The age-herald., 1901-05-05

At the close of the fashionable metro- politan season I mentally survey the field to note the effect of the winters cam paigning. After battle general counts over his forces and makes mark as to what the engagement cost him in men. enumerating the dead and wounded. Why not after a social season accurately de- termine how many young men have suc- cumbed to the Vaccinations of fashiona- ble bellies for the display of whose charms so much labor has been employed and so much money expended It Is no secret that society is a marriage market, ard that for eighteen years girl has been trained to take her place in the ante chamber of tho hymenal altar With the blare of trumpets and the sounds of the sackbut and psalter at the proper time the youths are invited in to select part ner who shall make them happy or mis- erable for life. This is the season of an- nouncement. What young maids have whispered the fatal yes"
 There is going to be wedding in the old Gallatin family. Miss May Gallatin. the youngest daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Frederic Gallatin is engaged to MT. Will fam Warner Hopptn, Jr., of this city. Rumor has had much to do with the af- fairs of these young people Time and time again it decided this match must bs made and so set the good folk Of this saintly town talking. and each time prompt denial was interposed as an in- Junction. This time 1t is officially an nounced. This engagement is interesting as it unites members of families With time honored places in the social chroni- cles. Miss Gallatin's uncle is Elbridge T. Gerry and her relatives branch the limbs of their family tree toward the Living ston, Goelet, Whitneys and Ogden fami- lies She is an attractive. sweet young girl who is none the worse thought of because the prospective heiress to mil lions Mir. Hoppin is Yale undergradu- ate and the son of MT and Mrs. William Hoppin.
 Mrs John Zerega's granddaughter, Miss Elise von Breton Zerega, daughter of Mir and Mrs. Francis Zerega, has an nounced her engagement tc Mir Stuart Pullman West, a nephew of the late George Pullman. The Zeregas are Win chester family noted for their striking beauty. One was married few years ago to Charles Pelham Clinton, cousin to the Duke of Newcastle.
 One of the prettiest weddings of the spring season was that of Miss Nathalie F. Moss, a daughter of Mir. Courtlandt A. Moss to Mir. Johnston Livingston, Jr. The wedding was celebrated In the aris- tocratic old church Cavalry, on Fourth avenue. in the presence of one Of the most thoroughly fashionable congregations ever there assembled. Miss Elise Moss, a veritable picture. in gown of white lace was the maid of honor The ushers were Mir. Woodward Babcock. Mir. Max well Stevenson. Mir. Henry W. Living ston and Mir. Robert w. Moss. One of the most beautiful women in the church was the brides sister Mrs. Frederic Q. Beach. who was untimely made widow not long ago Her first husband. her boy lover, was Charles Havemeyer, who came to his death while examining pistol. Mir, Livingston, the happy bridegroom, Is the eldest son of Johnston Livingston. whose only daughter married Geraldyn Redmond.
 Speaking of this wedding reminds mo that Johnston Lvingston's sister, Miss Caroline Livingston, will shortly be mar ried to MT. Maxwell Stevenson.
 Farewell lunches to bridesmaids and farewell suppers to bachelors are all the