Evening star., 1923-12-23
Society Gathers in Welcome
of New YOrk's Younger Set
Many Arriving From Schools and Colleges Eager
for Yuletide Festivities-Many Entertain
ments on Weeks Calendar

/ Harry Payne Whitney. the late
Alfred G. Vanderbilt and Reginald c.
| Vanderbilt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gould introduced their
| daughters to society. and where the
receptions following the weddings in
st. Bartholomew's Church of their
daughters, Marjorie to Anthony F.
Drexel, jr., and Vivian to Count
! Decies were held. has long been
! famous for its lavish hospitality. II
also has an enormous ballroom. and
It was here the celebrated party for
/ Marjorie Gould was given for her
formal debut. on which occasion her
| engagement to Mr. Drexel was an
| parties at which the cotilIon was
| danced, with Phoenix Ingraham lead
ing with the debutante. The favors
were Of gold and silver and the affair!
| cost thousands of dollars
Farewell to Mrs. Roche.
New York society is preparing to
bid farewell to Mrs. Francis Burke
Roche, who is to give up her palatial
home in % West 53d street, and spend
| the rest of her days in Paris. A note
to the kindly y-hearted woman who
| has furnished the tea tables with
many interesting bits of gossip in the
! ture will arouse the eternal question
! among the odler set, What will hap
| pen next?"
Love. marriage, divorce and fiery
spirit OF independence are the high
Her household furnishings. and Oh
eets Of art have been has ssld faaI and the
T.: many pieces within the last week
which were reckoned as the last word
T, in luxury when imported to this
tensive and ranged from Chinese brio
a-brac to Henry VIII sofas in Grim
son velvet. The sum realized from;
the sale, it is said, will run into
| Well might society. as it watches
| the sale of the mahogany knife boxes.
. cabinets OF tulipwood. French escri-
/ torres. coats of arms embroidered on
| old velvet. Louis Quatorze furntture
| and other antiques. ask with amused
| glances. What next?"
To those of society whose memories
bark back to the days when calls
| mystic 400" was that, and no more,
| the meetings of the Thursday Eve
/ ming Club are events TO be cher.
| ished. These affairs are symbolic Of
were lowered to admit only people
who bore unimpeachable credentials
| as to family and worth.
| The first gathering of the season
Of the Thursday Evening Club was
held recently at the home of Mrs. lie
| of years there was a conversation,
which was followed by buffet
| supper.
When Country Was Young.
The so-called conversazlone is
| survival of the dignified times when
the country was young. Then 1t was
| that the older folks of the leading
families gathered about the open fire.
| places in ancestral halls to discuss
| the topics of the day over bowls OF
| deIicately favored rack punch or
| mulled wines Occasionally songs OF
| Youthful days would be sung, or,
mayhap, there would be reading
] from the plays of Shakespeare or
steele or papers of the witty Ad-
| dison. Courtly bows were made as
silks rustled and links fiared on the
sidewalks as milady was escorted to
her chair to be borne homeward.
| Following these lines, with modern
| notifications, the club meets at the
| different private homes of It's NOM
bers during the winter. and may well
| be called the inner shrine of New
i York society.
| Among the members are: Mrs. Pier
\ mont Morgan, Mr.. and Mrs. George
| B, McClennan, Mrs. Vanderbilt, Mr.
| and Mrs. Herbert L. Satterlee, Prof.
| and Mrs H. Fairfield Osborn, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Choate, Mr.. and Mrs.
paul Dana, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert w.
de Forest, Mrs. Cadwalalder Jones,
| Mrs william Post and Mr.. F. Delano
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