The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-07

New York, June 5.--A1ong the Hudson this time of the year is the pleasantest pf all the twelve months, and not only the large country estates, but the smaller country places are in summer trim and filled with guests. Garrison and Highland falls are always merry at this time of the year. with visitors taking in West Point lmusements and spectacles with mad en- Ihusiasm. At Staatsburg, where MT. and Mrs Ogden Mills and their immediate rel ltives are the leaders, there is not quite IS much gayety as usual, owing to the .act that for the time being many of them lre abroad, but there are enough of the De Peysters and the Clarksons and the Livingstons and the Hoyts to give life and m air of elegance to the place. Conse- luently the Hudson is decidedly lively; put gayety, in the true sense of the word, s centered al Hemstead and whereabouts, Westchester and Tuxedo, with the prefer ,nce in favor of Hampstead, with the dog ,how and the polo 0 interest the visitors In fact the inhabitants find plenty to in- .erest them without any outside amuse- nent
 New Rochelle, including Premium Point where live the Oliver Iselins, is great yachting center with the Larchmont Yacht club near at hand, while across the ound, at Oyster Bay, the Seawanhaka Racht club is now open for the season. Although the President and his family nave not yet arrived, many representa- lives of the Roosevelt family are settled Tor the summer. The club house is filled with guests and the charmingly pictur- ssaue harbor has it's full quota of yachts
 Newport is cool, comparatively, but rather dull. thus the only thing to do has been to get up and keep up as much en- husiasm as possible over polo at West chester tennis at Tuxedo and getting ones country house. but more especially ones yacht, in readiness for hard, hot, long Iummer.
 An interesting engagement formally an- aounced on Thursday was that of Miss Anna Cleveland Dondge. daughter of Mrs Stephen H. Oin and the late William Earl Dodge, to MT. John H. Mccullough, IT,, of Irvington on Hudson. Miss Dodge a handsome girl, inheriting much of the beauty that marks her mothers family, he Harrimans. Mir. Mccullough is a Tale man and was a tremendous favorite n his class. He is one of the governors H the Ardsley club. The wedding will probably be celebrated In June at Ardsley, where Miss Dodge now is with her mother and stepfather. Her paternal grandfather. MT. William E. Dodge, will rive her handsome dot. He gave to his iaughter-in-law on the occasion of her marriage to MT. Olin quite recently, the house in East Thirty-fifth street which aas been her home for some years.
 
 Miss Julia Hobart daughter of Mir. and Mrs. B. F. Hobart of St Louis. and Mir. Clarence Woods DeKnight of Washington, Q. C., were married quietly Wednesday. with only a few of their most intima te friends present. MT Thomas J. BaBr- pour of San Francisco. Cal. acted as best nan, and the brides only attendants were Miss Marion Ogden Austin of Chicago and Miss Elsbeth Wfnton of Scranton. Pa. MT. md Mrs Deknight sailed on the Cedric ,n Friday for an extended trip abroad, md on their return in December will re- nde in Washington, D. c. Mir. DeKnight 2 prominent lawyer in that city.
 One of the early June brides will be Miss Martha Depew Strang. niece of Senator Depew. who IS to wed Mir Alfred