New-York tribune., 1907-09-29
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

October is competing with April and June in
weddings Never before have there been so many
marriages on the calender of society for this par
tfcular time Of the year. and they will contribute
in no small degree to the hrillfancy of very fes
tive autumn and around New York. Racing will
likewise come in for large share OF attention
on the part Of the fashionable world Following
the smart North Shore horse show at Piping Rock
on Friday and Saturday next. the season will open
at Belmont Park Monday and on the conclusion
Of the fiat racing several steeplechase meets will
take place there under the auspices OF the United
Hunts Racing Association Hunting has already
commenced in New Jersey with the Monmouth
County Hounds and is about 10 open at Meadow
Brook while at Tuxedo the golf and tennis tour
naments being made the occasion of much hos
pitalty that will eliminate in the annual ball at
the clubhouse Friday. October 25 in honor OF
Halloween. which. OF course. is on October 81
This dance is always one of the most pleasant
OF the Tuxedo season. and invariably exctes much
interest owing to the fact that most of the debu-
tantes of winter receive there their first in
PRODUCTION to society. Long distance drives of the
Coaching Club and of the Ladies' Four-in-Hand
Club likewise figure the programme for Octo-
Der, and, most OF the country houses Long
Island Will be filed with guests the races. the
month promises to be very gay.
Marriage bells Will begin ringing the first day
of October. when Miss Ethel de Forest will be-
come the bride of Allen E Whitman. wawapek,
Robert w. de Forest at Cold Spring Harbor. and
many friends will leave town to attend the cere-
mony. Mrs W. A. W. Stewart. the brides sister,
will be the matrOn of honor and the bridesmaids
will be Miss Phoebe Lord Mccormick of Chicago:
Miss Hilda c. Tiffany. Miss Marion NJ. Greenough
Miss Caroline Delano. Alden r. Whitman will
his brothers best man. and the ushers selected
Edmund ]. Drumrnond Henry NJ. Crane, Will
lam T. Rasmus. w. A W. Stewart. Henry L. de
Forest. Clarence NJ. Fincke and Frederick D. sher-
On Saturday next Miss Dorothy Roosevelt who
has so frequently figured since her debut as a
bridesmaid. will herself play the leading role In a
wedding. Her future husband is Langdon Ceer
The Rev. DR. William Grosvenor will perform the
ceremony at the Church of the Incarnation Af-
terward her mother. Mrs HIlborne L. Roosevelt
Will give a reception at her house in Lexington
avenue and the Shippens. the RooseveIts and other
old New York families Will be represented Miss
Hester Davis will be the brides only attendant
George Jarvis Geer the best man and Rowland
Davis jr.. Frederick Hoppin. Marshall Geer and
Harold lmbrie will be among the ushers
Another wedding 1ne same dav will be that
OF Miss Augusta Mum to l. Sheldon Tlnev AT
Orange. N ]. Sheldon Tilney graduated from, Har-
ward in 1904. and his future wife is a daughter
of Mrs Henry Norcross Mum, a niece of Mrs II
o. Havemeyer and also OF Mrs Samuel r Peters
With regard to the weddings OF the following
week. the most notable are those of Miss Susan
Adams Delano to Charles MeKelvey at Orange
N j.. on Tuesday: that of Mss Anne Breese IN
Lord Alastar Innes-ker. Thursday in ST
Georg-s savrsh- Hanover Square London and
that of Colonel SIR John Harrington the British
Minister Plenipotentiary In Abyssinia to the daugh
ter OF tho late United States Senator James Nc