New-York tribune., 1911-01-01
People and Social Incidents

bilt, Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt ir, Mrs
John r. Drexel, Mrs. Joseph Earle Stevens,
| Mrs. Payne whitney Mrs. w DeIancey
Kountze, Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs, who is re.
turning from San Francisco specially 10,
the occasion; Mrs. Austen Gray, and Miss
Dorothy Whitney. Miss Whitney will Civ.
a dinner Of hundred at Sherrys on that
| night, taking her guests afterward TO tbs
| ball, and Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs will give
a dinner OF two hundred and fifty also al
| Sherrys, in connection with the dance.
| Ihe ball promises to be the greatest sue
| cess or the winter, and all the principal
hostesses in town arc refrainIng from or
| ganizlng any tertainment for that even
Ing. Last year, 1t may be recalled. when
a calico ball was held for the same insti-
| tuition the brllliancy OF the affair was
marred by another important dance being
| set for the same evening.
| To Mrs. John r. Drexi will belorg ths
credit OF giving the first dance OF the new
year, which will take place Wednesday
| night at her house, In East ed street, and
on the following night Mrs. Stuyvesant
Fish will give big dinner. followed by
some dancing and singing by professionals
at her house, in East 18th street Mrs.
w. X. Vanderbilt will give a reception on
Thursday at her house, In Fifth avenue
Mrs. George T. Wilson, Mrs. s. Quartiey
Brown, Mrs. William Curtis Demorest, Jos.
eph H. Choate, Wilson ". Powell, Or. Lips-
ley K Williams and Mrs. Henry Willard ars
among the managers of the New York Diet
Kitchen Association, for the benefit OF which
the hrst production on any stage Of The
Right Princess" by Claire Louise Burnham.
will be made on Friday afternoon next az
o'clock. at the Bijou Theatre. Broadway.
near 31st street The cast will include
Robert Dempster. Miss Grace and Miss
Frances Hoyt. Miss Maude Gilbert and q
Specially selected company.
Italy's new Ambassador the Marquis Cu-
sani Confalonieri, will be present at the
special performance OF Verdfs opera,
Aida" which is to be given at the Met
ropolltan on Saturday evening, January IA.
fer the beneit Of the Society Of italian I'm
migrants. Mrs. Frederick W. Vanderbilt,
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, and Mrs. George r
Lockwood are among those who have se-
cured boxes for the occasion.
Tickets for the annual Charity Ball for
the benefit of the New York Nursery and
Chld's Hospital will be ready for distribu.
ton after to-day. AS usual. the command
ing general at Governors Island and the
commanding admiral at the navy yard
will be present. with the members Of their
respective staffs in full uniform. also thu
members Of the staff OF the new Governor
OF New York.
Mrs. John r. Drexel gave small danes
last night at her house, in East SGD street.
for her daughter, Miss Alice Drexel and
her son, John r. Drexel jr.
Mrs Henry Addison Alexander will re.
turn 10 New York this week from San
Francisco where she has been tire guest for
some time Of her son-in-Iaw and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, 1r. Lsts
in the month Mrs. Alexander will sail for
Egypt with Miss Winifred Ives
Mrs. Arthur Curtiss James will Civ. =
dance az sherry's on January 10 for her
niece, Miss Harriet Ferry.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Oliver Iselin will return
from Europe next week and will be at the
st. Regis for the remainder of the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Church Osborn
and Miss Osborn are spending the week
end ut their country place at Garrison.
y. Y.
Mrs Vanderbilt will give a musical on
January . at her house. I'm West 57th
street at which Caruso viii sing.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Howard Ford are spend
,f.- II. .l-F.
Stony Ford. They viii return to the Plaza
this week.
Mrs. Eugene V. r. Thayer is the guest
Of her mother, Mrs. H. Mortimer Brooks.
at the st. Regis.
Mrs Alfred Wagstaf, ir., will give a
dinner on Tuesday at her house in East
5ith street.
Mrs Philip n. Lydig will give a dinner,
followed by music, on January q at her
house, in East SD street Mary Garden
will be among the singers.
Mrs. James Lowell Putnam. who has,
been ct the st. Regis for some tirne, rs-
turned TO Boston yesterday. She is a Els
ter of Moneure Robinson.
Lady hadfeld, who was at the Plsza for
two weeks, has returned to washington