The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-04

ftnd stormy IN florida that those who
went down thee for the automobile
Traces on OrmOui Beach have FASTENED
North again il search OF a Southern
climate The accounts which they have
brought back With them have had the
result or causing people who other
wise migrate TO Palm Beach and TO
other winte= escorts IN Florida at the
bend of Janusy 10 postpone their de-
iparture Only the Aiken contingent have
left, and the season at that little South
Carolina town is already in full swing.
The Hitchcosks. the Mortimer Brookses,
the Thayers and all those other mem
bers OF TIE Hampstead and Lenox
sets, as vel as the Boston people who
have alreaay sent on their horses and
carriages yin reach there from Wash
ington immediately after the White
House wetoing.
Aiken is probably the most exclusive
OF New York sOciety's Southern resorts.
There airs no hotels IN the place 10
speak OF, and the transient visitor re-
, -ceives slant consideration. But the
trades people and natives show them
selves eager to promote the comfort
and pleasure OF the cottagers who have
brought so much prosperity TO this
sporty little town, which may be said
TO owe its vogue 10 the late William G.
Whitney. II has horse racing on one
of the prettiest tracks in the South; the
Palmetto golf links are probably the
best south Of Philadelphia: the woods
for miles around are stocked with gray
and red foxes. furnishing splendid sport
for the hunt club. which has regular
meets under the mastership of Tommy
Hitchcock throughout the season: there
are tennis courts, and a handsome
squash court at the luxurious Whitney
place, while there is a constant round
OF social gayetles restricted to a circle,
most OF the members OF which are suffi-
ciently intimate 10 call one another by
their Christian names There IS also
some splendid cock lighting Indeed
visitors are apt TO come away with the
impression that cock fighting is the
chief Industry OF the State. and there
are few OF the members OF the New
York colony who do not possess some
thing more than an academic knowl-
edge OF shawl necks' and the like
Emerges From Mourning.
Mrs. Asto-. after having been in re-
1irement during the greater part OF the
winter owing TO the tragicaIly sudden
-deaht OF her English son-in-law, George
Ogilvy Haig. has now emerged from
mCurnil g and reappea-ed for the first
tire in several weeks at the opera a
few nights ago. She viii leave for
Europe earlier this spring than usual
owing 10 the accounts received from her
daughter. Mrs. Haig, whose Health has
been severely affected by her bereave-
ment. and who is sadly in need of the
soiace Of the companiship OF her mother.
Fancy Dress Dance.
Notable among the entertainments,
not merely OF this week. but indeed of
the entire winter. viii be the tableauN
v.vants and fancy dress dance given on
Thursday next by Viscountess Matt
land. Mrs. Stephen H. p. Pell, and Nine,
Nordica The feature of the affair viii.
of course. be the living pictures. in
which q number Of men and women of
the fashionable set are 10 take part and
which Will be rendered additionally at
tractiVe by the songs of Nine. NoTdca.
Afterward there will be q seated sup
Uer al small tables. and dancing. The
women have been asked 10 come. eth
er in fancy dress. or. falling that. with
powdered hair, and the men are expect
ed 10 don uniform European court dress.
or the dinner coats Of the Hunt Club to
which they belong. About 300 invita-
lions are being sent out and they are in
great demand.
Benefit for Hospital.
Encouraged by the expressions of
good will which this project OF LADY
Maitland. OF Mrs. Pel. and of Nine.
Nordica, have called forth. the women
interested in the management OF the
Lying In Hospital have decided TO give
an entertainment of much the same
character on the evening OF March p.
at the Waldorf-Astoria- for the benefit
OF that charity. Mrs. J. Pierpont Nor
gan. her daughter Mrs. ". Pierson
Hamilton. Mrs. Charles Steele. Mrs.
Richard Irwin. and Mrs. EliDhalet Mott
Potter. have the affair in hand. and the
tableaux vivants in which young Mrs.
Robert Goelet. Mrs. Ralph Pulitzer.
Miss EVELYN Burden. and several other
young matrOHs and girls are to figure.
will be arranged by Stanford White.
several years have elapsed since any
entertainment of this sort has taken
place. and to Judge from the interest
which the plans in connection Herewith
have excited. In society. it may be an
Sclpated that tire tableaux. bot5 AT
Eherry's next we elk. and at DeimonicO's
next lnoHiu. W iils EsNSf c q blAliAsa4iN SUE
cess.
Another Charitable Concert.
another entertainment for a charitable
institution. the Scarlet Fever and Diph-
liberia Hospital. at the foot of East Six
teenth street. Will be given at Sherry's
on the afternoon of Thursday week. IL
VIII take the form of concert. under
the direction of Victor Harris, and Mrs.
Elbridge T. Gerry. Mrs. Vanderbilt.
Mrs. Robert Winthrop. Mrs y Pierpont
Morgan. and Mrs William Douglas
Sloane constiizIte the committee wa,eh
has charge of the affair
Cluhman to Marry.
Two days later that is 10 say, on Sat
urday of nex& week, the wedding Of
Dulany Howlind, OF the Union Club, !
10 Miss McC1pre, will take place at
the Forty-nirTh street home OF the
parents Of the bride. Mr.. and Mrs. |
David Mcclure. Mgr. Laveile, pro-rector |
OF the cathedral. viii perform the cere- |
mony. and Miss Mary Pyne. daughter /
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Percy r. Pyne. and