The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-30
contma,d from rirst ragc.

h fnds the honor Of having been
chosen just q bit Overwhelming. not to
kay @tI Thc LISTS are carefully made
UP from anon New Gork's most rep
fesentatiN. men and women and any
. distinguished strangers who may lie
I'm town.
There is I'M immense mount of ave
land take IN the matter of the formal
rdinncr " to-day. To hr entertained
one must entertain; hu, i,'lt society is
n b%usiu'ss proposition is well UNDER
stood by those who compose society.
md 1t is the same the world over. With
only perhaps a tr.ilc more Of CONNER
cialism apparent IN his age of COM
mercinlism. From now until the sea-
son is over there are few nights left
unified on the engagement pad Of the
popular hostess md tn" equally popu-
lar dinner guc..
AZ had b,cu uuticIpltod. tho talk Of
the prD-Lcu'on Weddings has begun.
md this week. there are to- h. a num-
Der of tines. entertainments. There
are rumuts OF other Weddings To- lie
celebrated before Ash Wednesday, but
the rumors are as yer merely rumors
and are thrust into tn" background by
foason of tho prevailing excitement
over the wonlcriui performances about
10 be given. especially the Ball Of the
Gods. In switch or al which. i would
seem, every man, woman and child is
10 appear.
It would not he fulsome praise to
say that On, entertainment Of the
ytnf,p 4Ytt .,ff.It 1t ,ta..lE l.fl
the attention or New York society for
three niGhts and two matiuo"s at the
Waldorf astoria. Was 10y Gar the most
succoa,ful and artistic ever given 10y
that organization. It was "a new SEN
sation e. soc the characters dcpicted in
Miss I|ionrs's Wulir u|,ludrama in the
eudicnc' as We'll as ON the reels. and
the beautiful dlYrcs were given with
n precision ard grace that placed them
Tar beyond amateur efforts. For that
matter. why should not the young peo-
pie of society become expert dancers,
with scarcely n day or night hat is
not devoted 10 torpsiohorran pleas
urcs. summcr ana winter?
n can hc said that the difficult
evolutions Of the dances. which had
been directed with SO much care and
p%aticnco hy Miss Ing Soutum. were
executed with a lack " solf-conscI"us-
moss that was d'liGhtiul. TIN" /ouaNe
dance THAT h'n'u tn" h'l'"t was fun
OF spirit and ll' the audience IN good
humor AND uotnIr's more artist" has
been dorc h""' h, amateurs than the
Greek fr.,/" dance and THAT "f the
Figurinos. y hludsom" SUM was
raised Tor the work "t the league,
which j. carried ON i'm hospitals ana
settlements "t TINS city.
Beiat"d receptions for d'hu'ant's
nave proved I" h' quite as cnl"Napie
as those gwen ~ tn" start OF the
season, Wh'n th'r" w"r" -" many
rowdc INTO a Siu-I' week. ~ re-
c"ptloH given a week H-n Yesterday
NJ Sh'fIN $ NN MIS' iT'S'"u - H"t''l-
whit" for h"r niece. Miss Florence 'll-
bert did MOI, iind amy "'' "''S". Th"r'
was rs mu'h '"E'Tn'NS Tor iA' dance
as nj the start OF the season Last
Novemhcr. Miss hilbert mother Who
Is now MIS-. '''H I~'uSin"r'' i''H'h''
from England about Il i"iihiInt ago
Thorc VIII h' ''hNi"'I"h't h"U''hN
this week tn" clI'f event ~ th't sort
peing the annual marty Ian WINCH
VIII be h'Id AZ the Astoria
on Tuesday nishi. ana on the same
night MISS 'Hi'h'htN dnn"r "lh''