New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16
NEW: YORK SOCIETY
Washington's Birthday Celebra-
ton Will EnIiven the Week.

will be spent by society W si'"' ca
tent among rural surroundings, ana VIII
he made the occasion of many WecK-chu
parties at the various suburban resorts
and country houses in the vicinity Oh ne"
York. Tuxedo will be particularly gay
for the birthday of the Father or Ills
Country will be danced in by the annual
fancy dress ball, which takes place az
the clubhouse there late on Friday night
and which will be preceded by numerous
dinners at the various villas and cot
tages of the Park.
Meanwhile the fashionable world mere
continues i'm a festive mood altogether OUT
OF keeping with what were once regarded
as the requirements of the penitehtia
season. There are dances every eYening'
and sometimes several of them on the
same night, while the round of entertain
ments goes on as merrily as ever, the
Metropolitan remaining the favorite rem
devious of the smart set on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays. True. many
have left town. But others again nave
tired of their villegiatura in the South
and have returned to town. where they
find life more amusing and interesting.
Foreigners OF note are plentiful in New
York just at the present time. Lord Atm
lumney has just arrived from the West
Indies and is staying at the Waldorf
where the Princess of Loewenstein-
Wertheim. sister OF the Earl OF Mex
borough and formerly known as Lady
Anne Savile. is likewise staying. Then
there is Prince Jean Sapieha, a member
of the imperial household at Vienna, an
officer OF the 9Th Austrian Lancers and an
elder brother OF the Prince Archbishop OF
Cracow. His now widowed mother was
one of the ladies OF the late Empress
Eliza beth.
Sir Ernest Shackleton. the Antarctic ex-
plorer, who celebrated his thirty-ninth
birthday Yesterday, is still at the Plaza,
but sails soon TO England, while Sir John
and Lady Psget and Miss Paset are at
the Belmont. Sir John is the greatest
legal authority in England on banking
and member OF the faculty OF the Uni
versity OF Cambridge.
The Master OF Torphlchen. eldest son
and heir OF Lord Torphchen. is at the
tz-Carlton. as are also the newly mar
ried Due and Duchesse lie Rlchelieu.
while the British Ambassador and Mrs.
Bryce have been in the city for the last
few days. az the guests Of John L. Cad
wallader, at his house. in East seth street.
Among the weddings Of the week Is that
OF Miss Georgia Williams 10 Amos Cut
ting Schermerhorn on Thursday. at the
Fifth avenue house Of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles r. Williams. The cere-
mony will be performed by the Right Rev.
Bishop Nelson. Of Albany. The bride who
is niece OF Mrs. George Henry Warren,
and whose engagement was announced on
the occasion of the marriage OF her
cousin. Miss Constance Warren. to the
Comte de Lasteyrie. will have no attend
ants excepting Miss Kate Schermerhorn,
while John Schermerhorn will act as his
brothers best man. They are both sons
OF the late John Egmont Schermorhorn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles T. Williams
usually spend all the year round at their
country place at Ston.ngton. Conn. but
have leased No 1866 Fifth avenue FOR tho
winter The bridegroom is member o;
tho Union and other New York clubs and
has hitherto made his home with his sis
ter and brother az No. - East 18th street.
Mrs. Arthur Turnure has selected Sat
urday week rs the date OF her wedding
to Frederick J. Stimson. at her house. I'm
East list street. She IS the widow of
Arthur Turnure. who left her with two
children. and was formerly Miss Eliza
beth Harrison. Her nance. Who was
graduated from Yale in 1877. Is yidowcr.
with four children. his first wife having
been Miss Emma Burnham.
Mrs. Prescott Hall Buffers house, in
Park avenue. will he the scene tomorrow
afternoon OF concert for the benefit OF
the New York City visiting committee of
the State Charities Aid Association.
Among the paironesses are Mrs. August
Heckscher. Mrs. Cleveland ". Dodge. Mrs.
Richard Irwin. Mrs. Iilborne l.. Roose-
Welt and Mrs. &. Grant La Fargo
Mrs George l.. Riycs. Mrs Samuel Ste
vens Sands Mrs stephen H. T.. Pcll and
Mrs. Archibald g. Thatcher are bdsily en-
gagged In making all the necessary ar
rangcmcnts for tho "hal masque" which
is to ba given tomorrow week at tho
Plaza for the benefit Of the South Side
Hospital. on Long Island. There will be
floor committee consisting Of Aymar
Johnson August Belmont. jr.. Robert G.
Watson. Theodore Grain and William
Wood. and the affair promises 10 be one
Of the most successful OF mi-caremc en-
tertanmcnts.
Another f6tc of the same nature is that
which Is TO take place on Thursday week
at Shcrry's for tho benefit of the West
side Juvenile club. Of which Rowland
Davis is president. The patroncsses of
this dance and carnival include Mrs. G.
Lodyard Blair, Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan.
IT., Mrs Iindley Hoffman Chaplin. Mrs.
Goodhue Livingston and Mrs Moses Tay
Tor Pync. while the committee i'm charge
of tho affair comprises Miss Esther Cleve-
land. Miss Agnes Iandon, Miss Josephine
Nicoll. Miss Margaret Trevor. Miss Betty
Carson and Miss Cornclia and Miss Cath
crime Chaplin.
Still another costume dance on tho
schedule is that set for Easter Monday in
aid 81 the Jewell Day Nursery. Mrs Ar
thur NJ Dodge. Mrs. J. kcnsett Olyphant
and Mrs. \. Dupont Irving are In charge
of tho entertainment.
Isaye violin playing will be the princi-
pal feature Of the programme Of the con-
al, i..i, L., t..Ir.,
dorf- Astoria on the afternoon OF Tuesday
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