New-York tribune., 1908-10-25
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

New York society or considerable portion
thereof, Is spending to-day Long Island, scat
tered among the various country houses and villas
the Meadow Brook district attracted thfther by
the great motor race for the Vanderbilt Cup yes
terday morning and by Mrs Clarence II. Mackay's
dinner dance at Harbor HILL her place at Roslyn.
last night Toward the middle OF the week there
will be general migration to Tuxedo. where
dances are scheduled for Thursday, Friday and
Saturday.
Mrs Herbert Shipnan Will inaugurats the testivi-
ties with a dance on Thursday. and Mrs. Charles
b Alexander will give big dance Saturday
for her debutante daughter, Miss Janetta Alex
ander But the most important Of the three enter
tainneuts will undoubtedly be the annual Hal
loween ball Friday night at the clubhouse at
Tuxedo. picturesquely decorated for the occasion.
and it will command very large attendance.
WeIlnigh every villa and cottage is keeping open
house for the week end in connection with the az
fair and will be the OF dinners on Friday
night the hostesses efterward taking their
guests to the ball. II Is at the latter that each
year the debutantss OF the impending season are
accorded q preliminary glimpse of society and re-
ceive their introduction thereto. At least half
hundred of the young girls who are coming out this
winter will be present, and may be relied upon 10
display amount of pleasure and animation which
is usually lacking toward the end the winter when
fatigue safety and perhaps also disillusion often
lead to q display of nstlessness and indifference.
Another feature prosramrne the week
opening to-day Is the auction OF the boxes for the
National Horse Show. The latter opens two weeks
from tomorrow. The sale will be held on next
Thursday the Garden Theatre. the competition
being confined exclusively to stockholders and
members of the Horse Show Association. After
this the boxes left unsod will be disposed to persons
not members of the Horse Show Association and
TO out-of-town visitors. These bid fair to be nu-
merous. and. usual the hotel accommodations
of the city Will be taxed the limit Among
them will be several foreigners OF note including
the Right Hon. Sir RennelI Rodd the newly ap-
pointed British Ambassador H. Rome and Lady
Rodd, who have been staying with the Postmaster
General and Mrs Meyer at Washington; Sir HUI
bert birmingham, formerly Governor OF MauritIus
and who toward the close OF the Napoleonic EsIn-
pire attached to the British Embassy at Paris
and In great demand amateur actor at the
theatrioals organized by Empress Euxenie and
Princess Pauline Metternich ut st. Cloud and Com
piegns: Lord Northcllfre. to whom the Pilgrims OF
New York ara to give a dinner at D-luonico's on
Thursday. November S: Lady Northclirs vlscount
Gort- Viscount Milnsr. Governor General OF South
Africa throughout the Bocr war: Princess Marie
Ysenburg Budngen OF the formerly sovereign
house OF that name. who arrived hero last Tues
day from Europe besides many others.
Grace Church will be the scene on next Thursday
OF the wedding Of Miss Mathilde Van Rensselaer,
daughter OF 4drs Stephen Van Rensselaer, TO
George c. White. jr. Charles A. Van Rensselaer,
viii give his sister away, and Miss. Beatrice and
Miss Gertrude Coppet Will be her bridesmaids. The
reception, which To have followed at the Col
ony Club, has been aLAsdoned, because Of the re-
cent death OF Mrs. V - Rsnsselaer's brother John
q HeGksoher Aiss NAa Hsn~ss,Aes ana AIr. Nnzts