New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22
NEW YORK SOCIETY.


Many weekend house parties are being
given by owners OF country homes in the
Meadow Brook district and on the North
Shore Of Long Island. in connection with
the first annual ball in aid OF the Nassau
Hospital. which takes place this evening
on the Fair Grounds. at MineOla, Long
Island. Judging from the sale OF tickets
and the active interest society Is taking
i'm the entertainment. II promises 70 be a
brilliant success and will be attended BY
many from this city. from Tuxedo. LenoN
and other places. Many OF the debutantes
OF the coming season win be present.
Tickets are S. and may be obtained from
Mrs. Charles Steele. who Is acting as treas
urer. at her country place at Westbury.
Long Island. or from any OF the patron
esses, who include among others MIS-
Robert Bacon. Mrs. Edwin ID. Morgan.
Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock. jr.. Mrs. Harry
Payne Whitney. Mrs. Payne whitney.
Mrs. Sidney Dillon Ripley. Mrs. Lloyd S.
Bryce. Mrs. w. K Vanderbilt, jr.. and
Mrs. James A. Burden. jr.
Miss Olive Schley, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. William T. .Schley. will be married
! TO William Moore ShackfOrd, Of Coronado.
Col. in ST. Bartholomew Church on Mo-
vember 3. The ceremony will be followed
by small reception at the home of the
brides parents. In West SD street.
Miss Elizabeth Milbank caldwell and
A Hayward McAlpin will be married on
Wednesday at MOrristown, N. ]. The cere-
mony will be performed In the Church Of
the Redeemer, and reception will follow
at the home OF the brides mother. Mrs.
Thomas w. CauldweIl. at MorFistOwn- Mr..
McAlpin is a son Of Mr. and Mrs. William
w. McAlpin, of East 9Oth street, this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank B. Witherbee and
Miss Evelyn Witherbee have gone TO Hot
Springs. Va. for a short stay.
Mrs. Clarence II. Mackay will entertain
weekend party at her place at ROslyn.
Long Island, and among It's members will
be Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Colby and Mrs.
Richard Irwin. Clarence Mackay left town
| few days ago for Reno, New. and for
| San Francisco. accompanied by George B.
| NJ. Harvey, who is recovering from his re-
| cent automobile accident
A few days after the Vanderbilt Cup
race tomorrow week W. X Vanderbilt.
| jr., will proceed 20 Miami, Fla. where he
will board his turbine steam yacht Taran-
tula for a cruise In the West Indies with
a party Of friends.
Miss Frances Macdonald, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Blair Macdonald. has Sc
lected November "a as the date OF her mar
riage at ROslyn. Long Island, TO Henry J.
Wigham. The latter. a Scotchman, a mem
Der of the Racquet and Tennis and OF other
New York clubs. Is regarded as one OF the
principal authorities in this country on
some distinction as war correspondent for
some Of the leading London newspapers
during the war between Japan and Russia
His letters and dispatches then attracted
so much attention that on returning to
London he was summoned to Buckingham
Palace and had a long audience with the
King. that the latter might obtain from
him the latest authentic news from the
front. and also concerning conditions in
St. Petersburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Parsons are re-
ceiving congratulations on the birth Of a
son on Wednesday night at the Fifth ave-
nue. home Of Mrs. ParsOns's father. Henry
Clews. Mrs. Henry Clews, who has been
abroad for some time will return TO New
York the first week in. November
Miss Virginia d. Verplanck. daughter OF |
Mr.. and Mrs. William E. verplanck. viii 4
be married to T. Bache Blocker. in ST. i
Lukes Church. FiskkilI-On-the- Hudson, on Il
November IS The ceremony will be fol- /
lowed by a reception at the country home
Of the brides parents, at Fishkirl
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Burden. jr, who /
are at their country place at Westbury
Long Island. will not return 70 town until |
the end of November.
Mr. and Mrs. Giraud Foster. who have
arrived in town from Lenox will sail short
ly for Europe, to spend the winter abroad.
Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius N Bliss. ir will |
arrive in town from Locust Point, n. j.,
next week.
Mrs. Lindley Hoffman Chaplin will give a
reception on December 4 TO introduce her
daughter. Miss Katherine Garrison Chaplin
II will take place at the house of H. Pen
dletOn Rogers. in West 18th street which /
Mrs Chaplin has taken for the winter.
Mr. and Mrs Frank L. Polk have re- i
turned to town from WoOdmere. Long Isl
and. and are at their house in East SSth
street, for the winter
IN THE 6ERNSHIREs.
by Telegraph TO The Tribune
Ienox, Oct. a,-Mr. and Mrs. Byam x.
Stevens have closed their villa and re-
turned to New York.
Miss Helen Parish will close her cottaqa /