New York Society Lacks the Splendor of Former Years was no easy task, however. How I often painted. We danced away lato made most wonderful the Cotillion was bags of ex»> derful to organize and dis¬ Was in beset by the men to give them Into the night, then had a ability ^hen Vogue glorious qulsite tapestry, which were pre¬ in the matter of invita¬ the women of to criminate their choice to take moonlight drive home by." sented to the women. The dance into dinner. in the tions to the big functions of which Was an Elab¬ And, turn, by With the increasing popularity of for the début of his elder daughter, His Entertaining ladies not to inflict on them un¬ he was the presiding genius. cotillions, which gradually became a Pauline, afterward Mrs. Almeric congenial partners. The of mantle fell on the late Frederick largest .feature of every dance, was ushered Paget, who died a few years ago, whose wonderful orate Affair these of more was Townsend Martin, dinners, consisting In what be an held in might called era of the old Whitney resi¬ for him a in than one hundred we gave dence at tact easily made place people, extravagance in entertaining, for Fifth avenue and Fifty- the foremost ranks of the leaders of at Delmonico's, corner of Fifth Ave¬ small fortunes were seventh By Howard White Mrs. Whitney Warren, Mrs. spent in favors street, and was one of the on George nue and Fourteenth in the for these notable affairs society, who sought his judgment Jay Gould and Mrs. Pembroke Street, affairs and also for the of the winter, for all occasions and matters. NEW YORK'S social season, Jones, large ballroom. The table was in floral decorations of the Mr. Whitney was then all of whom have ballrooms, Secretary of Period entertainments and cos¬ which begins about the wonderfully bril¬ the shape of a horseshoe. I stood at and in cases for the in President many the dinners Navy Cleveland's tume affairs were features of New middle of November with liant entertainments to their credit the door of the salon, naming to preceding these brilliant functions. Cabinet, and he and his wife, the i each man the he was to take York's entertaining some years ago. the promlere at the Met- lady The success of the cotillion depended, first Mrs. Whitney, always gathered Cotillion Gone Forever in to dinner, and well remember one at their Opera House and the of course, largely upon the leader, entertainments the official The Hyde Ball fopolitan No dance of to-day can compare of them positively refusing to ac¬ and with men like the late and diplomatic set of at Elisha Washington, Undoubtedly, the most talked of gorse Show Madison Square Gar¬ in plcturesqueness and dignity with cept and take in a lady assigned to Dyer jr. and Craig Wadsworth, who as well as the leaders of New York him, and she, heard It was affair ever given in New York was den, bas undergone many remark¬ the cotillion, which has now passed just entering, usually led for the late Mrs. Astor; society. from this old, pic¬ in recent the dispute, and in consequence turesque a the fancy dress ball by James able changes years, and it into history. It probably never will Worthington Whitehouse, who di¬ residence, rambling would never again attend one of rected the dance château-like structure of brick over¬ Hazen at in à doubtful if anything has been be revived, for it calls not for destinies of the Hyde Sherry's January, only these dinners. various Vanderbilt run with vines, that a bit than the manner of functions, and. suggested 1905, which nearly disrupted one of more startling a wonderful dancer, but great gen¬ the late of the Old World rather than the in the winter Cotillion in a Barn antedating them, Harry Le the greatest financial institutions in entertaining which eralship to take a ballroom crowded Grand Cannon, one of the most New, that Miss Whitneywas married "The first pop¬ to the world, the Equitable Life As¬ cam» to a close a week ago. The with dancers through the intricate cotillion dinner ever ular leaders society has ever known Almeric Paget, now Lord Queen- who is now surance Society. It was this French lesson which has just ended has figures without a break. There were given at Newport I gave at my brilliant results were only to be ex¬ borough, visiting the United States and in ball, which it was said cost $100,- been said by some to be the most not more than half a dozen men Bayside Farm. I chose a night pected. taking part in many of the entertainments at Palm 000, that precipitated the crisis in York when the moon would be brilliant New has ever known. New York in the old days who could at the full, Valuable Favors Beach. the great insurance company found¬ who have do and invited To those followed New it, and to-day the one-step, fox¬ guests enough to make The gorgeous favors contribute«; The balls given by Mr. Whitney ed by Mr. Hyde's father by provok¬ social trot and waltz up a cotillion. We dined in for his Mrs. ing criticisms of lack of seriousness Yffk history, nothing could do not bring out the open in no small way to the success o: nieces, Courtlandt be further from the truth. these qualifications. air at 6 p. m., in the garden adjoin¬ Dixon Barnes (Miss Katharine L. on the part of the owner of the con¬ some of the great balls. There wer« Barney) and Mrs. Frederic N, trolling interest. season of 1919-'20 Ward McAllister in his book on ing the farmhouse, having the The started gable often gold and silver figures in whicl Watriss (Helen T. Barney), daugh- Sherry's was transformed unHl 'Society as I Have Found It" de¬ end of the house to us from off with a wild rush of entertain¬ protect card cases and similar trinkets wen ters lof Mrs. Charles T. Barney its every corner smacked of Ver¬ scribes the introduction of cotillion the southerly sea breeze. In this were sailles and the 400 ments, beginning with the ball given presented to the women and ciga given at h¡3 later home, 871 guests enjoyed dinners as follows: way we avoided flies, the pest of Fifth Avenue, and were red lettei one of the most unusual and elab¬ en November 30 by Mr. and Mrs. rette and match boxes to the men "A Newport. events of their seasons. orate entertainments ever given. Henry M- Rogers for their debu¬ friend thought they were im¬ When Mrs. J. "Men and women enjoyed a free¬ Anthony Drexel jr. The late James Stlllman i Countless lackeys in costumes of Miss M. practicable on account of the ex¬ dom gave tant daughter, Millicent but I had that their rural surroundings then Miss Marjorle Gould, made he dinner dance for Miss Ethel Rocke olden days, scarlet coats and pow¬ pense, remembered talk¬ like the dered satin breeches and silk Bogers, with whom the Prince of ing to the of the famous permitted and, lambs gam¬ début in January, 1910, and an wigs, proprietor in the were the first of a succes¬ Wales danced a number of times in Restaurant in boling fields next them, they nounced her engagement simultane 'T'HE late Mrs. Stuyvesant stockings, Philippe, Paris, as frisked and .* sion of Mr. to the a about, thus did away ously, there was one figure in th Fish, one of the most or¬ surprises planned by Washington. cost of dinner, he assuring Hyde that greeted his guest:?. To me that its cost iginal of New York hostesses Jrom then on there was a con- depended entirely go into details would be to describe on what he called les i. itant round of entertaining until frimeurs, e., an affair as elaborate as ever given things out of season, and said that at a French January for the "buds." who j court. Even the pro¬ always he could give me, for a napolean a grams were of most beautiful de¬ hold sway from mid-November un¬ head, an excellent dinner if I would sign, done on heavy parchment. The. til after the holidays. According leave out les primeurs. Including guests heard the orchestra of the to the social calendars of othei them, the same dinner would cost Metropolitan play a minuet of the olden saw the formal season be¬ days and eight of the days always prettiest in in with balls th« RAIG WADSWORTH, in girls society, powdered, gan January by f^ painted and in satin, appear, at¬ leaders of the fashionable set, which the days when the cotil¬ lion ivas in favor, usually led tended by eight young New York¬ gathered together young and old. for Mrs. Astor ers, all sixteen being socially well known, who danced amid a storm of Debutantes Only «»- applause. Tins year, however, the dances A Special Play were almost exclusively for th< Then Mme. Réjane, the star of even after the débutantes, Ne\* the evening, made her appearance Year, and the few given were in in a sedan chair carried by lackeys. significant in number compared t< She and her company appeared in a those of prewar 'days, and lacke« piece written especially for the occa¬ in brilliancy many of the affair; sion by M. Dario Niccodemi, a rep¬ held for charity. resentative of the "Paris Figaro." Instead of attending a danci After the play supper was served, every night, as their mothers did the ballroom being transformed into a beautiful lawn of old many of the most prominent younj Versailles, upon which was a marquee.