New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-28
NETWORK SOCIETY.

Country and yacht clubs the scene OF much
gayety and animation to-day. especially the Sea-
wanhaka Corinthian. at Oyster Bay, where the new
commodore William X. Vanderbilt, jr., hoisted his
flag yesterday at the first Of the series of sum-
mer races Sails will dot the entire Sound to-day,
and those who are not ahoat at clubs
ashore viii be found scattered at the various
country houses which the scene to-day of
weekend parties. Town is deserted. and already
the exodus to Newport, to Lenox, to Bar Harbor
and Southampton is we'll under way
Marriage bells will be heard ringing throughout
the next two weeks in New-York and its vicinity.
A series Of marriages will begin tomorrow with
that OF Miss Katharine Curtis, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs William r. Curtis to Henry Hill Pierce,
at Calvary Church, Summit. N j. Phoenix In
graham will be the best man, and the ushers will
comprise Scott McLanahan. Winifred Denison.
Mortimer Warren. J. P. Cotton, r., Thomas l.
Pierce and Charles Eastman, of Portland. Me.
Miss Helen, Miss Mildred and Miss Lena Curtis.
Miss Elizabeth Upton, Of Orange. and Miss Eve
Ign Pierce will be in attendance on the bride The
guests from town will ira. ell the Delaware.
Lackawanna and Western Railroad in special cars.
starting at p m. The ceremony Will be followed
by reception at the Summit home of the parents
of the bride.
Among the weddings set for Thursday is that OF
Ansel Phelps and Miss Georgiana NIimerding,
at No. 10 East S6th-st.. the home OF the brides
cousin, Mrs. John Magee Ellsworth. Stowe Phelps
will be his brothers best man. and Coster VII
merding. Frederick o. Spedden. Ezra Lincoln and
Howard Sherwood will be the ushers. Miss VII
nerding will have no bridal attendants, and there
will be no reception after the ceremony. The
newly married couple will spend the summer
abroad.
Miss Eva Lawrence will be married on the same
day 70 at
news Church. the ceremony being performed by
Bishop Greer. assisted by the Rev. Dr. Leighton
Parks. Miss Lawrence who IS one OF last winters
debutantes, will have her bridal attendant Miss
Mabel Lefferts Jones. Miss Gertrude Easton, Miss
Dorothy Corbiere, Miss Isabel Carey, Miss Frances
Bingham, Miss Janet Blackwell Miss Adelaide
Hegeman Miss EdiGl Cooke and Miss Eualie
Matthews. William Taylor will be his brothers
best man and Connor and Herbert Lawrence. Ed
ward r. Otheman, ]. Augustus Barnard, Louis G..
Smith, Joseph S. Stout and Arthur L TAYLOR will
be the ushers. The ceremony will be followed by
reception given by the father Of the BRIDE
Frank r. Lawrence. the president of the Lotos
Club, at his house in Madison-ave
Old St Marks Church will be the scene on Sat
urday Of the marriage Of Glliat Schroeder and Miss
Helen White Stevens daughter Of Mrs Berkeley
Mostyn by her first husband. the late Alexander
Stevens. and descendant Of Peter Stuyvesant
who gave the land on which the church is built
of honor and Miss Mole Lefferts. Miss Louisa
Schroeder, Miss Elizabeth Winthrop Stevens
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ledyard Stevens, and
Miss Dorothy Pierrepont Edwards will be the
bridesmaids. Walden PeIl. Arthur Delano Weekes,
Jr. Reginald S. Willis and Oscar E. Stevens will
be the ushers. while Henry A. Schroeder will be
his brothers best man.
A number Of people will go out Of town on Sat
urday 20 Ridgeield Conn. TO attend the wedding
there Of Miss Winona King. daughter of Mrs J.
Howard King, and Oliver Perrin, OF Baltimore
Bishop McVickar OF Rhode Island. VIII perform
the ceremony. Miss Irene King. the fancee of
Francis c. Carley, brother of Mrs. Oliver Harri-
man, will be the only bridal attendant. Frank
Carley, Nelson Perrin. Eben Byers, Nathaniel Nc
Kay, William Hit and Percy Pyne, jr., will be the
usheTs and Lawrence Perrin his brothers best man.
The bride will be given away by her brother-in-
law, Edward s. Jaffray McVickar who married
Miss Rittie King. The ceremony will be followed
by a wedding breakfast Mrs. Kings country
place at Ridgeheld. The bridegroom IS a son OF
the late Nelson Perrin Yale graduate.
Mrs. Benjamin Knower and Miss Margare,
Knower sailed yesterday for Europe. They will 20
to Paris TO stay with Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Coleman
Drayton. who are spending the season there Mrs
Drayton was Miss Constance Knower.
The Ladies' Kennel Association OF America will
hold its third annual summer dog show on the Fair
Grounds at Mineola Wednesday week A Iarre
number Of entries have been received Mrs lanes
l. Kernochan. the president. and Mrs Jules J.
Natable, the vice-president OF the association are
taking an active part in the organization of the
show.
Among those who sailed yesterday were Mr. and
Mrs, Augustus Jay and their son. De Iancev Law
who goes to London to become private secretary
10 the new American Ambassador 10 the Court of
st. James's Mr.. Augustus Jay was one Of the sec
retaries of the American Mission on the banks NJ
the Seine when Mr.. Whitelaw Reid occupied the |
post OF envoy to France. and his eldest SON Peter
Jay. is a secretary OF the American Embassy a.
ST. Petersburg.
Mr.. and Mrs Amos Pinchot will spend the sum,
mer at Bar Harbor.
OR. and Mrs. John r. Drexel who are nov, =, The
Will TO Newport for the season the
week after next
Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald C. Vanderbilt who spent /
last week at Boston. go to-day TO philadelphia for
the horse show.
Sir Mortimer Durand. the British Ambassador /
10 the United States. arrived yesterday from Eng /
land with his only son. Captain Henry Durand OF /
he 9th Lancers. The latter regiment is stationed /
in India. The captain will spend his furlough at l
Lenox where Lady Durand and Miss Durand have |
already taken up their residence. and where tho