The sun., 1903-02-08
~ SOCIETY.

81, Valentine Is the patron aaint Of the
week and will figure In all Of its estivities
Hearts, darts and cupids will adorn lunch-
con, dinner and supper tables and cotillon
fsvors. The annual st. Valentines kettle
drum for a worthy charity will Le held
en- Feb. II at Sherrys. There will he
various attractions for the children and a
display and sale Of fancy articles. besides
informal dancing for the girls and young
men. Mrs. Stuyyesant Fish has cards oLt
for a valentine oance On next Saturday
n nght
Mr.. and Mrs. John X. Drexel gave up
their plan of settling in Ffty-sixth 81 rect
a. arranged They decided that the new
Astor Hotel would overshadow their dwell
ing. Mr.. and Ms. Drexel will sail for
Europe before long. and Mrs. Drexel will.
a. usual, do a deal of shopping in ant icipa-
Drexel's brother and sister-in-aw, Mr.. and
Mrs. Anthony j. Drexel, are living very
quietly at Cannes just now, IA they are
mourning he loss Of their young daughter.
Miss Josephine Wharton Drexel was in
Philadelphia last Sunday She brought
home with her. for weeks visit the Misses
Manderfield Of Santa Fe, N, NJ, who had
previously been visiting her relatives.
NIRS lJIexeI, " Will tt IctaIVu.
with an aunt. tho superior Of convent.
last autumn in New Mexico. She liz doing
some entertaining for her guests. and on
Wednesday night gave oinner in their
honor and on friday theatre and supper
party. Tomorrow night she will give a
secc nd theat re party. Her guests will in
clude Mr. and Mrs. Maurice La Mont ague
Miss Cornelia Redmond, Miss Edith Martin;
w. j. Mills. Edward Hosmer, John David
Iannon and Leonidas Westervelt. The
latter is tall young man. the son OF Mr
and Mrs. John c. Westervelt, who has aspira-
tions ss play-writer.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. Rollins Morse o! ass Fifth
avenue give dinner tonight. Among
other dinner cards out for the week are
those Of Mr.. and Mrs. W. Storrs Wells of
10 Fast Ffty-seveEth street, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles II. Steinway OF % East Thirty
eighth st rect Mr.. and Mrs Hugh J. Chisholm
Of SIS Fifth avenue. Mr.. and Mrs. Trenor
l.. Park of 80 N alison avenue, Mr.. and Mis-
ogden Mills Of 2 East SiSty-ninth stree,
Nj. ard Mrs Francis Burton Harrison Ct
s70 Fifth avenue, all for Tuesday night;
Mr. and Mrs. James Lawrence Breese Of
s Wa~, Sixteenth street give = dinner on
"Wednesday night and Mrs. Maturin Liz
ingston OF 4 Fast Sixty-ninth street OH
Thursday. On Saturday Mr. and Mrs.
Frederic J. de Peyster OF IL Fast sixty
sixth street. Mr. and Mr. Frederick T.
Steinway Of Is East Fifty-third street.
Fffty-firpt street, Miss l.. Parsons OF 90
Park avenue will give dinner.
Dinners were given last night 10y Mr., and
Mrs. Sydney j. Smith Of East Eighty
sixth street, Mr.. and Mrs. James Lawrence
Rreese Of West sixteenth street Mr.. and
Mrs +. J. Oakley Rhineander Of 80 West
astr and Mr. and Ars Pom
broke Jones of i3 West Fifty-first street.
No twins have been presented this season.
Miss Gladys and Miss Beatrice Mills were
brought out last winter. Two years ago
the Misses Ethel F., Edith q. and Elsie o.
Crvder were introduced. These triplet
daughters Of MI. and Mrs. Duncan Cryder
were as charming a. any three debutante
maidens ever seen here and as alike as
three peas.
One of the neighborhood cotillons. the
fourth Of the series, will be given on Tues
day night, at Dodworth's. in East Forty
ninth street. These dances begin punctu-
ally at 4 and are over at O'Clock One
other will be given in Easter week. on April
u. The patrones$es are Mrs Rando,ph
Cook, Mrs Gilbert Jones, Mrs. Almon
Goodwin, Mrs.. Darlington Royce and Mrs.
William A. Barr.
There will he only one favor figure at
the second Pennington dance, To be given
next Thursday night at Sherry's Those
distributed at the first Of these festivities
were big white parasols trimmed with
flowers, for the girls. Only those who
have attended the school founded and pre-
sided over for 40 many years by Miss Porter