The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-03

a factor in the great life Of this metrop- oils But save for the last two mentioned Walters of Baltimore, Md, and wander biIt of New York. the family names,. let alone the individual were absolutely without place in the social, commercial financial and industrial life of this city twenty-five years ago.
 
 The prominent wedding of Saturday was that of Miss Carola De Peyster, daughter of Col Johnston l.. De Peyster, to Garret B. Kip. at Tivoli- the-Hudson. Other weddings of Saturday were those Of Miss Agatha Alling. daughter of MT. John W. Alling to Frederick Lovejoy Durland, at St. Thomas church. this city; of Miss Jo- sephine Bigelow Kirtland and MT Rus sell Colgate, at the home of the bride in East Orange. ". J.. and of Miss Theo- dosia Cook Martin to Francis J. M. Grace, in Washington.
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles Barney have not rebuilt their house that was burned, and, it is said, have given up the lease of the house they expected to take for the sum mer. They are booked for Newport after they leave Roslyn, where they go early in the season. To stop a fortnight or three weeks at the Meadow club at Southamp- ton is by no means a bad plan, as is
 
 possible to get rooms there.
 
 It is fashionable now to go abroad and also to go to the departing steamer to say goodbye to ones friends who are sailing, this last a most unsatisfactory diversion, but one that keeps the vogue year after year. The Cedric took out a lot of smart people and there was a crowd of fashion ables at the wharf. Mrs. Lucius K. Will merding, Miss Wilmerdng, MT. and Mrs. William D. Strong and Miss Alice Strong were among those who sailed on the new ship, and there were enough people well known in society to insure amusement without making new acquaintances.
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 Coaching is engaging public interest more and more, and the coaches that run to Lakewood and Ardsley are always we'll filled, so well filed in fact, that it is diff hcult to get seat. The thing to do, and it is generally done very early in the season. is to take the entire coach for a day long in advance and thus make sure of ones party
 Four-in-hand driving Is much in vogue and now many women are taking 1t up. As yet Mrs. Thomas Hastings is rather in the lead. but there are other younger mar ried women who drive capitally and who are going in for the sport this summer. The young women at Lenox drive espe- cially well, and 1t is said there that it is to be the leading diversion of the season
 
 Neither in town nor out of town has there been any large fashionable enter tainment. People whose country houses are open have been interested in getting these in order, and 1t seems to be neces- sary to stay In the city quite late to &C., complish it. There have been no house parties of any size excepting the week end ones at Staatsburg, at MT. and Mrs. | ogden Mills, and also at Mir. and Mrs George Gould's at Lakewood. But no house parties for any length of time have been given, the season not yet being well enough on for that One or two people who have attempted this have found it advisable to take their guests back to New York for the play two or three nights In succession, in order to avoid a depressing dullness that settled upon the l household.