The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-29
SOCIETY IN NEW YORK
By MARGARET WATTS DE prYsrrn.

New York, January 2S.-(Special. .)-No event of the month has engaged the at tention of society more than the charity ball which will be given at the Waldorf Astoria hotel on next Tuesday night. So- icety always takes much interest in the annual charity ball, but this season more than the usual interest is manifested. Not so many society leaders have left the city as have usually gone at this pe- riod and others who have often spent the winter abroad have remained in New York to take greater part in the social gayeties. With the possible exception Of the tableaux given by Mrs. Mackay, in the interest of the Equal Suffrage league, on the 18th, no other social event of the month will attract so many of New York's 400"
 A marriage of interest during the week was that of Miss Dorothea Curtiss, daughter of MT. and Mrs. William How ard Curtiss of Summit, N. J., to MT. Ar thur Duedney Pratt, son of Mrs. Nathan iel Pratt of Brooklyn. The wedding was in Grace church, New York, and was very largely attended. New York frieds attended the marriage of Miss Grace Kellen, daughter of Mrs. William Vial Kellen of Boston, to MT. Paul Her men Greet of Louisville. The wedding took place at Trinity church, Boston, Wednesday.
 One of the largest and most beautiful club affairs of the season will be the an- nual Valentine festival, to be given by the New York Women's Press club, Mme von Klenner, president, on Friday even ing, February r, at the Waldorf Astoria. A brilliant> programme will be followed by dancing and supper.
 An engagement, the announcement of which has created much interest in so- ciety is that of Miss lone Page, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Howard Page to Mr. Courtlandt Nicholl.
 Miss Page is recognized as one of the great beauties of New York and is often in request for amateur entertainments Mir. Nicholl is son of Mir. and Mrs. Benjamin Nicholl and nephew of MT De Lancey Nicoll, with whom he is as- sociated in his law practice.
 The Nicolls are collateral descendants of Sir Richard Nicoll, the first English governor of New York. MT. Benjamin Nicoll is one of the older sport-lovers who have done much to make polo popu- lar in this country. When Miss Elsie Nicoll made her debut sher bouquets were placed in the silver cups won by her fa- ther.
 The engagement Is announced of Miss Rosalie Thompson of Louisville, Ky, daughter of MT. and Mrs. William Mar riner Thompson, to arold c. Wash burn, son of MT. and rs. Jacob Wash burn of this city Washburn was graduated from Harvard in the class of 1906 and is now an instructor in English at the United States Naval academy. 
 MT Herbert l.. Satterlee, son-in-law of J. Pierpont Morgan, accompanied by Mrs Satterlee, has returned to the city from Jekyll Island, off the coast of northeast ern Florida. Jekyll, which Is owned by number of millionaire clubmen, has a famous game preserve, club houses, golf tive place for yachtmen during January and February
 Miss Francis Wilson of Portland, Ore was the center of much social attraction during her stay in New York as the guest of Miss Florence Harper and Miss Alice Marie McCague. A dinner was given at the Pittsburg Golf club in honor of Miss Wilson by MT. Nathaniel Holmes and entertainments were given in her honor by Misses Harper and McCague Conn.,.
 Prince and Princess Michel Cantacuz- enc and their three children, Princess