The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-11
IN SOCIETY.

the preliminary preparations and festlN-
tiles for the opening OF the Horse Show
ON November 10. From the list OF box
holders II will evidently not only hold its
W as the great opening fashionable
event OF the winter but will exceed former
records. There are fewer boxes taken
under names Of agents. and these, no doubt,
belong TO prominent people about to emerge
from periods Of mourning. The Wander
bilt family will be well represented among
the arena boxholders. Among them are
William X. Vanderbilt, Alfred q. Wander
bilt. Reginald c. Vanderbilt and Harry
Payne Whitney, whose wife is the sister OF
the MessFs. Vanderbilt. The other sister,
Miss gladys Vanderbilt, who IL almost as
expert a whip az her brothers and equaliy
fond OF horses, was at last accounts still IN
Paris with her mother. Miss Jean Reid,
who is a member Of the Woman's fourth
Hand Club, il in town, and the member
ship will be well represented in Madison
Square Garden.
Mr.. and Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt are
sojourning az Idle Hour. their place at
Oakland, l.. l., and when in town tenn
porarily stay at the Manhattan. Mr.. and
Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt will probably
remain at Biltmore, their South Carolina
residence, until after Thanksgiving. Mr..
and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt have been
at the st. Regis since they returned from
brother, Reginald G. Vanderbilt, made hur-
ried trips 10 Newport early in the week TO
cast their votes.
Count Ulrich Schwerin Of Berlin has been
at the Breslin Of late. Comte d'Heursel
arrived some days since from Europe,
en- route TO South America. Comte and
Couftesse de Chambrun are the guests OF
the latter's mother, Mrs. Longworth. at
Cincinnati, Ohio, where they will remain
for Christmas. Viapmte de Chambrun.
attached 10 the French Embassy at Wash
ington. ia a younger brother. Lady Gilbert
Parker arrived several days q from Eng
land. The Earl Of Carlisle and Lady Dorothy
Howard OF England were At the Hotel
Gotham during h week. Mr.. Howard IL a
member of the house Of Howard OF which
the Duke of Norfolk ia the head, q his
wife, Lady Howard. is a daughter Of the
Earl of Newbury, who is also Prince Gins
tintiani- Bandini and Duke OF MontdraRone,
a direct descendant OF King Edward l. OF
England.
Miss Elizabeth Winthrop Stevens, who
is tall and blon d. will be one OF the very
pretty debutantes of the season. Miss
Stevens is a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Led
yard Stevens, who will give a tea for her on
Wednesday afternoon, December II, at the
home of Oscar Egerton Schmidt. IL West
Eighth street, with whom they are passing
the winter. Mrs. q. q. Sch roeder, who
is also with her uncle. Mr.. Schmidt, for the
season. will assist in receiving. Others in
the line will include the Misses Antoinette
Herser, Dorothy Hervey, Rosalie de Forest.
Hester Davis. Pauline Bolton. Margaret
| Roosevelt. Ruth Schultz. Elsie Sanford and
Mary Winslow. niece of Cameron Winslow. "A
Thus far only a series Of dinners has been
arranged to be given for the debutante.
1 For all affairs given in her honor the card OF
J MIR. Schmidt will accompany those OF Mr..
and Mrs. Stevens. The date, December II,
was selected for the tea as a matter OF senti-
ment. Mrs. Stevens's parents, the late DIR.
and Mrs. Octavius White, were married on
that day in 1855, and 1t is the birthday ami
versary of Mrs. Stevens. She was intro
duced when 10, the same age as her daughter,
! in the same house, somewhat unusual in
New York, but the family generally have
chung to their downtown residence. MIR.
Stevens is q son of the late DIR, Alexander H.
Stevens and a grandson of Ebenezer Stevens.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry s. Redmond and Mr..
Redmond's sister, Miss Lydia Redmond,
sail shortly for Europe and will pass the
winter in Italy. Since they left Newport
they have been s~ojourning at Tuxedo. h
Redmonds, who give luncheons n dinners
constantly; will be much missed here
EOClhIHs 4 ANCAAASIpN q ONIl
fortune, being the heiress Of her grand
mother, a Philadelphia Quskeress, who
left her 81 1000, OOO.
Vicomtesse de la Bassetiere nee O'Donnell,
sailed Tuesday for France after a visit of
two months with relatives on this side.
Countess Loziekonska is visiting Miss
Baldwin at Lakewood, n. j. The Hon. and
| Mrs. Lionel Guest will be the guests of the
latter's father, John Bigelow, at his Gram
ercy- Park house for a short time. Baron
Adolf Won Hagen and Marquis de Roqssy
de Sales were among those who sailed on
Thursday for their homes on the other
side. Sir We're and Lady Foster of Ireland
have been Of late at the Imperial.
Mrs. Frederic j. de Peyster and ner
daughters, Helen de Peyster, Fanny de
| Peyster and Augusta De Peyster, will be at
the Laurel House. Lakewood, n. j., for the
winter. They took possession of their new
house here last spring in time to give the
bridal reception for Mr.. and Mrs. William
Brock Shoemaker, nee de Peyster. Then
they went abroad for the summer, but
almost Immediately returned, owing to
the sudden death by accident of Mr.. Shoe
maker, whose widow went TO Europe re-
Gently with her mother-in-law, Mrs. Henry
Shoemaker
Mr.. and Mrs. George J. Gould nave been
giving a series of dinners al Georgian Court.
their Lakewood, n. j., establishment.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Armstrong Greer.
nee Noel, we're one of the newly married
couples who sailed On the Kaiserin Auguste
Victoria on Thursday for Europe. They
will not be absent long and on their return
all raaiAo nj "a West Ninth stroat