The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27
of compliment to the Scotch bridegroom,

For the bridal breakfast afterward the Goelet dwelling within will be converted into large floral bower The hall is very large and square and has a high wains- coating of oak, and the ceiling is finished with oaken beams. This can be very effectively embellished with roses and ex- otics.
 The big library, fitted in the same fash ion with oak, is at the left, the reception room at the right and the big dining room across the rear. The tables will be placed all over this floor, and the balus- trades of the stairway at the rear will be ornamental floral adjuncts. In the Louis Qunze ballroom, up one flight, the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe will receive | congratulations.
 | The presents will be displayed to the ] brides friends day or two ahead of the wedding at an afternoon tea. It Is expect ed that they will comprise a valuable col- lection of gold and silver services, jewels, , bric-a -brac. rugs, cloaks, cut glass and ! odd bits of furniture. They will literally | be poured into the house from the day tho cards are out until that of the marriage. Every one is dying to know what the Duke of Roxburghe's gift to his bride will be and what jewels the family jewel case will contain when it comes into possession of the new American Duchess as she reaches the F'lors castle, in Scotland. Miss Goelet is already the possessor of some superb diamonds and pearls.
 
 The two Cutting brothers are much talk ed of just now since 1t has been announced that James De Wolfe Cutting will marry Mrs Ogden Goelet and be the step-father- in-law of the Duke of Roxburghe. Both of the Cuttings are very handsome, big men, Jimmy Cutting, as he is called, is darker than his elder brother, Robert, who was much talked of some years ago at the time of his marriage to Miss Minnie Seligman, the actress. By the way, new star has arisen in the hunting field in the person of Miss Edith Colford. She is so daring a rider and all-around magni- ficent horsewoman that she is likely to prove formidable rival to Mrs. James l.. Kernochan and Mrs. Adoph Laden burg. who, for some years past. have held undisputed sway as the best riders in the fashionable set.
 Mrs Graves, the divorced wife of Rob- ert Graves, Is one of the comparatively few women who have really been rich and fashionable who is to be seen behind the footlights. She is blonde and very pretty and vivacious. and has a fine and highly cultivated voice. lI1e on the stage will certainly have all the charm of con- trast for Mrs. Graves. who for some years past has been Tn seclusion in a convent. Meanwhile the marriage of her former husband. who is a big handsome, blonde fellow, to Mrs. Henry B. Plant, the s9O00O,000 widow, is being planned for the near future.
 The opening of the hunting season at Hempstead has brought back most of the fashionable crowd from Newport and abroad MT. and Mrs. O. IT. P. Belmont are already settled in their famous new house there Mrs. Adolph Ladenburg is expected very shortly, but has not yet arrived. MT. and Mrs. Clarence H. Mack ay Mir. and Mrs. Sidney Dillon Ripley, Mr and Mrs. Edwin D. Morgan, Mir. and Mrs. Reginald Brooks MI. and Mrs F. T. Cushing, Mir. and Mrs. Oliver w. Bird, Mir. and Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock, Jr.. Mir and Mrs T. A. Havemeyer. Jr., and Mrs. H. V. R. Kennedy were all much in evi- dence last Tuesday. when the first meet