New-York tribune., 1910-02-06
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

I Although Ash Wednesday this wsst a.
notes the beginning OF Lent. It does =
] sigpaIize the end OF the sayeties OF 49,
( winter These will continue vifbou+ -.
/ other diminutioD save that resulting -
/ the departure from town OF many -,
/ known people in society for the Pac,e.
7 Coast. for the Southern States, for E9s,,
| Rome and the French and Italian Ri,a-.
I True. there are no formal balls scbsa,,1.,
/ for the now misnamed penitentiaf ssaso.
/ but there are plenty OF entertainments =,
/ theatrical and musical character. uhf.A
usually wind up with dances of a more -
less informal nature Then. there are we'd
( dings by the score, as well as luncheon ara
theatre parties bridge tournaments. Pas.
rnintou and dinners by the hundreds In
deed. there is very little suggestion n,
--sackcioth and ashes during Lent IN Nsr
York
Among the features Of the programme
Of the week are the dinner dances OF Nrs
Payne Whitney and Of Mrs Stuyvesanr
Fish. the musical Of Mrs. Philip VI. Lydz
and the theatre party. followed BY a sum-
per and dance, given by Mrs. Henry VOL
cott Warner. all on Tuesday night
Ms. Warmers party will be for her niecs
Miss Viola Townsend. the debutanre dsuzh-
ter of Mrs J. Allen Townsend Irs- Pawn.
yVbitney's dinner dance at her house IN
Fifth avenue. will De made the occasion
of dinners by Mrs. Harry Payne whitney.
nv Mrs. Vanderbilt and BY other relatives
and friends. who will afterward take tnef-
guests to the dance. With regard 70 Mrs
Fish's dinner dance at her home. in East
18th street. the evening will, It Is said bs
further enIfvened by some attractions Of a
eas..ival and vaudeville order
shrove Tuesday will be very gay
Miss Electra Havemeyer marriage TO J.
Watson Webb has also been set for Tues
dav next in St Bartholomew Church,
where the ceremony Will be performed ~
the Rev DR.. r Heber Newton. assisted 5y
the Rev Endicott Peabody, OF GrotOu.
Mass. Miss Havemeyer will have her sis
ter. Mrs Peter II. 3. F'reHnghuysen; Mss
Louise Jackson, Miss Katharine ;. After
bury, Miss Ethel Cowdin, Miss Anita Pea
bodv and Miss Margaret Dix as her bridal
attendants ". Seward Webb. jr., will bs
his brothers best man, and Vanderbilt
Webb. another brother; George Whitney.
Joseph W Burden. Robert l. Bacon.
James J. Higginson, jr-, Ernest 3. Tracy.
Howard ROome and Gordon Abbot viii
Henry o. IaveEleyer. mother OF the BRIDE
will give a reception at her house, in East
66th street
On the same afternoon the wedding Of
Miss Mary Gurnee to Francis L '. Hop
min will take place at the Fifth AvenGe
home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs Waiter
s Gurnee Miss Sydney HenOP. Miss
Pauline Riggs and Miss Pauline Robinson,
Of New York and Miss Olivia ThoTndike.
Of Boston. viii be the bridal attendants.
and Robert P. Huntington, the best man.
The ushers will consist Of Phcenix Ingra-
ham. Henry Rogers Winthrop. Moncurs
Robinson, Elisha Dyer. Charles K Beck
man. Percy r. Pyne. %. and Walter 5.
Gurnee, Jr.
Mrs. Herbert VI. Hartman gives larga
theatre party tomorrow night, followed oy
q supper and an informal dance for her
niece. Miss Kathryn Harris
Mrs. Edgar s. Auchincloss, il, Mrs
Charles 6 HubbeH and Miss Alice Preston.
of Tuxedo, are among those VINO nave
taken a leading part in the organization OF
the entertainment at the Waldorf-Astoria
tomorrow afternoon for the benefit Of the
George Junior Republic The programme
will be of a musical character. and dances
in costume will be a feature thereof
Madison Square Garden will be the mecca
during the latter part OF this week for al
those members of the fashionable word
who are in any way interested IN dogs
The thirty-fourth annual show OF the
Westminster Kennel Club opens On Ash
Wednesday morning and will remain IN
full swing until the end Of the week
Mrs Richard Irwin Is the president. ana
Mrs. Prescott Hall Butler. Mrs William P
Douglas. Mrs Alfred Kessler and Mrs Hill
borne L. Roosevelt are among tire mana
gers Of the Samaritan Home for the Aged
for the benefit of which the annual St Val
entine's kettledrum will be given on next
Saturday afternoon
Miss Beatrice FIagg, the debutante daugh-
ter of Mrs. John Turner Atter6ury, VIII ap-
pear in the star role of Captain Jinhs. the
play 70 be presented at the Waldorf-As-
toria by the Junior League on Iuescay
afternoon and evening of next week 1or ths
benefit Of the settlement work The leagte
is composed entirely Of young glris Vho
have come out this winter. and has for IS
president Miss Laura Livingston daughieT
of Mrs. Robert l. Livingston, IoE ~ Se~
retary Miss Louise MunrOe, for It's treasurer
Miss Lesley Pearson and for its assistant
secretary Miss Anna Street The play VIII
be preceded by some Russian dances ana
will be followed by a ballet
Several rehearsals OF the musical panto-
mines which are to be given on Friday
February IS at The New Theatre in aid OF
the Music School Settlement VIII take
place this week. The dancers are being
trained by Nine. CavalaZzi. of the Metro
politan Opera Company, under the direction
of Lindon Smith. Miss Dorothy Jordan VIII
appear as Anitra in ''Anitra'S Dance. 20
the Grieg music OF the Peer Gynt" suite.
Another pantomime viii be the scene OF
Jack Frost IN Midsummer" danced 10
original music by Edward BurlinghaWs
Hill The third pantOmtrne. ''Elektrs al tn'
Tomb Of Agamemnon,' has u Greek chorus
of twenty-four besides the seven principa-
figures. 1t is accompanied by music o.
Massenet, furnished by the New fofA
Symphony Orchestra, under the direction o.
Walter DamroSch-
Among those who will appear in the pan
tomimes are Mrs. Harry Payne whitney,
Mrs Payne Whitney, Mrs Reginald y
Vanderbilt, Miss lone Page. Miss MaFI0rs
Gould. Miss Helen Coster. Mrs. Henry