New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-12
NETWORK SOCIETY.

NETWORK SOCIETY.
Mrs. Astor's ball each winter is always a feature
OF the New-York season. and the one which she
gave last night at her house IN F1fth-avet was no
exception to the ruls Many Of the guests arrived
after the opera They received by Mrs.
Astor who was dressed in blue velvet and wore a
tiara and necklace of diamonds. IN the drawing
room, which was decorated by Hodgson with
American Beauty roses. Supper was served soon
after midnight. IN the dining room OF Mrs. Astors
house, and in the rooms the same floor In the
adjoining house OF son. Colonel John Jacob
Astor.
Afterward the cotillon danced to the strains
OF Landers orchestra, in the large picture gallery,
which runs across the OF the two houses 1t
was led by Elisha Dyer, IT., dancing with Mrs. M
Orrne Wilson and by Harry s. Lehr with Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt. The favors consisted OF
Louis XIV canes. fans penwipers. pipes. jewelled
belt pins baskets OF flowers. pin cushions and the
usual cOtiOn insignia of orders OF knighthood
Mrs. Astor had issued about eight hundred In
vitatons and among thu six hundred guests
present were Mr.. and Mrs. C. Oliver Iselin. Mr..
and Mrs. Edmund L. Baylies. Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert ]. Collier. Mr.. and Mrs. Rutherfurd Stuyve-
SAINT. Mr. and Mrs. Pembroke Jones. Mr.. and
Mrs. Stanford White. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
erick Gallatin, Mr.. and Mrs. Maxwell Stevenson,
MIR. and Mrs II. Mex. Twombly and the Misses
Twombly. Mr.. and Mrs. T. ]. Oakley Rhinelander,
Nj and Mrs Douglas Robinson. Mr. and Mrs. Odsen
Mills and the Misses Mills. Major General and
W
Mrs. ]. n. de r whitehouse Mr.. and Mrs. White
law Reid and Miss Reid. Mr.. and AIRS. Oliver Har-
riman, Jr.. Mr.. and Mrs. William X Vanderbilt,
jr.. T. Sufrern Taller. Count NJ C. Seckendorfs.
Mr.. and Mrs John r. DrexeI. Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney
Dillon Ripley Mr. and Mrs. George I. Rives. Mr..
and Mrs. Granville Kane. Mr.. and Mrs. Philip
Lydis. Mr.. and Mrs James \. Burden. Mr.. and
Mrs. E. ]. Bcrwind. Mr. and Mrs Winthrop Chan
Ter, Mr. and Mrs Sydney Smith, Alr. and Mira.
Amos Tuck French, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert r Isiv-
p Hartman nd MiaS
Hartman, Mr.. and Mrs W. Bayard Cutting Mrs.
Richard Gambrin. Mrs. buchanan winthrop Mr..
and Mrs. Lawrence Waterbury, Mr.. and Mrs E.
N. Taller. Mr.. and Mrs Chester Griswold. Mrs
Hermann Oelrichs. Mrs. William P. Douglas and
Miss Douglas D. o. Mills. Arthur Isslin Nc
Dougan Hawkes. General and Mrs. Lloyd BRYCE,
the Russian Ambassador and Miss Marguerite Cas-
sini the Marquis de Clermont Tonnerre. the
Marquis dAudigne. the Comts de GaIlifet
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Chaplin. MIR. and Mrs. W.
Butler Duncan. tr.. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H Mar
shall. Mr.. and Mrs, c. CT. Haven. Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph II. Choate. IT.. Mr.. and Mrs L Townsend
Burden, Mr.. and Mrs. J. j. Wysong. Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Parsons. Miss Fanny and Miss Nora Iselin
Miss Helen and Miss Katharine Barney. Miss Elsie
Miss Eleanor Jay. Miss Charlotts War
rem. Miss Lena and Miss May Morton. Miss Caro-
line Drayton Miss Helen Roosevelt. Charles E.
Fairfax. Philip Clark. Frederick T. Martin Robert
@. Barclay James r. Pierson. Arthur Iselin,
Buchanan Winthrop. Francis o. Byrd. Samuel
Babcock. Edward Livingston. Arden NJ Rob
bins. Cambridge Livingston. Charles x Beck
man. Henry X. Thaw. T. Gray Griswold. N. Biddle,
R Furnlss Ralph Ranlet. Pendleton Rogers,
F. D. Thompson, Monsoon Morris. Frank L. Polk
w. De Lancey Kountze. James W. Appleton. Law
renee L. Gillespie. George Scott. Joseph H Hunt.
Louis De Forest. w. Hude Nelson. John 4. Tall
mage, Ashbel and James Barney. L Townsend Bur-
ien Jr.. William A NJ Burden. Edwin and Frank
In c. Hoyt. W. CD. Iseiin. Hamilton Fish Benz
amin. Fellowes Morgan. Burnett r. Rugglss. Fran
lis NJ. and G. Herman Vinncutt W. Denison
Hatch. jr.. Robert Sergwick. IT.. and Henry r.
5edgwick. S. Nicholson Kane. E. Victor Loew jr
Walter L. Oakley, w. s. Gurnes. Sd. @. Brooks
Edward Buckley. G.. W. Van Nest, Frederic A.
Baldwin. Henry L. Burnett. jr., r. Gray, Rod
sricx Terry, r.. Gordon Fellows. Henry s. Eldridge
Henry w. Bull. Stuyvesant lie Roy. Ogden Goldman
Arthur Street. Worthington whtehouse, AIexan-
Ter NJ. MADDEN. Roger Baldwin, William Wood
ward. p Carroll. Frederick ~ Juilliard. Lispenard
Stewart. II. Rogers Winthrop Louis =. H. Belts
George Blagden, jr.. and ]. g. Phelps Stokes
The menu follows:
Consomms Marie stuart
En.s d. sceuf ehampisnOn. s.rri&
P0m Tslsa Surprise
oAnar aS ea5vHsSach-
fa'' g. ssi sSis s 6risu sa 'r0u'~
Praises fondante Mandarin. s,aeA
Peti5s tours Bonbons
icst & Chandon Brut Imperial 1893
No s42 Flfth-xva Ii II Janvtsr 1904
Another dance last night that given by the
-otillon OF Eighty at Delmonico's. Mrs. John
Hays Hammond. Mrs William III. Bliss. Mrs. John
:. Calhoun and Mrs William r. Barr received and
he cotilon was led by Frederick S. Woodruff with
Miss Alice McFadden.
Scheduled for to-day large musical given
~ Mrs. Henry Spies Kip at Sherrys. at which
several OF the artists of the Metropolitan Opera
company will appeal: Mrs. Sanford Bissels euchre
'arty at her house In East Fify-sixth-st another
II the Fortnighty dances at the Waldorf-Astoria.
md dinners by Mira. Richard Gambril at her house
n Park-ave: Mrs. Francis McNein Bacon at her
louse in West feminist. and Mrs. H. Mex. Twom-
'ly at her house in Fifth-ave.
large number OF dinners will Be given to-rnor- |
ow night In connection with Mrs. 2. II. Harrt- |
mans dinner dance at her house In Madson-ave., /
he various hostesses afterward taking their \
uests to Mrs Harriman's entertainment
Receptions viii be given this afternoon by Mrs. /
George Rathbons Dyer. Mrn Charles b Murray, |