New-York tribune., 1901-03-09
RELATING TO SOCIETY.

There will be two interesting meetings to-day.
one in the afternoon and the other in the evening
In the afternoon the Badminton Club will have the
second session Of its tournament which was inter-
rupted last Saturday because several OF the play
ers went 20 Washington for the Inauguration IN
the evening the Roller Skating Club will meet at
the Berkeley Armory. Mrs Russell A CoWles' Mrs
Layton Brewer. Mrs. Edward F. Hutton. i' MIS-
Frederick H. Parks Mrs John White ana nIro5r MIS-
Clement Fl Wilcox will receive IN the & SAIS S Mn Mn
while dinner parties will be sven I 59-nisnt OS ''S
Yesterday was very quiet. In the morning the
O n Sewing Glass met at the home Of Mrs Fred
erick Nelson and the Helpers, another orsaniza-
ton of the same kind. at Mrs. F A Dl Ierega 3
There we're no large dinners given. but the opera
was especially brilliant. Among those who were
present were Mrs. Frederick Nelson Miss Nellson
The Misses Van ,ss Alea urs MI B Haggin Mrs ogden
Coeiet. Mr. and Mrs. Orme wilson, MIS-, WI MlIIam lam
aiven bv Mrs John Hale Watson at her house. No
OIL F.fth-aye
Mr. and Mrs. CortIandt F. Bishop will sail to-day
on the Prinzessin Victoria Luise for the Black
Sea They will not wait for the wedding OF MI
Bishops mother, Mrs David Wolfe Bishop to John
soon. Mrs George Fl. Bend, Mrs. Cortandt F
Bishops mother. is the guest OF William g WHIT
ney at Aiken
Miss Eleanor Jay is visiting Mr.. and Mrs H.
Mortimer Brooks at Aiken. Aiken is now In the
midst OF polo and golf contests. II Is very gay
there. and there are many house parties. Sidney
Paget and Sir Edward and Lady Coleorooke are
the guests Of William Z. Whitney Mrs smith
Hadden is the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Kemp
and Mrs. Perry Tiffany the guest of Mr. and Mrs
w Butler Duncan. Thomas Hitchcock. IT.. has
large party staying at his cottage. Mon Repos
comprising Mr.. and Mrs. William Corcoran Eustis.
Mr. and Mrs Herman Duryea. Mr.. and Mrs Fl W.
Bull Woodbury. Kane and Alexander Duncan Mrs
Albert Barnes Boardman and her daTghte[s NIL
go 10 Aiken next week, while the G Oliver isehns
have taken cottage there. and are expected later
in the month
As already announced in this column at the be
ginning of the week. James Henry Smith will ac-
company Mr. and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish on their
trip to California the start being made tomorrow
afternoon at O'Clock from the Grand Central
Station in two private cars the % one & sGyvesant
Smith driving his brake and four in Fifth-aye-
whitehouse on the box seat beside him
Mrs ] PIerpont Morgan and Miss Morgan will
sail for Europe March 16. They will he in Lon
don a short time. and then go to the Continent
J. Pierpont Morgan viii not sail until the end of /
the month.
Mr. and Mrs A Lanfear Norrie have been visit
ing James Woodward on the Eastern Shore of !
Maryland They viii return to the city to-day.
Mrs Arthur Paget has cut short her stay in |
Washington, and arrived in town yesterday She |
will sail for Europe in "A fortnight. James J. Van 4
Allen and the Misses Van Allen have likewise re-
turned from Washington.
Mr. and Mrs Elbridce T Gerry have been for
few days Newport inspecting their cottage
Seaverge. Mr.. and Mrs Gerry and the Misses
Gerry will abroad soon, but will return in time
for the Newport season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Somerville Jaffray have
arrived in town from their wedding tour and are
staying with Mrs. Jafrays parents Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Hewitt, at No. % West Fortieth-st. They
will go Ardsley Lodge at Ardsley-on-the- 2
Hudson, which they have leased for a term of
years.
Mrs. Francis Ormond French in order 10 correct
erroneous statements which have appeared in the
English press regarding the wedding OF her daugh-
ter. has addressed to the London newspapers let
ter. in which she denies that the wedding cake
cost $4,000. or that the brides dress was copied
from that of Queen Wiltelmina or that there was
anything unduly extravagant with regard to the
flowers. Mrs French describes Alfred G. Wander
bit as having been equally modest in his arrange
ments. Mrs. French's letter has been called forth
nv the editorial comments in the Furopean paDers
on the alleged extravaganza of the wedding cere-
mony at Newport last January which. as every
one here knows. was remarkably free from any
Thing OF the kind.
A large number OF prominent foreigners will oin
at Genoa the Prtnzessin Victoria Luise which
sails to-day from this port for the Mediterranean
and the Black seas. Among these will be Prince
George of Bavaria who. a son OF the eldest
daughter OF the Emperor OF Austria. is a grandson
Of the latter: Prince and Princess Henry XVIII of
Reuss, the princess being a duchess of Mecklen- |
son OF the late Chancellor OF the German Fmpire
and Count Fritz Hohenau. who is half brother OF
Prince Albert of Prussia.
Consuelo Yznaga Duchess of Manchester and
Sir john and Lady ListerKaye will sail from Lon
Ion for New-fork to-day. their departure being