The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-16
SOCIETY IN NEW YORK
By MARGARET WATTS DE PEYSTER

Ky MARGARET WA
 New York, April 15.-(Special.)- )-With number of marriages at hand, the charity horse show in New York, annual sprlns horse show at Atlantic City and visitors arriving for the international polo coh- test society has but little time to tnihh about the coronation of King George of England or trip to Europe for the early summer months. The best polo ponies in America are already at Lake wood. of which the two largest strings are those of MT. H. P. Whitney and the joint stable of Messrs. Thomas and Seoo- dard. In MT. Whitney's collection or near ly 40 ponies are several the property or Messrs. Phipps, Collier and Belmont, and certain additions are expected from Bos- ton and Philadelphia.
 The charity horse show to be held at Durland's Riding academy April 20 and 2l bids fair to be one of the leading so- ciety events of next week. The show Is to be in aid of the Seton Hospital for Consumptives and the Santiarium Gaprbeis in the Adirondacks. Morgan J. OBrien IS at the head of the charitable proJect, and his daughter Miss Rosalie O Brien, Is the secretary and treasurer John U. Crimmins is vice president of the or ganization.
 Among the patronesses are Mrs. w. J. Gaynor, wife of the mayor Mrs. Anthony N Brady, Mrs. William Nelson Crom- well, Mrs w. Bourke Cockran Miss Mer- cedes Crimmins, Mrs. William Duriand. Mrs. Cooper Hewitt, Miss Elizabeth S.. Hamilton, Mrs. Oliver Gould Jennings, Mrs. Edward L. Reyes, Mrs. Martin w. Littleton, Mrs. David Mcclure, Mrs. Charles Oelrichs, Mrs Morgan J. O'Brren, I9rfa Mrc ar11 O'Donohue Mrs. Alton B. Parker, Mrs. Allan Ryan, Mrs. W. F. Sheehan, Mrs. Albert Turner, Mrs. Edward C. Finken and Mrs. B. F. Yoakum.
 English and American teams which are 10 compete in the international polo games at Meadow Brook this season will give an exhibition at the show, riding in bending races and in the competition for polo ponies. The horse will be King of the Tanbark'' during the week and so- ciety will find amusement in both New York and Atlantic City. Four days begin ming Wednesday the Atlantic City Horse show will be open. Changing the custom of the former years, the show will oe given the week following instead of the week prior to Easter.
 Mir and Mrs. Clarence II. Mackay have closed their town house on Madison ave-
 
 try place at Roslyn, L. l., where thes will remain until May, after which they will go to Iitchfield, Conn. where they have taken Mrs. Louis Ripley's cottage for the summer. MT. and Mrs. Mackay will not join the American colony in Lon- don during the coronation ceremonies.
 Mrs. George Tales Baker of Philadelphia and Miss Emma Price of Pittsburg, who spent a few days in New York, are now at Lakewood. N. J., to remain during the polo series.
 Miss Sophie E. Langdon will be married on April 27 to the Rev. Barrett P. Tyler rector of the Church of the Redeemer Morristown, N. J. The ceremony will be performed by the Rev. Roger Tyler brother of MT. Tyler, assisted by the Rev Herbert C. Holman of Nashville, Tenn and the Rev. Dr. William M. Grosvenor Miss Langdon's only attendant will be her sister, Miss Helen M. Langdon. Dr. George T. Tyler will act as his brothers best man and the ushers will be Messrs Woodbury G. Langdon. Jr., Lewis Gouver- neur Morris, M Montgomery Suckley and Henry E. Montgomery.
 It was fin the Church of the Incarnat ton where the marriage is to take place that Miss Langdon's grandfather. the Rev. Dr. Henry Eglinton Montgomery, was the rec i tor as early as civil war days In 1855 he . came to New York to preach in the old g building occupied by the Church of the I Incarnation Miss Langdon is descend {. ant of John Langdon, the New Hampshire z republican, who was governor of his state and president of the United States Sen ate, and also of Woodbury Langdon, an- s other distinguished statesman who came { from New Hampshire On her fathers { side, also, Miss Langdon is great-greai- : granddaughter of the first John Jacob As tor. Her father is a grandson of Walter < Langdon. who married Dorotho~ Astor, the youngest sister of the late William E. Astor. and the great aunt of the present { Col. John Jacob Astor.
 Announcement has toen made of the |. engagement of Mrs. A. Browning Pren- tice of New York and MT. Wright Bar < clay, 8 son of the late Henry A. Barclay and of Mrs. Bushrod R. Bayne
 Another enga cement announced is that of Miss Frances Shapiro, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. M. A. Shapiro, to MT. Elias Alderman of Washington. D. c. No date has. been announced for the wedding. 7, The marriage of Miss Anna Fryer, 9daughter of Mrs. J. Fryer, to Mir Edward Schwartz of Cleveland. Ohio took place at the home of the brides mother last Tuesday. 1.-The wedding was followed by a reception.
 Mrs. A. H. Beauchamp has announced the engagement of her sister, Miss Mary Magdalent Noonan, to Joseph Ruger Ga gen of Lafayette. Ind.
 The engagement is announced of Miss 1rma Hitler. daughter of MT. and Mrs. Alfred Hitler of New Orleans, to Max ! w. Ambery of New. York.
 ''A6 Battle of Flowers will follow the dinner of the Texas club at the Plaza hotel on San Jacinto day, the anniversary of the independence of Texas Miss Clara