New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
BROOKLYN SOCIETY
Weddings, Engagements and An.
n0unCementS of the BOROUGH.

from school and college need not have a
dull moment during their vacation. There
are at least score OF dances-subscription
and private affairs-scheduled to take place
| in the next week or ten days in addition
TO college glee club concerts and dramatics
| Incidental to these will be many Ginner
parties. There are also several coming-o -oUs
receptions on the tapis for next week.
| Miss Kathleen Webster daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frederick IL. Webster, of No. As
Clinton avenue, will be welcome addition
TO the ranks OF the seasons debutantes.
She VIII be presented to society at the con-
ventional afternoon reception between the
hours of 4 and z on Wednesday. In the
| receiving party will be Miss Marjorie Eddy,
Miss Elsie Gridley, Miss Dorothy Abbott.
I Miss Dorothy Sutphin, Miss Grace Frank.
| Miss Cornelia Cousins, Miss Elvina Varet,
| Miss Hilda Chapman, Miss Helen Mechling
| of Brooklyn; Miss Claire Coney. of Green
wich, Conn.,, but formerly of this borough;
| Miss Margaret Boorum, Of Manhattan. and
Miss Gertrude Brooke, of Germantown.
| Penn. 4 dinner dance will follow the re-
| ception.
| On Tuesday afternoon Mrs. John S. Grif-
| fifth of No. 931 St. Marks avenue, will give
| a large reception for her daughter, Miss
| Juliet Holmes Griffith Assisting them Will
be Miss Margaret Reynolds. Miss Dorothy
| Iiubbs, Miss Shirley Gleason, Miss Ner-
| mita Lawrence, Miss Irma. Gratz of Brook
| lyn; Miss Mildred Smith, of Warwick, y.
Y; Miss Norma Ben1ent, of Ithaca, and
| Miss Kathryn Hoagland of Albany. A
dinner and theatre party to see John Drew
in Smith will follow for the receiving
party.
Saturday, January q, may now be an
nounced as the date for the debut of Miss
| Hortense Harder, daughter Of Mr.. and
/ Mrs Victor A. Harder, of No. III Eighth
/ avenue. The reception, which will be be-
! tween the hours of 4 and o'clock. will be
| followed by dinner dance at the Harder
/ home
On TUESDAY evening Mrs Harder will give
| & dinner at Delmonico's. followed 10y
! theatre party at the Casino, to see Sam
Bernard in He Came from Milwaukee"
for a, few Of her daughters friends.
The attendance at the dance to be given
next Saturday evening by Mrs. Jacob Meu-
rer for her daughter, Miss Anna K. Meu-
rer, viii be made up of the young people
not vet out. 1t is TO take place at the
Heights Casino.
Announcement OF the engagement of two
we'll known Heights men were made last
week. The fjancees of both are out-of
town girls. Albert De Silver, son of Mr..
and Mrs Carll II. De Silver. is to marry
Miss Margaret Burnham, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George Burnham, jr.. of Philadel-
phia. Frank Prentice Abbott, ir.. son OF
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Prentice Abbott, of
No. 1st place, is engaged to Miss Louise
Lee Weenls. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Henry Weems, OF Quincy Ill.
A merry company of young people gath
cred at the home of Mr.. and Mrs William
c. Beecher, No. 123 Columbia Heights, for
| the dance which they gave for their daug gh-
| ter, Miss Eunice Beecher, who is home
! from school for the holidays. Holly and
t, other Christmas greens We're used in the
decorations. Receiving with Mrs. Beecher
! and Miss Beecher. who frocked in
white crepe meteor and lace, were Mrs.
Charles Francis Park Gertrude Roxanna.
Beecher, and Mrs. Paul Sprague Ney nee
Bertha Beecher.
\ notable wedding VIII be that on Thurs
Gay. January IL. Of Miss Gwendolyn Lloyd
and James Il. McL1ren, whose engagement
!N3s announced early in the autumn. The
ceremony will take rlace at ) o'clock in the
FIa1 bush Dutch Reformed Church. of which
tie brides father, the Rev. Dr. John Elroy
Lloyd. is pastor. Miss Freda c. Dixon of
Mack. is to act maid of honor. and Miss
Marie Ditnas Lott and Miss Ruth Halliday
Rider will act as bridesmaids. Mr. Nc
Laren, who is the son of Mrs James Nc
IGTen, of No. 6SS 10th street, has chosen
as best man his brother, Archibald Nc
I&ren. Named as ushers are Harold l..
IT
ana Sidney Il. Taylor, of Orange \. J.
Mrs. William Gilman Low and the Misses
Low. of No. IS Remsen street will be at
home on Wednesday afternoon, January 4.
Miss Marguerite Elsie Du Mary. niece of
AIr ana Mrs. Edward Bailey Jordan, viii
roake her debut on Friday. a theatre par
tv at the Montauk will be followed by a
dance a the Jordan home, No 1l5 Eighth
avenue.
Mrs. William \. y. Brown and Mrs Rob
ert Gibson will be the joint hostesses at a
debutante dance TO be given on Wednesday
evening, January 4. in the banquet nall of
the Academy of Music. The dance is in
honor of Miss Gertrude Louise Gibson,
daughter of Mrs. Gibson. and Miss Ia tha-
rine Sinton. of Richmond. Va. niece of
EIIs. Brown.
Mrs. James Bracket Van Week of No
a61 East 22d street, FIatbush. viii be at
ioDle on Monday, January ..
Mr.. and Mrs. Kingsley Swan nee Mabel
Eiilier. who spent the late summer and au-
tInn at RE, y. Y, returned to town last
week. They are staying with Nj. Swans
2rsnddaugllter. Mrs Sara H. kingsier No !
ii5 Washington Park.
Mr. Camden &. bike and Judge Norman |
: Dixie spending the holidays at Cas- |
L Ia kesr-ick Va. the home of Mrs
Likes daughter. NJ. Murray Boocock !
An important put-of- town Wedding on |
Tuesday was that of Miss Helen Alvord !
Washburn and Frank Milton BeIden, son !
Of Mrs. Milton Z. Belden, of No 80 Clinton |
avenue. The ceremony performed at |
o'clock at the home of the brides parents |
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Washburn. No. |
142 Lowell avenue, Newtonville Mass |
Bishop Mallaiieu officiated The brides |
gown of white satin and duchess lace
with a garniture of pearl and crystal. She /
carried lilies-of-the-va valley. Miss Helen |
Doane Taylor, her only attendant was
frocked in pink satin, veied with chiffon,
and carried Killarney roses Herbert Lee
Pratt, of Brooklyn, was the best man. The
ushers were William J. Boardman of Bos-
ton; George O. Coon, of Brooklyn, and Carl
WaiiG of =; |