New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

ropolitan will mark the commencement VI
the regular New York season, bringing
people back TO town for the winter from
the various suburban resorts and country
seats on Long Island, in Westchestei
County, the Hudson River Valley anu
elsewhere in the vicinity OF New YORK
AS the number OF debutantes this year
,s larger than that OF twelve months ago. II
follows that the winter will be gayer thah
the last, since there will be proportion
ately more entertainments OF every co,i-
ceivable character for the young siri'
now awaiting their launch into society
The programme OF afternoon receptions,
dinners. luncheors, theatre partles' anu
above all. dances, scheduled for Decem-
Der Is already beginning to be croWueo'
and is growing daily at such rate t"a'
ere long difficulty will be experienced III
preventing the clashing Of dates
Meanwhile the autumn, with all It's out
door ,,fe and pastimes. its open air horse
shows. its gymkhanas. It's POLO Hla'oe'
and It's racing. is drawing 10 eiose
Racing not of a public but Of a semi
prjvate character, has been a notable tea'-
ure of the present fall. The races at bo-
Gust Valley organized by the Piping hooN
Club were brought TO successiui c'o'D
yesterday. the meeting extending over
three days, with card or some '"o
dozen fat races and steeplechases Tor
Guns and purses. amounting to total OF
about $4,000
These will be followed by the fall meet
Ings OF the United Hunts Racing Assocla-
ton on Saturday next, and on Wedhes'
day and Friday week. at Belmont FarA
Terminal. with the customary races TOT
army officers. whose appearance In uni
form always adds to the picturesque char-
acter OF the scene.
Those meetings are very popular with
the fashionable world OF New YORK. iuF-
nish the occasion for gay ana Driil'ah'
gathering OF society, and serve 10 en-
courage hospitality. most OF the country
seats on Long Island being hlleo WIN
guasts for the week end in connection
Nth the races. Mrs Robert Bacon, wire
., the former American Ambassador 10
France, gave n large dance last nignt At
her place at Westbury. In connection WIN
Yesterdays races at Piping ROCK
Wedding bells still continue to ring out
rnerrIly, and marriages az wei as AN
nouncements Of engagements folio" one
another I'm profusion.
Auong the marriages set for the COM
ing week is that Of Miss Catherine cam
eron. daughter OF the late Sir RouerlcA
Cameron. 10 Judah II. Sears, on Tnurs-
day next. at clifton Burley, her country
n,ece AT Rosebank. on Staten Island.
On account Of the Illness OF the brides
sister Mrs. Belmont Tiffany the wedding
yiu no n very quiet one. Duncan Cam
eron's daughter, Mary. will be her aunts
only attendant Zenas Sears, tr VIII pe
the best man, and the ceremony VIII be
performed by the Rev. DR.. leighton
Parks, assisted by the Rev. f. A Dodd'
Another wedding OF the week VIII ne
that OF Miss Mildred Page Johnson
daughter OF Mrs. Charles f. Bayne by
her first marriage, 10 Augustus w. kel-
lev. ir,, on wednesday. in Grace Church
chantry.
Miss Helen Johnson will be the maid Of
honor. and the remaining attendants OF
the bride will include Mrs. Edward ~
Townsend. jr formerly Miss Beatrice
Nicholas. and who was married only
fortnight ago., Miss Yvonne Gourd, Miss
Cornella Brown. Miss Ruth Adams and
Miss Christine Kelley.
sydney Kelley will be hts brothers pest
man. and the ushers will consist or Ed
ward Kane. Donald Moore. Robert l.
WlnmilI and Alfred Mackay. The cere-
mony will be followed by reception
given by the brides mother at her house,
in West llth street.
On Friday next the annual charity ball
for the benefit OF the Nassau Hospital
will take place I'm the ballroom OF the
Garden City Hotel, Long Island, and VIII
he I'm the nature OF a fancy dress dance.
II IL an entertainment which is always
extensively attended by the New YORK
colony on Long Island, and the women
in charge of the AFFAIR, who VIII receive
the guests and from whom tickets may
he obtained, comprise Mrs. Charles Steele,
81 Westbury Long Island Mrs. Robert
Bacon, Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, Mrs.
Thomas Hitchcock, Mrs. Edwin d. Nor
n.
u. Straight. Mrs. Charles Cary Rumsey,
Mrs Arthur Scott Burden and Mrs. Rich
ard Trimble.
A Halloween ball will be given on the
following night at the Ardsley Club, being
fancy dress affair. The annual Hal
Ioween ball at Tuxedo will not take place
until November g. II Is n dance that IS
always looked upon with particular in
terest, owing TO the presence of most OF
the debutantes Of the impending winter.
The Halloween dance at Tuxedo is In
deed considered in the light OF a species
OF preliminary canter for the young girls
furnishing the latter an idea OF the char
acter of the crop OF the seasons buds.
They will be extensively represented at
Tuxedo, and as usual most Of the villas
and cottages in the park and all the
available rooms OF the clubhouse will be
filed with guests for the occasion.
Cardinal Farley officlated Yesterday in
the private chapel OF his residence In
Madison avenue, at the marriage OF Miss
Leontine Marie. daughter OF Mrs. Joseph
Marie, to Police Magistrate Charles n.
Harris
The bride is niece OF the late Peter
Marie, one OF the best known and most
popular figures In New York society The
bridegroom Is wldower. with two chill
dren. his first wife having been a daugh-