The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-31
SOCIETY FUNCTIONS
And NOTES.

Miss Alice Mary Sloane, the daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. r. O'Conor Sloane. Of South
Orange. entertained a few fri nds informal
ly at dinner last night. after Which all re-
paired to the Field Club for the leap year
dance.
Mrs. L. J. Breugle. OF fremont place,
| gave a small luncheon for members of the
younger set yesterday. Covers were laid
for six.
Mrs. Alexander r. Fordyce. OF Gregory
avenue, Orange, will give a Dime to the
members of the receiving party who will
assist at the coming OUT reception to
Miss Helen 3. Mccoy, of Harrison street
East Orange, this afternoon. The dinner
win be given Saturday night, and twelve
guests are invited.
Mrs, T. Newton Foster has issued invita-
tons for a dinner to be given tomorrow
night, at her residence In Lllewellyn Park,
West Orange. Covers will be laid for ten
and bridge whist will follow. The oc-
casion is to celebrate MI. Fosters birthday.
Laughter and merry confusion reigned at
the South Orange Field Club last night.
The occasion was an informal leap year
dance. gotten up for the younger set OF
the Oranges. Franklin Martin, OF Phila-
delphin. acted as floor manager, and saw
to It that there were no "wall1owers'
among the men, who meekly waited to
be asked to dance. 1t was strictly a
leap year party, even to the cotillion, which
Mrs. William A. Barstow led alone. Sup
per was served at 1890, and the ootillion,
which lasted till /, ended one OF the hap
plest evenings of the season.
The p~atronesses were Mrs. John w. Cor
don, Mrs. Charles K. Grannis, Mrs. Fran
els d Barton, Mrs. Thomas 6. Conway,
Mrs. William A. Barstow and Mrs. Frank
f.. Martin. Among those present were
noted Miss Adele Van Vechten. Miss
Souther, the Misses Rodman, the Misses
Thomas, Marjorie Grannis, Dorothy Cor
don, Kitty Craig, Anna Foster, julie anq
Harriet Pupke. Miss Freeman and MISS
Barbara Freeman, Alice Mary Sloane,
Margaret Ogden, Elsie Jewett, Katherine
Howell Jones. Eleanor E. Hawkesworth.
Lois Kidder, Natalie and Augusta L'Hom-
medieu, Alice and Polly osborne. Mildred
Criss and Marjorie Keashey and the
Messrs. Martin, Charles and John Sloane,
sylvester LHommedleu, Pierre II
Douglas Gordon, William Watson, Donald
Grant, Philip Chew. Robert Howard,
Lawrence Woodbury., Russell Freeman,
Trlstram Souther. Kenneth and Jack Cor
don, John S. Allen, Eugene Allen. Francis
and Henry w. Freeman, jr., and George
Conway.
Miss May Mulligan. OF II washington
street, Is entertaining her card club at nel
home today, Besides the regular clui
| membership there Will be A few othe'
guests. Following the games there vii
be an informal tea"
Society welcomed q charming addition &c
it's ranks this afternoon, when Mrs. JOSEPH
IS. Mccoy, of 81 Harrison street, East Or
ange, presented her daughter, Miss Heller
+. Mccoy, at a brilliant reception ana tea
In a bower of daffodils and jonquils, Mrs
Mccoy received the guests, assisted by
Mrs. Alexander r. Fordyce, sister of th'
dcbutante; Mrs. Edward j. Brooks, Mrs
Joseph l.. String, jr.. Mrs. Onward A
Mccoy, Mrs. Aaron Adams, Mrs. David $
Walton, Mrs, Edward M. Cole, Mrs, Yer
non l.. Davey, of East Orange, and Mrs
John C. Mccoy, of Paterson: while Mis-
Mccoy had as her assistants Misses Heller
and Susan Din, Miss Betty Baldwin, Mis-
Elizabeth Etherington, Miss Gertrude Cas-
sidy. Miss Ruth Howe, Miss MarGare
Taylor, Miss Carol Douglas, Miss Rather
inc Grand, of the Oranges; Miss Dorotl!
Harvey, of New York; the Misses Ehret
Of Philadelphia; Miss Marjorie jerks, o
Summit: Miss Louise Dempster, of Provi
dence, and Miss Paula Benner, of Esngle
wood. The color scheme of the entire nous
was yellow and green. effectively carried
out with palms and ferns, and masses o
tea lasted from 4 till q. Following the re
ception the receiving party will repair t
the Essex County Country Club, where ;
dinner-dance will be held.