New-York tribune., 1902-12-20
NETWORK SOCIETY.

| A, ,ba opera last night the fact that the r I.
! WILSON box was unoccuped and that several "a
/ miliar faces usually seen in the parterre 0H|.e VI
Eriaays were missing from their accustoneu places
served TO call general attenuoh 10 uo ~ ~.a
| illness of Cornelius Vanderbilt. and many eApies
.,o,s n, svnpathy and OF hope for his recovery
were heard Indeed his illness formed the suO1e'e
| OF most Of the conversation IN the par'efFe ooN
between the acts. Among those VINO hao sa'ie o.
| .o witness the performance of "Tannnhuser were
,.- a,d Mrs James Stilman. Mr.. and Mrs Archi-
| bald C;ourlie Thacher Mr.. and MIS- oeofse T.
Clark Mrs Richard Gambriil, MISS dre'a f0nieto''
who was with DR.. Adolf Lorenz. OF VIENNA III tiie
caorea ] Gould box; Mrs Astor and Mrs Johh
Jacob Astor Mrs Bradish Johnson. MI ana MIS-
Trenor l. Park Mr.. and Mrs c. B. Alexander
Mr. and Mrs J. B. Hasgin, Mr. and MIS-. D. j.
wvsona Mr. and Mrs Oliver Gould jennings MISS
Alice Blight. Mr. and Mrs H a. =. iaSIor' Aii,
and Mrs. w. Starr Miller H. - r"iiiie ~
William Fahnestock
Scheduled for to-day is the marriage OF MISS
HELEN Kountze to Robert L. Livingston, In Grace
church at noon. Bishop Potter and the Kew LIT.
yy,r,rn r Huntington will perform the ceremony
which will be followed by large reception AT lhe
East FYfty-seventhst house OF the orides parents
Nlr and Mrs Luther Kountze Miss Anne Kountze
Vii he her sisters maid OF honor, while Miss
u,o.no- law Miss Alice Ward, OF Washington;
Misc EVELYN Parsons and Miss Lena kountze VIII
be the bridesmaids. d. McRa Livingston VIII De
his brothers best man, and Robert L. Gerry ernest
Iaaitn Charles
lace and W. Delancey Kountze will be the usners-
ON their return from their honeymoon the couple
will go to Tuxedo for the remainder or the WINTER
where they will occupy Mrs Henry Livingstons
cottage during her stay abroad Miss kountze mas
received a large number OF wedding presents IN
Guiding a country house, which Is being built for
her by ner father on his place, at Morrfstown' a
string of pearls from her mother, centrepiece or
old English silver from William c. Whitney, tur-
ouoise and diamond ring from Mr. and Mrs. W. K
Vanderbilt tr a pair OF large silver candelabra
from Mrs. H. NICK. Twomby. a silver loving cup
from Mrs William Douglas Sloane. set Of silver
vegetable dishes from J. ]. Van Alen clock and
candelabra to match from Mrs Hermann Oelrichs
and a silver jewel box from Mrs. c. B. Alexander
Among the receptions for this afternoon is
one by Mrs. Dexter Hawkins and her daughter
Mrs Henry Wolcott Warner at No. So East Sixty
seventh-st and another at the Orthopedic Hos
pital In Fffty-ninth-st. and Lexington-ave.. in
honor Of DR.. Lorenz. at which Mrs. c. B. Alexan-
der Miss Elizabeth Hamilton. Mrs. William Doug
las Sloane. Mrs. Dwight Collier and Mrs. James
A. Burden will receive the guests.
There Is likewise to be a bazaar to-day at the
Waldorf Astoria under fashionable patronage in be-
half of a sanatorium In the Adrondacks.
Mrs Frederick Nelson was to give large thea
ire party followed by a supper and a dance at
Sherry's last night for her daughter. Cathleen and
the Iatters fance. but cancelled the invitations
at the last moment in consequence of the grave
condition OF Cornelius Vanderbilt
Mrs Dallas Bache Pratt's dinner dance at Sher-
ry's last night for her younger daughter. Con-
stance and her nieces, Miss Florence Howes and
Miss Lucy Landon, all three of whom were dressed
in frocks OF white crepe de chine, trimmed with
pink roses, the most notable feature of the
programme of society for yesterday. The whole
of the large ballroom suite used, dinner benr
eerved ten tables. After dinner there was a
coton. led by Alexander NJ Hadden dancing with
Miss Constance Pratt. the favors consisting of
white felt hats trimmed with roses, and English
walking sticks After the cotillon there was a
seated supper. subsequent to which dancing was
more resumed. Among those present wsra
Miss Gertrude Pell Miss Marie de NeufyiIle Mics
Rosamond Street. Miss Efie Waddineton M,ss
Mary Peters. Miss Peabody. Miss AdeIine Have
meyer. Miss Nora Iselin. Miss de Peyster Miss
Katharine Pratt Miss Adelaide Barclay Miss
Guyler, Mss Christine Roosevelt Miss Dorothy