New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-10
BROOKLYN SOCIETY
Weddings, Engagements ard
Announcements.

that Of Miss Dorothy BceCher White,
/ daughter Of Mrs Margaret Beechcr
! White, and Warren Davis STROBE, which
is scheduled to take place Saturday No
/ vcmber 80. Miss White is descended from
| two OF Brooklyn's most prominent fami-
! lies being a great-FranddauFhter OF Henry
! Ward Bcechcr and granddaughter Of
| stephen Van cullen White. The late
/ Arthur White was her father
! II is customary for members II the
I BCecher family 10 be married in Ply
mouth, but plans for a church wedding
were abandoned by Miss White because
Of the illness Of her grandfather. As n
/ is not thought safe to move Mr. White.
/ who is at the country home Of his daugh-
/ ter, Mrs. Franklin W. Hopkins, at Clostcr
IN j.. the Rev. Or. Newell Dwight Hills,
/ the present pastor OF Plymouth. will 90
up there 70 perform the ceremony. Invi-
tations have been limited 10 relatives and
/ Just a few old family friends
! Mrs. Harold Byron Gibbs is to act as
matron OF honor and Janet Thompson
/ Mr. and Mrs Willard Tisdel Thompson's
/ little daughter. is to attic. d her cousin as
/ flower girl The best man will be Harold
Gibbs
Miss White has not been seen often in
society on this side Of thc river the last
couple OF years, but as a young girl I'm
/ her early teens she spent much OF her
time with her grandparents at their home.
! No. 210 Columbia Heights. There was
/ continual entertaining at the White home
| in those days. as Mrs. White was one Of
1 the most active women in patriotic circles
! in New York State and Mrs. Hopkins had
many parties for her daughter, Miss Elsie
| White Hopkins, now Mrs. Thompson, and
/ her niece. Mi Hedelind Beck, now Mrs.
/ Ashbel Russell WEIGH After the death
Of her mother Mrs. Hopkins gave up the
house and now. when in town, lives at the
Standsh Arms. across the street
Miss White made the debut two years
ago. Her fance is the son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Garrard Strobe, Of 81. Louis.
Another important wedding that is TO
be quietly celebrated IS that OF Miss Alice
Steele Ide daughter OF Mrs. Charles W.
4 Ide. OF No ~ Remsen street, and Foster
, Hannaford, OF ST Paul 1t Is 10 be
| home ceremony, AZ o'clock, and invita-
| lions are 10 be limited 70 relatives and a
few intimate friends. Ny Hnnnaford il
/ the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. julie Murat Han
naford, Of st. Paul. and was graduated
| from Sheffield Scientific School, Yale, '0S
| Miss Ide is a niece Of Robert e. ogden,
/ who has done so much TO advance educa-
ton in the South and for Hampton and
Of Colonel Willis l.. ogden. on her
! fathers side she IS a niece Of Harry z.
| Ide. OF the Heights, and Of George +.
Ide and Mrs Francis Lyman Hine, Of
Manhattan and Glen Cove.
! Announcement is made OF the engage
ment OF Miss Jean McPhhil Coutts,
/ daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. George II.
| Coutts, Of No IA Joralemon street, 10
Donald Barton Stewart, son OF Mr. and
Mrs Seth Thayer Stewart, of Brooklyn
! and Locust Valley. Long Island. Ny
| Stewart was graduated from Yale in 1905
Miss Coutts made her debut four years
! ago, and has since been one OF the most
active young women in Heights society.
/ No date has been set for the wedding.
| Tomorrow evening will bring the we'd
ding Of Miss Grace Cook Jennings daugh-
| ter Of Mrs. Spencer Augustus Jennings
and Frederick G. Wacker. OF Chicago.
Friday evening Mrs. Jennings gave din
ner dance for the bridal party and few
/ Of Mrs. Jennings's more intimate friends
The decorations and table appointments
were in green and white This evening
Mrs. Robinson Leech (Mary Buchanan
Jennings) will entertain the bridal party
at her home. No. 81 Joralemon street.
Following close upon the announcement
| OF her engagement came cards for the
wedding Of Miss Mary Hathaway Bald
win and Harry Connolly Keeling, OF South
| Norfolk. Va. issued In the name OF her
sister. Miss Kate Corinne Baldwin. The
| ceremony is 10 take place Tuesday even
ing November 26. al the Baldwin home,
I No. 2g7 Clinton avenue, with only relatives
and a few close personal friends present.
The Rev. DR.. Nehemiah Boynton VIII Of
| nciate.
Miss Kate Corinne Schuyler Walden,
one OF the seasons debutantes, will be
her aunt's only attendant, and William
CourtriRht Is 10 be the best man. The
ushers will be Marshall Baldwin and
Oran Baldwin, nephews Of the brldei
Wickham Taylor and Robertson Taylor
nephews Of the bridegroom.
Miss Baldwin IS the daughter OF the late
Oran Stiles Baldwin.
/ The very first date on the 1913 Weddlns
calendar IS for the marriage OF Miss Elsie
Uerendon Kearns and Kenneth T.. cas-
paris. whose engagement was announced
a few weeks ago. 1t is TO take place
wednesday, April 9, but IT is, OF course,
too early for any details.
Miss Kearns has attracted widespread
attention because Of her dramatic ability
while at Smith, from which she was
graduated in 1906. After studying at the
American School Of Dramatic Arts she
Joined the faculty at Smith. but resigned
TO take a place In the New Theatre COM
many. where she remained until It was
disbanded.
Miss Kearns is the daughter Of Charles
r. Kearns, OF No. go President street.
A recently announced engagement is
that of Miss Mary LaIle Tanning and
| Robert lie Fevre Falrbairn, son Of DR..
| and Mrs. Henry o. Fairbairn. of No 249
! McDonough street. Miss Tanning is the
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Mills
Tanning, OF No. los West 119th street,
Manhattan.
| Miss Theo McCord. who is to be mar
ried 10 Everett Stanley Jarvis next Fri
4 -. l., c,t Tefey'a Church will