The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-17
NEW YORK SOCIETY NEWS
Ladies of Fashion Who Are Endeavoring sE to Serve God as Well as Mammon. =
BY DlEpRlcH kNlckERsockER.

;, was granted In February and forty eight
 hours thereafter her husband married Mrs Mary Converse, a well-to-do rubber
 merchants wife of Boston, Mass, and he l left her twenty thousand a year and sev-
 eral children. She is a beautiful brunette
 with large laughing eyes and she knows
 how to ride to the hounds. That stands
 for everything with the men of the Myo- pia Club
 MT and Mrs. Rutherford Stuyvesant are at their old Stuyvesant Square home for
 few days preparatory for sailing for the other side. They have given the last
 of their house parties at Tranquility
 Farms, Allamuchy, N. J., and upon the occasion guests were asked to meet Hen ry White, first secretary of the United
 States embassy in London. Rutherford
 Stuyvesant was a widower many years lived alone in his big house. went off yachting for months at a time, and was
 the last man in New York society one expected to see marry again. In London
 last June a year ago he was welded to
 the Comtesse de WassaneaI in the pres
 ence of his sister. Mrs. Henry White
 Their arrival at Tranquility Farms, three
 months later. was looked upon as an
 event in the social world, and the Coun-
 tess immediately became a favorite. She
 dropped her title. afterwards becoming
 Mrs. Stuyyesant. They gave big dinner
 at Sherry's last winter at which many relatives and friends were present and there have been many hunting parties at 1 Tranquility. Mrs. Stuyvesant is one of the few women in New oYrk society who has altogether discarded the horse for the automobile. She is a very charming
 woman. Rutherford Stuyvesant's first tx-.tf1 .F ll-At.. Henry Evelyn Pierrepont, of Brooklyn, | who died last winter. For several years Mir Stuyvesant's sister-in-law, Mrs Ru- | therford, now Mrs. William K. Wander 1 bilt acted as his hostess, Just before the birth of Mrs Rutherford's second child l Rutherford Stuyvesant told his sister-in- law he would give the baby g present of | a million dollars If it was a boy. It was a girl.
 l Great preparations are to be made for l the Charity Ball, which will take place at the Waldorf-Astoria on February 2d This ball Is one of the pet benevolent schemes of New York, aiding as 1t does the Nursery and Children's hospital Boxes are in great demand and there has been quite a rush for them. Many of the dancing classes will give special parties to the ball
 On January 18th Mrs. Charles Barney gives a coming out dance for Miss Kath-
 crime Barney, who made --er debut at the ball given for her by her uncle. William c. Whitney, just a little while before Christmas. Miss Barney has not gone to Aiken, as announced, but has been right here in New oYrk, where she has been
 a great belle at several of the wintrs dances.
 MT. and Mrs. Harry Lehr, who have
 been rather quiet this winter are now
 giving a number of small dinners and
 entertainments. They have paid several
 visits to other cities including Philade-
 phia and Baltimore. Mrs Alexander
 Brown and her daughter have been in
 New York on visit and they have been
 entertained by great number of the
 fashionable set. Mrs. Brown gave, In
 Christmas week, a superb ball at her resi- dence in Baltimore.