The sun., 1908-12-20
~ SOCIETY.

One OF the notable weddings OF the
week will be that of Miss Olive Hitchcock
and Charles Seymour Whitman, 10 take
place at o clock on Tuesday afternoon
at the Church Of the Ascension. Tho
! ceremony will be performed 10y the Rev.
DR., Percy StIckney Grant tho rector.
The bride will be attended by Miss Flor
ence Brown 'as maid Of honor. Andrew
p. Alvord will assist as best man, and
Reuben Leslie Maynard, Almuth q. Van
diver Arthur {. Rounds and Job f..
Hedges will be ushers. After the church
ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Hitchcock.
the bride'a parents. will give reception
at the Hotel buckingham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Drexel and their
daughter. Miss Marguerite Drexel. are
d due to arrive here from. England on
Wednesday and will pass the Christmas
| holidays in Philadelphia with their SONS.
Mrs. Drexers sister, Mrs. James Henry
tn. Is here at the Plaza for some weeks.
Mrs. Elsie French Vanderbilt, who gave
dinner on Tuesday night at theSt Regis.
sailed for Europe on the Lusitania last
"wednesday. accompanied by her young
son, William Henry Vanderbilt. She will
return for Easter.
| Mr.. and Mrs, Robert MoKean Thomas
will pass tho winter In a houseboat on
the James River. This will give them an
| opportunity TO participate in festivities
| IN come OF heSout thern cities. They had
a big wedding on Wednesday afternoon in
the Church Of the Ascension. Z
Cards have been received here for the
wedding on Tuesday of Miss Rebecca
Dulany and Frederick MoIfhone OF Wash
tn fnE nj 81 thn rf thaAs
bride's parents. Mr.. and Mrs. r. Hunter
Dulany, Grafton Hat, hear UpperviIle. Va.
Mrs. Z, Lyman Short gave dinner OF
fifty covers at the Hotel Gotham on Mon
day, night for her daughter, Miss Anna
Livingston Short, who came out few
seasons ago. The smal tablos' we.o
trimmed with holly and there-was eingi ng
by the Neapolitan Quartet. Mr.. and Mrs
Pierre Lorillard Ronalds gave one Of the
dinners Of that night at the Plaza. Mrs.
John. K. Drexel of East Sixty second
street gave dinner on Tuesday.
DIR. and Mrs. W. Seward Webb will leave
town to-day for their country house at
ISheiburne, Vt. where they will entertain
a holiday house party. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Pulitzer. their son-in-law and
daughter sailed last week for Europe.
Lord and Lady Michelham and Lord
Ashburton were among thoee who sailed
last "Wednesday to pass Christmas
in England. Sir Alexander Napier of
London is at the St. Regis. The Hon.
Maude Pauncefote and the Hon. Ronald
G. Lindsay are the guests now at Wash
ington Of Mrs. > Donald Cameron. Sir
George Young OF England has come over
to pass the Christmas holidays with his
son, the second secretary of the British
Embassy.
Mrs. William A. Greer of SO West Ninth
street will give a small dance tomorrow
night for her niece, Miss Noel Johnston.
Another dance of tomorrow will be given
by Mrs. Howard X. Coolidge of 1 West
Seventy y-second street for her niece Miss
Madeleine Wemple. at Sherrys. Mrs. j.
Allen Townsend Of 237 Madison avenue
will give small dance on Tuesday night
for Miss Viola Townsend. Mrs. Alphonse
Alker will give dance on that night for
her debutante daughter, Miss Florence
Alker. Among the dances to be given
Wednesday night are those Of Mrs. Oak
leigh Thorne OF 200 Madison avenue for
Miss Margaret Thorne at Sherry's, Mrs.
Rowland Ames Robbins OF lS9 West Fifty
ninth street for Miss Gladys Robbins at
Delmonico's, Mrs. Henry Fairfield Osborn
of $50 Madison avenue for Miss Josephine
Osborn and of Mrs Henry L. Coe of
East Tenth street for Miss Emily Coe at
Sherry's.
The first or the mdwinter dances will
be given on Tuesday night at the Plaza.
The patronesses are Mrs Theodore New
land Ripson, Mrs. Charles E. Sprague.
Mrs. Theodore A. Wood, Mrs. William
Chilvers, Mrs Bradley Allen Fiske. Mrs.
William B. Hotchkiss. Mrs. w. Smith
jennings, Mrs. Robert Wood johnson,
Mrs Joseph Martin Schenok, Mrs Har-
riet Norton Maryin. Mrs. Julian III, Meyer
and Mrs Robert A. c. Smith.
Mrs. George c. Kobbe Of Short Hills.
n. j., will give luncheon at Sherry's s
next Wednesday. December %, for her
daughter. Miss Martha Leavitt Kobbe
Miss kobbe will attend her sister, Miss
Alice Leavitt Kobbe as maid of honor
at her wedding with Curtis Gordon Rand
on Saturday, December 20. The ceremony
will be performed in Christ Church. Short
Hills. The bride will wear costume OF
white satin with point lace and orange
blossoms. After the ceremony Mr.. and
Mrs. Kobbe will give bridal breakfast
at their home. Mr. Rand is a son of Mrs.
George C. Rand of Far Rock. Lawrence.
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The second dance this season OF the
Saturday Glass will be given the night
after Christmas in the big ballroom at
Delmonico's. The general dancing will
begin early and at 10. 80 o'clock the cotillon
will start. At these dances but one favor
In given to both the women and their
partners. .....
One of the manyiweddings set for jan
uary is that OF Miss Edith c. Clark and
Reginald Francke. 1t will take place
at the home of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs George Crawford Clark. 1927
Fifth avenue, on Saturday, January 10.
Bishop Doane, who will perform the cere-
mony. will be assisted by the Rev. DR..
William r. Huntington, rector OF Grace
Church. The bride viii be attended by