New-York tribune., 1901-01-08

ranSemenr by HooSSOn OF DoS ana evergreen ttttS.
clipped in Italian garden shapes, adorning the
vestibule as the guests entered the house. In one
corner there was of scarlet poinsetta. Mrs
Astor received her guests in the great drawing
room, which, furnished in old rose, was decorated
with mauVe orchids placed IN and bowls.
Here and there were cut flowers. principally roses.
At the entrance to the ballroom there were two
pyramids of green, with large masses of white and
pink azaleas. Sherry's Austrian Band played. and
there was informal dancing until supper, which
was served shortly after midnight at small tables
in the banquet hall. and also in the John Jacob
Astor house, the tables being decorated with mauve
orchids. The following was the menu:
consomme Marie Stuart en- Tass.
Filst de beuf ohampignons farcis
F0D7@eS TeTrapenei Sepe'iSe
cansrd canvasbaek
Pate ae foie grss en- crouts
Praises Fendantss. i''' 4'''''' Iondsripss slaoes
Marrons glacss CeTlses aux tondantes
Most & chandon Brut.
Apollinaris.
The favors were snowbails on sticks. tied with
gauze ribbons; gilt nobbed comical sticks. with
brownie heads: leather bags. with spangles for the
women and silver and leather PenWiPers for s the
framed miniatures for the men, flower painted fans
men all devised, as usual. BY Mrs. Collins There
bouquets Of Golden Gate ana American Beauty
roses and orchids for the women. and ooutonnleres
decorated with orchids.
Mrs Astor was attired IN black velvet inevusted
with silver and the bodice of her dress literally
blazed with diamonds. Mrs. John Jacob Astor was
in blue trimmed with silver. Miss Marie de Neuf-
vile wore white satin trimmed in silver and tue.
Mrs. Goodhue Livingston. black lace over white
silk; Mrs Charles A Post. black velvet and dia-
monds; Miss Edith Post, white satin. veiled with
tulle and roses in her corsage; Mrs. Will
lam Street pink velvet. embroidered with Jew
was In lght green Liberty Satln. Ihe MISSES GLy-
der wore white satin. embroidered In silver. Mrs.
cred in pearls. while Miss Nathalie schench wore
Harry McVickar was in near ss tin Embroidered in
gold with touches of black tule. and pink and
attired in white satin while Mrs. Lloyd Bryce was
gowned in white satin, draped with black lace, and
in white satin and tuile
Among those who were present were Colonel and
Mrs. John jacob Astor, Mr. and Mrs. orme Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. r. 7. Wilson, Mrs. Ogden Goelet. Miss
Nay Goeet, Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt,
jr. Mrs. William D. Sloane. Miss Lila Sloane. Mr..
and Mrs. William Jay Scheffelin. Mrs. Kingsand.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund L. Baylies. Mrs. Ogden Mills.
Miss Frederica Webb. Mrs. Seward Webb, Mrs
Frederick Nelson. Miss Kathleen Nelson. Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Bayard Cutting, Miss Cutting Mr.. and Mrs.
r. Fulton Cutting Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Hartman
jr.. Mrs Adoph Ladenburg, General the Hon. Her
bert and Mrs Eaton. Mr.. and Mrs. ElbFidge T.
Gerry, the Misses Gerry, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Starr
Miller, Mr.. and Mrs Frank Pendleton, Mr. and Mrs.
Duncan Cryder. the Misses cryder. James j. Van
Allen, the Misses Van Alen Miss Josephine Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd S. Bryce. the Misses Bryce, Mr..
and Mrs. l. Townsend Burden, Miss Gwendolyn
Baroness seiIere. Mr.. and Mrs. Adrian Iselin. jr.
Miss Therese Isen, Mr.. and Mrs Columbus OD.
Vanderbilt. Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs Mr.. and Mrs.
II. Mortimer Brooks; Miss Gladys Brooks Mr.. and
Mrs. stuyvesant Fish, Miss Marion Fish. Mr.. and
Mrs. William Street. Miss Rosamund Street Mr..
r Barney and Miss Helen Barney Mrs. Douglas
Grant. Miss Scott Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Kountze.
Mrs. Seth Barton French. Mr.. and Mrs. George
Henry Warren: ir. Miss Marion Haven Mr. and
j. R Berw1d win NM Mrs SnI1 j. PeEPSRt sH MErgan Miss Nor
bert Parsons Mr.. and Mrs Charles b Alexander
Miss Gurnee, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lanier Mr..
Grenville Kane. Miss sybil Kane, Colonel and Mrs.
Delaney Kane, Ms Ts: Henry l. Barley: the Misses
Mrs; Alfred Seton. jr;. Mrs George 1. Riyes Miss
jaw Mrs. spottSwood schenck' Mins 'S Nat6aiie i
schenck, Mrs. De saulles and Miss Caroline De
Mr. and Mrs. E. y. Taller. Mr.. and Mrs T. suffern
Taller. Mr.. and Mrs A. Newbold Morris. Mr.. and
and Mrs samuel BRIGHAM Mr. and Mrs Stanford
@ We Mr. InDas! and MTS Kn whitney @ MF Mr. and
Lvermore. Alfonso de Navarro. the Prince Ruspoli,
BFooks james s Wolf eutns .eGsGay Gray GTsswod
M ME- ne and NM Mrs w Charles M oelrichs Miss oelrshs
Emmett Mr. Mr. and Mrs Julien Davies: the Misses
LdNiss, EDWARD de register Livingston, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lucius X Wilmerding, Miss Evelyn Parsons,
MISS Hewitt. Mr. and Mrs Harry w. Mcviebar.
Frederick Bull, Frank Polk. E. Stancy Clark, Bar
clay kountze. Mr. and Mrs II. Nick. Twombly,
Miss IWombly and G. Creighton Webb.
The death of Lewis Morris Rutherfurd at Davos
Platz on Saturday was not unexpected. He had
been sufferer from consumption for a long time.
and had been 20 various health resorts. He was
one OF the best known and most popular of the
set OF men who We're great beaus in society about
twenty years ago He was member OF a number
of clubs, including the hnickerbocker. He was
the of Lewis Norris Rutherfurd and Margaret
Chanler. He married Mrs "Sammie" Sands the