New-York tribune., 1908-03-22
BROOKLYN SOCIAL CHAT
" Ucddincs. Engagements and An
n0unccmfufs of the Borough.

The wedding OF Miss Elizabeth Thorn ana
James Jefferson Roberts took place on Nednes-
dav evening at the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer J. Estey, No. 1913 Wash
jngton avenue. The Rev. DR.. Robert Macdonald
performed the ceremony, TO which only relatives
and 4 few intimate friends had been asked
The bride was gowned in white chiffon cloth
and duchess lace. made Empire fashion. and car
ried roses and lilies-of-the-valley. Her attend
ants. Miss Carolyn Thorn and Miss Mildred Il.
Bedford wore pale pink messaline and carried
sweetpeas Harry II. Vail, of Mddletown, \. Y.
was the best man. Mr.. Roberts Is the son OF
Mr. and Mrs Ira \. Roberts. of Johnson. n L
Miss Sara Woodruff. daughter ri Mr. and
Mrs Edward VI. Woodruff. of No. % New York
avenue who s 70 he married on Saturday
evening. March -. to Emery Gardner Barber,
viii he attended by Miss Amy 4. Woodruff as
maid Of honor ana a little flower girl. Miss
DonaIda Alien Theodore /. Barber is to he the
best man and Eiwood Clark and Herbert A.
Obrig will serve rs ushers. 1t is to be home
ceremony at 1::n O'Clock. The bridegroom is
the son of Arr and Mrs. L. l. Barber, Of No,
71oA Putnam avenue
The Wedding Of Miss Jessie Sloan. daughter Of
Mr and Mrs Francis H. Sloan. OF No. 267 Han
cock street and Henry Place Marshall. son of
Mi and Mrs William Wallace Marshall. Of
No. 90 Clinton avenue. viii occur on Tuesday,
April 2s Mr. Marshall graduated from
Harvard in 1904 and is a brother of Mrs.
Laurens Reeve Eowden.
Mrs. Walter ST John Benedict OF No. -
Columbia Heights. gave luncheon Monday in
honor of her guest Miss Evelyn Street, of To-
ronto. The others present were Mrs Dudley
Roberts Mrs Lowndes Rhett, A~s. Philip Han
son Hiss Mrs Frank Day Tuttle. Mrs. Louis J.
Praeger and Miss Anglesea Willets. On Tues
day evening Mr.. and Mrs. Benedict gave an in
formal musical and roulette party. John Hill
Morgan and Philip RuXton acted as croupiers
and the prizes were silver topped shaving
brushes boxes OF cigars and cocktail trays. In
honor of St. Patrick's Day. green predomnated
in the decorations. Those present included Mr..
and Mrs. George Du Pont Pratt Mr.. and Mrs
Herbert Lee Pratt. Mr. ana Mrs. Alfred Roel-
ker ir Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Notman, Mr. and
Mrs Norman P. de Maufiac, Mrs. John Hill
Morgan Dr. and Mrs Dudley Roberts, Mr.. and
Mrs Howard s Hadden, Miss Hildegarde Turtle.
Miss Bertha Stockwell, Judge Norman Scott
Dixie Dr. William B. Brinsmade, Charles Mel
vile Bull jr., and Mr.. GladWin.
Miss Florence E. Johnston, of No. To- Eighth
avenue gave a card party at her home on Tues
day. Her guests We're Mrs. Walter S. Gibbs,
Mrs Howard Jerome Hildt, Mrs. Morton Fitch,
Mrs Arthur Wellington Opp, Mrs. Ira Downs,
Miss Marie Lott Miss Louise Earle. Miss Helen
COnrOw, Miss Elsie Arnold, Miss Inez ESserS,
Miss Edith De Beixdon Miss Gertrude Cum
mings Miss Fannie Pierson, Miss Florence
Smith Miss Edith Johns, Miss Gertrude Sulli-
van Miss Edna Lockwood, Miss Alice Main.
Miss Daisy Valentine, Miss Freda Snow, Miss
Louise Mayhew Miss Fiorentne Coombs, Miss
lane Lutkins Miss Frances Wright, Miss Mae
McCurrach, Miss Henrietta Pratt, the Misses
Burtenshaw, the Misses Sexton and the Misses
Price.
Preceding the meeting OF the Brooklyn Arm
strong Association, In Plymouth Church on
Monday evening Grosvenor H. Backus, presi-
dent OF the association, gave dinner at the
Hamilton Club in honor of Secretary Taft His
guests were Henry w Taft. Dr. Fred w. At
kinson. st. Clair McKelway, Judge Edgar n.
Cullen. Colonel Willis l.. Ogden, Judge Hiram
Roswell Steele, Charles A Scherien, Or. Glen
worth Reeve Butler. DR.. Thomas r. French, r.
c E Brown Frederick B. Pratt, Herbert Lee
Pratt Robert o Ogden. Alfred Tredway White.
Edward NJ Psssett. Willis Delano Wood. jane.
McKeen Charles s. Focte. Herbert L. Rr'AE-