Crowds Gather for Tea With Vanderbilt Shonts and Nobility
A Plaza tea yesterday drew thousands as Miss Gladys Vanderbilt and Miss Theodora Shonts with their fiancés, Count Lazzi Széchenyi and the Duc de Chaulnes, arrived amid a throng. The crowd filled corridors and dining rooms, with security guiding the guests to a private area as onlookers watched from glass walls and hotel risked crowded chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Vanderbilt
Count Lazzie ‘Szecheny
Mfth Avenue
M. Pearl
Sterry
Fiarry Payne-Whitney
Miss Vanderbilt
Alfred Vanderbilt
Mrs
Whitney
Raymond Pynchon & Cos
MISS VANDERBILT GETS PERMIT FOR WEDDING
Miss Gladys Moore Vanderbilt and Count Laszlo Szechenyi of Hungary obtained a marriage license at City Hall for a January 27 ceremony. They arrived from the Vanderbilt residence in a taxi, met attorney Morris Cukor and Lieut. Kenne(l), and swiftly completed sworn applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Moore Vanderbilt
Count Szechenyi
Hungary
Vanderbilt
West Fifty-seventh Street
Chambers Street
Morris Cukor
William Kennel
Sennel
Mr. Scully
Miss Vanderbilt
Scully
New York
Cornelius
America
Alice Gwynne
Jie
Laszlo Jeno Maria Henrik
Simon . Szechenyi
Ormero
J. P
Imperial and Royal
Hirpacs
Count Imre Szechenyi
Alexandra- Sziray Szirmay
Week's wedding plans for Miss Jane Hendrick and John Sinclair
Miss Jane Hendrick and John Sinclair Robertson have announced a wedding for January 18 at 4 o’clock in the Old First Presbyterian Church Fifth Avenue and Twelfth Street with Rev Dr Dutfield officiating. Miss Hendrick’s sister Mrs Frederick Smith Pickett will be matron of honor and Jacqueline Hendrick will be bridesmaid. Jackson Hendrick will give the bride in marriage and Erving Robertson will be best man. The couple will be hosted by relatives and close friends before a Naples and Europe tour planned from Jan 25 through next September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Carlisle Hendrick
John Sinclair
Robertson
Old Yrirst Presbyterian Church
Fifth Avenue
Twelfth Street
Dutfield Il
Bride and Groom Name Revealed for Pittsburgh Ceremony
The bride is Mrs Thorburn Reid and the best man will be Henry D Devens, brother of the groom, from Pittsburgh. The note specifies the wedding party with focus on the bride and her groom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorburn Reid
Henry D. Devens
Pittsburg
Birthday Reception for I Robinson Warren by Mrs J J Kearney Warren
Mrs J J Kearney Warren hosted a private afternoon reception at 135 East Thirty sixth Street to honor her brother in law I Robinson Warren on his eightieth birthday. Relatives friends and family from the Warren and Ludlow clans attended. A silver loving cup was given by the hostess with a speech by her nephew Francis Lewis Gould and verses by Mrs S Sherman Gould.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Ludlow Gould
Warren
Warren and Ludlow
J. Pierpont Morgan
Morgan Dix
E. J. Phelps
Francis Kinnicutt
Kinnicutt
John Holt
Dr. Wibbert
Fordham Morris
Charity Theatricals at Waldorf Astoria for Bloomingdale Guild
A charity program in the Waldorf Astoria ballroom featured two one act plays Au Clair de la Lune and David Garrick plus a prologue from Pagliacci. Cast included Rienzi de Cordova Vera de Cordova Sauville Irving Ottenberg and others with dancing to close the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomingdale Guild
Sea Cliff
L. L
Waldorf-Astoria
Au Clair de la Lune
Edgar Alian Woolf
Pierrot
Pierrette
Rienzi de Cordova
Vera de Cordova Sauville
Paris
Wierrot
David Garrick
Avery Belvour
Simon Ingot
Irving
Ottenberg
Squirehi
Diane
Arthur E. Wechsler
Ada
Estelle
Bloomfield
Smith
Herminie Kleinert
Araminta
Grace Harrington
St Vincent’s Charity Dance at Waldorf Next Wednesday
The annual reception and dance to aid the destitute and sick of the city will be held at the Waldorf Astoria next Wednesday evening January 15 under the Ladies' Auxiliary of St. Vincent's Hospital. Tickets may be bought at the hospital 15 West Eleventh Street with admission and supper priced at $0. The box prices are $100 for first tier and $50 for second tier, including tickets and supper. Notable boxholders include Delancey Kane and Mrs Kane Mrs Iselin Mrs O Day Mrs Mackay Dr and Mrs Kelly and Mrs O Donohue. The auxiliary aims for a successful affair amid distress among the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Waldorf-Astoria
Joseph J. O'Donohue
Delancey A. Kane
West Eleventh Street
Delancey Kane
William MM. Iselin
Daniel O'Day
Clarence Mackay
Thomas Kelly
Joseph J. O' Donohue
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Third Saturday Dance at Delmonico's Presented Elite Guests
The third Saturday Evening Dance at Delmonico's featured Francis Hopson leading the cotillion. Patronesses included Mrs. Huntington and Mrs. Sands among others, with numerous members and guests such as Harriet Glover Pauline Riggs Katharine Grinnell and many more attending. A supper followed the dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmonico
S. Francis
Johnstone Hopson
Charles. R. Huntington
Charles E. Sands
John Hubbard
Russell Lansdale
Lindley Tappin
Donald Campbell
Clarence Wyckoff
Dandridge Spotswood
Marice Heckscher
Robert F. Barry
H. P. McCullough
Henry Slack
Social Roundup of New York High Society Winter Stay-Places
A litany of winter movements and plans among Manhattan society figures includes Mrs. George Sheldon sailing January 23 after a winter in Europe, the Roelker and Turle party at Lakehurst, John D. Archbold returning to Tarrytown, and Mary Garden headlining the Louise matinée at the Manhattan Opera House. Society names attend Don Barber and Riverdale residents, while others relocate to Palm Beach and Thomasville. Engagements announced for Estelle to Harry Baum and Hattye Engel to David Rosenheim. a charity bridge gathers at the Chantilly with creditors and socialites contributing to a yearly January series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Sheldon
Italy
Paris
Alfred Roelker, Jr
Louise
Mary Garden
EB. R. Thomas
Arthur Scott Burden
Glen Collins
Evelyn Parsons
Gwendolyn Burden
McCook
Frederick Alien
Riverdale-on-the-ludson
Don Barber
East Seven By-Fourth Street
Washington
Irene
Europe
Count Wutzfeldt of
Washingto
Henri Bardac
St Regis
John Hamilton Geurlle
Buckingham
Plaza
Oscar Scherer
Elsa Marie Frances Scherer
Walter Field Burrows
Engagement of Mrs Pruyn and H. L. Hoppin Announced
The engagement is announced between Mrs Cornelia Van Rensselaer Erving Pruyn and Hamilton L. Hoppin of 147 West Eighty first Street. Mrs Pruyn is widow of John W. Prin who died in September 1895. Mr Hoppin has been married before. his former wife Miss Howland died years ago. Both families are linked to several old New York lineages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelia van. Rensselaer Erving Pruyn
Hiamilton L. Hoppin
West Eightyfirst Street
Subscription Dance Held At Hotel Savoy For Montefiore Home
The Young Women's and Men's League of the Montefiore Home hosted a subscription dance at the Hotel Savoy on Fifty Ninth Street and Fifth Avenue. About 800 guests attended. dancing ran from 9:30 PM to midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Women's and Men’s League of the
Montefiore
Hotel Savoy
Fiftyninth Street
Fifth Avenue
Hoppy the New York mutt sails with Tagus to Jamaica
Longshoremen on the North River waterfront watch as Hoppy the West Street dog secretly boards the Royal Mail liner Tagus and sails to Jamaica. The mutt eludes crew, hides in cabins, and finally departs with the ship as dock workers joke he outwitted the British.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North River
Hoppy
West Street
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
Tagus
Jamaica
Jame
New York
Rautt
Hoppy J
Areity of Banes
Happy
Mason
Bill Adams
Jamalica
Pie Hoppy
Sir Thomas Dewar
Sir Thomas
Footprint clue ties Jamaica burglars to seven home robberies
Jamaica Police investigate a spree in which seven homes near Hillside Avenue were entered yesterday morning. About $2,000 in valuables were stolen while much remained, suggesting amateur thieves. Mrs. Sarah Belknap found a footprint at her Hillside Avenue residence amid the robbed silverware and fine wardrobe items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
L. I
Sarah Belknap
Hillside Avenue
Auction Item Prices of Wool Sets and Caracul Bundles
The listing shows various wool items with prices including Mink and Black Lynx sets valued at 55.00 and 50.00 respectively Baum Marten Sets at 200.00 Caracul Sets priced 38.00 with smaller values 37.50 35.00 and 22.50 totaling 150.00. The fragment notes item values in dollars without further context or buyer details.
Footprint tests and candle clues in multi-home burglary case
Mrs Belknap marks a footprint in flour and gives it to police to test against suspects. Burglars struck ex-Assistant US Attorney Clifford L. Tappen and several other Union Avenue and Hillside Avenue homes, taking coats jewelry silverware a candelabra with red candies and wine while leaving other valuables untouched.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Duke
Theodora Shonts
Szecheni
J. J. Kearney “Warren
T. Robinson Warren
Charity Theatricals
The
Waldorf For Outing Fund
St. Vincent's Ladies’ Auxiliary
Francis Hopson
Delmontico’s
Social Notes
H. L. Hoppin
Crew of
Jamaica Police
125Th St
7Th & 8Th Aves
Greenhut and Company
Savon Axminster
Nerie
Long
Ieer
Savonnerie Axminster
Sixth Avenue
Eighteenth
Nineteenth Street
B. Altman & Co
Leven
Sid
Nicobles
Theodore
Archer
Union Avent
Stan Lambs
Sal
James Brown
DeLapp Flace
William H. Lyte
William J. Barthel
Hardenbrook Avenue
Brown
Lyte
Barthel
Undermuslin Sale
Bloomingdale
Bloomingdales
Lyons Dye
Ing
Anne Eetaseeese
Ance Bloomingdales
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