The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-23
IN SOCIETY.

for the Christmas holidays. The friends
OF Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Vanderbilt
and Of Mr.. and Mrs. Pembroke Jones will
nave an opportunity to enjoy real Southern
cooking. Mr.. and Mrs. Vanderbilt, tmme-
diately after the holidays, will &C to Wash
ington, where they have = house for the gay
season.
Mr.. and Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt will
ave their Christmas party at Idle Hour,
their place at Oakdale. L. /. Mr.. and Mrs.
William X. Vanderbilt, Jr., are abroad and
their guests will be chiefly Mrs. Wander:
bits relatives and connections. Mr.. ana
Mrs. Frederic W. Vanderbilt will pass their
holiday week at their country place at
Staatsburg.
Ambassador and Mrs. whtslaw Reid
nave had a succession OF affairs given
for them in Washington and New York
since their arrival. Mrs. Reds father,
Darius o. Mills, gave a dinner Of forty
covers last Thursday evening. MT. ana
Mrs. William Douglas Sloane give q dinner
for them Saturday night, December 70.
Capt. Sydney A. Cloman, U. s. A.. and
his bride, who was Mrs. Flora Louise
Clement, sailed yesterday for England.
Capt. Cloman is the new Military Attache
ofithe American Embassy. Mrs. Cloman's
fortune came to her from her first husband.
the late Victor Clement, who owned mines
in South Africa.
Mrs. K. Francis Hyde gave a luncheon
on Tuesday for her niece. Miss Gladys
Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence II. Mackay will
pass their Christmas at their home here in
Madison avenue. Little Miss Macksy will
begin going to school after the holidays and
will be coached in her studieSby a governsss.
She il 7 years old and Is a great ~favorite
with her grandmother, Mrs. John W
Mackay, who was here recently, and has
now returned to her apartment in Paris.
Mrs. Shepard Romans Of Al West Seventy
ninth street and her daughters, the Misses
Sallie Romans and Helen Romans, have.
gone TO visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Parsons at Waterford, Conn.,, for the holi-
days. The Misses Romans when at home
give a continuous round Of bridge parties.
Mrs. Charles II. Tweed, who Is a daughter
OF the late Senator William Evsrts, will
give a dance next Wednesday night, Decem-
her 20, at Sherry's, for Miss Katherine
Tweed. Mrs. Artemus II. Holmes Of ass
Madison avenue will give a cotillon next
Thursday night, December 81. Mr.. and Mrs.
Lester A. Barr will give a dance hext Friday
night for their daughter, Miss Margaret
Barr, who will then be introduced.
The first dance of the University cotillons
for the season will be given on Thursday
night at Sherry's. The Columbia, Harvard.
Princeton and Yale c~ollegians will be hosts
of the seasons debutantes as web as Of some
of last years and next winters girls. The
patronesses include Mrs. George Jay Gould,
Mrs. james Speyer, Mrs. a Gilbert The
baud, Mrs. stephen Peabody, Miss Louise
Ward McAllister, Mrs. Robert ELEPHANT,
Mrs. Edward Clarkson Potter, Mrs. Richard
Irwin, Mrs. +. Henry Hartman and Mrs.
James Rayner Hayden.
Cards are here for the wedding OF Miss
Caroline Thompson n John NJ. Harrington,
to take place in st. Michael's Church, Charles
ton, S.. c., next Wednesday, December 20.
There will be a reception afterward at the
home of the brides mother, Mrs. Hugh s.
Thompson, 4 Legare street. Mrs. Thomp-
son and her daughter are New Workers.. as is
the bridegroom, but are passing the winter
in Charleston, the home of many ancestors.
The bride will he attended by her niece, Miss
Fanny Thompson, daughter of Col. Henry
=. Thompson, az maid of honor, There will
he no bridesmaids Frank T. Trammell of
New York will assist IA best man and DR..
Alfred s. Harrington of West Point, Ca, a
brother of the bridegr COM; Thomas P.
Thompson, Jr., and p. Stewart Thompson
of Charleston. Hugh NJ. Dorsey and Arthur
Wrigley of Atlanta, Ga, and Hugh Thomp-
son Seibels of Columbia, S. c., will be ushers.
The annualc charity ball in aid Of the Nur-
sery and Child's Hospital will take place at
the Waldorf-Astoria on Tuesday, Feb
ruary ).
Among the holiday guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Reginald G.. Vanderbilt at their farm, Sandy
Point, near Newport, will be Mrs. Frederic
Nelson, Mrs. Vanderbilt's mother. Mr..
and Mrs. Alfred G.. Vanderbilt will enter
tain a large party at their lodge in the
Adirondacks after Christmas Inc will sail
for Europe on Saturday, January S.
Lady Pearson Of England is one Of the
party Of house guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
George w. Vanderbilt at Biltmore House,
y. c. Prince and Princess -Cantacuzene
have been the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John
II. Mclean at Washington for the last week
and have been constantly entertained. Tn
Hon. Jacob j. Ashley of London was one of
the Inner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
b. Alexander On Thursday night.
Mrs. J. Hood Wright will give a big dinner
at her home on Fifth avenue next Tuesday
night, December rs. Mrs. Wright's son-in-
law and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. John n.
~Conyngham of Wilkesbarre. Pa, are with
her for the holidays.
Miss Susan NJ. Ludlow Gould, who was
introduced at a tea given by her aunt,
Mrs. J. Kearny Warren, on Tuesday after
noon was one of the few ~d6butantes of
the winter who was not arrayed in white.
The very pretty pale blue silk gown she
wore was garlanded with pink roses.
The Misses Edith Deacon and Dorothy
Kane nave been the New York girls who
have been having an especially good time
in Washington the last week. The guests
at the big dinner given by Mrs. Walsh
were asked especially to meet them, and
they nave been on the go necessarily.
Both will be in Tuxedo for Christmas.
Gen. and Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant
will have a family party with them for
Christmas, including Gen. Grants sister,
Mrs. Sartoris, Prince and Princess Can
tacuzene, their children and a number of
relatives.