New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

: February, despite the departure Of many
we'll known persons for winter resorts on
! the Pacific Coast. Aiken, Florida ana the
shores Of the Mediterranean, bids fair 70
move a busy from social point OF view
as December and January. There are no
vacant boxes in the parterre row OF the
orera on any subscription night and sew
eral entertainments are scheduled fer AL
! most every day between now and the be-
ginning Of Lent which Genes ar the end OF
Februarv.
Among other features contributing 70 the
gayety Of The season is the presence IN
town Of a number Of foreigners Of more or
less note who are being made the object
OF much hospitality Some Of them are
here for the wedding of Lord Decies 70
Miss Helen Yivien Gould. which takes place
on Tuesday week, while others. such as
Count Albert Apponyi, the Hungarian
statesman. IS crossing the Atlantic n-order
70 deliver series of addresses on the sub
iecr of International peace on the joint in
vtation Of the New York Peace Society
and the Civic Forum. During the period
intervening between his arrival in New
York and his first address al Carnegie Hall
On February II he will be extensively en-
tertained among others by Mrs Wander
bilt by Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt.
az Oyster Bay, and by DR.. Nicholas Muir
ray Butler, president Of Columbia Cniver-
sty. at the Metropolitan Club. II IS
mistake to say that the count was here az
tic tine OF the wedding Of Count SZecheny
to Miss Gladys Vanderbilt His last visit
10 America was some seven or eight years
aso. on the occasion of the interparlia-
rneutarv congress at the worlds fair az
St. Louis
Dances will be given by Mrs William
Douglas sloane tomorrow evening at
her house in West SD street and by
MIS- Robert L. Gerry on Friday night at
Sherrys on Tuesday night Mrs. Stuy-
vesant Fish. Mrs. William, Post and several
other Of the friends of Mrs George Jay
Gould are giving dinners, and afterward
taking on their guests to her house IN Fifth
avenue for a dance on Thursday the
third of the series Of dances arranged by
Mrs Rowland Davis and by Mrs. Robert
r. Livingston will take place at the Colony
Club. They are veJy early affairs, begin
rlnE at 9 80 o'clock, the dancing ending
l.
The Governor OF New York and Mrs
Dix. all the members Of his military staff.
In full uniform. as well as Major General
Frederick Dent Grant and his officers from
Governors Island. and the admiral in COM
mand OF the B-Doklyn navy yard and the
naval officers connected herewith Will be
present AT the annual Charity Ball on
Tuesday next at the Waldorf Astoria for
the benefit of the New York Nursery and
ChiId's Hospital This the oldest OF all
semi public balls nonv given in New York.
has been an annual feature or the season
for considerably more than hall a century.
and probably is the only affair OF the kind
at which all the diferen; sets and cliques
OF society meet and rub shoulders with a
common object in view. namely. charity.
Mrs f. J. Berwind. Mrs Frank s. with
erbee and Mrs. George X. BENJAMIN are
among the managers and patronesses of
the ball
Mrs. William x. VANDERBILT has given
the use Of her house in Fifth avenue on
Thursday for a concert at : o'clock for
the benefit of tho New YORK Protestant
Episcopal city Mission Socie " William
G. Carl will he at the organ, Ben Greet
will give excerpts from Shakes paare. with
musical accompaniment. and IGks Maud
Morgan, with six other haTpists. will play
the harp.
Arthur @. Sedgwick will entertain the
members Of the Thursday Evening Club AZ
Sherry's next THURSDAY
Mrs Lindey Hoffman ChapN,, Mrs.
Dallas Bsche Pratt, Mrs. JsmAsN speyer.