New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-31
NEW YORK SOCIETY
Mrs. De Koven Opens Her New
House with Music.

1UuSC WIFI Utto'o'
Mrs. Reginald De Koven's large recep-
tion with music. last night, at her ne"
home in Park avenue, was py way VI "
housewarmng. The feature oil the MAJ"
sion is undoubtedly the large ana Ne's
lofty music room, panclled with OAK nuns
uith Gobelin tapestry. and with an oio-
fashioned gallery for the musicians aoou.
ron feet from the floor. The acoustics W
the room are perfect, as was oe'''o"
strated last night to the Satisfaction VI
the some five hundred guests oy Ni''e
sembrich Ernest Scheling, John Mcoor-
nal, and other artists who figured on the
programme.
Mrs. De Koven received at the heau u
the grand stairway, which IS uupiiea'
of that at knowle. Lord SackVllIe MS
toric country seat i'm Kent; and the stalheu
glass windows. the eighteenth century
stat,Iarv. purchased in Brussels, the dooI''
opening from the entrance nan OH W Wv
stairway. and which came from httefhth
ce,,ur, Italian convent, and the furniture
NJ the Queen Anne era, all harmonious 'i'
snite OF the difference Of their respec'N
periods. contributed to give very ~
time. habitab.e and, above all ho"ie""e
look TO this new house. 49,,
Among those invited were MI. ANU w.
Elbridge II. Gerry, the Misses Gerry, w
and Mrs. Frank Gray Griswold' MIS- 'a"
derbilt. Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius
but Mrs O. H. p. Belmont. Mr.. anu WI o
T Norman dc r. Whitehouse, Mr.. anu
ure Hendricks Whitman. Mr.. ana ME
Pembroke Jones. Mrs. Richard Ganlorn''
Afr and Mrs Egerton l.. winthrop p''
colonel and Mrs. William Jay. MI ana WI .
Rodman Wanamaker. Mr. ana MIS-
erlc< w Whitrdge, Mr.. and MIS-. Ar'h"'
scott Burden. Mrs. Joseph Stckhe!' VI
srd Nrs BENJAMIN Guinness, Mr.. anu
urs lanes b. Haggin. Mr. ana Mrs'
pa,,h ~ Ellis Mr.. and Mrs. Henry a
= TAYLOR Mrs W X. Vanderpll'' V
Mr. and Mrs Charles r. Scott MI ah"
VIC ceoree p. Mcclellan. Mr.. ana ME-
william douglas Sloane. Mr.. ana Mfs'
George jay Gould. Mr. ana Mrs' i'e"
Cass Ledyard, Mr.. and MIS-. JAMES
Eus,is DR.. and Mrs. Nicholas N"'i"'
pu,ler Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncey NJ DePe"'
ar and Mrs Charles Dana 6hpsoh' WI
a., ,trs charles l. Hudson, Mr.. and Mrs'
Anthony J. Drexel. Jr, Frederick towns
and Martin. Moncure Robinson hehrF
sloane. Richard Peters. MY. ana y" .
phlllp y Bernhard. Mr. and MIS-. stephen
~ Olin Mr.. and Mrs. Stuyvesaht III"
a,l Mr. and Mrs. william J. Schienelh'
Mira Henry C. Trevor gave a dance isS'
rtybt AT her house. No. 2s East 90 street.
for her daughter Miss Margaret ire'o''
,,ho ,,oda nor debut earlier in the inoh'"'
Tho guests numbered go. and were re-
caivad al the head OF the stairway AZ tHe
entrance to the ballroom by Mrs. 1reNo'
and her daughter The entire secoiiu "o''
was used for the dancing. when Was s''
eraI Throughout the evening. ana seat"
sumner was served shortly aiter mld"'s IL
,, ,ba dining room and the hall on the
aoor below. The decorations Were "
smilaX and poinsettia
Among the guests were Miss Marsa'e'
Andrews. Miss Margaret Bowers MISE
Nariorv and Miss Florence Blar. MISS
,virifrad Chisolm. the Misses Emmett
Miss Julia Edey, Miss Frances henry
Miss Louise Is. kissei. MISS DorolhS
HYDE. Miss Eleanor Lawrence MISS
Camilla Morgan. Miss Josephine N'coH'
Miss Mary Pyne. Miss Nancy Steele MISS
Margaret Schieneliu, Miss Lisa Stilhnan'
Miss Marie Taller. Miss lesson IhaEet'
Miss Emily Winthrop Miss Muriel VIII
tnrop. Miss Margaret Nagstau' kesina'd
A,ichiucloss. Richard Babcock, Robert j."
Breese Peter Cooper Bryce, Charles u.
Dlckey. jr.. George \. Dixon, IT, Aynar
Johnson. William 7. Jerome. jr., Charles
f. Miller. DE Lancey Nicol, r., Hermann
Oellichs. H. Riviugton Pyne. Grafton
Pyne. William Jay schieffeiiu, j., Resi-
maid Waterbury, Bryce Wius Arnold
Whltridge and Lauer WinsIow.
Mrs Hamilton Fish gave a d,nntc last
nignt Al her house No. $40 f1tta avenue
and afterward TOOK her guests - Mrs.
Tr,,or's dance. In tie party Mere Miss
Katherine Miller. Miss Mildred RlNes,
Miss heleu Fish. Miss Julia Robbins, Miss
Frances Breese, Miss Anna Wright, Miss
Margaret Andrews. Miss Anita Emmett,
Lloyd Derby. John nean, ID, l.. 3 Chan
Ter. H.. Henry Forster Erskine Wood,
oliver Bird, ". Rhlu,lander Stewart, ~,
Albert Eugene Gallaun. Il. g. Pen. w.
Barclay Parsons, Jr, ami Lanler Win
slow
Mrs Frank y Burton gave dinner
last night at her house, In East Joth
street. for her SON Frank V. Burton, j..
who is home from Harvard Tor the noli-
days. The guests included Miss Nouletu
Proctor. Miss Gwendoln Condor, Miss
Genevieye Sanford. Miss Mercedes lie
AcOsta. Miss Ursula and Miss evelyn
Brown. Schuyler l.. Parsons, Ir.. Rex
" hltman. Richard W. Stevenson, Jr, y.
Stewart Petit. Edward Twining. MIR. and
Mrs j. Morgan Wing. Miss Catherine ;.
Burton and Miss Van Duzer Burton.
After dinner Airs. Burton took her
guests 10 the Lyric Theatre. and later 10
sherrys Tor supper and danoms. The
small ballroom was used. and about sew
enty-hve extra guests were invited
Mrs Arthur CAROLS dinner dance last
night at her house. in East nth street,
was Tor her sister-in-law. Miss Caraniai
Carroll. The guests az dinner included
Miss Gertrude Hamilton. Miss Elizabetl
Thompson, Miss Caroline Wyeth, Miss
Elise Francke, Angler Il. Duke. Burton
Plumb. Sumner Welles. Laurens Carroll
and Charles =. Requa.
Among those who came i'm afterward
for the dancing were Mr.. and Mrs. Pierre
Lorillard Barley, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
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