The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-05-25
WHAT ~ oOsSo ON IN soCHkrr

WHAT n 0oiS0 ON IN soCxErr.
Tho time.honored superstition touching
May weddings has evidently met with its de.
served fate. and has boon dismissed to obscur-
ity There have been more weddings during
the past week than at any time since Easter.
Like most cercmonials In old Trinity. the
marriage Of Mr.. Parsons and Miss Reed was
solemn and imposing. There was no chatter.
ing OF busy tongues nor rustling OF silk and
velvet. Tho richly dressed guests siided Al.
Iently to their seats. and the bridal party
moved up the aisle with an almost mysterious
auietness. But for the grand notes Of the big
organ which swelled through arch and nave.
IL would have seemed almost like the ghost Of
some former wedding which happened long
ago Tho reception at Mrs. Reeds residence
In Fifty sixth street was gay enough. however.
and the young couple drove OF with the Gus.
tomary benediction OF rico and old slippers.
womans work 10 so seldom remunerativc
and II so rarely happens that any considerable
portion OF success attends her best efforts. that
tho career OF Mrs. Sylvanus Reed deserves
mention as an ENCOURAGEMENT to struggling
womnnhood. and . Justly merlted tribute TO
her own brain power and force OF will. BY her
own unaided efforts Mrs. Reed has during
period covering only about twenty years es-
u
to An institute for the higher education OF
woman, has Amnssed q handsome fortune. and,
without neglectins her family duties or de-
parting from the legitimate channel OF wo-
mans work. stands now before the world
triumphant example Of what female energy
pluck. and perseverance, can accomplish.
Were there moro like her In this land where
fortune plays such ugly freaks and deals such
sharp and sudden blows. 80 many household.
would not 20 completely under whom misior.
tune comes.
Those who wero fortunate enough to b bid
den to the picturesque old town OF North Lob
anon. to take part in the festivities attending
the marriage OF 3Iiss Harriet Coleman and Mr..
Harry Glovor. will not soon forget the day and
its enjoyments. The rugged mountain scenery
through which they passed. the fair. smiling
park with It's velvet turf and grand old trees.
which formed the terminus Of their journey.
and In which tho old Coleman mansion stands.
and tho perfectly unique and original chsrac.
ter OF the place with It's surroundings and
accessories. created an interest not always
excited by fashionable wedding. The enter.
tainment was superb and there was smack
OF feudalism and old country grandeur about
1t very gratifying to the feelinge OF those OF
mushroom growth who took part IN the cele-
bration. Among tho guests present were Mrs.
Henry Drayton, Mr.. and Mrs. Coleman Dray.
ton. Mr.. and Mrs. Archibald Rogers. Mrs. and
Miss Mills. Miss Glover. Miss Wood. DR.. and
Mrs. Derby. Mrs. Alden. Mr.. and Mrs. Percy
Aldon. and hosts Of others. both from New
York and Philadelphia.
Cards are out for tho wedding OF Miss Annie
Dawson and DR.. John N Beekman In Ascen-
sion Church on Wednesday. Juno4.
Next to weddings and. perhaps. sven
nR Inf
OF conversation have been the number Of en-.
gasements that have been recently announced.
Inc xhaustibla Is the talk among knot OF
young girls over IN engagement between twd
Of their special croniea and contemporaries
The wondering. the speculation. the discus
sions a. TO motives. feelings. sentiments. In.
como. plans. and prospects. is wonderful to
hear. and seems to attach to no other LEADING
event in human life. To worry young psopls
matrimonial engagement Is the birth OF ro-
nance and poetry into their lives. with vista
OF brightness stretching far into the future.
which has Just enough mistiness about It to
make 1t especially Interesting. and therefore
do matrimonial engagements always make .
| stir among the young.
Miss Constance Rives and Mr.. John Borland
are to be married the middle OF June. and TO
spend their honeymoon In the far West
ter Of Mr.. Chester Griswold. to Mr.. Walter Webb.
and OF Miss Eugene Gilbert to Mr.. janice B.
| Townsend have also been recently made known.
Several Weddings and. OF course. many en-
aagements. will give interest 10 the Newport
season. Miss Charlotte TooIer and Mr.. Whit
ney Warren will bs married there early In July.
| The bridesmaids are to DO Miss Edith Warren.
Misc Margaret Beeokmnn. Miss Daisy Stevens.
| and Miss Lena Leroy. 1t Is expeoted that Mr..
| lockers new house. on the corner OF Kay and
Touro streets. will BE- thrown open for the &C.
| CASTOR. This will add one moro to tho rows OF
| palaces with which wealth and taste have al
ready adorned fair Newport. It's greatest OK
ternal defect is tho small space OF ground in
| which 1t has been placed. A mansion Of TINT
size should stand In a park OF it's own. or IL,
least DO surrounded by ornamental grounds and
gardens. In interior decoration. however. Mr.
lockers house ia said to rival Mr.. Robert Goo.
| let's and In come respects to DO equal TO Miss
Wolfe's. The oak carvings OF the dining room
have bean pronounced superior to anything Of
the kind ever seen In this country. and q con
spicuous feature In the same room are the
| gates OF brass which enclose the SAFE. and
| which were imported from abroad and arc
ST. ! to have been carved BY the monks Of old
Corresponding with these gates on the opposite
side OF the room 10 door carved In oak ex
actly in imitation OF thsm.
A dull season 10 confidently predicted fol
Newport this year. but It will probably be
none the worse on that account. Thu
wild exctements. the rivalries. the alterca
tions. and the discussions OF last summer
and tho scandals and contemplate sossiI
which followed In their train. no one woulc
wish to see repeated. And besides. with suct
bellies as Miss Langdon. Mas Wilson. Mis-