The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-24
SOCIETY EVENTS.

The first assembly ball of the season
will be given on Wednesday evening
in the big ball room of the Morris
County Golf club. Several hundred
people are expected to attend includ-
ing many from OuJ-of-town, who will
spend Thanksgiving in Morristown.
A number of dinner parties will be
given at the club previous to the ball.
Some of those who will entertain are
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Ballard, Mr.. and
i Mrs. Wynant ID. Vanderpool, and Mr..
and Mrs. Jacob e. Ward.
Something new for Morristown So
ciety in the way Of entertaining was
Friday afternoon by Miss Ida Tay-
Tor, of Perry street, who has invited
sixteen friends to progressive puzzle
party.
/ Emlen P. Franklin has gone west on
a business trip to be gone three weeks.
Mrs. Alexander Torrance gave a
luncheon at her home on Wednesday.
Mrs. William Gamble, formerly Of
Morristown, is expected at Mrs.
Tunis's on Monday next.
Miss Bostwick will go to Pennsyl-
vania for THANKSGIVING.
Mrs. John Murray Forbes has Mrs.
Sergeant staying with her.
Miss Egbert is in New York for a
few days.
Miss Bell of New York is the guest
of Miss Tunis.
| Willard Parker Butler has closed
his Boyken street house for the winter.
The annual meeting of the Norris
town Auxiliary of the Berkshire In
dustrial Farm will be held at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Thomas w. Caldwell
to-day, November oath, at half
past three O'Clock. Rev. Lewis Cam
eron, of South Orange, and Rev. Alex
ander MacColl will speak, and tea will
be served.
Charles Henry Raymond, of Norris
town, has been elected to the junior
fraternity Of Beta Theta Pi, at Yale
college.
| Mrs. G. Ledyard Blair is one of the
patronesses of the Friday Junior
| dances which are TO be held at Sherry's
| in New York on January first, Febru-
airy 10Th and April 10Th.
Moses G, ByerS' Fluffy RuffieS, :"
which won the championship in the
harness class at the last MOrristown
horse show, took the blue in single
| harness and another blue in the class
| for pairs when put in double harness
with w. G. Myrick's Judge Taft" at
the recent horse show in Madison
Square garden.
Alfred r. Whitney, jr., is to be one
of the uSherS at the wedding on We'd
neSday afternoon, December 10Th, of
Miss Margaret DEG. Hiss, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Hiss, to Robert
Mexican Thomas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Scribner will
close 1.-THE Gables" their country
home here, and go into New York for
the winter on December lSt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Kountze will
go into New York from Delbartono
right after Thanksgiving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Curtiss James
have returned to New York after Wis
iting Mrs D. Willis James.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard ThorndiKe
have gone to stay with Mrs. George
| Quincy Thorndike in Boston,
| Mr.. and Mrs. James M. Edwards and
| family have closed their house on
Madison avenue and are at their home
| l55 West 58th street, New York city,
for the winter.
H. Toler Booraem is convalescing
| from series illness at his home on
Maple avenue.
Mrs. Henry E. Taylor gave one of
the largest bridge parties of the sea-
son at the Golf club on Thursday, her
guests numbering ninety-six. An adj
ditional twenty-five guests were pres
ent at the tea which was served after
| the card playing.
Mrs. Granville NJ. White will enter
| tain at her home on Franklin place on
Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. John A. Stewart will close her
| Madison avenue home this week and
60 into New York for the winter
months.
One hundred guests were present
at the Golf club this afternoon at
| the tea given by Mrs. Charles W.
Hardness at which Miss Beatrice Her
ford was the entertainer. Music was
furnished during the afternoon by
Van Baar.
Mrs. Edward M. Weld entertained
at bridge, followed by luncheon, at
her home on Lake road Wednesday
afternoon. Mr.. and Mrs. Weld close
their home here next week and will go
into New York for the winter.
Miss Florence Van Wyck is visiting
her sister, Mrs. William P. White, Of
Farragut place.
Mrs. Edward HI. Clarke, OF Miller
road, gave luncheon at the Golf club
Thursday afternoon, her guests num-
bering twenty-four.
Miss Elizabeth Little entertained
at the Golf club Wednesday at lunch
cor. Covers were laid for ten.
Mrs. Richard Fl. Williams, is enter
tanning her mother, Mrs. William
Dixon, for a few weeks.
Mrs. John /. Waterbury gave
luncheon at her home on Glen road
on Wednesday.