New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-29
NETWORK SOCIETY.

Miss Polly Winters marriage Ernest Iselin
will, it is said, take place in the spring. Miss
Whittier entertained large party at luncheon yes
terday at Sherrys. her guests including Mrs Law
renee Waterbury. Mrs. John jacob Astor. Miss
Alice Babcock. Miss Beatrice ana Miss Gladys
Mills Miss Therese Iselin and Miss May Goelet.
The latter was driving and walking in the avenue
yesterday with her hance. the Duke OF Roxburghe.
St Bartholomew's Church was the yester-
day of the wedding Of Miss Marion Parsons and
Theodore Dudley Irwin. The bride. who was given
away by her father, Lawrence Parsons, was
dressed in white satin. trimmed with point lace.
and wore a tuIe veil fastened with a diamond
crescent her flowers consisting Of hlies-of-the-val-
ley. The bridegrooms sister, Miss Alice Irwin, OF
Albany; Miss Frances Tapp, of Louisville. Ky;
Miss Bessie johnson, Of Cleveland O., and Miss
Elizabeth Davis, Of New-York. who were brides
maids were arrayed in frOcks OF white net with
pink girdles and white tulle hats. trimmed with
pink feathers, while their bouquets were OF pink
roses Mrs James Baker. Of Chicago. was the
natron OF honor. and was dressed IN white lace,
with which she wore white lace hat trimmed
with white plumes Augustus Kountze. Walter
Wyckofr. Nicholas Brady. Henry Cooper. Alfred
Swayne, Robert Walbridge and Duncan Sutphen
were the ushers. and Richard Strong was the best
man. After the ceremony. which was performed
by the Rev. DR.. David H Greer. reception took
place at the East Sxtyfourth-st. house OF Mr.. and
Mrs ]. Bradley Cummings.
Scheduled for to-day is the marriage OF Miss
Elizabeth Hoffman. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
ard Hoffman. to Arthur Wellman Butler. son Of
Mrs. William Allen Butler. at the Church OF the
Heavenly Rest at 4 o'clock Owing the BRIDES
family being in mourning. the wedding will be
quiet affair. and the ceremony. w-.ich viii be per-
formed by the rector. will be followed by small
reception at the West Forty-third-st house Of the
brides parents Mis- Hoffman. who is the great
granddaughter Of the late Charles Il. Marshall, OF
this city. will have only attendant her sister,
Miss Malvina Hoffman, while John Reid. IT.. Nor
gan Davis. Charles L. Hoffman. Thatcher NJ
Adams. Jr.. Dexter Blagden and Dr.. John B.
Kouwenhoven are to be the ushers. Henry E Fair
banks acting as best man.
John Turner Atterbury and the Misses Atterbury
have returned to town for the season and are at
their house. in West Forty-ninth-st
Mrs James B. Converse has also arrived In town
for the winter and is at her house in West Fifty
sixth-st.
Mrs. David Tracy BOWS and Tracy BOWS have
arrived in town for the from their place. at
Hudson
Mrs. Henry B. Hyde who has been spending the
summer at Saratoga has arrived IN town and Is at
her house. in East Fortieth-st for the winter.
Mrs. Louis T. Hoyt, who spent the summer at
Southampton Long Island. has returned to the
city for the winter. and IS her house. in Fifth
ave.
Mr.. and Mrs John Hobart Warren are at their
apartment Park-ave. and Fortieth-st having
left their country place at Hoosick Falls N Y
for the winter.
Announcement was made yesterday Of the en-
gagement of Miss Constance F. Beardsley dauph-
ter OF Edwin s. Beardsley. to Louis Hays Dos
Passos. Of John r. Dos Passos, Of this city.
No date has been set for the wedding.
Elsewhere in the telegraphic dispatches will he
found a description of the marriage yesterday at
Largo. Md, OF the Hon Frances Fairfax sister
OF Lord Fairfax. TO Edward Lowndes Rhett of this
city. The bridegroom is descended from two very
old Southern families The Rhetts. OF Charleston
are among the oldest families OF that charming
Southern city. while the Lowndes family is like
wise well known throughout the South. Edward
Rhett has made his home in New-York for a num-
Der Of years and is a member OF the Calumet and
other New-York clubs.
John W. Ellis has arrived in town for the winter.
Miss Adele Colgate. daughter OF Cora Countess
OF STAFFORD after staying with her uncle and
aunt. Mr.. and Mrs Sydney J. Smith. at West
bury. Long Island. is now with her grandmother
at Ballston Spa. n. Y. and on leaving there will
pay a visit TO her aunt. Mrs. Alfred Chester in
this city. Being forced by proceedings in connec-
remain in this country until January. IL will
be impossible for her TO be present at the marriage
IN London next month of her mother. Lady STRAIT
ford. TO VI. T. Kennard. who is a member Of the
Turf and the Bachelors clubs in London.
Colonel John Jacob Aston who is travelling IN
the West with ". X. Vanderbilt. inspecting va
rious railroad properties. will return 70 town at
the end of the week and join Mrs. Astor at Fern
Cliff his place the Hudson.
Mrs. James P. Kernochan has arrived IN town
from Newport for the season. and is at her house
IN Fifth-ave.
Reginald Vanderbilt has likewise arrived in town
for a few days stay. IL is his first visit 20 the
city since his marriage.
BERKSHIRE NOTES.
Pittsheld Mass. Oct IS observation-disclosures are
preparing to leave Lenox for New-York- j. Mont
gomery Hare and family went to New-York to-
day.