New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-03
NETWORK SOCIETY.

Morris Parks racing season opens Thursday.
and this bids fair to prove The principal feature OF
the social calendar of the week which opens to-
day. Provided the weather is favorable, the club
house and lawn will present a very gay and brill
liant spectacle and there is certain 10 be a large
gathering of coaches. not only from town. but
likewise fIom the various country houses in the
Westchester district. Several public coaches
will be put the road that day. scheduled to make
daily trips from town to the racecOurse. among
the best known CT them being the Reliance driven.
usual by r. r Carman.
On Saturday the Coaching Club will have it's n
parade, under the direction Of its president,
Colonel William Jay. The meet will be in Central
Park. the entrance at Eighth-ave. and Fifty
ninth-st and the coaches will then proceed to the
Mall, where after being reviewed by Colonel Jay.
they will proceed to the Morris Park Club house
for the races. 1t is expected that about ten
coaches will be in line. including those Of Alfred e.
Vanderbilt, Robert L. Gerry and James H Hyde
That the suburban season is now under way is
apparent from the number of week end parties that
are in progress to-day at the various country
houses around New-York. and from the crowded
condition of the country clubs. where there Is
much gayety. In fact, many houses In town are
being closed for the summer, and not a day passes
without witnessing the departure of well known
people from the city for the season. At Newport
a number of the villas and cottages are already
occupied. The Casino opened the day before yes
terday for the summer
Miss Grace Fairchild's marriage to Henry w
Butler took place yesterday afternoon at the East
Fffty-sixth-st house of her parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel William Farchild, the ceremony being
performed by the Rev. Ernest NJ. Stires Of ST.
Thomas's Church The bride dressed in white
crepe de chine. trimmed with duchesse lace She
wore a lace veil and carried bouquet of white
roses and 1ilies-of- the-valey- Miss Edith Fair
child her maid of honor. and Miss Florence Milne
and Miss Constance Fairchild. who were the
bridesmaids were in light blue frocks. trimmed
with cream lace. They carried bouquets of pink
roses. Leonard Hepburn offciated as best man,
while James Stephens Edward OConnor. Clarence
Morf1t and Il. Tappen Fairchld were the ushers-
On their return from their honeymoon the newly
married couple will go to Garden City. Long
Island where they have taken house for the
Mr. and Mrs Edwin Could who recently pur-
chased the country place of the late General Sam
uel Thomas at ArdsIey the Hudson. hav-
ing a number of alterations end changes made.
which will be completed toward the middle of next
month when they expect to take posse ssion OF the
place.
Few weddings are scheduled for the week which
opens to-day. among them being the marriage OF
Miss Sophy Griswod Marshall to Julian J. Mason.
which takes place or Saturday at the Church of
the Incarnation. Miss Marshall who is a daughter
OF Mrs Thomas Marshall and a great era ndchid
of Chief Justice Marshall will have as bridesmaids
Miss Alice Marshall, of Virginia. Miss Mary Mar
shall of Washington: Miss Constance Lee OF Balti-
more: Miss Winifrii Ives. Miss Emma Taylor Miss
Emily Waite and Miss Ethel Stetson. Of this city.
while Joseph u. Mason. Buchanan Schey. Clement
Henry William 7. Mason. Willis Browning and
Dr. George Bowling Lee will be in attendance on
the bridegroom Miss Marshall gives a luncheon 10
her bridesmaids and a number of her girl friends
on Tuesday at her home. No. 20 East Forty ninth
Mr. and Mrs Peter Cooper Hewitt, who have
had their cottage at Tuxedo enlarged have arrived
there for the season.
Mr. and Mrs. Bradish Johnson Carroll and Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur AyTnar Cater have taken the
farmhouse at the Baltusro Club for May and
June Mrs Carroll and Mrs. Cater are the daugh-
tiers OF Mr.. and Mrs. John NJ Bowers Baltusrol
by the by has developed from a mere goifing
organization into a we'll equipped country club.
with "A number OF country houses in its vicinity,
and there is a scheme foot for establishing a
club colony there on the same lines as that OF
Tuxedo.
Mr.. and Mrs c. b. Alexander took party out
to Lakewood or james Il Hydes pubic road