New-York tribune., 1900-01-21
BROOKLYN SOCIAL WORLD.

Judge and Mrs William 2. Hurd, who mar
rsed December % last, held large and fashionable
reception Friday afternoon and evening at their
home No. 1ls7 Dean-st. In the receiving party
were Miss Katherine Hurd. Mrs: J. G CLAYTON r and
cRicaro G91s D. "'D''O'' ~
A 81 Valentines tea and entertainment will be
given In the Dyker Heights Clubhouse. Eighty
sixth-st and Thirteenth-aye on the evening OF
February Z for the Senet Of St Phps
Colonel and Mrs. A B. Chandler, of No 2ss Clin-
ton-ave. expect to leave Brooklyn on Tuesday TO
spend the remainder OF the season in Southern Cali
Misses Josephine and Julia Barr. daughters of
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Barr OF State st. sailed yes
terday in the Ems for Naples In company with Mrs
Daniel Ermentrout. OF Reading. Penn, Mrs Bars
rage took place Thursday. were also passengers on
the Ems.
The dance of the Berkeley Alumna Association is
10 be given February 1S in the Assembly Hall OF
the institute. The patronesses, who are members
Of the Alumn@. Mrs. Charles Burreh' mrs
& Charles Iav a Heoag: 99ag Mrs + Henry n Wells, Mrs
Harold A. Sinclair. Mrs. George schlegel ana MISS
Mary Cone.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank HeaIy, of No. 2s South Ok
society at reception TO be given in her honor on
Thursday February /. Miss Heay is a niece OF A.
Augustus Healy, president Of the Brooklyn Ihsu-
The Beta and Epsilon Chapters OF the Sigma Psi
Fraternity Will hold their annual dance In the
Pserrepont Assembly Rooms on the evening Of April
ls The committee is composed of E. Martin Fraser
Pierre H. Parsons, Elmer G. Jewell Robert F, Man
itsee h a1 nclndes des Toward F. Whitney William E Car
hart. Jr Morris W., w; Ely Iavid stuart AoOiiS D.
The Columbia College Musical Society. after an
interval OF three years. Will appear in comic opera
az the Academy of Music on Monday evening. Feb
ruary 2s The opera to be presented is THE Gov
ernor's Vrouw' 1t has two acts and deals with
the early Dutch period in New-York. The presenta-
ton will be given under the directions of Napier
pnn 1d h0 sds the ree at
Georgian Court Lakewood The words are by og
Of Dr. Gaskie Harrison. of the BROOKLYN Latin
School Melville 1 H cEame @0,e ss m he The music aio viii
be furnished by the Columbia University Phihar-
Glli benefit Of the Brooklyn Home Aged Men.
Miss May Fidelia Burt gave an interesting ex-
hibition in wissner Hall on Friday night of her
methods of instructing sight singing classes OF
the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences The
programme included demonstration OF musical
shorthand" by Misses Winifred Marshall, Helen
Miss Burt The children took down in musical
shorthand two parts OF hymn selecteo at rancoin
by a stranger in the audience, and then resang II
from their stenographic notes which were VeTlned
new method Of musical sfenography afd develop
ment of the French method Of Rousseau Colin
Paris-cheve of sight singing and ear training.
Miss Edna stilweu Doughty, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Samuel Doughty of No. 2S9 Washington ave-.
will be married next Wednesday afternoon to Her
bert Howard Knox in the Church of the Messiah.
The maid OF honor win be Miss Olga Doughty,
sister of the bride. The best man will be David
Hunter Miller. The bridesmaids include Miss Anna
T MiSs jean Palmer and Miss Helen Pratt
Minor. of Manhattan The ushers are DR.. Leon
ard w. Ely. (. A McAl lpin; jri Carroll j. Posi-; 2r'
william Podd Philip ,tS Rafferty, yrsoe6a5 Of 3Fsngs s
ria risge eo'He q 'iF ''S w
The engagement was announced recently Of Miss
Emma Burnett Jourdan, daughter of General and
Mrs. James Jourdan. to Frederick rick William Budd
of Mrs. Margaret Budd, OF Manhattan
Another engagement of interest is that of Miss
Maria Roosevelt Bunce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
A c. Bunce Of Poughkeepsie. TO Guy Carleton the
eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Morrison Carle-
ton Of No LIP Dean-st Miss Bunce is a grand.
daughter Of Mrs. Maria A. yewett and a niece OF
member Of the Crescent Athletic club, Brooklyn
Skating Club and also of Company ID, 2Sd Resl-
ment.
The marriage of Miss Leslie Whitman, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Whitman. of No 244 Henry
ST. and Frederick Deming Sherman. son of John
T Sherman of No. 80 Rensen-st., will be performed
in the First Presbyterian Church Tuesday, jan
uary 80 A reception at the Whitman home will fol-
low the ceremony. Miss Elizabeth Whitman. the
, brides sister will act maid Of honor, and the
bridesmaids will be Miss Jessie i. sherman, the
bridegrooms sister; MISS hoSamond IhoIapSon
Miss Blanche Whittelsey and Miss Elizabeth Whit
telseY of New Haven. Charles A. Sherman VIII
act as best man. The ushers elected include Allen
E. Whitman, Alden R. Whitman. Clarence NJ
Fincke. the fance Of Miss Elizabeth Whitman;
Wenda P. Cotton, Howard 5. Hadden and William
!. rockingham
An engagement announced last week was that of
Miss Elsa Marie Nickel, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
August Nickel of No. 955 Bushwck-ave., and
George Augustus Shellas, OF George w Shellas,
Of Lnden-st.
The engagement announced also of Miss
Mae Van o. Baldwin. youngest daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry B. Baldwin. of No. 10 Fort Greene
Place and Charles Hicks Crane. of No. 1877 Balm
bridge-st.. a member of the Knickerbocker Club.
The annual concert of the Stevens Glee, Banjo.
and Mandolin clubs is be held at the Pouch
Gallery on Tuesday, February 6, and viii be fol-
lowed by a dance. Henry s Hayward jr. 90.
and r. ]. O'Neil. '01, manager and assistant
manager of the clubs.
TIE members of the Rector's Aid Society of the
Church of the Messiah will be the hostesses of
reception which win be held at the Pouch Mansion
on January -.
In the receiving party at the reception given
Wednesday afternoon by Mrs. Frederick Taylor
Sherman Miss Susan Watson Sherman and Miss
Julia Watson Sherman Mrs. Theodore V.
sand Mrs Frederick r. Harter, Miss Anna Eel
lows. Miss Laura f. Gray, Miss Margaret Swan,
Miss Mary Miligan. of Auburn; Miss Katherine
sloan and Miss Edna E. Baker. of Cold Spring