New-York tribune., 1903-02-26
NETWORK SOCIETY.

Ash Wednesday is somewhat Of a dies non from
a social point of view. and aside from the opera
in the evening there was little in the way Of
entertainment to record 1t would be a mistake,
however to imagine that the exodus from town
has been anything like extensive as has been
inferred by some from the announcemnt OF sail
fngs and departures for the South and for Cali
fornIa For in the afternoon Fifth-ave. densely
crowded with carriages as in the very height
of the season. while in the morning Grace Church,
ST. Bartholomew's. the Church of the Incarnation
and the Cathedral were thronged by members or
the fashionable set. Mrs. William Douglas Sloane.
Mrs l. Townsend Burden. Mrs. Dallas Bache Pratt
and Miss Katherine Pratt. Mrs Vanderbilt. Mrs
Adrian Iselin. Mrs. Wriam Rhnelander, Mrs
Delancey Kane Mrs. ". B. Osgood Field. Miss
Therese Iselin. Miss Evelyn Burden and Miss Mary
Hartman among those who attended
After the brief respite Of Ash Wednesday,
ciety resumes once more its daily round to-day
with sewing classes, luncheons, dinners, bridge
whist parties and weddings. although the latter
have until now been somewhat rare in Lent The
marriage OF Miss Mary Stone Field, daughter OF
the late Cyrus Field jr, to Dr. Henry Pfeiffer. will
take place to-day at noon. at Mrs. Fields home,
No. IS Fifth-ave. The bride. who will be given
away by her uncle Giles X. Tinker. of Brooklyn.
will be dressed in white crepe de chine. trimmed
with old lace and attended by Miss Eliza Hine
of Youngstown, o., and Miss Leila Hackett. Of
Easton Penn. DIR. Charles wilcox. of Wakefield.
r l. will be the best There are TO be no
ushers After the wedding breakfast DR.. PfeiTer
and his bride will starte for Palm Beach. where
they will spend their honeymoon. the termina
ton of which they will make their home at SIAM
ford. Conn.
Mrs Cyrus Field. jr.. gave a dinner last night
in the Astor Galley OF the Waldorf-Astoria, for
the bride and bridegroom. among the guests being
Mrs Henry Pfeiffer, Mr. and Mrs H. Mason Ra-
borg Mr. and Mrs. Howe Totten. of Washington.
and Miss Martha Graves. of Hartford. Conn.
The Bellevue Hospital sewing and knitting class.
to which Mrs. Charles NJ. Oelrichs. Mrs. Have
meyer. Mrs. Henry B. Plant and Mrs. Charles A.
Bristed belong. holds its first meeting this morn
ing at Miss Learys house in Fifth-ave., while
later in the day the Thursday afternoon sewing
class assemblies at the house Of Miss Marjorie
Ficken, No. I East Eighth-st.
No date has yet been definitely announced for
the marriage of Miss Cathleen Nelson to Reginald
C Vanderbilt. The report current yesterday, that
it would take place on April IS lacks confirmation
Mr. and Mrs. Goodhue Livingston. accompanied
by Mrs Iivingston's father J. Hampden Robb sail
for Italy on Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Goelet Gallatin
are booked sail the same day. while Mrs. Ed
ward Renshawe Jones and Miss Mabel Jones will
leave here for Bermuda next week
From Boston comes the announcement of the
engagement OF Miss Lois Burnett. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Burnett. and granddaughter of
James Russell Lowell. TO Edward RantouI
l.
to town from Boston.
Mrs. Daniel Butterfeld who has been at Palm
Beach for some time. returns 10 town next week
and will be a her house in Fifth-ave.
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt arrived in town last
night on her way Groton, Mass. where she pur-
poses to spend the week end with her boys who
are at school there.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clews have issued invita-
Gafr
Mr. and Mrs Richard Mortimer have taken the
dHauteville cottage Newport for the summer
Mr. and Mrs W Seward Webb and Miss Fred
erica Webb left here yesterday for California.
Mr and Mrs. John Lawrence AspinwaH at
81 Augustine registered at the Ponce dc Leon
Baron Won Heyking. German Minister TO Mexico.
and Baroness Won Heyking staying with Mrs.
Alfred Bishop Mason at her apartment Madison
ave and Fifty-sixth-st
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh ]. Chisholm. OF No s3 Fifth
ave leave town to-day for Palm Beach Fla
Alfred c. Rowland who has been suffering from