New-York tribune., 1910-06-26
BROOKLYN SOCIETY
Weddings, Engagements and
Announcements of BOROUGH.

At Dunedin, the new country place OF
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gair, at Westhamp-
ton, Long Island. their daughter. Miss
Lucy Helen Gair, was married yesterday to
William Gill. The ceremony was performed
at 10 o'clock by the Rev. DIR. Albert J.
Lyman, pastor of the South Congregational
Church The decorations were in green
and white, masses of summer blossoms and
foliage filling every available space. The
general color scheme was also carried out
in the gowns OF the bridal party. MISS
Gair's gown of white satin was elaborately
trimmed with point lace. Her tulle ven
fell from a wreath Of orange blossoms and
she carried a bouquet OF flilies-of-the-Vaiiey-
Her sister. Miss NJ. Elizabeth Gair, who
acted as maid of honor. wore gown OF
white embroidered net and a Leghorn nat
ornamented by large willow plume. Inc
bridesmaids wore somewhat similar gowns
Of white net and lingerie hats. They were
Miss Ethel Adams and Miss Jean Adams
the latter the fiancee Of Robert CAR,
brother of the bride. Like the maid OF
honor they carried large punches of maiden
hair fern. Miss Edwina Florence Sweeney
and Miss Mary Elizabeth Sweeney, the 1T
tie daughters of Mr.. and Mrs Edward
F. Sweeney Jessie Gair) were in attend
2nce upon lnelT aunt GS liO"ti SiiAo tAiO'
wore dainty French frocks of lace and
batiste with pink sashes and carried hats
full Of flowers and ferns. Robert Gair, jr-'
was the best man and serving as ushers
were Harold E. Gill. of Brooklyn; Kenneth
Dexter Miller, Trenholm L. Marshall, of
Manhattan; !. Newell Pfeiffer, of Phila-
delphia. and John A. Bell, jr.. of Pittsburg.
wedding breakfast and reception fol-
ha Mrs Gair
ceived in violet satin and Mrs. Sweeney
was gowned in mauve charmeuse. Mr.. Gill
is the son of Thomas Lee GILL; and a
brother of Philip Lee Gill Of Brooklyn His
engagement to Miss Gair was announced
| last Sentember. They wifi spend the sum-
mer at Westhampton and in the autumn
will make their home in South Orange,
N J The Gair town house is at No 10
New York avenue.
The wedding of Miss Avelina Webster and
Robert Failing took place yesterday at the
country home Of the brides parents. Mr..
and Mrs. A A Webster, at Freeport, Long
Island. The Rev. D. A Jordan performed
the ceremony at $50 o'clock. in the pres
ence of relatives and q few intimate
friends. The bride whose only attendant
was her sister, Miss Marjorie Webster.
wore a gown of white satin and princess
lace. and a tllle veil crowned with orange
blossoms She carried white sweetpeas.
The maid Of honor wore q lingerie gown,
hand embroidered over pink silk, and her
bouquet was Of pink sweetpeas- Robert
I.atirler, Of Buffalo, was the best man, ana
there were no ushers. Pink sweetpeas and
roses were combined in the decorations.
Mr. and Mrs. Failing, after a short we'd
ding trip, viii make their home IN Port
/ land, Ore.
A socially important wedding of the week.
| though quietly solemnized, was that on
! Wednesday morning. of Miss Edwina How
ard Hamblet and the Rev. Frederick hugh
! Handsfeld, rector Of the Church of the
Atonement, Brooklyn. The ceremony took
: place in St. AIMS Church, on the Heights,
at O'Clock, with a nuptial communion fol-
lowing. The Rev. DR.. c. Campbell Walker,
rector of St AIMS, oficiated. The altar
was draped with rich white embroideries
and decorated with white roses. The bride,
who was given away by her mother, Mrs.
James Hamblet. wore her travelling gown
of white cloth, and instead of flowers car
ried q white prayer book. She was unat
! tended. but the bridegroom had as his best
man the Rev Alexander Hamilton Backus.
rector of the Church of the TRANSPORTATION,
and a son of the late DR.. Truman Jay
Backus, for many years president of
Packer Institute. Of which the bride is
graduate. A wedding breakfast followed at
the Hotel Bossert Miss Hanbet's we'd
ding day also marked the anniversaries Of
! her mothers and grandmother's weddings.
| The Rev. Mr.. Handsfeld was graduated
from Trinity College. Toronto. in 1904. He
and his bride will spend a few weeks at
the Thousand Islands. and in the fall are
to make their home on the Park Slope
| A quiet home wedding yesterday after
| noon was that of Miss Irma Chapman,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Chapman.
Of No. 560A Quincy street and William
! Kirkham, of New Haven. The decorations
/ were in yellow which made an effective
| background for the bridal party, as the
! bride was gowned in golden brown. Her
| only attendant was her sister, Miss Helen
! Chapman, who was frocked In white
! Samuel Hemingway was the best man.
/ The Rev. DR.. Jason Pierce performed the
| ceremony which was witnessed only by
relatives and close personal friends. AS
Mr.. Kirkham is an instructor at Yale, from
| which he was graduated few years ago.
he and Mrs. Kirkham will live in New
| Haven.
/ Sailing on the Cedric yesterday were Mrs.
/ Cornelius Zabriskie and the party of young
| women, all members of this years class at
! Packer, which she is to chaperon on an
extended trip through Europe Mrs. Zabris-
| kie took her car with her. and they will
| motor through rural England, and then
! tour Southern France and Italy They plan
tc be AT oberammergau for the Passion
/ Play in August. The members OF the party
are, besides Mrs. Zabriskie and her younger
! daugher Miss Elvia Zabriskie Miss Helen
! AIillard, Miss Katherine Dudley, Miss Aine
! Williams and Miss Marjorie Decker. They
/ viii return on October Ie
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Scoville, nee Orlena
Zabriskie. will spend the summer at their
country home at Chapinsville. Conn.
/ OF interest TO the old Dutch settlers of
/ Long Island was the wedding on wednes-
day Of Miss Abigail Baxter Rensen,
! daughter Of John ". Remsen, of No 1860
! East zSth street and William Bennett
| Rouwenhoven, of No Kouwenhoven
Place It was a quiet home ceremony with
the Rev John T. Gardner, of the Flatlands
| Reformed Church. cficiating The brides
| attendants were Miss Eleanor Weir Smith,
| Miss Marjorie Roberts and Miss Fanny G.
Rogers. Joseph S. Hewlett was the best
/ nett we're the ushers. The attendance was
limited TO relatives and intimate friends
n srs Mrs " TruiLshanL os No no