The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27

Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish died OF hem
orrhage OF the brain on Tuesday night
at her country home in Garrison. y. Y.
She had been III for a few days, but her
condition was not considered serious I'M
I'll shortly after luncheon on Tuesday.
DR.. Richard Giles was summoned
from Cold Spring. and he directed that
members OF her family be called. Her
husband was by her side when she died.
but her three children. Stuyvesant Fish.
Jr.. sydney Fish and Mrs. Albert Il.
Gray. did not arrive until later. Mrs.
Fish had been well enough recently 10
plan for her usual spring dance at Glen
Cliff. her Garrison home. which was to
have taken place a week from to-mor-
row.
Funeral services will be held .o-mor-
row AZ 81. Philips Church-in-ihe-High-
lands on the arrival of a special train
leaving Grand Central Terminal at 10
o'clock. Interment will be in the fam
lily plot at the church in Garrison.
The news OF Mrs. Fish's death was
received with profound regret and sor-
row by hosts OF friends in New York. In
Newport AMI in the country places along
the Hudson. She had occupied n unique
position in society. Her personality was
most interesting, and one OF her chief
objects n life seemed TO he to give
pleasure 10 others. Being a woman OF
great energy she was apparently all the
time devising some new form Of enter
tainment for her friends Beyond that
she had a very kind heart. and II was
not only for those 10 whom she was un-
der social obligation that she was think
ing out plans for pleasure. hut equally
for those whose positions in life were
less fortunate.
OF Distinxuish~d Ancestry.
Mrs. Fish was Miss Marian Graves
Anthem. a daughter OF the late William
~. Anthem, a lawyer. and one OF her
uncles was the famous Prof. Anthem of
Columbia University. She was married
on Jure /, 1875. to Stuyvesan; Fish, "A
son OF Hamilton Fish, who was Secre-
tary of State under President Grant.
Coming as she did from a distinguished
line and marrying into a historical
family Of New York her position in
the world OF society was assured from
the start. In the early days Of their
married life Mr.. and Mrs. Fish lived
at 2S East Fifty-sixth street. About
fifteen years ago they took the house
20 Gramercy Park, at the corner OF
Irving place. This was one Of the oldest
houses in that neighborhood and they
remodelled 1t. bringing it up to date. and
In that house Mrs. Fish gave notable
dinners. When the uptown movement
began and when many people were leav-
ing Gramercy Park and Madison Square
and other downtown residential loca-
tons. Mr.. End Mrs. Fish went to n
house which they built at Is East
Seventy-eighth street. and this house
since their residence there. when began
about ten years ago, has become socially
famous
Early in their married life Mr.. and
Mrs. Fish went to Newport. where they
occupied for many seasons Rushy Park.
Mt Bath road and Cltff avenue, This
house was built by the father OF the
late Col. De Lancey Aston Kane. and
II was for many years the home OF the
Kane family. After living there for
several years Mr., and Mrs. Fish de-
cided to become permanent residents OF
the summer colony at Newport and they
built Tho Crossways, n house Of Colonial
architecture, which occupiaS a command
ing site on the Ocean drive. beyond
the IamOuS BalleyS beaCn. MT. ana
Mrs. Fish went to this house in 1898
and Il was there that her career as one
of the leaders in the exclusive social
colony OF Newport began.
Her Entertainments In Newport.
Just after the close OF the Spanish
American war Mrs. Fish ave at The
Crossways her first notable party. 1t
was called a harvest festival and the
decorations were all In keeping with
the harvest season. From SUMMER to
summer she gave at The Crossways
some OF the most brilliant fetes known
In the history OF Newport. She al
ways had "A house full OF visitors and
her dinners. usually given OF a Friday
or Saturday evening. and her luncheons
on Sundays were all on IN extensive
scale. there being often more than n
hundred guests for dinner or luncheon.
Each summer Mrs, Fish had something
original ~ give to her friends IN the
way OF costum parties. One summer II
was a flower ball. to which her guests
went dressed to represent some sort OF
flower. Two years ago she gave a
Mother Goose" party which was one
Of the most original entertainments that