Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-26

BY MARGARET WATTS DE PEYSTER
| NEW YORK, March 25.-(Special to The
| Bee.)-Society in the east is looking for
ward to the marriage Monday of the
! Countess Louise Alexandra Won Bernstorff
and Count Raymond Pourtales at Concor-
dia church at Washington, ID. c. The usual
customs of a wedding in Germany will
be followed, with an adaptation also Of the
forms in vogue here.
Miss Alys Meyer, daughter Of the Sec
rotary of the Navy; Miss Elsie Aldrich,
daughter of ex-senator and Mrs. Aldrich;
Miss Cecilia May, soon to be the bride Of
Mr.. Robert L. Bacon. and Miss Mary R
Switzerland, daughter Of Capt. and Mrs.
Switzerland, are TO be bridesmaids.
Count Gunther Won Bernstorff will be at
Washington to be a groomsman at his sis
ters wedding as will Lord Percy Of the
British embassy. Jonkeer Won Weede of
the Netherlands legations and Baron Har-
denbroeck of the German embassy staff.
The ushers will be Major Herwarth, Mill
tary, and Commander Retzmen, naval at
tache Of the German embassy; with Al
bert Horstmann, also of the embassy staff,
with Count Pajacsvich of the Austro-Hun-
garlan embassy. A reception will follow at
the embassy on Highland terrace.
The Countess is regarded as one of the
most beautiful young society bellies Of the
east and the marriage will be one OF the
leading social events Of the season.
OF unusual interest in society is the an
nouncement OF the engagement Of Miss
Florence Sheedy of Denver Colo, to
Mr. ]. Townsend Burden, jr., of New York.
Miss Sheedy is a sister OF Mrs. Robert l..
Livingston Of New York, who was bride
in February. She is a daughter of Mr..
Dennis sheedy of Denver, but is we'll
known in New York Mr.. Burden is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Townsend Burden
and a nephew of the late James A. Burden.
His brother. the late william A. M. Burden,
married Miss Florence Twombly, the
, daughter Of Mrs II. NICK. Twombly, and a
! niece of Mr. William X. Vanderbilt Mr..
; Burden has two sisters, Miss Evelyn
Burden and Miss Gwendolyn Burden. He
is a grandson of Henry Burden, the Scotch
inventor who established the famous steel
works at Troy and who built a steamboat
> that made an important change in navi-
cation. Mrs. Burden, his mother, is a sis
ter Of the late DR.. William A. Moale Of Bal
tlmore and a descendant of the beautiful
Evelyn Byrd celebrated in song and story,
as we'll as in history. Mr.. Sheedy, who
I was a pioneer, made the overland route
from Chicago to Utah during the sixties
% and became later, a leading factor in the
Z development Of the hidden wealth Of Colo
\ RADIO. The marriage will be social event
1 OF the early spring.
Mrs. Richard Lewis Howell whose en-
gagement to Mr.. Percy ID. Haughton is an
a nounced, is the daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Dele Whistler Of Baltimore,
great-niece Of James Mcneil Whistler
, and a niece Of Mr.. Ross w. Whist
Ter. She is the widow of the Rev
Mr.. Richard Lewis Howell, who haC
an island home at Newport, r. !. His
estate in fact occupied the whole area o.
Gould Island.
For the past few weeks Mrs Howell ha!
a been travelling In the West with Miss NinS
:. Gather OF Baltimore. Ma Haughton is
resident Of Brookline. Mass, but has
I national reputation as an athlete. HI
I played the varsity football team fo
{ three successive years, helping TO defeat
Yale by the score Of Il to 0 in 1895 IL,
IS Is the coach OF the Harvard football team
y The marriage of Miss Zayda Justine
n zabriskie to Mr.. Frank H. Buck jr., VIII,
y Is son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Il. Bucl
d OF san Francisco viii take place Apri
r Is in the Church Of the TRANSPORTATION il
New York.
Miss Zabriskie is a daughter Of Mr.. an,
Mrs. Christian Brevoort Zabrlskie an
g she bears one OF the very few names begin
"a ming with the last letter Of the alphabet 4
Al any way linked with American history
N Her father has many friends in Cali
p fornia. is famous as an authority On borat
deposits and has visited all parts of sout
,s America TO make scientific examination
~ lie Is a member Of the Loyal Legion an
like all the Zabriskes, Of the Holland Sc
a. ciety.
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