The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-01-04
SOCIAL HAPPENINGS

Pierre J Smith last week.
George G. Kip, who had a relapse
a fortnight ago, is improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. BENJAMIN. Nicoll sind
Miss Lad spent Christmas at Merry
wood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ridley Watts enter.
tanned friends at dinner New Year $
night.
James F. Hind has rented Mr.. Voor-
hees' house on Perry street for the
winter.
Mrs. Edward A. Day, Mrs. and
the Misses Sword had large reception
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Granniss en-
tertained a large house party during
the holidays.
Mercer Walker spent New Years
day in Morristown, the guest of Mrs.
Wynant Vanderpool.
Mr. and Mrs. Abner W. Colgate and
Mrs. George F. Stone are spending
the winter on the Riviera.
Mrs. Thomasson and Miss Peabody Of
New York, were guests of Mrs. Her
man Behr during the holidays.
The Misses Dana have returned
holidays with their brother, Rev. DR..
Dana
Mr.. and Mrs. H. NICK. Twombly
have returned to New York after en-
tertainiug a large house party at
FIorham.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Downing and
family sail this month for Europe,
intending to spend the winter on the
continent
Mrs. Murray E. Day and Miss Day
who have recently returned from
Europe, spent few days this week in
Morristown.
The Misses Evans, the Misses Slade,
Mrs Duyckinck and Mrs. Granniss
had large dinners the evening Of Mrs.
Thebaud's dance.
Miss M. M. Halves, of Yonkers,
and Miss A. G. Wood, of Staten
Island, are guests of the Misses Per-
kins of South street.
The Misses Ellen and Ethel Turn
bull were the guests of the Misses
Vrenam this week as were Mrs. Hoff
and Guy Roosevelt
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Dodge, who
occupied John Murray Forbes house
last summer are at the Grosvenor,
New York, for the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. o. H. Pitney and
family have closed their Madison
avenue house and returned to Newark
for the remainder of the winter
Tickets for the Stevens Institute
concert on the 18th are now out. A
large number of patronesses are assis-
ting in making the concert a success
financially.
Mrs. julius Catlin and Miss Edith
Catlin, who were the guests of Mrs
Trenor L. Park, of White Plains for
the holidays, have returned to
Washington.
Mrs. A. r. Whitney's New Year S
dance was most enjoyable affair and
a large number of guests were pre-
sent to enjoy it, including many of
those who were present at the assem-
bly, and at Mrs. Thebaud's dance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold HUMPHREYS,
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander 9. HUMPHREYS,
Alexander @. HUMPHREYS, Jr., DR..
and Mrs. Frederick H. Humphries,
Miss HUMPHREYS and f. Fl. HUMPHREYS
are booked to sail tomorrow on the
North German Lloyd for Egypt.
The entertainment at Mrs. Fayette
m TO no
very pleasant. The entertainers are
several little people who will play
"The Mouse Trap and after the
play, there will be dancing. The
money they make will go toward the
payment of the balance still owing
for the drinking fountain.
Mrs. Thebaud's dance last Friday
was also Christmas dance and a
most ENJOYABLE one. The large ball
room, the good floor and music and
the beautiful cotillion favors making
as perfect a dance as Morristown has
ever had. W. Allston Flagg led the
cotillion, about eighty dancing. The
favors were garlands of sparkling
tinsel, punches of flowers, frames and
silver ornaments, Among those pre-
sent were Mrs. Alexander, Judge and
Mrs. Garretson, Leland B. Garretson
Miss Kip, Jospeh B. Ames, the Misses
Slade, Charles @. Egbert, Mr.. aud
Mrs. Richard A. McCurdy, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert H. McCurdy, Miss Young,
John Booraem, Mason Young, Edward
K. Mills, Joseph B. Forbes, the
Misses Evans, Miss and the Messrs
Duyckinck, Miss and the Messrs.
Lidgerwood, the Misses Raymond,
Mr.. and Mrs. Elliot Smith. Mr. and
Mrs. Tiers.
The Christmas dance at the McAlpin
Hall last Monday was, as usual, the
dance of the season. This is partly
owing to the fact that everyone isfin
holiday hulaof, ready to enjoy dancing,
and also that the young girls from
boarding school and the young men
from college add greatly to the occa-
sicn. The hall was prettily trimmed
with garlands of green, reaching
from the center to the sides of the
hall; branches of holly and trees
added great to the effect Mrs. Letch-
ford, Mrs. Garretson, Mrs. Emery.
Mrs. Edwa'd @, Keasbey and Mrs.
William I. Sanger received the guests.
Among the large number present
were Miss Cornelia Halsey, Mrs.
Elliot Smith, Miss Lois Raymond,
Mrs. and the Misses Slade, Mrs. and
the Misses Young, Mr.. and Mrs. John
0. H. Pitney, Mrs Herman Behr, Mr..
and Mrs. Watson, Mr.. and Mrs Henry
f. Taylor, Mr.. and Mrs. John Murray
Forbes, Gordon Forbes. Miss Allison