The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-06-19

NEWS LETTER

By way Of fittingly welcoming Mr..
and Mrs. H. Ward Ford to Norris
town again, large dinner was given
at the Golf Club house Monday night
at which thirty-two guests were pres
ent and at which Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
B. McCurdy were the hosts. Mrs. Ford
is a sister of Mrs. McCurdy and she has
not been seen much in town for the
past year. 1t was only few days ago
that the Fords returned and took pos
session of their cottage on Morris
street. Everyone was glad to see them
back in town after such long alb
sence and numbers of parties were
planned for them, of which this is the
first. The club house was delight
fully decorated and the dining
was Respondent in all the flowers of
the season with green leaves and twigs
covering the table, walls and ceiling.
Roses and peonies were in profusion,
carnations were on every hand, while
all the ladies wore corsage bouquets of
violets. The lights were softened with
cream globes and the whole effect of
the room was olive and white-Mrs.
McCurdy's favorite color combination.
Among those seated at the table were
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton Nick. Twom-
bly,, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard A. Nc
Curdy, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Mel
Ion, Mr.. and Mrs Henry Patterson
PhippS, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert H. Yer
nam, Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Ramsey
Potts. Mr. and Mrs. John l. Water
bury, Mr.. and Mrs. George G. Freling-
huysen, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis A. The
baud, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bradley,
MI. and Mrs. Alexander Harvey Tiers,
Mrs. Stephen Whitney and Mr.. Ar
thur Thompson. While the guests
were at dinner sweet strains of music
were heard from the adjoining room.
There an orchestra of eight men
played operate selections, two-steps
and rag-time numbers until the din
ner was over, when all adjourned to
the ball room. The dance was delight
full, waltzes and two-steps alternating
on the programme until shortly after
midnight, when the party broke up.
1t was a splendid dinner, such as Mrs.
McCurdy is famous for giving, and
such as welcomed in royal style two
very popular members of Morristown's
social colony.
Mr.. and Mrs. William McAlpin were
the guests of honor at dinner given
by Mrs Thomas w. Caldwell at the
Golf Club Tuesday night. Mr. and
Mrs. William McAlpin are at present
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Hunter Meal
pin at the old McAlpin homestead in
Littleton. The new house there is
not yet completed, and until it has
been finished the family are occupy
ing the farm house. At the dinner
Tuesday night only eight people were
at the board. They were: Mr.. and
Mrs. William McAlpin, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hunter McAlpin, Mr.. and Mrs. Tow
ers Farr, of Orange, and Mr.. and Mrs.
caldwell. The tables were prettily
decorated with peonies of many colors,
while sprigs of green formed a con-
trast with the pure white of the
cloth. Mr.. and Mrs. Cauldwell leave
to-day for Bennington, VT, where
they will pass few weeks before 60
ing to their lodge at Little Moose
Lake in the Adirondacks, where they
will spend the summer. They are mem
bers of the Adirondack League Club
and always spend several months in
the north woods.
For two weeks past Miss Irene Walker
has been engaged in settlement work
in New York. She is connected with
the non-sectarian house which was
started last spring and with which
Miss Egbert has been associated for
several months. Settlement work
covers wide range of charitable and
philanthropic duty, and the women
who are engaged in the work visit the
poor, teach them how to cook prop
erly, how to care for children, how to
keep clean and how to make the most
of their opportunities. 1t often is a
thankless task and yet the opportun-
tiles for doing good are very large.
Miss Walker has not yet decided
whether she will remain in the work
or not, but in the two-weeks' work
since she went to the house at No. rs
Jones street, she has shown an apti-
tude for it, which it is thought will
make her very valuable addition to
the colony.
Much interest was shown at the end
of last week over the reported sud-
den marriage of Miss Helen Bell and
Mr.. Arthur Barnwell Miss Bell is
very well known in town, and it was
only few weeks ago that she was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis A. Thebaud
at their house on Madison avenue. Miss
Bell is charming young woman, whose
home is in Washington, d. O., while
Mr.. Barnwell is a student in the law
school at Yale. Recently he was in
New York city and, as it happened,
Miss Bell was there at the same time.
Some of Barnwell's friends thought to