New-York tribune., 1909-03-07
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Lent continues very gay. and while there are 10
formal balls, there plenty OF informal dances
entertainments. especially musicals, tabicuS and
amateur theatrlcals. In fact entertainments OF
dramatic character seem 20 D. more popular Than
ever this year and what was probably the most
successful one OF the winter took place on Friday
night last ar a reception given BY Mrs Nandero--t
house. in West 51th street, and 20 wElcn sle
had bidden some four hundred OF her friends Din
ners and Iuncheons figure largely as ever on
The programme OF society. without any suggestion
Of the fasting prescribed FOR the penentiaI season.
and both operas are stIu drawing crowded houses,
the Metropolitan in particular continuing 10 form
the most popular rendezvous Of The fashionable
world on the four subscription nights of the week
Many well known faces. however are missed
from the boxes of the parterre row there, for
people have begun 20 leave for Europe. some bound
for London some for Paris, but the majority Of
them booked FOR the South Of France and for Italy
The American contingent the Riviera Is Qartcu-
larry large this spring The presence Of King Edward
az BIarritz, where he arrives tomorrow evening
for three four weeks stay IS likewise attract
inc many that picturesque and braciug French
seaside resort within easy motoring distance OF the
Spanish frontier Among those who have sailed
are Mr and Mrs. Frederick ". Vanderbilt, Mrs ".
Seward Webb, Mr., and Mrs Newhold Morris. Mrs
Deyerelx Clapp Mr.. and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish.
Nj and Mrs. Frederick c Hnvemeyer. Mr and
Mrs James Brown and Miss Angelica s Brown,
Albert GalIatin and Louis Webb. while Alfred G.
Vanderbilt. who only arrived here from Liverpool
on Friday sails again for England this week
Others again are of the Pacific Coast, 10
Aiken 10 Palm Beach and TO other Southern re-
sorts in search Of SUMMER weather than that with
which New York has been afflicted during the last
few days At Palm Beach Mr. and Mrs. Regi-
nald e Vanderbilt, Mr.. and Mrs Payne Whitney.
Mr. and Mrs Anson Phelps Stokes, Mr.. and Mrs
A D Juilliard Mr. and Mrs. Hugh ! Chisholm
Mrs J Frederic Kernochan, Mrs PouItney Bige-
low and her daughter, Miss Dorothy BigeIow Miss
Eweretta Whitney. Mrs. Frederick Edey and Mt
and Mrs. PauIding Fosdick. who were maF4led
only the other day.
As usual a. this time OF the year country seats
are beginning TO be opened in the vicinity Of New
York and ere the scene OF merry house parties
for the week end This is especially the case on
Long Island where the spring hunting season would
have oueued during the last week had II not been
FOR rhe abonlinable weather The Meadow Brook
no,,nls are now under the mastershp of Maxwell
Stevenson who has succeeded Samuel Willets. and
large fields and brisk are looked for from
nov, on Tuxedo also presents scene Of life and
animation lust at present Most OF the cottages
are occupied by their owners, and on Saturdays
and sundays the clubhouse is crowded
Following the example Of Mayfair. IN London.
New York society seems TO have adopted Sunday
as n favorite day for dinner parties at home, and
nossfbv owing 10 this the Sunday evening enter
,ainments at the leading restaurants. which were
In vogue n winters ago, have to a great
extent gone out OF fashion Most OF the series OF
dinners which Mrs Mackay has been giving at her
house in Madison during The winter din
ners followed By musicals, have taken place on