The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-12-10
NEW YORk'S SEvEHTy-hINE

The talk of New York is the dinner
given by Mrs. Aston in honor of Ad-
niral Prince Louis of Battenberg, to
which just seventy-nine invitations
were issued. The names of these sew
enty-nfne were taken from the list
which usually has numbered four hum
dred. Mrs Aston is the recognized
leader OF society, and now every one
is asking i henceforth Society with
the capital S will in New York include
only seventy-nine. The new social
birth of the Seventy Nine was at
tended by a splendid scene. They first
looked into one another's faces in Mrs
Astor's dining-room. It is paneled
with rosewood. in which great ovals
of bronze are framed by laurel WreathS
delicately worked out in duh gold.
These ovals are classic heads. admlra-
bly, wrought. The room is lighted by
eight side brackets, each bearing tnlf-
ty-six incandescents, shaded with pink
The color scheme was pink and gold.
The viands We're ornamented with
pink roses that nodded from vases OF
gold Included in the 'Seventy-Nine"
is the daughter of President HoOSe-
Welt. The married couples present, and
therefore among the elect, are Mr.. ana
Mrs. Orme Wilson, Colonel and Mrs.
John Jacob Aston, Mr.. and Mrs. Rob
ert J. Collier. Mr.. and Mrs. J. Laurens
Van Allen, Mr. Walter and Lady Su-
san ToWnley Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Nor
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Lanfear Norrle,
Mr. and Mrs. Royal Phelps Carroll,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wharton. Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Lehr. Mr.. and Mrs.
n Il n 1nll
r. Drexel. Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Iselin,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Payne Thomp-
son, Mr.. and Mrs. William Post. Mr..
and Mrs. George Won L. Meyer, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Goelet. Mr.. and Mrs.
Stanley Mortimer, Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver
H P Belmont, Mr. and Mrs. Cooper
Hewitt. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry A. c.
Taylor, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph S. Stew
ems, Mr.. and Mrs. Elisha Dyer Mr.. and
Mrs Norman de R. Whitehouse, and
Mr. and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish. Also
present and included in the Seventy
Nine" are Mrs. Vanderbilt, Mrs. L..
Townsend, Mrs. J. Lee Taller, Mrs. "A.
Ladenberg Mrs. r. Gambrill, Iieuten-
ant Sowerly, Mr.. Egerton Winthrop,
Mr.. Richard Peters, Mr.. Dennie Hare,
Mr.. Eliot Gregory, Mr.. Philip Liver
more, Mr.. Alfonso de Navarro. Mr..
Francis J. Otis. Mr.. August Belmont,
Mr.. r. Van Cortlandt, Mr.. c. Wander
bilt, Mr.. Centre Hitchcock, Mr.. Barton
S. Willing, Mr. Monson Morris, and
Mr.. Moncure Robinson. The four young
girls selected to grace the dinner were
Miss Alice Roosevelt. Miss Evelyn
Burden, Miss Mabel Gerry, and. from
the younger set, Miss Natica Rives.
The above persons. and those whose
names were included in the seventy
nine invitations sent out by Mrs. Astor,
viii hereafter be accepted as constitut-
ing absolutely the list prepared by Mrs.
Aston as a guide to the highest social
standing in New York. The Seventy
Nine" were served on the Aston gold
dinner service, including gold platters,
gold compotieres, and gold-covered
dishes Throughout the dinner, Victor
Herbert's orchestra played in the draw
! ing-room. The famous ballroom,
/ when not used for dancing, makes a
stately receptiOn-room, and it was here
that the men rejoined the ladies after
dinner. Mrs. Astor never has bridge
whist after her dinners, but, following
the old custom relies upon the CONVEX
sation Of her guests to provide the en-
| tertainment