The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-01-01
SOCIETY TN
MANY ROUTS
Cotillons Enliven Holiday Week
and Favor Figures and
Suppers Abound.
YOUNG FOLK IN PLEASURETDE

Gle, and They Enjoy the Pleasure of
Giving aud Receiving as do Their
Elders. Numerous Dinners and Teas
Announced for the Coming Week.
The engagement is announced of
Miss Helen Slade, daughter of Mrs. J.
Morgan Slade, and sister of Miss Laura
Slade, whose engagement was an
nounced not long ago to Mr.. Oscar B. |
Smith, Jr., of Morristown.
About twenty-five were present at
Mrs. Pierre Smiths children's party
on Christmas evening. The house
was prettily decorated with holiday
greens, and several entertaining games
were played affording great arpuse-
ment TO the children. who considered
the party just the right thing to end
the day with.
Miss Elsa Hurlbut will give a little
tea on Wednesday afternoon of next
week
Mrs. Paul Bigelow will entertain
the Fortnightly Bridge Club on Tues
Morris avenue home.
The children's subscription Christ
mas dance in Washington Hall, in the
early hours of Wednesday of this week,
was also pronounced success. A
cotillon was danced by over twenty
| five couples of young misses and youths
After many favor figures and supper,
the cotillon was ended bya shower Of
colored papers, which had previously
been distributed among the onlookers
! in the gallery. mostly composed OF
4 parents, as well as the dancers on the
4 floor, which, unwinding in long strips,
4 produced very picturesque and novel
effect
/ On next Wednesday the Misses Vail
of South street will give an afternoon
card party.
At the party given by Mrs. George
w. Jenkins for her children on Tues
day afternoon of this week, some forty
or more children were quite delighted
with sleight-of-h performance
which was provided for them. Dane
ing was also a feature of the after
Moons jollity.
4 Mrs. Emlen p. Franklin will, give a
small tea for her niece, Mrs Farrand
A d. Brewer, on Monday, January 4,
from to 6. Invitations will be limited
to the younger set, and more particu-
larry tc those who were Mrs. Brower's
friends when she resided In Mgrris-
town before her marriage.
Tuesday evening of this week Mrs.
William Shipper, OF Convent Station,
gave dance for her son Teddy at her
Madison avenue home. The house was
made very attractive with its trim
innings of Christmas greens. The cotil-
loa was led by Marmaduke Tilden, Jr.,
of Madisep, and Miss Marion Swords
Teddy's guests were about fifty Ia
Number
Mrs. Adams, of Elm street, will give
: "a card party on Saturday, January q
J On Thursday afternoon next Mrs
n T. Omey Hill will hold an open sub
,. scripti@n bridge tournament at hen
Y Morris street home. Among the
! ladies from Gut of town, who have
senterea the tournament, are Mrs
kSamuel Campbell and Miss Campbell
,of Orange; MHs. William III. Macy anC
Miss Creighton, of New York. 1t il
expected that about foHy ladies wal
be present on that afternoon. Entire:
will clGse on Wednesday, January e.
Mrs George FL. WatSon, Jr., gave q
dinner Monday evening, at which Mr.
Curtis, son-inlaw of Mr.. Charles "
Cutler, of Kahdena, was present- Mr.
Curtis was Mrs Watson's guest at this
Bachelors ball later in the evening
Mrs Emlen r. Franklin entertainad
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Pitney, Jr-, 81
dinner, previous TO the ball on Mon
! day evening.
4 Miss Edith Walker, who recently ne.
!, turned from Europe, was the guest ol
Miss Henry, of Maeculloch avenue, al
Ihe Bachelors ball.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ebert S. Kip (enter
tained Miss Howell and Mr. ,Freder.
lex w. Ford at dinner on Monday
evening before attending the Bache-
lors ball.
AS many comments have been made
concerning the apparent sighting OF
certain parties, In the Invitation issued
to the Bachelors ball. it may as well
be stated that it is semi~otiicially an
nounced, that the oyersights in ques-
tion were purely accidental, and were
exceedingly regretted by those re-
sponSible for them. Later, invita-
tions We're sent where the omissions
were discovered before Monday last,
but unfortunately, in some cases, other
engagements had meanwhile been
made.
i Mrs. K. Mott Anable has issued in
vitations for Friday afternoon, Jam
uary s, at O'Clock, at her residence
4 I'll South street, when Miss Mary
Harriet Norris will talk on Fashions
and social Customs OF the Renais-
Sance.
Mr.. w. Palmer Letchford gives a
dinner OF sixteen covers this evening,
1 New Years Eve,) at his Madison
avenue home, after which the Junior
dance will be attended.
The Reading Club will resume its
weekly meetings on Monday, January
/ 4, when 1t will be received by Mrs.
William Watts, Of Hill street.
4 At the mems meeting at the Y. M.
| 9. A. building IN Sunday the Rev.