The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-31

New York. May 29.-May once sald to be unlucxy for brides has become the favored month; and June, praised by poets and novelsts and sanctioned by fashion as the month of weddings has lost it's charms Brides there will be during the coming month, but the scenes of the ceremonies will be in the country; brides there have been during May and during the past week. That of Miss Atterbury and Mir Potter was the mar riage of a most youthful couple, Miss Atterbury being one of the debutantes of this winter and MT. Potter not having reached his twenty-ffth year. Early in June there are to be more weddings but the ultra fashionable date is past now except in those cases where very smart engagements are announced to be fol- lowed immediately by nuptials. The two latest announced are those of Mrs. Law renee Turnure to Lord Monson and of Miss Betty Metcaf. daughter of Mrs. George Bird, to Mir Robert Dunbar Pruyn, of Albany. There is a perfect ep- idemic of engagements and marriages in Albany society at the present moment, and the sister of the young man engaged
 
 be married June to MT. David Goodrich of Boston while on June will take place the wedding of Miss Susie Wander poel, of Albany, to Mr Joseph P Ord. of Schenectady. Then follows the Oli- ver-Choate wedding on June G. so that 1t were a far reaching one.
 A large attendance is expected next Wednesday at the Van Cortlandt manor house by the Colonial Danes. who are it's eustodlans. when the unveling of the window taken from the old Rhinelander sugar house occurs, A large reception to members and invited guests will fo- low Mir. and Mrs T. J. Oakley Rhine lander will not sail for Europe where they will spend the summer. until after this occasion They will as usual when abroad mako their headquarters at their old castle at Oberweisel on the Rhine. This is the joint property of MT. Rhine- lander and his brother Philip Rhlnean- der. and was presented to them a num- be- of years since by their father, Wil- liam Rhinelander.
 Exceedingly gay is the Westchester Country club with the polo matches that are going on there and the numerous house parties. There Is constant refer ence being made to the gayety that con- tinues at the club. The truth is that in this neighborng county there are more people with wealth who own large houses and live an ideal country life on most lavish and formal scale than any where else near New York. It is com munity where people know each other well and are interested in the same pur- suits, as is evidenced by the way in which at the races the members of the Westchester colony are seen together, just as are the Hampstead or the Tux edo set.
 The entertainment at the Hotel Marie Antoinett@ last week was like all func- tions at this popular hostelry. most sue cessful MT. Albert R. Keen has a talent for entertaining and the dinners and luncheons given during the season gave him a distinctive reputation. By the way, l may remark that that this hand some hotel has been enlarged so that it takes in frll block on Broadway be- tween Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh streets. Its interior decorations and fur niture are on the same style so that the addition has not taken away from it's distinctive air of being q chateau of the eighteenth century. It was filled during the entire season with our most repre- sentative families.
 very Interesting event was the mar riage of Miss Harriet Taylor to Count Giuseppe della Gherardesca. which was celebrated at the home of the brides father on Wednesday. MT. Henry Tay- tor.s house is--sffe,--sf tiIosT rXtreine1y spacious modern mansions on the east side of Central Park and the one hun dred and odd people present scarcely made any show in the big rooms The wedding was enjoyable from the limiting of the guests There was a spice of nov city in the uniforms worn by the bride groom and attaches of the Italian em- basy and the brides gown. entirely of lace was greatly admired. A pictur- esque feature of the bridal party was the two little pages. nephews of the bride, who in their costumes of white satin and cloth looked as if they might have stepped out of a Vandyke canvas Count Gnerardesca and his bride will eai for Europe on June f, They will vls- it his aunt the Countes Aramon in Paris, going later to Florence. where there will be reunion of the Della Gherardescas to greet the young bride Next winter they will take a house in