New-York tribune., 1903-02-18

Although on the Continent OF EUROPE ana also
| down South. especially at New-Orleans the last
week before Lent is invariably the gayest OF the
season and given up to dancing, here in NeW-York
| It is usually the duIest 1t is only after ASH
Wednesday that there will be a revival OF socIH
activity which will take the form Of those Lenten
diversions which render the pententfal period IN
Nevv-York with its innumerable small entertain
ments and its absence of more elaborate a1alrs
| one Of the most agreeable Of the entire year
IT., r1Y, ,.roa dance set for last night that
| on hoard the New-Hampshire, lying off East Twen-
ty-fourth-st.. given by the members OF the ISL
| battalion of the Naval Militia The spar deck
where the dancing took place, was most plct-
roso1,eI1- decorated with bunting palms and flow
ers and the music provided by string or
chestra while the battalion's own oand played
| throughout the supper. which was served on tne
gun deck Mrs H Livingston Satterlee, Mrs Hill
| borne Roosevelt, Mrs. Stephen Peabody mrs w.
| Butler Duncan jr and Mrs Stephen H r Pen
were among the pa<sonesses OF the aHaH "Ho
! helped to receive the guests
Several musicals figured on the calendar for yes
terdav the most notable being that given by Mrs
| Frederick Bell OF Morristown, n. j. at the wa
| dorf-Astoria at which several OF the arusts lroN
| the METROPOLITAN Opera House sang 1t was pre-
ceded by a large dinner. Mrs. L. Bayhes hNe"lSo
| had a musical last night at her house IN East
| seventy-frst-st while earlier in the day MISS
| Ieary had her usual Tuesday afternoon recep'ioh
| with music at her house in Ffth-ave
| Dinners were given last night by Mr.. and Mrs
lanes L. Breese at their house in West Sixteenth
| s+ for their niece, Miss Anne Parsons Breese'
| nv Mrs W SeFard Webb, at No $50 t1rtn-aVe-'
| Me- JrIes A Montant. at No. So West Forty
| nintb-st Mrs Pembroke Jones. at NO. Is west
Fifty-frst-st. and mems dinner by Elorlose l.
| Gerry at his house in East Stxty-hrst-st- MIS-.
| charles Frederick Hoffman, jr-, entertained
marty at Iuncneon her house in West F1fty-hrst-
| Of Among the card parties, which are becoming
| more and more numerous with the approach Oh
| Lent were those of Mrs. Edward Lyman snort
| and Mrs j. Henry Alexandra
| Tonight the last dance OF the series known
| as the Wednesday Cotilion takes place at Del
| monico's At Baltimore the marriage OF Sidney
| leighton Smith of this city. to Miss Winifred
Dinninq takes place at Mount Calvary Church.
Mr. and Mrs Rutherfurd Stuyvesant will give
| a large dinner. followed by musical. at Sherrys'
| tonight.
Mrs Richard S. Dana leaves town to-day for
| San Antonio Tex. to visit her son. David 5.
Dana at his ranch and afterward proceeding
with him to Mexico She VIII return 10 new
| York early in April
| Colonel and Mrs George r. Dyer receiving
| concentrations on the birth of son at their
| house in East Thrty-ninth-st Mrs Dyer was
| Miss Grace Scott and is the granddaughter Of
Walter s. Gurnee. while Colonel Dyer is the
brother of Elisha Dyer, jr.
| Mrs Theron C. Strong gives luncheon to-day
at her house in East Sixty-ffth-st for Miss Helen
Talbot. whose engagement TO her son. Prentice
| Strong. was announced the other day.
| Colonel and Mrs John Jacob Astor leave town
| to-day for Palm Beach Colonel Astor will return
toward middle of next month. but Mrs. Astor Is
| not expected back in before Easter.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Martin have left town.
going 10 Newport.
Mr. and Mrs Alfred G. Vanderbilt arrived In
| town yesterday from Newport and went TO the
| Waldorf-Astoria.
night at her house in East Seventeenth-st. the
members of the Tuesday Evening Skating club of
whom about forty present.
Mr. and Mrs. John Sloane have left town for
Santa Barbara. Cal. They are accompanied by ex-
Judge Henry E. Howland.
to town from Staatshurs " Y. and at their
house in East Forty-seyenth-st.
MIR. and Mrs. E. Henry Hartman. with their
daughters Miss Mary and Miss Cornea Hartman.
have arrived IN town from Washington and are at
their house In East Fifty-ffth-st.
Travers - lying very seriously i'll at the Waldorf