The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-08
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DR.. DavidlGordon Allen gives his bachelor
dinner at Delmonioo's next Saturday night.
DR.. Allen, who 10 Of Savannah, Ga, will
entertain a number of friends, including
DR.. Frederick F. Van Beuren, DR.. James
w. Jameson, Ashton de Peyster, Lion
Gardiner, Groesbeok Fowler, Richard
Derby. 0ouverneur Morris Phelps, Seth
Low Pierrepont and George Draper, who
are to attend him as pest man n ushers
Miss Curtis is a daughter of the late Ben
jamip Robbins Curtis of Boston, and makes
her home with her uncle and aunt, Mr..
and Mrs; Seth Low, at 80 East Sixty-fourth
street. Her marriage with DR.. Allen will
take place at the Shepard Memorial Church,
Cambridge, Mass, on Easter Wednesday,
April Is.
DR.. Frederick F. Van Beuren; Jr., who is
to assist DR.. Allen at his nuptials with Miss
Curtis as best man, is to be married himself
to Miss Jessioa T. Mohlman on Saturday
afternoon, May 20, at the Church of the
Heavenly Rest. As DIR. Van Beuren, who
Is a son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick T. Van
Beuren Of 81 West Fourteenth street, Is a
member Of Squadron A, Of which the Rev.
DR.. d. Parker Morgan, rector Of the church,
Is. chaplain, it will be a military event.
The ceremony will be performed at 4 { o'clock,
and afterward the brides mother, Mrs.
James Mohlman will give a reception at
her home, 81 West Fifty-seoond street.
Louis Starr, I'd. Of Philadelphia, will give
his bachelor dinner at Delmonico's next
Saturday, April IA. He will entertain other
guests as well as Dillwyn P. Starr, his
brother, Malcolm d. Sloane, James Watson
Webb, Robert l.. Bacon and James j. Hig-
dnson Of New York, Philip Boyer Of Phila-
delphia, Nathaniel F. Emmons, Francis W..
Sargent, Jr and George Whitney OF Boston,
who viii be his attendants at his wedding
with Miss Margaret Hammond on Tuesday,
April II. Mr.. Starr Ia the elder son OF DR..
and Mrs. Louis Starr Of 1918 Rittenhouse
Square, Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel o'Day arrived early
last week on the America and brought
with them much Of the trous seau Of their
daughter, Miss Florence O'Day, whose
wedding with John William H%allahan, Sd,
of Philadelphia, takes place on Wednesday,
April Is. Mr.. and Mrs. O'Day give a Inner
next Sunday, Easter Sunday, for Miss O'Day,
her fiance and the bridal party at their home,
l2s West Seventy-second street.
The golden wedding celebration of Mr..
and Mrs. George E. Fahys will be one Of the
notable Easter week affairs. They will give
an evening party at their home, 20 East
Fifty-fifth street, on Thursday night, April
10.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Henry Hartman and the
Misses Robb were among those who gave
dinners an Monday night. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Ludovic Hackstaff of So East
Fifty-seventh street also gave a dinner at
which the engagement OF their daughter,
Miss Margaret Hoffman Hackstaff, to Albert
Gallatin, was announced. Mrs: Richard
Gambril gave a dinner on Wednesday
night followed by a theatre party.
Some very pretty lunoheons were given
last week, including that of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Jacob Aston on Monday for the
Governor-General OF Canada and Lady
GREY and others OF the party. The floral
decorations were in pink roses and white
hvaoinths. Miss Florence O'Day and Mrs.
Frederic X. Halsey gave lunoheons on Tues
day. Mrs. Charles Carroll, who with her
husband is staying at the Waldorf Astoria
since their recent arrival from Europe, |
gave a luncheon on Friday.
The marriage of Miss Florence Scoleld
and Herman Foster Stone is to take place
on Monday afternoon, April3O. at st. James's
Church. Madison avenue and Seventy
first street. Bishop Courtney will per-
form the ceremony at 3 O'Clock. The bride
will be attended by her sister, Miss Helen
SCO0elO, as Hlalu OF nOnOT. Inc Misses
Grace soofeld, also a sister; Flora Lasher,
Gladys Smith and May Morse will be brides
maids. The ushers are not yet selected
After the ceremony the BRIDES mother,
Mrs. Ebenezer Soofeld, Of 81 East Sixty
sixth street, will give a reception.
Clarence P. Wyokoff will give his bachelor
dinner at Delmonioo's on Saturday night.
His guests will include j. Augustus Bar
nard, Kiliaen Van Rensselaer,, Cecil Barret,
Louis Hosmer, W. FORCES Morgan. George
Mcintosh and John G. Tomlinson, who will
be his attendants at his marriage to Miss
Esther Tomlinson at st. Thomas g Church,
on Wednesday, April 10.
Mrs. T. Taylor Bingham will give a dinner
next Saturday night, April IA, at her home,
70 West Fifty-ffth street, for the bridal
party OF her daughter, Miss Marie Louise
Bingham, and Paul Plunkett, who are to be
on Easter Monday afternoon in st.
Thomas'sC Church, The guests will include
o. B. Knapp, Mrs. W. s. Gartner, the
Misses Emily P. Dale. Nathalie Greene,
Gertrude Hicks and Nina Bingham and
nando Baltes, William Gage Austen, Chester
Dale and james W. Riley. There will be a
rehearsal of the wedding ceremony after
the dinner.
Cards are here for the wedding on Easter
Tuesday. April II, OF Miss Louise A. Lef-
ferts and Ira B. Downs, to take place in the
old Lefferts homestead in Flatbush, L.. l.,
where five generations of the family nave
been married. Mrs. G. Montague Cooke,
Jr., of Honolulu, will attend her sister as
matron of honor, and the Misses May Mac
Kinny, Coralie Mead, Florence Foster and
Gertrude Sullivan will be bridesmaids.
Herbert Downs will assist his brother as
best man. Mr.. and Mrs. James Lefferts,
the brides parents, will give a bridal break
fast and reception after the ceremony.
One Of the weddings on for April le will
be that of Miss Ella de Ruyter, a daughter
of the late John de Ruyter, and Augustus
Drum Porter, formerly of Philadelphia.
The home of the brides sister. Mrs. Moses
Campbell, 81 East Seventy-seventh
street, will be the scene of the ceremony.
The Rev. DR.. George r.. Houghton, rector
the Church Of the T~ransfiguration. will
the ceremony at 2'3o O'Clock. 1t
will be witnessed only by relatives and init
mate friends Of the couple and will be fol-
lowed by a reception. There will be no
l.sIo.n,oiJa or ,ahara Thomas i DoaDa