The Washington times., 1906-06-17
NEWPORT AND LENOX
SEASONS OPEN EARLY
WITH BRIGHT OUTLOOK
Bv cHoLLY KNIcKERBocKER.

NEW YORK, june 16.-June is sup
posediy the month of roses. But So
ciety seems bent upon transforming II
into a month OF orange blossoms by
! the number OF weddings set for the
period intervening between the end off
uniucky May and the beginning of July,
the latter a month which seems 10 be
more favorable % frivolous summer
| fiirtaticns than to serious matrimony.
Marriage bells have been ringing
throughout the past week, and they will
continue throughout the next fortnight.
among the most notable weddings being
those Of Anita Sands and Harold Minott
on Saturday those o: Miss Vernam and
Putnam Bates and OF Miss Wilhelmine
| Claffiin 70 Gustavus T. Kirby, on Thurs
day. and that of Mrs. Theodore A Have
meyers granddaughter. Miss Emily A.
Mayer. 10 Joseph Grinnell Willis, on
Saturday week. Then, too, we have the
Suburban on Thursday, the last racing
event OF any importance in the vicinity
OF New York before the fall and the
only occasion Of any large gathering Of
the fashionable set this side OF the
autumn. Next week we have the Yale
Harvard boat races on the Thames,
and all the festivities in connection
Herewith at New London, and after
that country houses will be found closed
and their occupants scattered at sea
/ side resorts and I'm the mountains. In
deed. I. has become the fashion 20 time
these summer migrations so as 10 take
In the interuniversity races at New Lon
don en- route
Bates-Vernam Wedding.
/ Most OF the weddings that stiu remain
on the calendar Of society will be sol
emnized amid rural surroundings. and
! one of the most picturesque OF this
kind viii be that Of Miss Emeline Yer
nam TO Putnam \ Bates at St Peters
Protestant Episcopal Church at Morris
town. on Thursday. The young people
are extremely popular among what IS
known as the Morristown set OF New
/ York, and as a big party IS going out
from here by specie4 train 20 attend
/ the wedding il will ~ made the occa-
I sion of a very large gathering After
! the ceremony is over the guests will be
/ entertained at a wedding breakfast
/ served at small tables scattered on the
lawns around the house of the Vernam
country place, near MOrristown. The
bride, who IS a daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert II. Vernam. will have her
I sister, Miss Alice c. Vernam, as her
maid Of honor, and Miss Emile a. May
I er. Miss Mathilde +. Frelinghuysen.
Miss Adelaide McAIpin. Miss Carrie
I Warfleld. Miss Elizabeth Heron and
Miss Marguerite Vernam. another sister.
as bridesmaids. Mr.. Bates viii have
/ his brother. T. Tower Bates, as his best
man, and his Ushers viii include A.
/ Harold Nernam, q brother Of the bride:
Albert W. Putnam. Walcott p. Robbins.
Anton H Schefer, Reginald W. Press
| brich. William B. BoUIton. Jr.. Leonard
s. Horner. and John Grenville Bates.
also a brother. Mr. Bates gave his
/ farewell bachelor dinner last Thursday
/ evening al the University Club.
Kirby-Clafln Nuptials
/ Miss Wilhelmine Clafrlin's wedding to
Gustavus 7. Kirby, which is set for the
same day. viii take place in town at the
Church Of the Ascension. The bride
/ groom. who is a son Of Thomas Z.
Kirby, graduate OF Columbia. and as
sistant counsel 10 Charles +. Hughes in
the recent gas investigation, viii have L.
/ HollingswOrth Wood as his best man,
and William Z. S. Griswold. Charles
/ Bartlett, Ernest Staussen. Moses Ely,
| Isaac Wheeler and Thomas Kearny as
/ his ushers- he entertained them at a
/ LdteWeu DdcheioT oihleI the nlSnI De-
/ fore last at the University Club. Miss
Mary Brent Stewart viii be the brides
maid OF honor and only attendant. and
! the ceremony Will be followed by a re-
ception given by the brides parents.
Mr. aid Mrs John Clanlin. at their
/ house, on Washington square north.
After the wedding trip in the Canadian
Rockies the young couple will take pos
| session of their country house AZ Mount
4 Kisco for the remainder Of the summer.