New-York tribune., 1907-10-13
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Autumn has apparently superseded spring the
season par excellence of engagements and Of we'd
dngs Marriage bells seem 70 ring from week
end to the other without interruption while few
days pass without the announcement of some be-
trothal that Is Of interest to the fashionable
The engagements made public are mostly destined
to cuimnate IN early weddings. 70 give the
young people plenty OF time to get their honey
moons over and to return to town in order TO take
part in all the gayetes OF the season.
Besides weddings there are a number OF other
things on the calendar Of society for thu week
opening to-day. To begin with. there is the racing
at Belmont Park. which will be made the oc-
cason Of hospitality the part OF those
having country places Long Island than has
been the until Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Mackay and number Of others who usually give
house parties and other entertainments in connec-
tion with the races at the park have just re-
! turned from abroad and this. II is to be hoped
viii infuse some zest and life into the attendance
of the modsh world at the track. in which IT has
until now been somewhat lacking.
Hunting has begun out at Hempstead and the
runs OF the Meadow Brook hounds are attracting
moro attention and decidedly greater amount Of
enthusiasm than the racing. a feature OF the
is the increased attendance OF women I'm the
hunting field and there Is no indication whatever
Of any wane in the popularity OF the role OF Diana
Vernon among the fair OF New York. Hunting
IS likewise in progress in New Jersey with
lIe hoHIilouSh county pack under the direction
of P Fenelon Collier; in WestcheSter County and
at Lenox. the weather being all that could be de-
sired for this sport
W. Bayard Cutting. Eugene Hale. Jr Ehingharn
Townsend Irwin. Rogers II Bacon, George Hvde
Clarke, jr. Robert Livingston Norris Morris w
kellogg and Il. Martin will be the ushers ard John
H. Prentice the best man for Arthur Osgood
Choate. on the occasion OF his wedding on Wednes-
day 20 Miss Anne Hyde Clarke at Cooperstovn
V-ha he of rha Nr{Ia
Mrs. George HYDE Clarke, have a country place
at which wedding breakfast will be given after
the ceremony in Christ Church. Miss Lorraine
Roosevelt Miss Alice d. Parker Miss Jean r. A.
Brown. Miss Sarah Meigs. Miss Elizabeth Shotter
Miss Margaret Wright and Miss Judith Coson will
be the bridesmaids and Miss Grace NJ Brown the
maid Of honor. Arthur Choate q son of Mrs
George c. s. Choate. who was Miss Susan Osgood.
and is nephew OF Joseph H. Choate former am
bassado-.
Another marriage of the week is that of Robert
Livingston Schuyler and Mrs $. Van Dyl Brooks
on Saturday in Christ Church. BronxviIle T.
Throop Geer will be the best man. and the ushers
comprise James Garrett and Richard Kelly jr
Mrs. Luther Douglas Garrett Will be her sisters
maid OF honor and will give reception after the
ceremony at her home in Lawrence Park
Bronxville
Miss Harriet Hoyt will have her sister. Miss
Emily Hoyt. maid OF honor on the occasion Of
her wedding to j. Frank Phillips on Wednesday
October 80. in the Church of the Heavenly Rest
The bridesmaids will include another sister. Miss
Mary Hoyt Miss Bertha Phillips Miss Lucy Wills
Hatch, Miss Alice T. Barrett and Miss Mary A
Aldrich. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer AIdrch
The bride will be given away by her uncle. Edward
C. Hoyt. and after the ceremony. performed by the
Rev. DIR. Herbert Shipman. reception will be
given by the mother OF the bride Mrs James Otis
Hoyt at her home in West 18th street Alexander
NJ. Orr. jr. of New York; Louis NJ. Grant of North
Carolina; Philip VIII. of Rochester and John T.
Adams, Robert Crawford and David 7. Mead all OF
Brooklyn. will be the ushers and Edward ID
StowelI the best man.
On the same day the Church of the Incarnation
will be the scene of the marriage of Miss Marie
Antoinette Davis to Ralph Miller johnson. Mrs
Henry Spies Kip and Mrs. John e Stephens will
be in attendance the bride. Lieutenant Conn
mander William j. Pratt. u s. N will be the
best man. and the ushers will include Pierrepont
Davis and w, kirkpatrick Bryce of New York.
Albert r.. Huidekoper of Meadville. Penn; Valen-
tine May and Alexander whiteside of Boston and
II. Barton Longacre of Philadelphia After the
ceremony the mother OF the BRIDE Mrs. Fellowes
Davis. will give reception at her house in West
4sth street
Three weeks from tomorrow the opera season I
will open at the Manhattan. with "Gioconda" in |
which Nine. Nordica. Nine Schumann- Ffeinlx I
and Siguor Zenatello. one of Mr. Hammerstein's /
new italian tenors will appear. and this is caIcII- /
lated to bring numbers of persons back TO town /
from their country places earlier than usual
Nine. Nordica arrived last week from Europe
and according 70 all appearances the opening per-
formance will be exceptionally brilliant.
Albert Morris Bagbys musical mornings will take |