New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-28
NETWORK SOCIETY.

Some of the engagements announced yesterday
are notable and they formed the chief topic Of con-
versation wherever fashionable people met one
Of these was the engagement Of Miss Martina
Havemeyer the daughter OF William r nave
MEYER 10 William r. wilcox. president or the Fak
Board The formal announcement was made last
evening at a dinner given b. William + HaVeneyer
at his house No. 10 East Fttty-seventn-st- Ut.
WILCOX who IS a graduate OF the University or
Rochester belongs TO the Bar Association and IS
a member of the Union League, Century. Repubn-
can and New-York Yacht clubs Mr.. Havemeyer
and his daughter recently returned from their
country home on the Ruusen Road. New-Jersey'
No date is set for the wedding.
The engagernent was also announced OF MISS
Pauline Whittier. daughter Of General and Mrs
Charles a. Whittier Ernest Iselin son OF Mr.
and Mrs Adrian Iselin tr.. and grandson OF Adrian
Iseiin, the banker. Miss Whittier is generally
known as Miss Polly Whittier. Her mother. Mrs
Charles a nittier, has Just returned from
Europe and the family have apartment at the
Knickerbocker. No. 247 Fifth-ave- Their former
home was in Boston. Miss whittiers sister is the
wife OF Prince Belossersky- Belossesky Of Russia,
and makes her home at St Petersburg. Ernest
Iselin belongs to the Knickerbocker, University
and New-York clubs, and was graduated from
Columbia in ISIS. He is< banker and nephew OF
William E. IseIin. c. O'Donnen Iselin, c Oliver
Iselin. Mrs. Delaney Kane and Mrs. John Beres-
ford.
Miss GoeIet who has been visiting her aunt, Mrs
Cornelius Vanderbilt, ct Millbrooke. " Y, has re-
turned 70 her home. No. COS Fifth-ave. Mr.. and
Mrs Vanderbilt returned with her. and are Mrs
Ogden Goelet's guests for few days. Miss Goelet
expects the Ladies Innesker the sisters OF the Duke
of Roxburghe to be her bridesmaids at her we'd
ding TO the duke on November 10. in St Thomas's
Church They will be included in the list which
now comprises Miss Beatrice Mills. Miss Theress
Iselin, Miss Martha Johnston and Miss Marion
Haven.
. rH1 al r,f-,-
full but serious injury at the country place OF
Mr.. and Mrs Clarence Mackay. at Roslyn. Long
Island, Sunday. is doing quite well. Mrs.
Traversr while crossing a marble floor. fell and
dslocated her right knee She will be kept indoors
for several weeks
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Mortimer will give a large
dinner this evening at Westbury. Long Island.
Quite large number OF fashionable people were
in town yesterday. Among them were Mrs Law
renee Waterbury. Mrs. Frederick Esler. Mrs BEL
mont Tiffany, Mrs. Stephen DIN. Mrs ]. Norman
De r Whitehouss and Mrs Payns Whitney.
Miss Marion Parsons. daughter Of Mr. and Mrs
Lawrence Parsons. formerly Of Louisville KY. but
now living at No. q West Fifty nnth-st., will be
married at 4 o'clock this afternoon 10 Theodore
Dudley Irwin. az ST. Bartholomew Church. The
ceremony will be performed by the Rev. DR.. David
H Greer. bishop coadjutor elect. and reception
will be held at the house of Mr.. and Mrs ]. Brad
Parsons and her bridal attendants were enter
tanned at luncheon yesterday by one OF the brides
maids. Miss Eliza beth Davis at her home at Madi-
son-ave and Sixty-sixth-st. The other guests in
Guided the matron OF honor Mrs. James Baker
Of Chicago. and the Misses Bessie Johnson Of
Cleveland; Frances Tapp. OF Louisville. and Alice
Irwin, of Albany. sister OF the bridegroom. all OF
whom will serve as bridesmaids
dispatch fror San Francisco states that Mrs
Louise c La Montague viii marry c. E. Maud.
who IS a prominent resident Of Riverside Cal Mrs.
La Montague was Miss Louise Catherwood OF San
Francisco. sister of Mrs. Morton Grinuell and Dr.
Clinton CatherwOod. OF this city. She married
Ernest Ia Montague. from whom she was divorced
two years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs William C. Rockefeller closed their
country home at Greenwich. Conn. yesterday. and
came to town for the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. NewbOld Morris have returned
from Lenox. where they have been spending the
autumn
The Rev. DIT Charles Augustus Stoddard and
Mrs. Stoddard have closed their summer home
Ethelmont Williamstown. in the Berkshires
and have opened their house. No. 800 West seventy
second-st at the Riverside Drive Miss Marion
Stoddard, who has been spending the autumn
months at Tuxedo Park, has also returned to tina
city home.