The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-01-08
Leap Year Maids Take Ample
Vengeance at the Junior
Dance Last Week.
"HAPPY NEW YEAR. In BULBS
" Flashing of Jewels and Flutter of
Laces; Tropical Odors sweeter than
Musk: Men and Women with Beauti-
ftil Faces and Eyes of ofTropical Dusk. ,,
Bridge, Euchre aud Receptions Fiji
Out the Week.

Miss Maury is critically i'll at Mrs.
Lounsbery' s on Elm street. Wednes-
day last she attended the Sunday
school Christmas festival at the Church
OF the Redeemer, but day or two
later was taken sick and soon symp-
toms of pneumonia developed.
tSince writing about Miss Maury's
illness in the copy sent yesterday, she
has most unfortunately passed away,
the end coming Wednesday night.
Miss Bryce is the guest of Mrs.
Robert W. Cumming, of Prospect ave-
nue., Newark, and expects to be away
from home about two weeks.
Mrs. Frederic Merrell is visiting
MisssGarrard at Belleport, Long Island.
Mr.. Kenneth Wyle has been spend
ing the Christmas holidays at the
Boldings.
Miss Dorothea Walsh will give a
card party to-day friday for Mrs.
Livingston Whitney, of Egbert Hill.
when there will be three tables of
seven-handed euchre.
Mrs. Livingston Whitney will be at
home on Mondays, January IL and Is.
Mrs. Richard A. McCurdy will give
a large bridge tournament this after
noon at the Metropolitan Club, New
York. Several Morristown ladies will
be present.
The Misses Wallis s'bridge" party of
three tables, on Wednesday afternoon
OF this week, was great success.
Miss Adams, of Elm street, will give
a "bridge" party of four tables to-
morrow Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. H. G. Pitney, Jr., invited few
friends for Tuesday afternoon of this
week, for an afternoon tea, to meet
her sister, Mrs. Armstrong, of New
York.
Mrs. Emlen p. Franklin's tea of
Monday afternoon of this week for her
niece, Mrs. Brewer, was thoroughly
enjoyed by those present; although
the tricky gas caused Mrs. Franklin
much annoyance, as at one time it
threatened to leave her in almost utter
darkness.
Mrs. Paul Bigelow entertained The
Fortnightly Bridge Club on Tuesday
afternoon of this week, at her Morris
avenue residence.
The first meeting of the Tuesday
Evening Bridge Club was held this
week at the residence of Mrs. Alex
ander H. Tiers, of Madison avenue,
when there were four tables.
Mrs. Buxton, of Franklin street,
will receive the Reading Club on Mon
day of next week.
! Mr.. and Mrs Albert Fillmore Hyde
have closed their Macculloch avenue
house and are in New York for the
remainder of the winter.
! Miss Margaret Wood has not yet
J /. recovered from her very serious attack
= of pneumonia, having recently been
: obliged to undergo an operation in
connection with some after-effects of
: her complaint.
Mr.. and Mrs Edward j. Hall, of
= Kahdena, are in New York for the
remaining weeks of the winter season,
having closed their summer residence
!. on Monday last.
Mrs. Francis Fl. Glazebrook, of South
) street. has returned to Morristown
after an absence of several weeks.
The Junior Dance on Thursday even
J ing of last week was largely attended.
Z Some additions were made to the ever
= green decorations of Washington Hall
for the Bachelors ball, which en-
, hanced the attractive appearance of
the room. Guests were received by
Mrs Robert ID. Foote and Mrs. Her
man Behr. A few minutes before
midnight the electric lights were
turned out, signal of the near an
proach to the new year. Precisely at
twelve, Happy New Year, was an
nounced in letters formed by mean
descent lights on the front of the
balcony, and the coming debutantes
lost no time in making the young men
realize that it is now leap year. as
the former, at once, invited the latter
to supper, and found it difficult, in
many instances, to satisfy the whim
sical notions of their partners in pro-
viding them with share of dainties
from the table. Later, when dancing
was resumed, several young men were
allowed to enjoy the qualification of
posing as wall-tlowerS, while some Of
the young ladies gathered around the
entrance to the hall and assumed
bored air, as sometimes seen on the
countenances of young members of
the other sex at evening entertain
ments. Among those present were,
Miss Bessie Cauldwell, Miss McAlpin,
Miss Natalie Foote, Miss May Brooks,
Miss Elizabeth Woodruff, Miss Gra-
ham, of New York, Miss Margaret
Walsh, Miss Marjorie Smith, Miss
Garretson, Miss Aleta Emery, Miss
Katherine Clarke, Miss Ethel Cutler.
Willard Cutler, Edward Babcock,
Robert Grannis, Charles L. Coles,
Edward Hail. Teddy Shippen, Gordon
Forbes, Edward Little, Charles a /.
Hull, Jr., w. Palmer Letchford and
Theodore Watson.
The second of this seasons assem-
blieS was given on Friday evening Of
last week. Small electric lights were
scattered among the evergreen decora-
tions of Washington Hall, producing
very pretty effect. Guests were re-
ceiyed by Mrs. Ale. an Ter III. Tiers,
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