The sun., 1903-12-13
IN SOCIETY,".


first meeting this season of the Saturday
class. held last night at Delmonico's. Mrs.
Charles r. Huntington, Mrs. Sackett M.
Barclay, Mrs. John Erving, Mrs E. Morgan
Grinnell, Mrs: William Warner Hoppin,
Mrs. John C. Jay, Mrs Henry Lewis Norris
and Mrs. F. Livingston Pe1l, who are the
patronesses, received. Mrs. James j. Hig-
gnson, also on the list, did not attend
being in mourning. Alexander NJ. Hadden
led the cotilon and number Of pretty
trifles were distributed during the favor
figures.
Among the dancers were the Misses
Constance Pratt, Arietta Prentice, Mary
Ruggles. Sarah Smith, Marjorie Turnbull,
Amy Thurston, Efie Waddlngton, sabina
Watts, Marjorie Walsh, Elizabeth Bard,
Nina NJ. Delateld, Sallie Domniok, Nathalie
de Castro, Eliza beth Auchincloss, Margaret
Garcia Churchill, Ethel Du Bois, Mildred
Du Bois, Josephine Wharton Drexel, Helena
Ely. Emily Fisher. Mary s. Fowler, Char
lotte Grinnell, Olga Kobbe, Henrietta L.
King King, Sophie s Langdon, IN Nathalie se. Munde;
the Messrs; Tracy Hoppin, Drayton P.
jackson. Archibald Oracle King, Ray
Morris: Lyle E. Mahan. Allan Montgomery.
Milbank, s. P. Nash, Willis Reese, Alexander
Slade. Kenneth Schley, Allen 7. Thurst on ,
Walter Thompson, Conrad Wurts, Mark s.
Willing. Art hur D. Wsekes, Jr., Reginald
Rupert W. Anderson, F. Baohe Bleecker,
Dudley Butler Maibone Birckhead, Gordon
NJ. Buck, James Birckhead Stephen Collins,
Edwin Fl. Dernby and Grosbeck Fowler
Mrs. Thomas Powell Fowler Of 80 East
Sixty-eighth street gave reception yester-
day afternoon, when there were many callers
from until o'clock. Among these were
the members of the Cotillon of Eighty, the
Madison Dancers and the New Amsterdam
Club and among the patronesses Of the latter
present, some Of whom assisted were Mrs.
Samuel Spencer, Mrs. Harry c. Adams,
Mrs. H. W. Warner, Mrs. John c. Calhoun,
Mrs. j. H. Hammond, Mrs. Thomas Hicks,
Mrs. William H. Bliss, Mrs. Lewis H Hyde,
Mrs William r. Barr, Mrs. II. Bischoff Jr
Those who presided at the tea table were
Mrs Robert C. Myles and the Misses Marie
T. ,ConoveIr,, c. D. Eidlitz, P. S, Cragin,
Helen Ludington, Julia Calhoun, Rosalie
Gardiner Jones. Jane H. .Cragin, Lucille
V. Bacon, Betty Collamore, NJ. B. Ludipgt on,
Eleanor A. Scott, Honor E. Barr ana Mil
dred Barnes
Mrs. Francis NJ Scott of AZ Park avenue
gave tea yesterday afternoon for the
members of the Neighborhood Cotillon.
NlTS. SCOtu was dSSlSDeu In receiving ny
Mrs. Randolph Hurry, Mrs. Walter Cook.
Mrs. Henry Bischoff, Mrs. William T. Schley,
Mrs. Darlington Royce, Mrs. William r.
Barr and Mrs. Oliver Livingston Jones,
Mrs. William Curtis Demorest of es East
Sixty-sixth street gave a reception yester-
day afternoon, presenting her daughter.
Miss Alice Louise Demorest. The drawing
rooms were trimmed with American Beauty
roses and palms Among the young women
who assisted were the Misses Demorest,
Margery Dana, Elsie Little, Sylvia Barclay,
Anna Hart and Alice Cock, A dinner and
informal dance followed.
Mrs George Schermerhorn of West
Forty-fifth street gave dinner Of thirty
covers last night for her debutante daugh-
ter, Miss Vera s. Schermerhorn who is to
have a series Of luncheOns and dinners
given for her instead of formal reception.
After the dinner Mr.. and Mrs. Schermer-
horn took their guests to see A Japanese
Nightingale"
Mrs. Rowland Davis's class had its first
meeting Of the season last Friday night at
Sherry's, when all Of the members were
was an eventful occasion. for it was their
first evening festivity, though the hours
We're early, from till 10 only.
Robert ID. Pruyn, son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert c. Pruyn of Albany, gave his bach
elor dinner last night, at the Fort Orange
Club, Albany, when his guests included the
Messrs. Frederick Stanley Pruyn, Edward
L. Pruyn and Ldwin Bowditch Of Albany;
Barret Wendell Of Boston Richard Law
renee of Worcester, Mass, and Arthur Scott
Burden, Louis Crawford Clark, Jr., Edison
Lewis, Arthur Iselin and Prescott Metcalf
of New York, who are to be his attendants
on Tuesday at his marriage to Miss Betty
Metcalf.
John P. Tilden of Brooklyn will give his
bachelor dinner on Friday night, probably
at Delmonico's. His wedding to Miss Mabel
Simmons will take place on Wednesday
of next week, Dec. IS, in St Thomas's
Church The bride will be attended by the
Misses Elsie Tilford, May Flower, Marion
Leale, Emily Birch and Mollie Elliott.
The first big wedding of the New Year,
and also of the season at Grace Church,
will be that of Miss Edith Poor to Capt.
James X. Cochrane of the British Army,
on Tuesday. Jan. s. Capt. Cochrane be-