The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-05-03
SOCIETY DOINGS.


Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Miller and the
Misses Miller are now occupying the
homestead on Macculloch avenue.
Miss Ada w. Owen is spending a
few weeks at Mortified, Mass, pre-
paratory to taking a course in trained
nursing at st. Barnabas's Hospital,
Newark. Miss Owen will enter the
hospital the latter part of May.
Mrs. Julius Catlin and Miss Edith
Catlin, who returned from Europe a
few days ago, are staying with Mr..
Mr.. and Mrs. Trenor L. Park, at their
country place, at White plans.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Kountze leave
New York on Friday for their country
place near Morristown.
Very quiet indeed was the marriage
on Tuesday afternoon of Miss Mary
Spingler Van Beuren to Willard
Vinton King at the house Of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick r. Van
Beuren, in West Fourteenth street,
New York, all the original plans for
the wedding at the Church Of the
Ascension having been abandoned ow-
| ing to the recent death of Michael
Van Beuren Davis Only near rela-
tives and few intimate friends were
present at the ceremony, which was
performed by the Rev. DR.. Percy
Grant, rector of the Church of the As
cension. The bride, who was given
away by her father, was dressed in
white crepe de chine, trimmed with
point lace. With this she wore a
tulle veil, and carried bouquet of
| lilies-of-the-valley Miss Elizabeth
Van Beuren, in frock of light pink
silk muslin, trimmed with white lace,
and a white lace hat, with pink roses,
acted as her sisters maid of honor.
The bridesmaids Miss Louise Van
Beuren, Miss Anne Archbold, Miss
Elizabeth Woodham, Miss Elizabeth
Cushman, Miss Maud Younger and
Josephine Reynolds were arrayed in
frocks of white batiste, trimmed with
lace, and large white lace hats, with
pink roses. Layton Brewer was the
best man. and the ushers were Howard
Cushman, w. Holden Weekes, Gus
tavus Kirby, Irving Rutland, Gustavus
Barnard and Frederick T. VanBeuren,
jr.
The most important wedding of May
will be that of Miss Mary McIlvaine
March and Frederic p. Kennedy at
the Church Of the Redeemer, on Sat
urday afternoon, the fourteenth. The
reception afterward will be held at the
residence of Mrs. March, on Headley
road. Miss March will have bevy of
fair bridesmaids, and it will be a de-
| lightful occasion.
Mrs. Geo. G. Palmer, Of Miller road,
| is entertaining to-day, with a card
party in honor of her guest, Miss Beat
rice Crosby, of New York.
Fritz Keasbey is at home for a few
weeks having spent the past year in
the West on account Of business in
terests.
The date of the Memorial Hospital
fair was announced in this column
last week as May 10. The date should
have read May Is.
John r. Brinley has rented his
Perry street house to John Gillespie
+ from May first.
Miss Natalie Foote has recovered
| from an attack of mumps and will re-
turn to the Briarcliff School in the
course of a few days.
Henry f. Taylor has rented, for the
summer, the camp Of John Miller, on
Little Moose Lake, at the Adirondack
League Club.
An effort is being made to have Elk
President Grover Cleveland appear be-
fore the Friday Evening Club, at its
next meeting in May.
Emory McClintock has rented his
country house on Kemble Hill, Ber-
nardsyille Road, for the summer to
Mr.. Castle of the Guarantee Trust Co.
New York.
Mrs. Emlen p. Franklin will receive
the Reading Club on Monday next.
Miss Louise G. Egbert was expected
to return home yesterday.
Miss Louisa Verplanck Hoffman will
give a party for her little friends on
Thursday afternoon, May 5.
Miss Graves, daughter of Arthur
Graves of New York, is the guest Of
Mrs. Morris X Stuphen Of Franklin
Place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grinnell Willis have
returned from New York and are
again In their South street house.
G. ID. M. Cole left on Wednesday for
an extended business trip through the
west.
Probably never before in the history
Of Morristown society have there been
as many deaths in one year as have oc-
Cured during the past twelve months
The membership Of the Morristown
club alone has been decreased by seven
sudden losses Of well-known men.
Nessrs. Henry w. Miller, Frank Turn
bull, a bnerW. Colgate, Malcolm Camp
bell, Michael Van B. Davis, Patrick
Ho rt.all d ns,,3 n m Wood lizard