New-York tribune., 1903-01-03
NEW-YORK SOCIETY.

c,a+, bere Is apparentIy Indifferent to the pop
ular suspicion with regard to Friday wnlch seems
TO be favorite day for dances and Tor the opera
ling the season Last night was no exception
=, the ru1e as a large number of dances figured
on the programme while there was a brilliant
gathering at the opera, where THE Hueuenols
was given Among those present were MT. ana
Mrs II A. c. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs James still
ar N.Y. and Mrs w D. Sloane, Mrs. J. NJ. Hood
wright Mr. and Mrs. John Sloane. Mr.. and Mrs
Fgerton L. winthrop, Mrs Richard Gambrili Mr-
and Mrs L Townsend Burden. Mr. and Mrs George
r Dodge Mr.. and Mrs William Fahnestock' MIS-
yyi1Iiam Starr Miller. Treaor l.. Park, Mr. ana
Mrs Charles B. Alexander. Miss Trevor, Mr. and
Mrs Alfred Chaplin, Mr.. and Mrs Bradish John-
son and Mr. and Mrs. A. Iseln, Jr
a,,one tbe dances last evening the first
Friday cotillon at the WaldorfAsoria- The guests
we're received by Mrs. Berkeley Mostyn. Mrs Tai
hot Ovphant Mrs Woodbury. Langdon and MIS-
Thomas Sturgis Charles Kneeland led the cotillon,
dancing with Miss Charlotte Prime. The favors
consisted Of silk bags and strings of s1ilax tied
Nth red ribbon for the girls, and stems and bou
tonniares Of holly for their partners.
Another dance yesterday evening was that given
by Mrs Edward ]. Hancy at her house, in West
F7iftv-second-st for her daughter, Jean. who Is
ono of the debutantes of the season. Schuyler
schieffelin' led the cotlon with Miss Hancy.~ the
favors consisting Of silver mirrors and parasos 10
the girls and silver pencils and swords to the
and among those present were Miss Violet Cruger,
Miss Anita Boulton. Miss Anita Peabody, Miss
Elizabeth Masten. Miss Kate Richardson, MISS
RosaIie Campbell Miss Eleanor Monroe. Miss
Marie Russell, Miss Emily Foster, Miss Gertrude
Herrick Miss Eleanor Roosevelt. Miss Sybn Kane,
Miss Marie Louise Gibson, Miss Josephine Crosby,
Miss Eleanor Crosby. Miss Marie Adele Montant.
Miss Gertrude Greene. Miss Muriel Robbins, and
Dongan de Peyster. Bertram Cruger. William
Kent William Iselin, Henry and Frederick de
Rbam Stockton Pyne Alfred and David Wagstaff,
Harry Taylor, Arthur Choate. Gordon Douglas.
Earl Dodge, Edmund Fairfax. Archibald king,
Howard Eldridge Hugh Milliken. Charles Dudley,
Otis Post Alexander Dallas Bache Pratt. Beverly
Robinson Robert Duryea. Eliphalet Potter, Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer,, Joseph Stephens and Marquis de
San Vito. A buffet supper was served after the
dance.
Still another dance was that which took place
last night after a dinner given by Mrs. Theron G.
Strong at house. in East Sixty-ffth-st, for her
daughter Martha. The cotilon was led by Theron
r. Strong and among the guests were several OF
Miss Strong's schoolmates at Pennington.
Mr. and Mrs Robert NJ Cushing are in town
until Tuesday. at No. % East Thirty-ninth-st.. the
house of their niece Miss Edith Gushing. who mar
ried J. Blair Fairchild New Years Day.
Mr. and Mrs William B. Boulton announce the
engagement Of their daughter. Anita Teresa. to
John Grenvile Bates of Mrs. Alfred W. Bates
Another engagement formally announced yester-
dav was that of Eugene Sands Willard son of e.
A. willard and Miss Ella Guthrie daughter of
William D; Guthrie.
Colonel oliver H Payne has returned to town
from Georgia and is at his house. in Fifth-ave.
Mrs Edward G Hoyt has issued invitations for
dinner on January Is.
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Schieffelin give a dinner
on January a. at thel' house. in East Sixty-slxth-
St. for Captain Chetwynd. r. N. who Is TO marry
Miss Augusta Jay Robinson
Center Hitchcock has returned to town from the
Palmer Island Club. North Carolina.
Mrs Arthur Paget is. according to a letter Just