New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-13
BROOKLYN SOCIETY
Engagements, announcements
and LuncheORs.

Wednesday. April G. may now be an
rounced the date set for the wedding
Of Miss Grace Anna Lidford and the Rev.
Emile Sherwood Harper The ceremony
Will take place in st. Johns Church, St.
Johns Place, near Seventh avenue, at 5
O'Clock. and the reception following i'm,
mediately after will be held at the home
of the BRIDES parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas H. Lidford, No. 792 Carroll street.
Mrs, ]. Liddon Pennock. OF Philadelphia,
Is 10 be the matrOn of honor, and ther.
will be four bridesmaids-Miss Harriet
Ashley Bigelow, of Manhattan; Miss Grace
L. Powers. Miss Matilda c. Page and Miss
May Hopkins Emerson, of this borough.
AS the Rev. MIR. Harper comes from Ind
lana, his attendants are out-of-town men
and the names of all cannot yet be given.
Miss Lucy Gair, whose engagement to
William Gill was announced last Septem-
Der at West Hampton Beach. Long Island,
where the Gairs have their summer place.
is TO be numbered among the June brides.
No details have been decided upon. Mr..
Gill is the son of Thomas Lee Gill, Of No.
10 Montgomery Place. and a brother OF
Philip Lee Gill. of Clinton avenue.
While the local papers have printed ac-
counts of the engagement said TO exist
between Miss Jean Dunbar Adams, young
er daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Horatio Nor
tier Adams, Of No. 81 Montgomery Place.
and Robert Gair, jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Gair. Of No 100 New York avenue,
no formal announcement has been made
by the family. Mrs. Adams and her
daughters, Miss Ethel James Adams and
Miss Jean Dunbar Adams. who sailed for
Bermuda on February 10, are not expected
in town until the end of next week. Mr..
Gair and his sister, Miss Lucy Gair, were
fellow passengers.
Mr.. and Mrs II. Edward Dreier, of No.
80 Remsen street. recently gave dinner
for Mr.. and Mrs Frank c. Munson. There
We're also present Mr. and Mrs. Alvan r.
Duerr. Mr.. and Mrs. George s. Frank, Miss
Dorothea Dreier and John r. Munro.
Since her return from abroad Miss Dor
othea Dreier has been staying with Mr..
and Mrs. II. Edward Dreier. She sailed
last July with Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Shir-
law. but their trip was saddened by the
death of the artist in Madrid in December.
Mrs. Shirlaw and Miss Dreier returned a
fortnight ago.
Mrs. George Du Pont Pratt has been Civ
ing a series of dinners at her home, No.
245 Clinton avenue. On Thursday evening
covers were laid for sixteen. the guests
being Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Sands Willard
Of Manhattan; Mr.. and Mrs Alexander
Minot White, Mr.. and Mrs. W. Sterling
Peters. Miss Alice Steele Ide Miss Flor
ence Walton. Miss Thyrza Benson, Miss
Sturgis, Of Philadelphia: L. Hubert Itch
field, David Stuart. Chester Beach and
Townsend Morgan. Monday evening her
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Dougherty,
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Humphreys, Miss
Helen Sargent. James Fraser. Mr. and Mrs
Henry Dearth and Frederick B. Pratt.
Mrs. Pratt also entertained at dinner the
preceding Friday evening.
On Monday Mrs. George D. Pratt and her
sister. Miss Jessie Sherman, will leave the
city for the South to spend a fortnight al
Hot Springs, Va.
Every one present at the fifty-thfrd as
sembly of the Colonial Daughters of the
Seventeenth Century. which took place on
Tuesday at the home OF Mrs Edgar F
Luckenbach. No. los Eighth avenue. re-
marked the exceptional merit of the musi-
colors of the society, red and white, dec
GRATED the dining room and the spacious
hall. where Mrs. Luckenbach, gowned in
white lace, received her guests. TULIPS
harmonized with the gold furnishings OF
the drawing room. Mrs. Howard l.. Hig-
gins, the regent, in black satin and lace
over white, presided. and opened the pro
gramme with a short talk on Colonial
music. There were about one hundred and
fifty present. The hostess was assisted nv
the members of the reception committee
Mrs. Stephen Giles, Mrs. Charles Jerome
Edwards, Mrs. George A. Allin Miss Susan
Chase and Miss Isabelle Van Vie. The
programme was as follows:
Tenor solo. Sands o Dee c,av
Aubrey Sayre
Accompanied by Harry Rowe Shelly
Violin solo, Adagio from ID Concerto 49,. Goddard
Louis Mollenhauer
DC. A4ttooihpa Tle by Mrs Louis Mollenhauer
In Colonial History"
,., Mrs. Ada Tully zimmerman.
Miss Grace Hornby.
co,o,,,a Aicc con! by Harry Rowe Shelly
Mrs. Ada fully zimmerman.
4 A hashmre Song .Mier
Aubrey Savre. ''''''' SINGER
Accompanied by Harry Rowe Shelly.
Bohemian Melodies ............... Novotr,
-H'S'ciioso - -. Mollenhauer
Louis Mollenhauer.
AcGIGmp soTd by Mrs Louis Mollenhauer
Miss Grace Hornby.
Accompanied by Harry Rowe Shelly
The members of the Heights Casino Asso-
citation enjoyed a bridge Of twelve tables
on Wednesday afternoon. The prizes were
large baskets of flowers. Mrs William II
Cary was in charge of the arrangements.
Another noteworthy Easter wedding will
be that Of Miss Della Minton. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis l.. Minton, of No
1So washington Park, and Anterior D. Con
verse, son of Morton +. Converse. 1t is tc