The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-01-05
SOCIETY HAPPENINGS.

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Junior dance on Tuesday evening, the
Children's dance Wednesday afternoon
and the Assembly ball Thursday even.
ing both old and young have found
amusement at the popular club. The
Junior dance On Tuesday evening was
very well attended by the younger set.
The ball room was decorated with
holly, mistletoe and Christmas bells
and presented a beautiful appearance
The dance was under the patronage Of
Mrs Benjamin Ogden Chisolm, Mrs.
Robert Dumont Foote, Mrs. William
S. Letchford, Mrs Henry FORESTER
Taylor, Mrs. Thomas W j Caldwell,
Mrs. Joseph B. Dickson, Mrs. Freder-
lex H. Humphreys, Mrs Elliot Smith
and Mrs. John 0. H. Pitney. Previous
to the dance Mrs. Noah G. Rogers gave
a dinner party TO twenty guests in
honor Of Miss Rogers and Miss Ruth
Taylor was the hostess of ten young
people.
The center of attraction at the
children's dance on Wednesday after
noon was huge Christmas tree upon
which were hung the favors for the
cotillion. Many of the little people
attended the dance and enjoyed the
occasion immensely. Mrs. Robert Du-
mont Foote, Mrs. Benjamin Ogden
Chisolm, Mrs. George G. Palmer. Mrs
George Edings Chisolm, Mrs. John
Murray Forbes, Mrs. Henry A. Hen
riques, Mrs. Samuel v. Hoffman, Mrs.
Thomas w. Caldwell, Mrs. Mahlon
Pitney, Mrs. John O. H. Pitney, Mrs.
Alexander Harvey Tiers and Mrs.
Henry Forester Taylor were the pa
trO.lesSes.
The second of the series of assembly
balls called ont large gathering New
Years eve. The ball room of the
Golf club was decorated with many
Christmas trees, each one bearing its
quota of candles. Just before twelve
o'clock the lighths were turned out
and at the stroke of the hour there
pealed forth a chime of bells while in
electric lights flashed out the figures
1909" oyer the mantel in the ball
room. Before the dance Miss Cooper,
daughter of Rear-Admiral and Mrs
Philip H. Cooper, was the hostess Of a
party of twenty at dinner at the club.
Mrs, Henry Patterson Phipps enter
tanned six guests at dinner and Mrs.
John Murray Forbes had twelve guests
at dinner. F
The Molristown Field club will
hold it's annual meeting AID cleo
ton of officers at the club house on
Monday evening, January 18th. The
nominating committee, George @. Pal
mer, chairman; DR.. Henry A. Hen
riQues, Alfred Elmer Mills, John T..
Gillespie and Frederick r. Kellogg.
have placed the following gentlemen
in nomination for the offices to be
filed president, Charles D. M, Cole !;
vice president, John r. Brinley secre-
tary, Edward X. Mills; treasurer,
William j. Romaine additional gov
errors, Frederick w. Ford, j. Steuart
Mackie, Elwyn W Poor, Fernando
Echeyetria, Samuel a. Gillespie.
Mrs. and Mrs. Hamilton Mckay
TwOmbly will be among the guests at
a house party To. be given by Senator
and Mrs, Chauncey NJ. Depew in Wash
ington, d. c., thissweek.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bard McVick-
ar have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
George Macculloch Miller in New
York. s
Mrs. E. P. Franklin gave dinner
for her guests, Mr.. and Mrs F. D..
Brewer, on December 3lst, before at
tending the assembly.
Mrs. Ledyard Thompson gave a tea
for her daughter. Miss Margaret
Thompson, on December 10Th.
Miss Edith Watson, Miss Margaret
Bissell, Theodore Watson and Harold
Watson will be the guests of Mrs. EN-
len p. Frauklfn for Mrs, Frederic
Humphreys dance Friday night.
Mrs. Joseph B. Dickson, who is now
in New York, is able to 90 out on
pleasant days, although showing
marked evidences of her recent severe
illness.
Miss Milly Ford and Henry Ford
came from New York for the chill
dren IS dance on Wednesday afternoon
at the golf club.
Mrs. Henry Albion Fanshawe, who
was seriously i'll last week, is now
much better Mrs. Fanshawe' S daugh-
ter Mrs. George Marshall Allen, is
with her.
Mr.. and Mrs. George c. Fraser, who
about TO leave for Italy when last
heard from. Some fear is expressed
by friends chat they may have gone TO
Southern Italy.
MIR. and Mrs. Samuel S. Dennis and
family have been in New York since
October LIST. Miss Dorothy Dennis
was the guest of Miss Helen caldwell
for the junior dance, and remained
in Morristown over New Years day.
Mrs. Edward e.. Swift is staying
with her mother in New York,
Miss Nina Conger and Frederic P.
M. COnger came from Brooklyn for the
junior dance, Miss Nina Conger is the
guest Of Miss Marjorie Pierson.
The engagement has recently been
of Miss Bessie Adams,
Of Morristown, to Henry
of New York.
Bnrnham Dell, who came from the
Adirondacks for the junior dance, re-
turned there on Wednesday.
The Misses Hondlow have their
nephew, Willie Short, of ST. Louis,
staying with them.
Mrs Wilson. s. Rissan and Miss Mar.