New-York tribune., 1908-06-21
BROOKLYN SOCIAL CHAT
Headings of the Week and Those
to C0me-Summer Departures.

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Tuesday evening Of the wedding of Miss Agnes
Haviand Forshew and George Schlegel. jr. The
ceremony was performed at $50 o'clock by the
Rev Bishop Faulkner, and small reception for
relatives and few intimate friends followed at
the home of the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Haviland Forshew No 2s9 SD street. Pink
peonies and palms were effectively combined in the
decorations. The bride gowned in white
satin. trimmed with embroidery and rose point
lace She carried les-of-the-vaIley and orchids
Her sister Mrs. Clinton A. Bennett. the matron
of honor, a gown of Oriental satin. The
other attendants-Mrs. Graham Townsend. Miss
Christine Siefke, and Miss Marguerite Dudgeon,
Of Brookyn-wore pink, flower bordered white
null. with touches of pale blue. The brides gifts
were coral and turquoise pendants. Mr.. Schlegel.
who is the Of George Schlegel, CT 73d street
and Second avenue, had his best man Henry
Clay Howell. while James P. Campbell. Daniel
Van Brunt. Charles WardeI and Alfred Murphy.
of Bay Ridge. We're the ushers. Miss Siefke gave
a luncheon recently in honor of the bride who en-
tertaned her attendants at the Crescent Club
The marriage in the chapel of the Packer Cole
giate Institute, on Wednesday afternoon of Miss
Laura Cecilia Giese and Clyde D. Gray pri-
vate. The bride, who given away by her
brother, was unattended. She is the daughter Of
the late Rev. DR.. E. F. Giese. of No 1O3 Jora-
lemon street. Mr.. Gray is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar L. Gray, of Geneseo, y Y. The Rev.
DR.. Jacob Loeb performed the ceremony at
| o'clock.
On Tuesday evening Miss Amy Lester was mar
ried in the Packer Chapel TO Chester Bradford
Lord, of Boston. The Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott
officiated. Lilies and roses banked against palms
made an effective setting for the bridal party. r.
Huntington Woodman the organ. Miss
Alice Lester her sisters maid of honor and
the bridesmaids were all members of the class of
Packer. 81, of which the bride was president.
They were Miss Beatrice Abbott, Miss Elsa Behr
Miss Lucille Abbey, Miss Josephine Burnett Miss
Wilhelmina McGrath and Miss Elizabeth Thomp-
son. They wore white lingerie frocks and car
ried shower bouquets of pink sweetpeas The
bride. who is the daughter Of Mrs. David Brain
erd Lester was given away by her brother, Will
lam Lester. She wore empire gown Of white
crepe meteor and carried orchids. H Wendell
Endicott the best man. and the ushers were
Rufus i. Scott, Frank j. frice, of Brooklyn;
Roger E. Lord Endicott, of Manhattan; Eugene
Endicott, Everett NJ. Berry, George K. Bird and
Hiram B. Meyers, Of Boston.
quiet home wedding Tuesday evening was
that Of Miss Emily Milholand, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs Frederick E. Milholland of No. S7 Jefferson
avenue, and DR.. William E. Creveing of No 144
Lefferts Place. There were attendants and
only relatives witnessed the ceremony, which was
performed at O'Clock by the Rev. Dr. " McC;ee
Waters. The drawing room decorated with
white carnations, palms and ferns.
The marriage of Miss Margaret Evangeline Null
lin and Theodore Henry Birgel was solemnized on
Wednesday morning at a high nuptiaI mass in the
Church of ST. John the Baptist. The Rev. John
P. Mo1yneaux. assisted by the Rev ]. w Moore
and the Rev. Father Reiner, oficiated. At the
conclt sion of the ceremony the couple received
the Fapal blessing. which cabled from Rome
The music special feature. American Beauty
roses and orchids used in the decorations at
the church and the Pope home. No. 81 Bushwick
avenue. where a wedding breakfast for relatives
was served The bride. who is the daughter of
Mrs. X NJ. Mullin, given away by her uncle
George P. Pope, who knighted by Pope Leo
XIII Miss Helen K Robinson gowned hand
painted chiffon. trimmed with duchess lace and
carrying pink roses, the maid of honor. Miss
Helen Louise Birgel, small sister Of the bride
groom. acted flower girl She lingerie
frock over pink, and carried hat full of roses.
The bridal gown of white satin made Empire
fashion with yoke and sleeves of old point lace.
With this a lace veil. fastened by a
wreath of orange blossoms. Miss Mullin carried
orchids and Mr.. POpes gift prayer book bound
I'm gold with a cross Of diamonds. Mr.. Rirgel La
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Francis Birge. OF
No. S39A Greene avenue. James ]. c. Nullin was
the best man, and Montgomery Lee. OF Washing
ton: Henry V. Birgel Ambrose De Witt and John
II. Brouwer, of Brooklyn. the ushers. Mr..
and Mrs. Birgel Will spend the summer in Canada
The reception following the wedding on wednes-
day evening the Church of the Good Shepherd
of Miss Lena Babcock. daughter of Mrs. Alfred p
Babcock, Of No. 1898 Pacific street. and Lewis E
X White held at the Pouch Gallery Tao
bride, who attended by maid OF honor and
six bridesmaids, was gOwned in white satin mes
saline, with a panel OF duchess and point lace
She wore tue veil, fastened by orange blossomr
and carried bride and IHies-O the valley.
Her attendants were Miss Marguerite l.. Scbev
of Glen Cove, the maid of honor. and Miss Shirley
Gleason, Miss Fannie Mason. Miss Madeline DEN
nison. Miss Cosby. Miss Virginia Cosby. of Brook
lyn and Miss Hazel Shorthand, of Babylon. Miss
sobey wore white marquisette pink, and the
bridesmaids attired in pink chiffon They