The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-02
IN SOCIETY.

IN SOCIETY.
Mrs. Adair will set new fashion this
winter. She Is coming over from England
IN fortnight and is going to her Texas
ranch She is bringing over lot of furni-
ture and household belongings, which will
entertain many Of her friends from New
York and Britishers who have q craze for
the Far West. Mrs. Adair values her Texas
property at 81 ,0OO, 900. Her son, j. Wads-
q ranch before he came to Newport, is likely
TO come over with her Possibly Craig
Madsworth. her nephew. may join the
Texas party.
Mrs. Whitney Warren and Miss Charlotte
Warren, now in France, will not return to
New York until next month Mr.. Warren
is due to arrive here this " eek. Mrs. War
ren Is sister Of the Late Mrs. J. Wadsw orth
Ritchie. Her father, Gabriel Mead Tooker,
lives abroad now altogether and her brother
and sister n.law. MIR. and Mrs. j. Stanbury
Iooker, the latter formerly Mrs. Hollis H.
Hunnewell, will reside here this winter.
butantes and some smart affairs were
given in her honor.
There are all told In town about twenty pri.
vate bathrooms. Among the twenty are those
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie. Senator
and Mrs. William A. Clark, Mrs. Vanderbilt.
Mr. and Mrs. George w. Vanderbilt, Mr..
and Mrs. William Douglas Sloane, Mrs.
Aston, Mr.. and Mrs. John Jacob Aston,
Henry Smith. Mr.. and Mrs Ogden Mills,
Mr.. and Mrs. Llbridge T. Gerry. Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, MIRA Robert
Goelet Mrs. Ogden Goelet and Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederic Gallatin. II dozen functions
are given during the winter in these indi-
than heretofore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carnegie will return from
their Scotch castle before the holidays
and may give a grand ball during the sea-
son. The establishment Of Senator and
Mrs. Clark Is not yet completed and win not
probably be occupied this winter. Both
Senator Clark and his son have wives to
Vanderbilt's splendid ballroom ia: been
practically waste space. A coming Of age
ball was given In 1t for Alfred q. Vanderbilt
by his father, the late Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Douglas Sloane will
be apt to give, as usual, two smart affairs
IN their beautiful ballroom this season.
Mrs. Aston and Mr.. and Mrs. John Jacob
Aston have a ballroom that extends over
the rear OF their adjoining houses and also
serves for the picture gallery. Mrs. Astor
and her son and daughter-in law win give
two big dances In 1t this winter
James Henry Smith will give a grand
ball and other minor affairs at his new resi-.
dence, the old Whitney dwelling. II is said
that Mr. Smiths first function will be q
coming-out affair for Miss Stewart,
daughter Of Mrs. W. Rhinelander Stewart,
Mrs. Havemeyer, who did not entertain
(1r Hnf-
be absent this winter again. MI. and Mrs.
Ogden Mills will add to the seasons gaye-
ties by one or two big dances. The ball
room In their house extends over the rear
OF the adjoining dwelling OF Mrs. Mills's
mother, Mrs. Maturin Livingston.
II the health OF Elbridge T. Gerry per.
mits, he and Mrs. Gerry wild give their usual
two big dances during the season. The
art gallery serves for the ballroom In the
Gerry dwelling, as in that OF the Astor, and
this will be the case in George w. Wander
bits reconstructed house. Mr. and Mrs.
n hrry p. rsyne h When pretty pretty but
been used since the time Of the first Mrs.
Whitney.
Mr.. and Mrs Whitelaw Reid are expected
to give, as usual. some OF the most notable
dances OF the winter. There 10 no ballroom
grand salon at the corner OF Madison avenue
and Fiftieth street ls the scene OF the dances.
1t is big room, with high wainscoting OF
pale gray marble topped with gorgeous
tapestries. Mr.. and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish
those who have bathrooms but their houses
ere OF moderate size.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles B. Alexander,
who have an establishment at Tuxedo,
have been having an addition built on their
house, adjoining that of Mrs. Vanderbilt
on West Ffty-elghth street, and win have
a ballroom In 1t when completed
Some Of the very rich New Workers have
private theatres in their out Of town estab-
lshments and that of Mr.. and Mrs. George
j. Gould, at Georgian Court, Lakewood,
Ia perhaps the finest Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin
Q. Brown have one OF their own also at their
Dobbs Ferry place, and last night and
Friday night clever amateur performances
were given In IL for charity.
In town private theatres are few and
far between. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Thaw
are having their recently purchased house
at Madison avenue and Eighty ninth street
rearranged. Fart OF the building being
in the form OF an auditorium. with all neces-
sary stage settings and lights. Mrs Almon
entirely OPEN with stage at one side OF the
big space,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence H. Maokay will
probably give the finest affairs of the winter
in the way Of dinner cotillons and opera
suppers at the Waldorf Astoria. The dwell
ing Of Mrs. Mackay's aunt. Mrs. Fred
eric Bronson, on East Thirty-third street,
is now being put in readiness for Mr.. and
Mrs. Mackay, though they will not close
their house at Roslyn, l.. l., until the holl-
days They will now and again entertain
weekend parties there.
Mrs. Frederic Brons on had, at last &C.
counts, determined to remain all winter In
Toxic, with her son-in-lsw and daughter,
Minister Lloyd Carpenter grisoom and
Mrs. Griscom. Mrs. Bropson's sister, Mrs.
John Hing Van Rensselaer,. will again re-
main In Philadelphia for the season. and has
taken house there.