The Washington times., 1906-01-14

I NEW YORK. Jan 13.-Mrs ogden
mlils and James Henry Smith. who has
long since forfeited his nickname oi
The Silent enc viii furnish the prin-
/ eipal features of the program of society
! for the week which opens today Thurs
day evening the richest Of our multi-mil-
I lionatre bachelors viii throw open the
doors of his palatial mansion on Fifth
avenue. for a musicale OF the NEST elab-
crate description, at which Kubelik,
Rubinstein and the leading artists OF the
Metropolitan opera will play and sing.
The three or four hundred guests will
have another opportunity OF comparing
/ the decorations and the contents of the
house as they are today. with what they
were when the place belonged TO it's
Everything viii be we'll done but If
one is to judge by the past, the affair
will, in spite OF the costly music, be &
trifle duh, and will be lacking in that
atmosphere OF gayety and cheeriness
which characterized the successful balls
that William C. Whitney gave there
for the debut of his TWO nieces. Helen
and Katherine Barney, the elder OF
whom has now become Mrs. Archie ;,
Alexander. Of Castle Point. HOboken.
Shortly afterward James Henry
Smith. having fulfilled what he considers
10 be his obligations to his friends ana
acquaintances here. viii go South, TO 81
Augustine and TO Palm Beach, for a
brief stay there. before sailing for
Europe His departure for England
;yill be rather earlier this year than
usual. and it Is freely asserted that
when he comes back here late IN the
taH. after spending the autumn, as usual
in Scotland il viii be no longer as "a
bachelor. but as "A benedict
Mills Dance Exclusive.
on Friday evening Mrs. ogden NILS
gives her annual dance at her house
on East Sixty-niuth street and az
usual. il will be the most exclusive
entertainment Of the season MIS-
Mills is infinitely less catholic Ia the
selection OF her friends and aequain-
tances than Mrs Astor, and whereas
the latter Is content TO ask as many as
600 people 70 her balls. Mrs Mills sell
don, invites more than third or that
number.
Tbat with the ever increasing
growth of the fashionable set, when Is
constantly being augmented by acces-
sious Of enormously rich, cultured. ana
hospitable people from other cltles'
who take up their abode IN NeW i oA n
Mrs. Mills should have been able TO
keen down the limits OF her social
circle 10 about zee without exciting
much animosity. speaks volumes Tor
her clevernoss. Indeed, ts is a curious
thing that her excIusiveness seems 10
create no III will on the part or those
who are left out in the cold. but mere
Iv a hope of eventually being number
ed among the elect
Vorthingtou WhitenOuse VIII, as us
uaI lead the COtilion, dancing with
Mrs. Mills. who still retains enough OF
youth. good looks and grace 20 render
her mort suitable for this role than
her twin sisters Hers is indeed the
only house i'm New York where the
hostess takes the place of her grown
M girls in leading the cOtillon. so as 70
be able more thoroughly 10 attend 10
the welfare and the care of her guests
The latter will include her sister-in-
law. Mrs Whitelaw Reid, and the lat
tsr's daughter. Jean. who are remaining
over for the dance sailing on SATURDAY
January %. Ambassador Reid himself
is booked 10 leave next Wednesday for
his post i'm London, where he viii ar
rive in time to ascertain whether the
new Liberal administration has secured
that victory in the general election now
i'm progress which is necessary to IN
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