The Washington times., 1906-01-07

have been spending the holidays, and
are giving ali their attention 10 the
round of entertainments which are sue
ceeding one another without Interrupt
ton. In years gone by when society
was more restricted in its numbers, the
hostesses were able to arrange among
themselves that their dates should not
clash, and there was seldom more than
one dance or entertainment OF note each
night to demand the attention of the
fashionable set. But now three and four
dances on the same evening have be
come quite customary, and women as
well as men have adopted the London
fashion of going on from one dance
TO another and of putting in an appear
ance at several houses in one night.
This plethora of gayeties will continue
until the end of January, when people
will begin to leave for Florida for the
automobile races, for Aiken. for Califor-
MIA, and for Southern Europe, in order
to escape the rigors OF February and
March. which from a climatic point OF
view are the two most abominable
months of the year, at any rate as far
as New York and it's vicinity are con-
cerned. OF course this does nos mean
that the season will in any way come
to an end with the close of January
IL will last until the beginning or Lent
which comes quite late this wear, ana
even then il is only the dances that
will cease and their places will be taken
by mus!cales and theater parties, which
are for some reason or another regarded
as being more in keeping with the penl-
tential season than balls.
Today Miss Calender and Miss de For
est resume their Sunday afternoon
musicaIes at their home, y East
Seventy-second street, corner OF Madl-
son avenue. These concerts, which last
from till o'clock, have become a
regular feature OF the New York sea-
son, and bring together a large gath
ering of the fashionable set on Sabbath
afternoons during the winter They will
take place every Sunday during the
present month and February. That
New York society is fond Of good music
and understands it is shown by the
popularity of these entertainments of
Miss Calender and Miss de Forest. and
likewise BY the unimpaired vogue of
Albert Morris Bagbys Monday morn
ing musicales. the next one of which
takes place tomorrow at the Waldorf
Astoria, with Nine. Sembrich as the star
attraction of the program.
Wedding Anniversary.
Tomorrow evening. Mr.. and Mrs. Hen
~ S. Redmond give a big dinner 10
celebrate the anniversary OF their we'd
ding at their home in East Fifty ffth
street. Mrs. Redmond was Miss Julie
Parsons, SherTy's Will be the scene the
same evening of the dance given by Gen.
and Mrs. Frank Morgan Freeman, OF
81 West Fiftieth street, for their daugh-
ter. Miss Julia Freeman. This dance
was originally set for January L. the
date being changed last week TO Mon
day, January 8.
Mrs. Charles T Barney will inaugur-
ate on Tuesday evening the series OF
entertainments which are TO be given
during the next few weeks for her
niece. Miss Dorothy Whitney. who has
made her debut this winter and who is
the richest heiress who has been pre-
scented to society this season Mrs
Barney-s dance the day after tomorrow
will be given at her house on Park ave
nue., which has been equipped with a
beautiful and spacious ballroom, and
among those present will be Miss Dor
othy's most intimate friend and asso-
Ciate, Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, who
made her debut a year ago and who
remains still disengaged, although
affianced to Robert Walton GoeIet one
Of her most devoted SWANS, and to
Lord Falconer, son OF the Earl Of Kin
tore. 1t is perfectly fitting that Miss !
Whitney should make her debut under |
the auspices OF her aunt. Mrs. Barney |
For the latter's two daughters, Helen. |
now Mrs Archibald Alexander. of Cas- /
tie Point, HObOken, ana Katherine. |
made each Of them their first curtsy |
10 society at magnificent balls given in |
their honor by their uncle, the late VIII |
liam {. Whitney, at his house on |
Fifth avenue, now the home OF Silent"
Smith.
Several other dances besides that of |
Mrs. Barney will be given for Dorothy |
Whitney, Including a ball in the last |
week OF this month by her sister-in- |
law, Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, at her /
house on the corner of Ftfty-seventh |
street and Fifth avenue. This mansion |
has undergone such extensive altera- /
lions during the past year that those |
who formerly frequented it will find it /
difficult TO recognize the interior. Most
of the changes and additions have been
made with a view TO hospitality on an
extensive scale, and Mrs. Whitney's |
dance. her first entertainment of any
note since the death OF her father-in-
law. the late William c. Whitney, will
be In the nature of house warming.
Another dance of the week will be
that given by Mrs Joseph Pulitzer on
Friday at her big house in East Seventy
third street. for Tho dc but Of her daugh-
ter Edith, and likewise for her daugh-
teGin-law, Mrs. Ralph Pulitzer, who
was Miss Frederick Webb, and whose
me- TTiage took place at Shelburne VT,
last October. 1t will be a very elabor-
ate function. the first entertainment of
any Importance that Mrs. Pulitzer has /
given since she has been in her new |
house. Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Pulitzer
have moved into their new house on /
East Seventy-third street, which was /
presented TO them as "A wedding gift by II
Joseph Pulitzer. but have not yet taken Il
possession OF their country place on Il
Long Island, near Roslyn, where extern
sive repairs are in progress.
Dance for Debutante.
Among other dances in the near future
IS the one which Mrs Frederick w.
Whitridge is TO give on January a for
Arthur Scdgwick's debutante daughter,
Miss Susan Sedgwick. 1t will take place
at her home on East Eleventh street,
which really consists of two fine roomy