New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-03

son of Mr. and Mrs Whitford ]. Lee or
No So Monroe street In compliment 10
her daughter, Mrs. L'Heureux gave
luncheon of sixteen covers recently
ST. Paurs Church. Flatbush, Will be the
scene Wednesday, June /. of the wedding
of Miss Enid Rice, daughter OF MI ana
Mrs George Trowbridge Rice, OF NO. ~
Flatbush avenue. and Charles stanton
Higgins. son of Mrs Anna Higgins, OF New
Haven Conn. Miss Gertrude Rice is TO De
her sisters maid of honor, and there VIII
be six bridesmaids-Mis Edith Warburton,
Miss Lillian Howard, Miss Adelaide Yves
termaye Miss Anna Given. Miss MAUD
Bosworth and Miss Maud Rice, Harry
Higgins, the bridegroom's brother, is TO
act as best man. and named as ushers are
Gordon Case. j. Adams Johnson, william
Griffen George Coudren, Robert Thomp-
son and Walter Gallagher. The ceremony,
which is to take place at $50 O'Clock, VIII
be followed by a reception at the WILDWOOD
Club Mr.. Higgins was graduated from the
Yale Law School in 1905.
A home wedding on Wednesday evening
was that of Miss Mary Elizabeth Davis,
daughter Of Mrs. Kate c. Davis, of No.
S52 Halsey street, and Edwin Steward Hill
yer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hillyer, OF
No 81 McDonough street. The bride was
gowned in white satin messaline, trimmed
with pearls and duchess lace. She wore
a tulle veil and carried roses and lilies-of-
the-valley. Miss Henrietta Weigan was
her only attendant. She was gowned in
white chiffon cloth over pale pink, and
carried roses. The best man was Romer
w King The Rev. Robert Rogers offic-
ciated Pink roses, carnations and palms
were used in decorating the rooms.
Miss May Corbett. whose engagement to
the Rev. Frederick BudlOng, rector OF
Christ Church. St. Paul, has been an
nounced. is to be married on Wednesday,
April 20. Miss Corbett is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs Charles H. Corbett. of No.
Ill Dean street.
An organization which is doing no end
of good in quiet way is the Society for
the Public Good, which was started by
Mr. and Mrs A Judson Powell early in the
winter. 1t was through the vote of the
society that the series of Shakespearean
readings by Mrs. Melville were arranged.
Mrs. Powell has loaned the Little Thea
tre," at No. 915 President street, for the
readings. the first of which will be given on
Tuesday evening, April s. The remaining
dates are Tuesdays, May II and June Z.
At the last meeting of the Public Good So
ciety, Mrs. Calvin E. Hull, the first vice.
president, presided in the place of Mrs.
Powell, who appeared in her condensed YER
sion of Martha" after the business of the
evening.
In St. Marys Church. West New Brigh-
ton, on Wednesday afternoon. Miss Nora
Shelby Catchings, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Silas f. Catchings. was married TO Ahner
Hunter Plat sor OF Mr.. and Mrs. E. c.
Platt, Of No 127 St. Marks avenue. The
bridal party comprised a matron of honor,
Mrs. Malcolm Graeme Bruce, of Richmond,
Va: maid of honor. Miss Mary Rogers;
four bridesmaids Miss Marjorie CatChings,
Miss Edel Thirrel Miss Elizabeth Gallaher
and Miss Helen Parker; the best man,
Cuthbert Plat, and four ushers, Stanley
Eaton, Stuart Hunter, Richard Gordon and
Leonard Snedecker. The Rev. DR.. Francis
l. Frost was the officiating clergyman.
Mrs. Ella Frances Halsey and Henry
Hiteman ara TO be quietly married at noon
on Tuesday, April u, at the home of Judge
and Mrs. James c. Church, No. 81 Eighth
avenue. with whom Mrs. Halsey lives.
Mrs. Frank NJ. Lupton, OF No. $50 st.
Marks avenue, has issued cards for an
hour of, music" at her home next Thurs
day morning. The musical is being given
to present a young Russian pianist. Mischa
LevitzkL Although he is scarcely in his
teens, he has played before distinguished
audiences in st. Petersburg and those in
Il or n hi
future.
As the Crescent Athletic Clubs players
will occupy the stage of the opera house
of the Academy of Music next Saturday
afternoon and evening a large and repre-
sentative audience is certain TO fill the
house for both performances. The Cres-
cent men will have to work hard to live
up to the standard set by those in their
minstrel show last year. However they
believe that The Ice Maidens" written
especially for them by d. Parsons Good
rich will afford them an excellent chance
to make the most of the club talent and
exceed even their effort of last year. The
principal parts are to be taken by Ralph
E Sears, Ernest f. Durham and Darby
McCahin. Others in the cast will be
Charles NJ. Bull, jr., Charles Switzer. Will
lam Pell, G. L. Scheling. Edwin Bigelow,
Leicester Collins, Elliot Pope. Lewis Hunt
and William Scarboro
Mr.. and Mrs Frederick J. Van Vrancken,
Of No. 1906 Albemarle Road, Flatbush,
gave "A dinner of twenty covers Monday
evening for Miss Helen Seaverns and her
fiance, Benjamin Peabody. ard Miss Elsie
King, whose engagement to Fortesque
Metcalfe was recently announced. Killar-
ney roses and smilax were effectively COM
bined in the decorations. The table ap-
pointments were in pink, satin hand painted
boxes and bon-bon baskets being given as
favOrs, the men receiving carnations as
boutonnieres and the women corsage bou-
quets of roses. Cards were played after
dinner.