New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-29


dance.
still another out -of-town New Years
Eve dance is that which Mrs. William !
B. Osgood Field is giving at her couh-
try place at LenoX. where she mas
large party OF friends with her. ana
which will also be attended by the Dig
contingent of New Workers who nave
been spending the holidays at the curtis
Hotel there, for the sake Of the winter
outdoor sports.
Lent comes early, and although II -
less vigorously observed than in former
years, an effort is usually made by New
York society to have all the most i'm
portant balls and dances before the OPEN
ing Of the penitential season. Many take
advantage OF the approach Of ASH
Wednesday TO leave the city for SUMNER
climes, In the South. on the Pacific Coast,
for the French and italian Riviera, for
Algeria and for Egypt. The Nile is at
tracing a number of well known people,
and any one making trip up the river
by eamboat from Cairo to the Cataracts
will encounter every day dahabeahs CHAR
tered bY well known Americans, princi-
pallv from New York. Among them are
Mrs French Vanderbilt and party OF
relatives and friends. ]. Pierpont Nor
gan's steam dahabeah win soon be seen
on the Nile. with its owner on board, as
he has arranged TO sail from New York
early in the new year, with the intention
OF spending some time in Egypt.
Entertainments scheduled for this week
include Mrs Reginald De Koven's recHp-
ton tomorrow afternoon az her new
residence. in Park avenue. 1t will par
take Of the nature of a housewarmlng
and will be made the occasion of a must
cal. at which Nine. Sembrich will sing.
Tomorrow evening the Colony Club VIII
be the scene OF the first Of the series OF
Colony dances, mainly for young girls
not yet out in society. arranged by Mrs.
Robert p. Huntington, Mrs. Henry u
Trevor. Mrs. Russell H. Hoadley, Mrs.
Henry H. I.anlon, Mrs. Edward 7. H.
Talmage and Mrs. Winthrop Burr The
dances will be early affairs. and are to be
brought 10 a close by midnight
Mrs. Arthur Glib IS also giving dance
tomorrow night at her house. in East
18th street. for her debutante daughter
Miss Ruth Glib: and Mrs. Frank V. Bur
ton has a small dance and supper al
Sherry's for her son, Frank.
Mrs. irwin Augustus Powell has out
Invitations for a dance on New Years
Eve NJ her house. in East 9sth street.
Mrs. Alfred Wagstan. ST, is among
those Giving dances on Thursday night
Her entertainment will take place at the
Colony club and will be for her daughter,
Miss Margaret Wagstaff one Of the de-
butantes OF the season.
on the same evening Mrs. Joseph
Palmer Knapp will give dinner dance
N her house. In Fifth avenue, to cele-
brate the twenty-frst birthday OF her son.
Joseph
Mrs W. Rathbone Bacon gives din
ner OF Friday. and will afterward take
on her guests TO the opera.
Marriages OF tie week include that or
Miss Helen Cole Whitney. daughter OF
AIR and Mrs. Charles f. Whitney. OF
Boston. 10 George c. Bourne, which VIII
take place on Wednesday next in ST. Bar
tholomev's Church, and which will enjoy
the distinction of being the first we'd
ding OF note I'm the new year. The bride
will have her sister. Mrs. Allan L. Brig6s'
wife of Captain Briggs, L. S. A., OF Fort
Woyne. Ind, as her matron OF honor.
The other attendants are Miss Marjorie
Bourne. Miss Elizabeth Kendall, Miss
Mary Bovee, Miss Marie Cozzens, OF New
York: Miss Harriet Douglas. Of Kansas
city: Miss Hazel Huston, of Sewickley.
Penn. and Miss Inez Tiedeman, OF Sa-
vannah as we'll as little Margaret
Maclcay and Arthur Macarthur. who Will
ofricate as flower girl and page. re-
spectivey.
Miss whitney will entertain her bridal
attendants tomorrow night at dinner at
the Gotham. and at the same time her
fance will give a dinner NJ Sherry's for
his best ruan-his brother Ho~ard-2nd
for his ushers. These are William ).
| Lawson. IT., Reginald Roome, Gerald Van
derbilt Hollins. seth Barton French, I'd.
George b. Wagstaff Morgan J. O'Brien,
ir, and Douglas II. Dunn, OF New York;
| William p. Snyder. jr. OF Pittsburgh
Park: William NJ Robinson, Of Louis
willie: Elton Hovt. Of Cleveland: william
| w Eastman. OF Minneapolis, and Chand-
| Ter W. Bleiston. OF Buffalo.
The ceremony viii be followed by re-
ception at the Gotham. where the bride
| has been spending the winter with her
parents, and on the following day the
newly married couple will sail for
| Europe week later the parents Of the
! bridegroom, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick O.
| Bourne. Of Oakdaie, Long Island, viii
also go abroad.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney will
also depart for Europe Saturday next,
and will make their headquarters for
| some time at Paris, where they have
leased the residence OF l.. Moncure Rob
| inson. In the Rue Marboeuf for term.
| Mrs Richard Stevens's entertainment
on January II at the st. Regis will con-
sist OF a dinner for about fifty. But, con-
| trary to what has been announced, there
| will be no dancing.
| Mrs. Samuel II. Valentine gave dinner
| of twenty-five covers last night at her
| house, No. East 9Th street. Among
| her guests were the Rev. DR.. and Mrs.
| Ernest NJ. Stires. Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
| Day, Mr.. and Mrs. William Il. Shepherd,
Mr.. and Mrs. f. Floyd-Jones, Mrs. L.