The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-22
SOCIETY EVENTS.


de Barry to CecilgLyon, of New York,
at st. Peters Church on Saturday af-
ternoon The officiating clergyman
was the Rev. Ernest Stires, rector of
St. Thomas Church, New York, as
sisted by the Rev. Philemon Sturges.
The church was beautifully decorated
with pink chTySanthemumS and palms.
The bride wore a gown of white satin
embroidered iFEsilver and pearls and a
lace veil of point d Allencon and rose
point, and carried bouquet OF bride
roses. A diamond heart, the gift OF
Mr.. Lyon, was suspended from her
| throat by a diamond chain, presented
! her by her father, and she also wore a
large corsage piece Of diamonds given
4 by her mother,
! The matronS @of honor were Mrs.
George d. Cross, of Bernardsville, sis
| ter of the bride, and Mrs, George @.
HolliSter, Of New York. They were
attired in white lace gowns with
| touches of blue and silver embroidery
and wore large blue hats. The brides
maids included Miss Sussanne Living
ston Green, of Trenton; Miss Mary
| Taylor Moult0n, of New York Miss
Helen Bowers Gwynne, of Summit !;
Miss Adrianna Whittemore; Miss
Madelaine Draper, of Wilmington,
Del, and Miss Ann Sampson, OF New
York. They carried pink chrysanthe-
NUNS. Mr.. Lyon was attended by
William Doane Lyon, his brother, as
best man, and the ushers were Thomas
Benadict Clark, George Sheffield, Rus
sci Perkins, Rush Duer, DR.. Curtenius
Gillette, G. Otto TouSSaint, George @.
gHOllister and George ID. Cross, all of
New York.
Mrs. de Barry, the mother of the
bride, wore a Drecoll gown of white
silk, heavily embroidered with filet
lace and bands of mink across the
front. Her principal ornaments were
several strings Of beautiful diamonds
and pearls. After the ceremony mo-
tors and carriages carried the guests
to Cecilhurst, the de Barry mansion on
| Madison avenue, where reception
was held. Mr.. and Mrs. Lyon received
| in the drawing-room, which was deco
rated with pink chrysanthemums.
The large inclOsed veranda was beau
titled with large punches of yellow
| flowers, while the library contained
hundreds of American Beauty roses.
! The brides table was decorated in
pink. A special train brought many
guests from New York, while there
we're hundreds from Morristown, Mad
ison, Bernardsyille and other nearly
towns.
Rev. and Mrs. Francis A. Henry
have issued invitations to the marriage
of their daughter, Miss Elsie Carr
Henry. to DIR. Henry Lee Smith, on
Thursday, November Ia. at twelve.
O'Clock at St. Peters Church.
The Misses Hondlow have returned
to MOrriStOwn,
Mrs. Howland has been compelled
to Withdraw her invitations to q
bridge party at the Golf Club on &C.
count of illness.
I Mrs. e. Olney HILL. who has been Ill
with a trying attack OF bronchitis for
the last ten days. is now on the road
Mrs. D. ii. Stephenson is visiting her
daughter at Bellport, Long Island.
DR.. Birckhead, a brother of Rev.
Hugh Birckhead, of st. Georges Par
ish, New York, has recently become a
resident of Morristown.
George A. Low, of South street, has
recently met withHn affiictiOn through
the death of a brother in New York.
Guests at the Boyken are DR.. and
Mrs. Walter T. Chappell and children,
New YORK City; Miss Graves, New
York City; Mr.. and Mrs. Edward d.
Nelson, Altoona, Pa; Mr. and Mrs
! William Tillinghast, Miss Tillinghast,
EnglewoOd, N. j.; Mrs. John Fl.
Adams, New York City; Mrs. A. D.
Poeter, New York City; Mrs. e. M.
Cummings, Miss Cummings, Boston,
Mass; Mr.. and Mrs, Ludlow Ogden,
New York City; Miss Bessie Adams,
MorriStown, NJ.
Mrs. Oscar Coles Ferris entertained
a hundred and fifty. women at bridge
at uhe Whippany River Club on We'd
nesday. Decorations were OF an
autumnal character. The prizes were
twenty-eight in number, one for each
table.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles de Oelrichs
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Hopkins at
Featherleigh Farm.
DR.. George Stuart Willis, of South
street, is on hunting trip to Maine.
Mrs. Ormanda Cox Zuill, of Ber-
muda, is the guest of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. y. q. Vail.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Burden are
guests of Mrs. Burdens parents, Mr..
and III. NICK. Twombly, who returned
from three months trip to Europe
on the KronprinceSsin Cecilie last
week, and are spending the autumn at
FlOrham.
| Mr.. ard Mrs Courtland Richardson,
of Madison avenue, are spending their
| honeymoon at the Homestead Hotel,
Hot Springs, va. Their marriage 0c-
cured last week at Shorewood, Stam-
ford, Conn.
Mrs. Murray Day and Miss Alice
Day, who have been at Boldings the
greater part Of the summer, have
taken house in New York for the
winter
| Miss M. Il. Palmer and the Messrs.
Palmer, who have occupied W. Led
yard Thompsons house on Farragut
Place during the summer, have re-
turned to their city home, East 8lSt
Street, for the winter.
General and Mrs. Edward p. Meeney
are in Boston.
Miss Anita de Barry entertained her
attendant at the Golf Club on Friday
evening.
DR.. William r. Bross and family
have returned from Babylon, Il. l.,
and are at The Goliath. y