The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-11-06
WHAT IS DOING IN SOCIETY

Mrs. Goliath is the guest of Miss
Wood and Miss Margaret Garrard at
their home in Bellport, Long Island,
where she will remain a week.
Mr.. ]. Cummings Vail will sail for
Bermuda on Saturday, November T.,
expecting to be absent few weeks,
and will visit his daughter, Mrs. Will
kinson, who departed for her Bermuda
home some two weeks ago.
Mrs. George S. Wylie and Mr.. Ken
meth Wylie have gone to New York
! for the winter; Mrs. Wylie was ac-
companied by Miss Helen Vincent
King.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Raft Richardson
gave Halloween party at Stone Acre,
Morris Plains, on Saturday last. Guests
wore fancy costumes, and became boys
and girls again in appearance as well
as in their frolics, which were of the
kind associated with Hallowe'e ems of
'the dear long ago."
There will be three assemblies"
during the coming season in Washing
ton Hail. The first will be given on
Thanksgiving eve, which will be fol-
lowed by one on New Year night,
while the third of the series is an
nounced for the evening of Easter
Monday. These dances will be the
important events of the winter, and
the names of the ladies under whose
patronage the assemblies will be given,
are an assurance that everything will
be done to make them excel any SINH
lar events of former years. The ladies
are: Mrs. Frelinghuysen, Mrs. Foote,
Mrs. Garretson, Miss Rowland, Mrs.
Rudolph Fl. Kissel, Mrs. Letchford,
Mrs. Merrell, Mrs. Robert I'll. Nc
Curdy, Mrs. John 0. H. Pitney, Mrs,
Shipper, Mrs. Tilden, Mrs. Tiers
Mrs. Thebaud, Mrs. Vernam, Mrs
Waterbury, Mrs. Ridley Watts. Sub
scriptions will be So for each person,
which will include house guests for
whom invitations will be issued on
application to any of the patronesSes.
Miss Rowland will act as treasurer.
Mrs. A. o. Dean will leave to-day
for New York, where she expects to
spend the winter.
The evening 'bridge" tournament
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Golf Club, under the management of
Elwell, was the most important
tournament of the season; many ladies
and gentlemen from out Of town were
present, Orange in particular, being
well represented.
Mr. and Mrs. Ridley Watts were at
the Waldorf-Astoria, New York, on
Friday and Saturday of last week.
Miss Wilson, who came with Gre
dentials from many of the society peo-
pie of Washington, ID. c., gave a re-
cital on Friday evening last, at Miss
Dana's school.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Watts 31st
anniversary of their wedding occurred
on Wednesday of this week, when
they gave matinee party to ten
members of their family.
One of the most enjoyable and at
tractfve luncheons of the autumn was
that given by Mrs. Robert Dumont
Foote at the Golf Club on Friday last,
some forty ladies being present. Mrs.
Alexander H. Tiers presiding at the
lower end of the table, which was
decorated with a profusion OF white
chrysanthemums and smilax. The
music provided for the entertainment
of Mrs Foote'S guests was much APP
preciated.
Mrs. Edward A. Day and Mrs. AL
bert S. Swords gave luncheon on
Wednesday of this week at the Golf
Club, which was followed by a
"bridge" tournament.
Mrs. S. Morgan Slade gave dinner
on Thursday evening.
Eight MorriStown ladies, among whom
were Mrs. John o. H Pitney, Mrs.
Bradley, Mrs. Fanshawe, Mrs. Potts
and Mrs. r. H. Kissel visited Orange
on Monday of this week, and engaged
in duplicate bridge" tournament
with eight ladies of that place; among
whom were Mrs. Samuel Campbell,
Mrs. Mum. Mrs. Watson, Mrs. Boyd
and Miss Wilmerding, who will visit
Morristown on Monday next, when
the concluding games of the tourna-
ment will be played at the Golf Club.
Mrs. Kip gave dinner at her Madi-
son avenue residence on Thursday
evening for Miss Laura Slade and Mr.
Edward X. Mills.
Mrs. Albert r. Whitney gave large
luncheon at her residence, Glimpse
wood" on Wednesday last.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Chapman, who
have been guests of Mrs. March, of
Headley road, returned to New York
Wednesday.
Rev. DR.. William NJ Hughes re-
turned from Washington, d. c., on
Saturday last.
Miss Tunis was the guest of Mrs.
Clapp, of Brooklyn, on Sunday, No
vember l.