New-York tribune., 1911-10-22
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Although there Is plenty OF saSey a.
Tuxedo. AT Lakewood, MorriSto"h anu y"
Tonr Island where the meets VI t"o
Meadow Brook Hunt are wen atlehueu' t"c
season In town appears TO De getting u"uei
vay rather earlier than usueL al '''
,beatres are playing TO crowded fouses'
ard IN the case of any particularly at
,,ao,I,o niece the obtaining OF boxes or
.hos,ro ees.s is a matter OF dimcuity.
ar. 49,, restaurants on the avenue have
h..or,a ,,r,o more the rendezvous OF So
cin,y AZ tte luncheon and dinner hours
-, ,h,,, ,-.sent scenes Of much life and
animation and where many familiar races
are TO oe recognized, while on every ""0
afternoon the avenue is so thronssu VIZ"
carriages and automobiles as TO reouco
progress to a snal's pace. les'u'e :.
this species Of parade is the nuihOer VI
well horsed equipages. which likewise nave
made their temperance In tho PatA'
Women seem to have come TO the ae,
cis,on that they present more grdce'ui
o,,n.ararce In q well turned out victoria
than in a motor and that they can see ana
ne seen IN greater advantage IN carriage
than in an automobile.
Meanwhile the women Of the fashiohdo'e
world. particularly those who nave uaus"
tors or Young relatives making tnelr oeo"'
this winter. are busilv engaged IN plai'h'"e
their bospitalities for The season lhls III
wolves q good deal of hard WORK, inucH
dinIomacv and ingenuity being needed 10
arrange matters so as to avoid such clash
ing in the dates of the entertainments %
-
elaborate and costly dance might prove
failure If tho date were not propitouS' ",'O
the principal sufferer would, OF course o7
the young girl on the threshold OF her SO
cial career, for whoae sake 1t had been ol
ganzed.
Judging by the number OF debutantes aud
by the dances and receptions IN their hohor
which have already BEEN announced, the
winter promises to be very gay. The oriI'
iancy OF a season depends largely on th7
size of the bevy of debutanIes. since Tor
every Young girl launched into society
there will be parents. relatives and friehos
giving entertainments for her particular
benefit
Some OF the debutantes we're on We"
last night at the dance given at the new
Sleepy Hollow Country Club, when occu-
MES the estate formerly owned by MIS-.
Elliott r Shepard. at Scarborough -on-the-
Hudson. But most OF them, and certainly
the smartest, will put in an appearance
al the Halloween ball at Tuxedo on Fri
dav. November 3. This is an entertainment
which has always proved Of particular IN
terest not only because II affords 10 the
debutantes a foretaste of the festivities
which the winter has i'm store for them'
but also because II furnishes an oppor-
tunity to the older generation TO FORM
comparisons as TO the manner in "hich
the seasons crop OF buds compares with
those OF previous years.
Saturday is the date set for the hrst
meeting of the United Hunts Racing AS
sociation at Belmont Park Terminal, and
there is certain to be large attendance on
the part of the racing set. The programme
comprises not only steeplechases, but also
fat races, and now that public racing has
practically gone out OF existence in the
State of New York these meetings-sem-
private I'm character-remain the only pas
time of the kind available 10 the lovers ol
this particular form of sport.
The committee III charge VI lHc hlSS''
consists of Fletcher Harper and Frank J.
BRYAN, of New York: Charles *. Harrison,
of Maryland: Charles Pfzer, of New Jer-
sew master of the Essex Hunt; Harry ;.
Page, Joseph Burden, of New York; Joseph
Widener OF Philadelphia, and Henry Hig-
ginson, of Boston.
The second meeting will take place on
November 4, and the final one on Election
Dav. As usual, they will be made the oc-
casion of much hospitality on Long Island,
and weekend parties will be slven at most
of the country houses within automobile
distance Of the Belmont track.
Weddings of the week will include that
of Dwight Edwards Robinson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William G.. Robinson, Of No. 5i
East 6sth street, to Miss Anne Newell
Sloane, daughter OF Lieutenant John David
Sloane. L. S ~. and Mrs. Sloane. at their
place at Germantown, Penn, on Saturday.
Henry Sheldon will be best man, and the
ushers include Albert ". Putnam, Reginald
f. Wisham and C. Douglas Greene, all
members OF New York Squadron y, and
Gilbert NJ Tucker. jr., of Albany. MISS
Margaret Tucker. of Albany; Miss Edith
Thurston. Of Brooklyn. and Miss Phoebe
Reale. as well as Mrs. Watson Malone, Jr.,
Of Philadelphia, will be in attendance on
the bride.