New-York tribune., 1905-06-04
| BROOKLYN SOCIAL WORLD.
The Week's Weddings, Engage
npents and announcements.


and John Sheafe Douglas was quietly celebrated
at noon last Saturday at the home of the brides
parents. Mr. and Mrs William Rufus Barr. NO
13 West 56th-st.. Manhattan. Miss Barr was
gowned in white satin. trimmed with old lace
Her seven attendants, Miss Gillian w. Bar,
Miss Lucie May Smith, Miss Maria Sheafe Dou-
gas. Miss Rosalie Gardiner Jones, Miss Helena
Rutherford Ely, Miss Hi;da II. Goodwin and
Miss Grace Quackenbush. were goWned alike IN
white crepe olga. with silver girdleS, and wore
short wells fastened by silver tiaras, Frederick
Douglas was best man. The ushers were Regl-
nad Jevons. Washington Brames. Horat1o
Kraus and Louis Berrian. The Rev Dr. Err
nest NJ. Stires officiated. The house was deco
rated with spring flowers and palms.
Grace Church on the Heights was the scene on
Thursday afternoon of the Wedding of Miss
Rosamond Curtis Low and the Rev John Henry
Chapman assistant rector of Grace Church The
ceremony was performed by Bishop Burgess
assisted by the Rev. DR.. Reese F. Alsop and the
Rev. DR.. c. J. F. Wrigley Miss Harriet Low
attended her sister as maid of honor. Miss
Katharine Southwick and Miss Mary Eustace
Chapman were the bridesmaids. Following the
ceremony there was reception at the nome
of the brides parents. Mr.. and Mrs. William g.
Low, No. IS Rernsen-st The bridegroom Is the
son of Colonel w H: Chapman OF grange Ifdss
County, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Chapman Will snort
ly take UP their residence in Virginia, as MIR.
Chapman has received call from a Virginia
church.
A fashionable wedding in Manhattan on
Thursday was of direct interest to this borough
the bridegroom formerly a resident OF
Brooklyn. 1t was that of Miss Georgiana Will
merding. daughter of Mrs. John Christopher
Winerding and Ansel Phelps. son of Mrs
Charles Phelps. The ceremony was performed
at o'clock at the home of the brides cousins
Mr.. and Mrs John Magee Ellsworth, No. 10
East 36th-st., by the Rev. Alexander Mum, Of
Orange, N j. The bride wore the wedding
gown worn by her mother of heavy white satin
made princess fashion, and elaborately trimmed
with point lace. Her veil also of point lace
and she wore the gift of Mrs. Phelps, d diamond
brooch. She unattended. The best man
was Stowe Phelps and the ushers were Howard
Sherwood, Frederick o. Spedden, Era Lincoln
and Coster Wilmerding. The bride and bride
groom received under canopy of white roses
in the drawing room.
A large church wedding Thursday evening
was that of Miss Edith Buell. Brown, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. James Noel Brown, of No. 1S2
New York-ave., and Harry Preston Furness, son
of Mrs. Emma s. Furness Miss Brown was
gowned IN white chiffon cloth trimmed with
duchesse lace, and carried bouquet of lilies-of-
the-valIey and orchids. Miss Katharine Louise
Brown, who attended maid OF honor, wore
gown of point applique and carried a large
bunch of marguerites. The bridesmafds-Miss
Mary Preston, Miss Arvilla r. Eldredge, Miss
Marjorie Stewart and Miss Lillian Llewellyn
DalgIeish of Ottawa, Can.-were frocked alike
in white dotted net and carried bride roses
Miss Dorothy Furness Osborne. Of Forest HILL
N J. and Miss May Vreeland. of Princeton, n.
J. attended as flower girls Howard HamInltt,
of Brooklyn, was best man. The usheTS were
Frank Gibson Forester. Frank Hawkins Apple
ton, Charles Wesley Preston, jr., Albert RoWdeh
King, Clarence Stacey Bender and Professor
Williamson Vreeland, of Princeton Mr.. and
Mrs. Furness will live at No. lO39 Prospect
Place At dinner given last Monday evening
by Miss Brown TO the bridal party. the engage
ment was announced of Miss Marjorie Stewart
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Stewart, OF
No IA Monroe-st. to Charles Gardiner Hunting
ton of Sumnervie S. c., but formerly of
Brooklyn. Miss Stewart is graduate Of Packer
and her hance is 6. graduate Of the Polytechnic
Institute
I'm out-of-town wedding of interest In this
borough took place On Thursday at Meriden,
Conn, when Miss Alice Unkles. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Abraham Unkles. was married to
Harrie Victor Schieren, son Of Charles A
Schieren The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. A. T. Randall in st. Andrews Church at
80 o'clock Miss Unkles, who was gowned in
white satin messaline and rose point and
duchess lace, was attended by Amy Figgis, OF
RrooE1vn. as maid Of honor; Miss Emily We'll
Ii,,eton TTnkIes of Manhattan; Miss Clara Emily
Ball of Herkimer N Y; Miss Margaret u.
Reacharn of Meriden n. Y; Miss Edna Chllds
and Miss Nav Schieren, of Brooklyn. They were
dressed alike in white silk null and carried La
Franco roses. Miss Gertrude Amend, or Man
haitian acted as flower girl Willis d chandler
of Brooklyn, the best man. ana the usneIS
were William Z. Hinsdale of Merfden; ogden
Minton George S. Whiting, Charles burrls,
William Hitchcock Parsons, Walter Candee ana
Donald Williams Mr. and Mrs. Schiere1 will
90 abroad on their wedding trip, and when they
return in the fall Will occupy thelr new mousse aI
13tb-st and Argyle Road, Flatbush- Inc dec-
orations at both house and church were IN Whlte
and green.
Thursday was also marked by the wedding Of
Miss Marie Frances Towns and George Clement
Reward. The ceremony took place at Z: 50
o'clock at the home of the brides parents, MI
and Mrs Mirabeau Lamar Towns. NO "A SIN
ave The rooms were profusely decorated with
mink roses and palms. Ropes OF greens con-
tanning tiny coIored electric bulbs were festeoned
along the walls and from the ceiling MISS
Towns was gowned in white Chiffon and duchesS
loo ond carried a shower bouquet of sweetpeas,
Her veil was of tue, and her only ornament was
ar. Rewards gift of a diamond and pearl PEN,
lot Her sister. Miss Christine Towns who at
tended as maid of honor, was gowned in white
r,ousseline de sole over pink, and carried pink
s,,aa+neas and moss roses. The bridesmaids,
Miss katharine Reynard, of TarrytoWn; Miss
| Florence Mabee of Saratoga; Miss Edith Aldrich
| and Miss Gertrude Gleason, Of Manhattan, were
frocSed in white mousseline de sole, and carried
white sweetpeas and moss roses Miss Florence
Towns. the flower girl, wore a froclS of white
| lace and carried a large basket Of white sweet
! meas and moss roses. William heynara was MS
| brothers best man, and the ushefs were James James
! Fav James Mcdonnell, Mirabeau Cullen Towns
! and Walter Reynard. A large reception fol-
/ lowed the ceremony
The Church of the Messiah viii be the scenf
! next Wednesday afternoon OF the marriage ot
Miss Ruth Putnam and Royal S. Goidsbury
J ,.i To,,,aI,, will be attended by Miss Marjory