The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-04-24
CHARLOTTE'S
NEWS LETTER

'And now is the winter of our dis
content made glorious summer" as
the immortal bard once wrote.
The weather of the early part of the
week has been Just the kind Of which
he was writing neither midsummer
nor early spring with a bright sun,
azure skies, balmy breezes and all
tempered SO as to keep one in happy
mood and revive the joys of Easter
tide, which should be the happiest
season of the year. 1t is wonderful,
too, what an effect weather has on So
ciety. With delightful days there is
much going on but let the skies be
overcast and everything takes on the
hue of the atmosphere.
The most important event sched-
uled for the near future is a luncheon
which is to be given by Mrs. John l.
Waterbury on the afternoon of We'd
nesday, the 29th. 1t is to be very
large affair, over three hundred inyi-
tations having been issued. Fairfield
House," the beautiful home of the
Waterburys, will be the scene of fes-
tiyities and it will be decorated as
never before. Sherry will cater and
he also has charge of the decorations.
Not much is seen of the Waterburys
these days The young ladies are in
the seminary and Mr.. and Mrs. Water
bury are living at the Waldorf Mr.
Waterbury is engaged in such multi
plicity of business duties that he finds
it impossible to leave town and come
here for any length of time. In fact
he has not spent more than a night or
possibly Sunday here since the holt
days and he probably will not come
out for good before the middle of May
or the first of June.
An interesting event for the very
near future is the tea which Mrs. Ho-
bart Garfield will give on the evening
of Friday, May 1st, in honor of the
young ladies who are engaged to her
nephews. Messrs. Frederick w. Ford
and F. Gualdo Ford Miss Mary KEEP
pele Howell is the atfianced of the first
named gentleman. Miss Maud S.
Grant is the betrothed of Mr.. F. Gual-
do. For this affair Mrs. Garfield has
issued two hundred invitations and
rather expects to have houseful. 1t
is to be entirely an informal affair and
will not take on the air of reception
in any way. Miss Howell and Miss
Grant will assist Mrs. Garfield in re-
ceiying. Tea, chocolate and sand
wiches win be served. The decora-
tions will be spring blossoms with
palms and ferns. Altogether it will
be very delightful function and will
give society a chance to come together
and have look at the future nieces OF
Mrs. Garfield.
Mrs. William NJ. Hughes left or
Wednesday for Geneva, N. Y, where
she will spend some weeks In rest an6
recuperation. Mrs. Hughes is not in
very good health owing to the great
social strain of the past winter. She
Is, In fact, very much fatigued witt
the arduous duties of social leader anC
finds it necessary to take complete
rest for a long time. She will remain
in Geneva for three or four weeks al
least and perhaps longer. She is ac
companied by Mr.. Gordon d. Hoxey
her son. DR.. Hughes left on Thurs
day for Washington, d. c., where he
will spend week or ten days as the
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Lowrie Bell
There has been report current fol
several days to the effect that DR.. anC
Mrs. Hughes were going to spend the
summer abroad but Mrs. Hughes de
MED this emphatically before leaving
for Geneva. She said that they woulC
undoubtedly spend the season here.
Cards are again being played to ar
extent not INDUCED in during the
Lenten season. Mrs. John o. H
Pitney entertained at seven-hanC
euchre Tuesday afternoon. There
were two tables and the play was
brisk and spirited. 1t was a delight.
full afternoon as only Mrs. Pitney
knows how to make it. Tea was served
at O'Clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph H. Kissel ar
rived at their home, " Inamere Farm, u
on the Lake road, Wednesday and will
be there more or less for the balance
Of the season. To-day Mrs. Kissel en-
tertains the Friday Euchre Club, but
this is merely the first of a series of
entertainments which she will give.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gustav E. Kissel have
decided to remain in town two or three
weeks longer, and so will not open
their place, Wheatsheaf Farm" on
the Mount Freedom road, until May
fifteenth, or possibly even later. Mrs.
Henry w. Ford opened her cottage on
Norris avenue and will remain there