New-York tribune., 1908-02-02

Mrs. william K Vanderbilt will give ia,s r..
ception this afternoon at her house IN Fisth i've.
nue by way of farewell to her friends ana A.
auain.ances. preparatory to sailing for Eurofe on
Tuesday. There VIII be music. including plysa.
by Fritz Kreisler.
The Charity Ball. for the benefit OF the Srs.->
and Child's Hospital. VIII take place on Trzsdsv
night at tn. Waldorf Astoria It is the fifty scons
annual entertainment of the series. and IL % 80
the oldest and most popular institutions Of th, 20
cial life OF New York, being. indeed, the one sn,
public entertainment where all the various cl!o..
CT society meet common ground The a
GERS OF the regular army and OF the navy. % q.
Governors staff and OF the national guard IN
attend In full uniform. and among those ".
will occupy boxes Major General and "a
Grant Mr.. and Mrs. r. J. Bervind. Mrs. Fredst
Galiatin. jr, Mrs Edwin H. Weatherbee, Nh
Ebert II. Gary Mrs. John Hays Hammond an
Mrs. A. T. Van Nest. Of No. 81 West Gth strs.t
from whom tickets can be obtained
Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald Brooks receiving con-
sratulations the birth of a son Friday. owl
ing to this Mrs. Brookss sister. Mrs. Waldorf
Astor. has postponed for few days her trip IN
Virginia
Marriages for which dates have y-. bee,
appointed but which will probably take oac,
around Easter. are those OF Robert Gerry % Ms.
Co-neIa Hartman OF George Draper 20 Mfs. Co
rinne Douglas Robinson. OF Miss Grace Chaplin 70
William Beverley Rogers the latter a nephew Of
Stuyvesant and OF Hamilton Fish; oc Oren Root -
Miss Ada d'Acosta. Of Miss Emily WeIles to Harry
Pelham Robbins and of Miss Lydia Mason Jones u
Arthur C.. Blagden.
Several dramatic entertainments Will figure anon.
the gayeties Of February. They include the taeas.
ricals organized each winter by the Junior Leagrs
of which Miss Dorothy whitney IS president thi,
year with Miss Harriet A Alexander as treasurer
and Miss Janet Dana secretary The performers
are as usual recruited exclusively from among th,
debutantes OF the season and among n. pIays
which they will present Ben J015on's mssqus
THE Hue and C-y After Cupid and The Iupor.
tance Of Being Earnest" In the former piece Mss
Mary Mason HaselI Is 10 take the part o, Vsrg
while Cupid will be acted by little Edward Thcmp-
son. The performance viii be given in the big
room of the Plaza Hotel instead OF at the Berkssy
LyceuIn, as heretofore on February IS and 70. ard
the proceeds will, usual be devoted 70 charity.
For the benefit Of charity. too. is the .ntertan-
ment which is TO take place few days later also
in the big ballroom Of the Plaza II viii consist IN
the representation of a partomirne entitled. Ia
Reveon de Pierrette,'' during the course ot vhica
nine tableaux vivants Will be introduced Mrs
Waldorf Astor will pay the role or Pierrerte and
among those who vii figure in the tabieaus ara
Mrs. John Jacob Astoi. Mrs. Benjamin Guinness
with her little three-yezr-od daughter Mrs. Fred
erick o Beach Mrs. William Payne Thompscn
Mrs Ernest IseIin Mrs. Payne whitney. Mrs VIII
fam X. Vanderbilt. jr-. and Mr. and Mrs James B.
Eustis Prince Troubetskoi and Julian Mitchell ars
arranging the tableaus ans the stage settings and
Richard BartheleIny and G. Nazzotorad are also
associated with them in the work The programs
will include dances of a national character. inciud-
ing Spanish bolero and The Merry Widow
Waltz" Tickets will be pu; on sale at the P.ax
after February 10 The panhmiue deals with the
story Of the New Years Evesupper OF an iapov-
erished young artist and Of a girl whom he s
painting IN the role OF Peretts They pretend tast
Of braa C7aar rpi
wine IS champagne and pheasast. and after feast
ing they fall asleep and dream { the MASTERPIECES
that are bring the painter and fOrrurs.
This affords the opportunity for the presentation
of the various tableaux vivants sbwn tn Al numi-
mated frame on the darkened stag,
Both the Due d'Czes. who rams as premier
duke and noble of France. and tn duchess sal
on Tuesday for New York to attens the wedding
of the duchess's only brother. the Ilo de ChauI-
nes to Miss Theodore Shonts, whit will take
place here Saturday week at the ONE of ths
parents of the bride, IN East 35th street, the
French Ambassador and Nine Jusseard. from
Washington. and several members o his stat
being among the guests Miss Narsuers Shonts
will be her sisters only attendant whiltthe duks
will have his uncle, Prince Andre Galitzs. as his
best man The ceremony will be perfouled By
the Right Rev Monsignor Lavelle. recto Of St
Patrfck's Cathedral and Immediately aI,rward
the duke and his bride Will leave here for loriia
where they will remain for two months efors
sailing for France. in May
Saturday week is the date chosen Tor tbs ed.
ding of Miss Hildegarde Kobbe daughter ofNr
and Mrs. Gustav Kobbs. TO Joseph n SteveIon
in Christ Church. Babylon. Long Island Sss
Virginia kobbe. Miss Leonie Alexander and Sss
Marion Stevenson will be among tne bridesmaid
Miss Julia Fish's marriage to William LaTrene
Breese IS now set for Monday. March g, N =
James's Church. Madison avenue and list street
| The bride. who is daughter of Hamilton Fls''
will have her sisters, Miss Janet and Miss Hosn-
rnond Fish. her attendants The bridegroom
who is a OF Mrs Henry . Higgins. Of London-
! by her first marriage, to the late william l.
| Breese, of New York. Will arrive from Ensisni
at the end of this month with his stsporctne''
Rupert Higgins. who Is to act as his best rah
Stuyvesant Fish. tr.. and Hamilton lisa' IT,
James l. Fish. jr.. William h Rogers. Ayn@
| Johnson and wistar Kendall viii be the usnsr%
a week after the marriage the coupe NA
sail for England TO spend the season IN LonaoA
where one of the brideSrooms sisters. the fotme'
Miss Eloise Breese. is married 70 Lord Nihousn9
dEresby. and another sister. the former AAS'
Anna Breese. 10 Lord AldStalr Irnes-her. heh
presumptive to the hOnOrs OF his brother w
Duke of RoXburshe