The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-12
ENTERTAINED AS IN
APERSIAN GARDEN
Artistic Effects at Party at the
s. StanwOOd Menken
Home.
.RJBAIYAT" REMINDERS
Egyptian Dinner Given at tho
Ritz by Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Thompson Seton.

Mr. and Mrs. s. stanwood Menken gave
a, their home. "a West Fifty second street,
last night n Persian garden party that
v,s unique and artistic. There was every
thing In the decoration OF the house to
suggest the "Rubaiyat" Of Omar Khay-
VAN The dining room was turned
n,o rose garden hedged with box,
nescocks white and green. being perched
On the hedges. and IN the centre Of the
supper table were an ever playing foun-
tain ard pool OF water lilies. The other
flowers that adorned this room were lllacs
and hyacinths that had their origin
In Persia, and there were piles OF apples
m the table. as well as stuffed pheasants
,ha, had been brought from abroad for
the supper. in the foyer were vines filled
with clusters OF luscious grapes There
were orange trees In full fruit. and the
traditional well of the GASES was filled
with the fruit OF the vine we'll COM
pressed.
In the drawing room, where Lisa
Lehmans setting TO "1n Persian Garden"
was sung, there were mosques with gleam-
INK minarets and In the library above
there was view u wonderful collec-
ton Of rare Persian prints and ceramics.
which had been loaned for the occasion
ty a distinguished collector. Victor Harris
conducted the music of Lisa Lehman. and
the singers were Miss lnez Barbour. Miss
May Jordan John Barnes Wells and David
Blspham.
Many OF the guests had written their
and "A n Sntivenr
Of the night handsome edition Of the
"Rubayat" printed especially for Mr.. and
Mrs Menken was given TO each guest
Some OF the guests came in Persian cos
tunes, and for those who did not fezes
and head dresses were supplied by the host
and hostess.
Among the guests were the Persian
Charge dAffaires at Washington and
Nine. All kuli Khan. Mr.. and Mrs Charles
Van Rensselaer,. Mr.. and MIS-. Leo Ever
cit Mr.. and Mrs. Bradford Weeks, Miss
Edith Weeks. DR.. and Mrs. Louis Living
s;or Seaman. Mrs. Won Juch Wellman.
Frederick Mills. Mr. and Mrs Josef Stran-
sky. Mrs. Edward La Montague. Miss
la Montague. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Fisk.
Mr. and Mrs. William a. Hamilton. Miss
Hope Hamilton, Mr., and Mrs Hubert
vos, Mr.. and Mrs Francis L. v. Hoppin.
Mr, and Mrs. Carl Schurz. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles knoblauch, Mr.. and Mrs Her
mann Sielcken. William Steinway, wy
man prummond, Mr., and Mrs. Arthur
Carroll, Lauren Carroll. Mr.. and Mrs.
John .Aspegren, Russell Dougherty. Mr..
ard Mrs Charles Nadal. Mr.. and Mrs.
George w. Vanderhoef, William Solomon,
Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds Brown, Alexander
s Webb, Mr.. and Mrs Robert C. Morris
and Mr. and Mrs. a. Graham Miles.
In the banquet suite OF the Ritx-Carl-
ton las. night Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Thompson Seton gave an Egyptian dinner
for ATTY OF their friends. The table was
st TO represent a desert scene with the
Sphinx camels and natives and OF course
the Pyramids in the setting.
The guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
scribner, Or. and Mrs Louis Livingston
seaman, Senator and Mrs. l.. O. Peck
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank y, Doubleday. Col
William De Hertburn Washington. Mr.
and Mrs Murray Boocock. Mr. and Mrs
W. Curtis pemorest. Mr.. and Mrs. Warner
f. Dennis. Mr. and Mrs. Durant Cheever
Mr.. and Mrs Joseph H. Hunt. Mr.. ant
Mrs Franklin NJ Warner Gen. and Mrs
J Fred pierson Mr.. and Mrs. T. L
Chadbourne Jr, T.. c. Benedict Mr.. an,
Mrs. Clifford Il. Harmon. Frank II
Powers OF San Francisco, Mrs Emery
Pottle Mrs. Elmer Black, Mr.. and Mrs
Padelford Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. Robinson
Smith, Mr., and Mrs. Arthur IL Scribner
NJ and Mrs Samuel untermyer, Mr.. an'
Mrs Carman Roberts. Mr.. and Mrs
George c. Riggs. Or and Mrs. Eugene {
savidge. Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert l.. Griggs
L. Medley Scovil. Mr.. and Mrs. William
q Rockefeller Mr.. and Mrs Charlie
Knoblauch and Mr.. and Mrs. Fredertcl
Hoisington.
Their was characteristic music durinI
the dinner. and handsome souvenirs o
scarabs and other Egyptian objects wer