match must no
made and set the good folk of this
sanity town talking. and each time "A
prompt denial was interposed as an IN
! Junction This time 1t Is officially an.
nounced. mis- engagement Is INTERESTING
! ms II unltes members Of families with
time honorcd places In the social chron-
| icles Miss Gallatin's uncle is Elhrdre
Gerry, and her relatives branch the limbs
Of their family tree toward the Living
sion, Goelet, Whitneys and Ogden fainil.
les. She is an attractive sweet young girl
who is none the worse thought of becausf
the prospective heress 10 millions, MIR.
hoppln is Yale UNDERGRADUATE aud the
| of Afr md ra
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Mrs. John Zcregas granddaughter, Miss
sllsa Won Breton Zorega. daughter OF Mr.
and Mrs. Francis zerega has announced
her engagement to MIR. Stuart Pullman
West, n nephew of the late George Pull
man. The Hcrcgas are Westchcster fam
lily noted for their striking beauty. one
was married fow years ago to Charles
Pelham clinton, n cousin TO the duke OF
Newcastle.
One of the prettlest weddings OF the
spriug season was that OF Miss Nathalie
r. Moss, daughter of Mr.. CORTLAND A.
Moss, to Mr.. Johnston Livingston, Jr. The
wedding was celebrated In the arlstocratic
old church Calvary. on Fourth avenue. In
the presence of one of the most thoroughly
fashionable congregations ever there as.
scmbled Miss Elise Moss, ycrtable pic
ture, in n gown OF white lace. was. the
maid of honor. The uShers were Mr.. Wood
ward BabCock. Mr. Maxwell Stevenson,
MIR. Henry w. Livingston and Mr.. Robert
W. Moss ono Of the most beautiful wo-
men in the church was the brides sister,
Mrs Frederic o. Bc~ch who was untimely
made widow not long ago. iler, drsi hus-
band, her boy lover. was Charles Have
meyer. who came 10 his death vale OK
amlnlng a pistol. Mir Livingston. the hgp-
py bridegroom, is the eldest son Of John
r sion Livingston whose only daughter mar
ricd Geraldyn Redmond
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3 Speaking of this wedding reminds me
that Johnston I.ivlnGston's sister, Miss Car
ollnc IlN.I gstou will shortly be married
to MIR. Maxwell Stevenson.
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Farewell lunches to bridesmaids and
farewell suppers TO bachelors are all tn,
order of the day. | only wish my younI
: bachelor friends really meant, as they di,
= of old farewell. long farewell to all thei
> gay, dcvllsh bachelor ways AS ! grow
@ older and see how many of these well In
n tending young men merely mean to max
the conclusion that what they really mea
! Is to take leave of absence And thel
a Monsiegr and Mad dam I'VE apart, or go Il +
" mann has said farewell His bachelor din
e ner was notable entertainment,
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John Rockefellers son-in-law. Charles A
strong, and Mrs. Strong have returned From
| Lakewood, understand mTS. strong WI
launch out next winter In the high socia
line.
4 The Twombly and McCurdy families hav,
: opened up their grand places In the Jer
5 seys, and will entertain house pRrties dur
| Ing May and June.
e ~
/, In spite of the rain and roads, Ave Inches
e deep In mud the gay coachers have beer
dashing around aud about the upper par
of the city. four-ln hand in wet weAthc
is an abominahle place. No love of dom
the correct thing VII! ever make me Deney
70 the contrary Wnen one "aG hsb ID '' aE
" cold and clammy andscake soaked by
y weeks rain, possesses no charms. an x
:, ing. Vel. let them love, club wlndo'
v and y. & s. are more to my mind to D
preferred.
y Lorillard Spencer has rented his cottag
+ I'm Newport to Alfred Vanderbilt. Chaste
s lux is one of the most attractive place
!, at Newport 1t commands view of tn
/. bhrIor which Is always beautiful. Mr.
$ George r. De Forest Is visiting Mrs. Dun
= can eliot. Sallle Eliot, who was the Lowell
y Salllc Hnrgown, has finally made up he
! mind to have nothing more to do wit
Duncan Poor old Duncan, hc HNd III
. farewell dinner. but that did not pre>el
him from NlHliluR tne lbIDluutn lilhHf ~
{ Mrs Duncan sues him for divorce, II
a gallant efforts In Cuba and In the Fhilil
pines as Uncle Sans soldier boy did Nc
u rehabilitate him. In the old story boo
C that sort Of thing went. He landed
= San Francisco. from the troopshp, In h
bright uniform as a lieutenant. but 7
fatted calf was ready for him. The prod
&c gal received q service in q suit for dtYorc
;. Such Is the way In this busting age
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10 Mrs. Charles Bergman, Mrs. Spencer
mother Will visit her mother, Mrs CasIm
n dc Rhcnl In the Home Cottage, Newport,
n Or. William II. Draper died recentll
! For over forty years DR.. Draper was
u noted physician, enjoying lucrative pra
re tice among the wralthjAst families In IN
ie city. In the performance of his ofhcl
duties he brought hundreds Of little pl
ic inns into the world and lived long enoup
10 assist them when they In turn becan
the ntroduccrs Of pilgrims. Durlag fort
Years Of practice Dr. Draper was the hous
hold friend of two and three generation
SO wide was his practice, so dearly b
loved was he, that few members of
40 family can die and be so widely mourne
III He had peculiarly delightful personali
which endeared him TO his patients.
a attained great eminence In his prof Gsls
hv fol ~