The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-12
ALL GOLD. AT HANAN DINNER.
THE ST. REGIS FAMED PLATE
EXCLUD DIES ALL OTHER METAL.
The shoe Millionaire and iachtsmun
Gives an Entertainment Reported
10 Have Cost $50 .OO0-It Was In Honor
Of the fomDletIpn of Ills New House.

The shoe Millionaire and YachtSnur
Gives an Entertainment RepOrted
10 Have Cost sac. OO0-H Was In Honor
of the Completion of His New House
A the ST. Regis Hotel last night Mr. and
! Mrs, John II. Hanan gave dinner of thirty
! six covers and dance at which there were
more than 100 guests. The dinner was
notable as the first at which the celebrated
/ gold service of the st. Regis was used eS-
cusively.
No other metal was in sight and only
such porcelain was used as had to be. Even
the trays were gold, The dinner was
served In the white marble room on a horse
shoe table decorated with white and yellow
roses and lighted with gold candelabra
The favors were gold clocks four inches
high for the women and gold boutonniere
vases for the men.
In the ballroom. which had been extrsor-
binary decorated for the occasion. dan
cling began at 1880 O'Clock. Among those
present were:
Mr. and Mrs Henry Nissan. Mr.. and Mrs
Alfred partndge hana,n, Nj and Ms sPen-
Margaret n Montgomery. MI, Peters, n.
p sapds Mr. R ana Mr Mrs It. rl" Barcn % Some
Vile. Miss Evans, Mi and Mrs Nj y, B. VII
9ooHson Edward Marsh. Mr.. and, Mrs.
William Brown, Miss Florence Brown,
Ms Miss ~ Elizabeth Hanan, Mr. and
MTs TEem nMe.o9 Srs r Spsgidin az
Misses Greene, Mrs Albert church. Mr. aud
ii T + fdi%ss5ds. b and Mrs IL Butts.
Freedman. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Laker King,
James l.. Barr. Miss A u. Caswcll. W. II
NasweIl Mr and Mrs; /. Riggs, Mr and
Chick, James shaw
Mr.. and Mrs. Hanan have been married
less than two years Mr. Hanap, not the
least of the shoe princes and a former
Brooklynite, has been often in the public
eye. In 1893 Mrs. Beuah II Dutton of
Chicago sued him for sl50,000 for alleged
breach Of contract and although the suit
was discontinued on reported settlement,
1t brought to light the fact that a short time
before Mr.. Hanan had brought an action
against Mrs Edith Evelyn Thompson for
the recovery of jewelry and real estate
which he had given TO her.
Mrs. Thompson was the daughter OF j. s.
Briggs, Rhode Island hotel man. When
MIR Hanan met her at Newport in 1897 she
was the widow of Charles Talbot Smith.
His attentions we're marked. but when
Mrs. Smith learned that Mr.. Hanan had a
wife she broke the friendship and married
Joseph H. Thompson of Brooklyn, former
friend Of Mr. Hanan. Mr.. Hanan's suit
against Mrs. Thompson was settled.
Mr.. Hanan sued lis wife for divorce in
Rhode Island in April, 1902. nut did not get
decree. Later in the year Mrs. Hanan
obtained decree Meanwhile the Thomp-
sons disagreed and separated. Mrs Evelyn
BHggs-Smith Thompson resuming the
name OF Smith. She and Mr.. Hanan were
reconcled, and were married in April. 1909.
They have been living at the St. Regis.
1t was said that last nights entertainment /
was to celebrate the completion Of their ,
new house ut ~ Fast Fiftyfrst street
Mr. Hanan is yachtsman OF note. II |
was reported recently that he might try to |
build n yacht TO defend the Americas /
Cup against the fourth Shamrock. His !
sons. II. Wilmer Hanan and Addison G. /
Banan, are skilful amateur yachtsmen.
Last nights dinner, which was the most |
elaborate ever given at the st. Regis. was
reported to have cost $50 900. but of this
the hotel people were saying nothing.