New-York tribune., 1910-02-27
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

NEW YORK SOCIETY.
Society. fsurativeIy speaking. is on the
wing and although there Is still much on
the programme here to engage the atten-
tion of the fashiona bic set, many of il
members nave taken their departure Tor
Europe, for California and for Southern
resorts. Indeed. the contingents OF New
York people at Palm Beach, St Augustine.
Jekyl Island and Havana are very large
Ii is only however. when one visits ths
Metropolitan opera night that II -
possible to realize the number OF those
who have left town in search OF SUMMER
weather, and although there are fe" empty
boxes In the parterre row. IL any, the faces
there as rule, are not those OF the own
ers and Iessees of the ioges earlier In ths
season
M-careme will be celebrated this week.
and is TO be made the occasion OF seVefai
notable entertainments here in Ne" YORK
Among them will be the hoEseN dTIillhS
given by John Jacob Astor, whose FiltS
avenue home to a great extent mas oeeh
reconstructed since the death OF his mother
enabled him to add her house to his own
and to convert both houses into one larss
mansion He will be assisted in receiving
his guests by his sister. Mrs. NJ Orrne " IL
son, and after the dinner he will take his
entire party, numbering some one nunored
and fifty. to the calico Ni-Careme oaH al
sherrv's. afterward bringing them back to
his house for supper and another dance
to which a number OF additional friends
have teen asked. and at which the cotillon
will be led by PhGnix Ingraha and harry
s. Lehr.
Others giving dinners on that evening iR
connection with The calico ball are Mrs
Pembroke Jones at her house, in West DIST
street and Mrs. Mackay. whose dinner az
her home in Madison avenue. however.
will be followed by musical Mrs LIND
ley Hoffman Chaplin also has a dinner that
night and "a small dance at her Rouse for
her debutante daughter. Miss katharin-
Cha pin and it is probable that her paT'F
wifi look in during the course Of the even
ing at the calico ball at Sherry s InHseo'
Mi-Careme viii be exceptionally gay
With regard 10 the calico ball. it is for
the benefit of The Ladies' Auxiliary OF the
Lying-In Hospital. The committee IN
charge Of the affair consisting OF Mrs
John r. Drexel Mrs. Austen Gray. MIS-
Arthur IseIin Mrs. W. Earl Dodge, MTs
William Woodward Mrs ". De LanceT
Eountze Mrs j. Norman de r Wnlte-
house and Mrs. John H. McCuIIoush' VIZ
give dinner at Sherrys prior 10 tna
dance and as most OF the women VIII oe
arrayed in frocks o. calico or chintz"or IN
fancy dress the scene at the Dail promises
to be decidedly picturesque Among tn@
pa atronesses are Mrs John Turner Alter
bury Mrs Vanderbilt Mrs. Cornelius Van
deroilt Mrs. T. J. Oakley Rhinelander.
Mrs Lloyd c. Griscom. Mrs J. PierponI
Morgan Mrs Henry Fairfield osborn Mrs
r Fulton Cutting and Mrs Herbert VI
Hartman
Mrs Harry Payne Whitney gave her drst
large entertainment her new house on
Fifth avenue, which had been built by her
father-in-Iaw and which was recently pur-
chased by her husband from the James
Henry Smith estate. 1t took the form of
dances by Mile Anna Pavlowa and Michaei
Mordkine of the Imperial Opera houses OF
ST. Petersburg and Moscow, who are ABOUT
10 appear at tre Metropolitan Opera House
The dances were given a stage at the
end of the large ballroom. beautifully deco
rated for the occasion with feathery as
paragus with palms smilax and Towering
spring plants by the Rosary Flower Com
pany. Nahan Franko and his orchestra o.
forty furnished the music. which includet
several of Rubinstein's favorite melodies
Chopin's waltz in sharp. the Don
Quixote waltz. etc Mrs. Whitneys guests
were asked for 10 o'clock: the performance
began shortly afterward and was followed
by supper
While the evenings are thus devoted 70
gayety the mornings. as usual during Lent.
giy tn
which works for the New York Infant
Asylum meets tomorrow morning al the
house of Mrs. ]. Frederic de Peyster. The
one that sews for the fresh air fund OF N.
Cathedral OF ST. John the Divine assemblies
on Tuesday morning at the home of Mrs
John H. IseIin. while Mrs. William VI
KingsIand will gather around her at nsr
house. in Fifth avenue. on Friday morning
next. the class that works for the Nursery
and Chids Hospital
The Ambassador of Austria Hungary and
Baroness Won HengeImuIler will arrive
from Washington to-day. and VIII De \,
the ST. Regis throughout the greater part
of the week The baroness and her little
girl sail for Europe on Wednesday o.
Thursday. and the ambassador himself viii
follow few days later.
Count Anton Sigray. who is engaged 70
Miss Harriet DAILY. daughter Of Mrs Mar
Gus Daily arrived yesterday from Europe
on the Mauretania. and will make his
headquarters at the st. Regis until his
wedding here shortly after Easter IL =
expected that Count and Countess Laszlo
Szeehenyi who are at Washington. staying
with the Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
George Won L. Meyer. on their way back
from Palm Beach. Fla. will delay their
departure for Europe in order to attend the
marriage.
Among the fellow passengers of Count
Sigray were }. Bruce Isrnay and George
Cornwalls-West. h;.sband of the former
Lady Randolph Churchill stepfather of
Winston Churchill the Secretary of State
for the Home Department. and brother OF
the Duchess OF Westminster and of Prin-
cess Henry OF Pless.
Mrs Lewis csss Ledyard. Mrs Henry
Fairfield Osborn. Mrs NJ Orme Wilson.
Mrs y ID. JuiInard. Mrs Arthur CurtiSs
James and Mrs. John L. Parsops ara
among taose who have taken toxes for the
special performance OF Aida" which 10 ~
be given on Tuesday evening. March Is. for
the benefit of the Legal Aid Society