New-York tribune., 1901-11-03
ABOUT SOCIETY.

Election Day, with the civic duties and ert-
tainments connected Herewith. the automobil. .r.
hibition at Madison Square Garden which onensd
last night; preparations for the Horse Show us,c,
follows Immediately afterward and several v.d
dings. the most notable being that Of Miss c,rac
Gurnee Scott to George Rathbone Dyer will oc
cupy the attention Of the fashionable here d,-
ing the week which opens to-day. Meanwhile tbs
country house season remains in full swing Thers
worth. Morristown Meadow Brook or at any Of ~.
SEASON and M m 9y
Thanksgiving, instead of being brought TO a close
will in from the country for the show nstaas
OF returning permanently to town for it, and one ~
foregather at the Garden in the morninss vii vii
afternoons. rather than in the evenings after din.
ner, during the Horse Show week
The fact that Election Day is the day after To-
morrow has served Increase the span Of ths
week end parties in progress to-day. for many Of
them began with Halloween festivities on Thursday
last, and will extend Tuesday until the follow
ing day. Especially is this the at Westhury
where the fashionable set appears be going over
en- masse to attend the hunt breakfast given a:
voting Will be got through with early in the day
and those who have to return to town for the pur.
pose will HE back to the country Immediately
afterward in order to take part in the various
organized for the occasion. and which eomprss Tuns
steeplechases. hunts. pigeon shooting. golf and
The wedding of Miss Grace Gurnee Scott =,
George Rathbone Dyer will take place at ths
Church of the Heavenly Rest at 8 O'Clock On
Thursday afternoon, and is certain be largely
attended. The list of bridesmaids and ushers ha,
already been published in this column. After tbs
ceremony there will be a large reception at Mr
Walter Gurnee's house in Fifth-ave- Colonel Dyer
Knickerbocker Club, his guests including Ernest
Iselin. d r. Roger Winthrop; ;o Monson Morris H
Elisha Dyer. II
The full list of patronesses of the Assembly Ball
at the Waldorf-Astoria on December IL. is as FOL,
lows: Mrs Astor Mrs. John Jacob Astor, Mrs.
Thatcher NJ. Adams. Mrs. james Abercrombie Bur-
den. Mrs Henry 1. Barney, Mrs. Lloyd S. Bryce.
Mrs Edmund l. Baylies, Mrs Brockhoist Cutting.
Mrs Henry A Coster, Mrs. William Bayard Cut
ting Mrs William s. Cowles. Mrs. Duncan Cryder,
Mrs Gerry, Mrs. Frederick Ciallatin. Mrs. Ogden
Goeet. Mrs. z. II. Hartman, Mrs. John Hone.
oIiyeF i5eIin Mrs cadwaiader Jones Mrs Kean
Mrs Hamilton Fish kean. Miss Louise Langdon
Mrs. A. Newbold Morris. Mrs Charles II. Marshall.
Mrs F MocEa1 Mrs Mrs Ward T
Mrs Frederic de Peysier Mrs Charles is a. Pest.
Moses Nose II favor Pyne. Mrs Geradyn Redmond Mrs.
j. Hampden Robt. Mrs. Beverly Robinson. Mrs.
William Evans Rogers Mrs. sheldon Mrs. William
Mrs. James Russell Soley, Mrs Street Mrs. Alfred
Wiimerding Mrs Stephen Van Rensselaer,, Miss
Whitney and Mrs. George LOckhart Rives. 1t "a
expected that this years Assembly will be by far
the most brilliant In many seasons AS the num-
Der of Invitations for each subscriber will be i'm
tied TO five for ladies and seven for gentlemen,
the same as in former years. when two dances
The guests will be received by Mrs. Astor Mrs;
Gerry, Mrs. Edmund l. Baylies and Mrs Edward
c. Post. The entire ballroom suite Will be used,
and Lander will play, usual
Mr. and Mrs VI. Dwight Collier who spent ths
summer abroad, have just returned to their town
Their daughter. Miss GeOrgette Collier. will not
make her debut until next winter, when quite .
number OF other girls will also be int[odueed s5c
Katharine Barney. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Tracy Barney; Miss Ruth Twomoly,
biv and Miss Adelaide Barclay. daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. James l. Barclay.
The announcement that portrait show Is 10 %
given in aid of the Ortnopedic Hospital turns OUT
TO be premature. While the managers Of that very
deserving institution hope to give one some times
it will certainly be before next year and pos.
present no freproof building in the desired ocaA'9
adapted TO the purpose of such an exhioton
The date of the first meeting Of the THURSDAY
Evening Club this winter has not been decided
unon. but il will be held between December
anj 10
Mrs. Hart Lyman sailed for Europe yesterdas
with her daughters and her young @ son, expecting
Mrs. n. sarten Prentice will give reception on
December 9 at her home, in Lexington-ave-. roi
the debut in society Of her daughter Mary
The Horse Show. which opens November Is
prorises to be one of the most successful in tha
history Of the association. The exhibitors will IN
cIu,. Alfred @ Vanderbilt. G. Ledyard Blair, j.
Stewart Barney. Mrs Burke-Roche sydney haion
Ripley, Herman Duryea, marry ray nc "Li''AO'
and Pierre Lorilard
Among the new addresses which it may be usefu!
TO place on record here are those of Mr. and Mrs-
Frederick j. de Peyster. who have taken the housa
of the Secretary OF War. in East sixty-ninth-;st;
Moncure Robinson. who is at No - WesI slss ~
enth-st.: Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Randolph; VINO are
at No Is West Forty-sixth- ST: r l. Maitano. at
No East Tenth-st-. and Mrs Moses Aasior
Campbell. at No. 81 East Seventy-seventh-st
C. Mead Tooker. who has been abroad for several
wears is returning on board the Oceanic NJ.
Tooker is the father of Mrs Whitney warren anu
of Mrs. J. Wadsworth Ritchie-
Mr.. and Mrs Royal Phelps Carroll have arranged
to spend the winter at Aiken.
Although the new house of Mr.. and Mrs. CIar-
ence H. Mackay at Roslyp is still far from COM
pete yet they hope to have ii sufficiently adEancea
TO enable them TO into il before IhanksglVlhs,
and If they do they Will give a house"arnlhs Oh
that date.
Mr.. and Mrs Ernest W. Lonsfellow are at the
Cambridge. and will sail for Egypt later IN tne
season.
Mr. and Mrs Henry CIegs will remain at their
house in West Thirty-foUrth-st- throughout tne
winter and will not move into the house ~h.S. IN
they have purchased in Ftfth-ave-. opposite tns
Cathedral until sometime after the spring
Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt are so pleased
with westbury that they have taken Mrs PerrT
Tinany's cottage there on long lease