The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-12-12
SOCIETY A~D PERSONAL

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Mrs Albert vernam gave a dinner
Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Henry Taylor w. tender a
luncheon on Friday, Dec. 18th.
Mrs. Herman Behr entertained the
Euchre Club on Thursday.
Mrs. William Shlppen gave card
party on Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs Howard Coghlll received tne
Reading Club on Monday last.
Mr.. and Mrs VIM. T. Ford are spend
ing part of The winter IN New York CITY,
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard A. McCurdy
will be at the Grosvenor Tor the win
ter.
Mr.. and Mrs. John M. Forbes will
reopen their Madison avenue mouse on
December 18th.
For once rumor has proved to be
correct. A bachelors ball VIII be given
December 23d at McAlpin Hail.
Mrs. Frederic w. Merrell gave tea
| for Mrs. Wright Saultus on Saturday
last. All the young people were pres
| ent.
Mr. and Mrs. LOUIS A. Thebaud have
taken an apartment at the Grosvenor
in New York, for the winter, but will
spend a good portion of their time in
Morristown.
The junior dance will be held at
McAlpin Hall, on Friday, Dec. 26th,
The patronesses are Mrs. Herman
Behr, Mrs. Frederic Merrill, Mrs. Will
lam NJ Hughes, Mrs. Waterbury. Mrs.
Cauldwell.
DR.. and Mrs. Franklin Dwight are
altering the house which they pur-
chased from the estate of the late
Frank R. Stockton, and expect to oc-
cupy it in April.
Mrs. Grinnell Willis will entertain
some of the younger people on Christ
mas afternoon from 4 until with
Santa Claus and a Christmas tree.
Mrs Willis two daughters, Mrs. Will
Jams and Miss Willis, are IN Nevada.
A sleighing party of twenty young
people was given in honor Of Miss
Mary Howell, Monday evening, Mis-. j.
Morgan Slade acting as chaperone.
Among the party were the Misses
Slade, Miss Mollie March, Miss Hattie
Duycinck, Miss Edith Hull, and
Messrs. Duycinck, Walker, Ford,
Buxton, Emott, Mills and Watts.
The first of the informal dances was
held on Saturday evening at McAlpin
Hall. Mrs. Frederic w. Merrill and
Miss Rowland receiving. There was a
generous attendance, especially Of the
younger element Among these pres
ent were Mr.. and Mrs. John o. H.
Pitney, Mr.. and Mrs. Mahlon Pltnev,
Mr. and Mrs Emlen w. Franklin, Mr.
and Mrs. Willard w. Cutler, Mr.. and
Mrs. William j. Roman1e, Mrs. Mar
maduke Tilden and Mrs. Edwards
Mrs. j. Morgan Slade, the Misses
Slade, and Mrs. Charles Crooke Emott
J held their first afternoon lat home" on
Friday last, at the residence of Mrs
Slade. The Misses Whitney, of
Egbert Hill, Miss Mollie March and
Mrs. Mamie Watts assisting in receiv-
ing, while Miss Edith Hull and Miss
Hattie Duycinck presided at the tea
table. Everything was bright and at
tractive, with goodly number of Nor
rislown people in attendance.
The second reception of Mrs Henry
Buxton and the Misses Buxton was a
very pleasant one. Mrs. John G. Will
Jams and Mrs Pbilander Pier on W re
assisting MS. Buxton, while Miss
Nettie Carter and Mss Lewis presi5ed
at the tea table. Among those pres
ent were: Mrs. Henry Taylor, Mr..
Frederick Merrill, Mrs. Gordon Sher
man, Mrs. Franklin, Mrs. Ell lot Smith.
Mrs. G. D. M. Gle. Miss Hopkins, Miss
Bryce, Mrs. H. B. McCarrou. Mrs.
Low, Miss Low, Mrs. Charlton Lewis.
1t is rumored that party for Young
misses and youths will be given in
McAlpin Hall on Monday following
Christmas. That there Will not be an
unwarranted burning of the juvenile
candle will be apparent when II is
stated that the hours said to be named
viii be from 5 to $50, which arrange.
ment should merit the approval of
grandmothers as well as mothers.
The patronesses are Mrs. ]. O. n
P1tney, Mrs. Mahlon Pitney. Mrs
Henry F. Taylor, Mrs. Thomas w.
caldwell, Mrs. Herman Behr Mrs
A Q. Garrotson, Mrs. Robert n Foote