The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-11-27
SOCIETY EVENTS.

/ Mrs. Harvey Williams left on Thurs
day for Bristol, Tenn, where she ex-
poets to remain for two months.
Miss Parmelee and Miss Constance
Parmelee Of Cleveland, o., are at the
Morristown Inn.
| Mr.. and Mrs. J. Cummings Vail
sailed for Bermuda on Wednesday.
having been made happy grandpar-
ents by the arrival of a little son in
the household Of Mr.. and Mrs. Zuill of
that island.
Mrs George Carnegie Palmer has
been sick for some days at her Miller
Road home, with typhoid fever.
Miss Gertrude COLES has been in
town during the week.
Mrs. Hobart Canfield is staying
with Mrs. Oscar Coles Ferris at Nor
riS Plains.
A new Literary Luncheon Club has
been formed by Mrs. Frederick w.
Stevens. Among its members are
Mrs. Paul Bigelow, Mrs. John @. Will
liams, Mrs. King, Miss Beach and
Miss Elizabeth Little.
Mrs. John Murray Forbes will en-
| tertain at luncheon on Friday, No
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Mrs. Benjamin Nicoll recently gave
a dinner-dance at her New York resi-
dence, is East 50th street.
Miss Kate Stone, daughter OF the
Hate Rev. Andrew Stone, of San Fran
cisco, Cal, is at Mrs. TuniS'S for the
winter.
| Miss Wild will give a course Of six
| lectures on Current Events, on the
| third Tuesday of each month, at the
residence of Mrs. William Elmer
Wheelock.
| Mrs. Emlen p. Franklin will give a
/ luncheon on this (Friday) afternoon.
Mrs. Charles S. Ward, of Morris
Plains will entertain at bridge on
| Tuesday, December 4th.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. e. Ford, of 10
Franklin Place, have closed their cot
tage at AllenhurSt, N. j., and re-
turned to MorriStOWn.
Mrs. Fleming, of Harvard Observa-
tory, has been visiting Mrs. Donaghe.
Mrs. Fleming has the honor of having
discovered more stars than any other
astronomer. Miss Fleming is a mem
Der OF the Royal Society of Astron-
OmerS.
Thomas Dickson was the guest OF
Miss Mary Merrell on Sunday, and on
Saturday took Mrs. Merrell, Miss Ma
ry Merrell and Miss Townsend to the
Princeton football game is his touring
car.
Mr., and Mrs. James M. Edwards
and family have closed their house on
Madison avenue and will be at 165
| West 58th street, New York for the
| winter.
Two Assemblies will be given in
| Washington Hall on Monday evening
| December 3lst and Monday evening,
April 1st, under the patronage of Mrs.
Frelinghuysen, Mrs. F0ote, Mrs. Gar
retSOn, Mrs. GranniSS, Mrs. Rudolph
HI. K1ssel, Mrs LetchfOrd, Mrs. Mer-
lrell, Mrs. Wynant D. Vanderpool,
Mrs. Robert III. McCurdy, Mrs. David
/ FL. McAlpin, End, Mrs. Shippen, Mrs.
Archibald Forbes, Mrs. Thebaud, Mrs.
/ lVernam, Mrs. Waterbury and Mrs.
Ridley Watts.
The younger set claims to have pos
ltive assurance that at least good
half dozen engagements are to be an
nounced among the seasons dehu-
tanteS, which would indicate an epss
| demic of betrothals as we'll as of debu-
tanteS for MOrriStown. One young
miss, WHO found she had sister on
the suspected list, assures her young
friends that she has had exceptional
opportunities which no one conver-
SAINT with the situation questions
for finding out how girl acts when
she is engaged, and she is positive,
from what has come to her notice,
that the report about her sister is in
correct because she does not act en-
gagged.
| The tea given by Mrs. Frank Ian
don Humphreys last Tuesday afternoon
to introduce her daughter, Miss Helen
Humphreys, was a thoroughly enjoy
able entertainment. There was pro-
fusion of beautiful flowers and bou-
lquets. Tea and coffee were poured by
Mrs. Edward j. Hall and Mrs. Cauld-
well. Miss Humphreys was assisted
in receiving by the debutantes OF The
season. The great attraction was the
music, which was of quality not pre-
viously heard In Morristown for many
a day, and was provided by seven
musicians of the Metropolitan Opera
House orchestra, each a leader in his
class. The tea was followed by din
ner and dance at the Golf Club for
eleven couples Of the younger element.