The Washington times., 1908-04-12
SOCIETY
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tomsry annual parade in Central PAX.
the reason assigned being not only the
/ absence OF a number OF the members OF
the organization from town, but Ike
/ wise the failure OF several OF the men
Of the Coaching Club. whose equipages
I the women usually drive on these c.
/ casions, TO place their drags in commits
/ sion this spring. Last year there were
I but nine members Of the COacning Club
/ who turned out for its parade in Cen :
| tral Park. ana OF these nine Alfred G.
Vanderbilt is now IN England. whiis
/ George G. Haven. W. Goadby LOew. and
| f Victor LOeW are ir mourning Nor
/ is II by any means certain that Robert
] L Gerry and Reginald Vanderbilt. who
l are still abroad, viii return 70 New
I York By the time ordinarily SCI for this
/ particular function. namely. the first or
/ second Saturday N May In tact, II Is
quite on the cards that the parade o.
| the Coaching Club may. Ike THAI Of SIS
feminine counterpart, be abandoned this
! spring
Nor is this the only black eye which
the sport OF coaching has been receiv-
ing
For the first time in at least q decade
| no public coach viii be put on the road
/ after Easter. have already mentioned
! in my previous letters that there would
be no running OF the Coaching Clubs
/ Pioneer between the Holland House and
ArCsley, and have now 70 add that the
| YiEilant. the Good Times. and the other
coaches, which likewise ran daily from
the WaldOrf-Astoria- the Plaza, and tia
4 Holland House, viii likewise remain out
OF commission this spring
With regard 10 the wedding cf sEles
| Mildred Barnes to Robert Woods Bliss,
on Tuesday. II VIII take place at noon
in Grace Church chantry. the Rev. Dr.
Huntington performing the ceremony.
The bride, who viii have no attendants.
and who is a daughter OF Mrs william
H Bias By her first husband. viii be
given away by her mother. The bride
groom Il already a stepson Of his fu-
ture mOther-in-law, being a son Oe
J William II. Bliss by his first wife
The bridegroom graduated from Ha<-
ward IN 1870, was first Of all private
secretary To the governor Of Porto Rico,
then consul at Venice, second secretary
OF the American embassy a. St Peters
burg, and IS now first secretary OF the
American legation ~ Brussels, for
which city he viii take his departure
with his bride during the first week in
May
All things considered, II is a union OF
rather complicated and startling rela-
tionship, which may possible give rise
10 some comment at Brussels and in
other continental capitals in Europe
II Is the Lady Of the Snake" a. Mrs.
James B. Eustis has been known since
the memorable tableauK vivants az the
Plaza last February. when she figured
in a living picture. with fifty-pound.
six-fOot. live serpent cOiled around her
neck, who IS 70 take the leading role IA
! ''Neurasthenia." the comedy BY Frank
CrOwningshfeId, which is 20 be pro-
duced by amateurs at the Plaza on
Easter Tuesday for the Downtown
Nursery
Among other entertainments OF tls
same kind Immediately after Easter,
will be the performance on April 2. az
the Waldorf-Astoria OF Sidney Grundy's
comedy SNOWFALL by the members %
/, the Amateur Comedy Club FOR the bene-
III OF the Bi6e-a-Wee Home. at Har-
rington Park, y. J., on the Hackensacz
river Mrs John E Cowdin Is one OF
the vice presidents OF the institution
and among the patronesses Of the enter
ltainment are Mrs Frederick W Van
derbiIt, Mrs George Il Gould, and SIrs.
James Speyer-
Then for Easter Tuesday afternoon,
| Mrs. Herbert Shipman- wife OF the rec
tor OF the Church OF the Heavenly Rest.
has organized an entertainment az the
] Plaza Tor the benefit o. the Fresh Air
Fund Of her husbands church II VIII
comprise q concert during the course or
which Miss Dororhea Draper, Mrs. Har-
~ McViCkar Mrs Gordan Bel, Miss
| Edith Clarke, and Miss Beatrice CrOS-
BY viii sing Breton songs IN costume
while the second portion OF the AFFAIR
! VIII consist OF tableauN in which Edith
- Kane and other young girls Will pose
- representing characters IN the various
grand operas. such SIS La Tosca.'
p Madame Butferfiy.'' aida . ''NFignon.'s
Marguerite Carmen" etc
Friday afternoon Miss Christine
l Roosevelt and other graduates OF the
Spence School will give az the Berkeley
Isyceum an operetta entitled la Belle
tChaSseuse." Or Hearts and Hounds
for the benefit Of q home for cripple
children. The music and lyrics are BY
= Miss Grace HOlingswOrth. who wrote
the score for Bonds and Balloons.
given in a similar manner and for a
similar object at Easter time last year.
? Miss Lydie Mason Jones' wedding 70
. Arthur <. Blagden has now been set
for June %, and VIII be about the last
> OF the postmaster season just on the
very eve Of the departure of every one
: for the various summer resorts II xiii
] take place At st. Thomas Church, and
= IS certain to attract a large gathering
. Of the KnickerbOcker set Miss Lydia.
, Mason Jones is one Of the tallest girls
= in New York society. but carries her
height with grace and is exceptionally
. gOod-looking. She is a great-grand-
- daughter Of Lady MARY Mason Jones,
, who used 20 make her home in an Oid<
|. fashiOEeS house at the corner Of East
Fifty-seventh street and Fifth avenue,
3 now occupied by the residence OF Mrs.
= Herman OelrichS.
{ The site had been acquired by Lady
= Marys'' father in 1894. together with
forty adjacent acres, and IN those days
: the NJ lson Jonses used It as their coun-
{ try place. their city residence being in
Wall street.