The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-03
NEW YORK SOCIAL NEWS Spring Weddings Engagements European Departures
BY DIEDRIcH kNIckEReockER.

to Miss Harriet Taylor. only daughter of Henry A. c. Taylor and granddaughter of the late Moses Taylor, and in Philadel- phia of Miss Mary R. Coxe, daughter of Brinton Coxe, to Arthur II. Gerhard, son of William Gerhard of Ardmore and great grandson of John Sergeant; of Miss Madeline Richmond, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Thomas Richmond of Flushing, L. L, to Henry A, Wilmerding of New York, and of Miss Faith Robinson, daughter of MT and Mrs. Jeremiah P. Robinson of this city. to Ben Ali Hasgin, the artist. a grandson of James B. Haggin.
 The sequel of romantic courtship ex- tending over several years comes from Albany in the announcement of the en- gagement of Miss Susan Vanderpoel, daughter of MT. Isaac Vanderpoel and sister of Mrs Marcus Hun, to Joseph P. Ord of Schenectady, formerly of New York Mr Ord who has made large fortune with the electric lighting com pany whose works are at Schenectady, has been devoted to Miss Vanderpoel for four or five years. They were supposed to be engaged three years ago, and the marriage was looked upon as a near pos sibility, when MT. Ord was stricken with appendicitis. During his convalescence aiss Vanderpoel was devoted in her at , tendance upon him. The match Is looked upon as a suitable one and the young pair are receiving congratulations from all their friends
 The open air performance of "As You Like It." to be given on May IA at the South Field of Columbian university is at tracting unusual interest in fashionable circles. Many boxes have already been disposed of to prominent people. There is every reason to believe that this pro- duction will be successful both artistical- ly and financially.
 A British built yacht will be an object of interest and possibly of criticism in the hotilla of the New York Yacht club this season. Americans labor under the im- pression-although future events may dis pei this illusion-that they can give every other nation points on the subject of building speedy vessels. The steam yacht 1 Surf, which Adrian Iselin, Jr., has just | chartered, was built at Leith and is | owned by F. D. Lambert of the same place. The Surf has been put in con- | dition for her ocean voyage and may be expected in New York harbor soon.
 There was large attendance at Grace
 church on Tuesday afternoon to witness
 the marriage of Miss Sarah P Smith and Dudley Dupignac After the wedding
 there was a reception at the home of the brides mother, Mrs. Laroche Jacquelin Smith, No. East Sixteenth street. The i wedding of Miss Grace Chauneey daugh- | ter of Mrs. Daniel Chauncey of Brooklyn,
 took place in Grace church. on the | Heights, on Tuesday, and was followed by reception at the home of the brides mother.
 The most important weddings of | Wednesday were.those of Miss Josephine l Atterbury and Eliphalet Mott Potter in | this city; of Miss Jane Lansing Pruyr 1 and Franklin Townsend, in Albany, and | of Miss Lucy Golden De Lancey Kearny
 daughter of Gen. and Mrs John Wats , Kearny, and Julian Hill, in Washington
 The New York Yacht club is a repre- sentative social and yachting organiza ton
 It has built the yacht to defend the Amer ica's cup, Nothing will indicate the
 changes wi eh have taken place in this | city In its social growth as we'll as a
 comparison of the names in the various I syndicates which have built vessels to de-
 fend the cup. I give the list of the mem- bers of the "Reliance" syndicate: E. III.
 Gary, Norman B. Ream, Clement A. Gris-
 com, P. A. B. Widener, w. B. Leeds, Will
 liam Rockefeller, James J. Hill, Henry l Walters and Cornelius Vanderbilt. There
 is not name here not closely identified 1 with the greatest industries in this coun-
 try. Each name has more or less inter-
 esting social significance. Every man is