The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-12-01
SOCIETY EVENTS.

| 1nent features OF the decorations or |
the Morris County Golf club house
Wednesday evening at the first of the
series of assembly balls. Palms and
ferns in profusion helped to enhance
the beauty Of the big ball room which
was filed with dancers throughout
the evening. Several hundred attend
ed the function which was under the
patronage of Mrs. George G.. Freling-
huysen, Mrs. Robert Dumont Foote,
Mrs. Frederick Winston Merrell, Mrs.
Albert FL. Vernam, Mrs. D. Hunter
Nc Alpin, second; Mrs. Archibald
Forbes, Mrs. Ridley Watts, Mrs.
William Shippen, Mrs. William S.
Letchford, Mrs. Robert II. Nc Curdy,
Mrs. Wynant D. Vanderpool, Mrs.
Robert A. Grannis, Mrs. John /.
Waterbury, Mrs. Henry Shaw, Mrs.
Alexander Torrance and Mrs. Ebert
S. Kip. Previous to the dancing sew
eral private dinner parties were given
at the club among those entertaining
being Mrs. Jacob e. Ward, twenty
two guests; Mrs. William r. Ballard,
ten; !; Mrs. Vanderpool, four, and Miss
Evans, six. At twelve O'Clock supper
was served by the club.
A great improvement to the golf
club house is the erection of glass
storm enclosure along the front piazza.
1t is planned to close for the winter
the main door opening into the recep-
tion hall and have the entrance
through the cafe. A partition will be
Ierected in the cafe, making an en-
trance for the ladies which will open
into the reception hall. In former
winters this room has been unpleasant
owing to the cold blasts from the
opening and shutting of the front
door but under the new arrangement
this will be obviated. The furnish
ings Of the room are to be rearranged
making it more attractive and COM
Portable.
| Mrs. Alexander Harvey Tiers gave a
| birthday party at the golf club this
afternoon in honor of her daughter,
miss Esther Tiers, in celebration Of
her nineth birthday. One hundred
little friends of the little miss were
present, and the affair, which was
| from four to seven, was most pleasing.
Japanese jugglers, ventriloquist and
other entertainers amused the child
rem and Van Baar furnished music for
dancing. Among the girls present
| were:-The Misses Hyde, Maury.
Maghee, Kissel, Morgan, Pitney, Ro-
gers, Palmer, Thompson, Kahn, Wat
kins. Nc Vickar, Allen, Bradley, Dad
nun, Henriques, Hoffman, Wheelock,
jerks, Phipps, Bacot, Frazer and
Foote. The boys included The
Masters Bradley, Billings, Humphreys
Eddy, Gillespie, Henriques, Taylor,
Rogers, Thomas, Loud, Ward, Throck-
morton, jerks, White, Watts, Will
liams, Romaine, Pitney, Kip and
Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs. William III. Thompson,
of Morris Plains, have been entertain
ing Mrs. ThompSon's sister, Mrs. l.. I'll.
de Barry, of New York.
Mrs. John H. Boswell has announced
the engagement of her daughter, Miss
Sallie Chandler Boswell, and Morgan
K. Smith.
4 On Monday Mrs. Romaine and Mrs.
Stevens will be the hostesses of forty
guests at the golf club.
Mrs. Max Schmidt will entertain
fifty at bridge and tea at the golf club
4 on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Macculloch
Miller have left "The Knoll" their
home here, for the winter and ha e
gone into New York. Miss Miller ac-
companied them.
DR.. and Mrs. Austin K. Cossitt,
formerly of Morris Plains, are occupy
ing their new home, No. LAG West
Seventieth street, New York city.
i Mrs. j M. Forbes and Miss Forbes
former residents of MoTristown, are at
Bolding S for the winter.
Mrs George Marshall Allen was in
town last week for day. Mr.. and
Mrs. Allen will spend the winter in
New York.
Mrs. Anable entertained the Tues
day bridge club this week.
Mrs. John w. Castles and Mrs. EN-
ory McClintock were among the guests
at Mrs. Edward FL. Clark's luncheon
at the golf club on Thursday of last
week.
Mrs. F.W. Stevens will give bridge
party at the golf club on Monday, No
vember Both.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Edings Chisolm
have Mr.. Chisolms mother staying
with them.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Clafiin spent the
weeks end at their Morristown resi-
dence.
George g. Kip, who is in a New
York hospital, and Charles A. Kip,
who is patient at Memorial hospital,
are reported to be doing we'll.
Mrs. William Gamble who has been
at Miss Tunis's for short time, will
leave for Wilmington, Del, on Mon
day, and on December 18th she expects
to sail for Havana.
Mrs. Charles D. M. Cole has her sis
ter, Mrs. Bleecker, staying with her.
Invitations have been issued for an
organ recital to be given for Miss
Dana'S school at ST. Peters church,
thursday afternoon, December 3rd, at
I've O'Clock by j. Sebastian Matthews
assisted by Madame Jaillet. Invita-
tions are also given to talk by Mr..
Matthews on Wednesday evening in
! which he describes the construction Of
the organ and also his Thursday pro-
gram