New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
People and Social Incidents

the evenings being given up to dancing
theatrlcals, music and bridge
Some. OF these country house parties ar.
being given in the Berkshires and the All
| rondacks, while Mrs. W. Seward Webb has
as usual, a large circle OF relatives ana
! friends around her at Shelburne. her n1ac.
] In Vermont, which in it's extent. in III.
/ kindly relations between the owners and
the tenants and employees OF the estata
| end in the observances OF Christmas and
| New Year carries with it a greater su1-
gestion OF the old English country seatz
and of old-fashioned English country house
| life than anything else on this side Of ths
Atlantic.
| Other holiday house parties in the coun-
/ try are those of Mrs william K Vanaer-
! bit. at Idle Hour. her place at Oakdale
! Long Island OF Julien T. Davies at Tim
| bcr Point. his home near Great River also
or Long Island of Mrs. J. Borden Harri-
man, at her home at Mount Kisco; or
Mrs. Payne Whitney. at her country seat
at Manhasset: Of Mrs. George Jay GouIa,
at Georgian Court. Lakewood. and of Mira
| Clarence Mackay, at Harbor HILL her Iome
at Roslyn, Long Island.
Mrs. William X. vanderbit's house party
will not be permitted to interfere, however.
with the dance which she is to give on
Thursday night at her home in Fifth ave-
nue. for her daughter. Miss Margaret Ruth
erfJrd. who was to have made her debut
last winter. but whose coming out had to
be postponed for twelve months owing to
illness and mourning.
Mrs. Herman Vogei gives dance on tho
same night at the Colony Club for Miss
May Vogel, at which there will be a gath
ering of many young girls of the Tuxedo
set. with which Mr.. and 5Irs. VogeI have
long been identified.
Tuesdays programme is a rather crowded
one. Mrs. Henry Coe gives dance on
that evening at Sherry's for her daughter,
Miss Rosalie Coe; Mrs. John Innes Kane
will have an evening reception with music
at her house in East 10Th street. which
will recall TO many the entertainments at
her old home, the ScherneThorn mansion IN
23d street, when Washington Square was
the world of fashion. Mrs. Robert r.
Livingston also will have dinner. fol-
lowed by informal dance. at her houss
| in Washington Square on that. night for
her daughter Miss Laura Livingston. and
among the other hostesses of the evening
are Mrs Theodore Frelinghuysen and Mrs
Philip NJ. Lydig. the latter's dinner being
followed by a theatre party and dancing.
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish has a large dinner
on Wednesday at her house in East 18th
street, and on the same evening Mrs.
Lindley Hoffman Chaplin will give dinner
dance for her younger daughter, Miss
Cornelia Chaplin. who will not make her
formal debut until next winter. The din
ner dance will take place at Mrs. Chapin's
house in West 49th street, and on the same
night Mrs Stephen H Brown will have
dance at her house in East 7Oth street for
her debutante daughter, Miss Caro- q.
Brown, while Mrs. Thomas H. Barber will
give a theatre party, followed by sup
per and dance at Sherry's. for Miss Mar
! garet Blagden, who also has come out this
winter.
Mrs Moses Taylor Campbell Is among
the many hostesses of Thursday evening"
when she will give large dinner. On the
same evening Mrs. Delaney NicoiI will
have dinner for her daughter. Miss JO-
sephine Nicoll, while Sherry's will be the
scene of the first of the series of the
metropolitan dances given for girls who
do not make their debut until a wear
hence Among the patronesses this winter
Of these dances are Mrs George l.. Rives
Mrs Archibald Rogers, Mrs William Jay
Schieffelin. Mrs H. Van Rensselaer, Ken
nedy and Mrs j. Archibald Murray.
Mrs. John R. DrexeI who originally in
tended to give her dinner and dance for her
daughter and young son on Frieay, has
changed the date to Saturday. when il VIII
take place at her house. in East 62d street
Mrs j. D. JerroId Kelley has a dance on
Friday evening at the Colony Club for Miss
Nathalie Kelley, and ON the same evening
the first of the Friday dances for young
girls not yet out VIII occur at Sherry's. un-
der the patronage of Mrs. Joseph W. Harri-
man, Mrs. Joseph B. Hoyt, Mrs. Charles
S. Bates and Mrs. Robert Appleton At
the Plaza on that evening will be held the
third annual ball of Auxiliary No. of the
New York Diet Kitchen, of which the
patronesses include Mrs William Goadby
Loew, Mrs. George F. Baker, Mrs John
g. Mccullough, Mrs. William Curtis DEM
crest, Mrs. John A. Fordyce and Mrs Alex
ander Won Gintard.
For those who remain in town many par.
ties have been organized to celebrate on
Saturday night the departure of the old
year and the birth of 1911 at the principal
hotels and fashionable restaurants and az
the Plaza. at the Waldorf. at Sherry's. at
the Ritz-Caritop and at DeImonfco-s tables
are in great demand In some instances
souvenirs of the occasion specially import
ed from abroad will be presented by tho
management 10 the guests.
Mrs Charles H Baldwin has returned 70
town from Boston and is at the St Regis.
She has left her granddaughter. NESS
Edythe Deacon, at Boston, where the Ill
ness of the latter's fiance. George Lee Pea
body, prec1udes the possibility of deter.
mining the date of the frequently post
poned wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney are
booked to sail from Europe for New York
on Tuesday week. and will be here on jan
uary or 10 for the remainder of the sea-
son.
Miss Cutting, Miss Beatrice Claiin. MISS
Gladys Endicott, Miss Katharine Chaplin,
Miss lone Page and Miss Ruth Ashmore
are among the young girls who will take
part in a Yuletide pantomire and enter
tainment on Wednesday afternoon next -
the Plaza for the benefit of the ST. Georges
City Missions. one of the many charitable
enterprises of st. Georges Church. Stu9s
yesant Square. Mrs. William Douglas
Sloane. Mrs William P. Douglas. Mrs. W.
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