Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-01
SOCIAL NOTES q the n5s ,"ss,, s. s

The wedding of Miss Marietta Anne
Corbett, daughter of Mr.. Mrs. Will
lam Corbett, and Mr.. Walter Lysaght
Durack, jr., OF Brooklyn, N. Y, took
place last evening in st. Johns. Roman
Catholic Church at 6 o'clock.
The ceremony was performed by the
pastor, the Rev. James p. Poels, as
sisted by the Rev. Father Fidelis, of the
Order of st. Benedict.
The brides only attendant was Mrs.
James Edward Mclaughlin, of Trenton,
and the best man was Mr.. Victor John
Durack, brother of the bridegroom.
The ushers were William j. Pape.
Daniel Van Brunt Lott. of Brooklyn:
James Edward Mclaughlin. of Trenton:
Arthur j. Devine, jr., Louis r. Corbett,
William II. Corbett and j. Jennings
Parker, of Newark.
The bride was given away by her
father and wore a gown of white satin
with n court train and trimmed with
shadow and duchess lace. Her veil was
arranged in cap form, ornamented with
orange blossoms worn by her mother at
her wedding. Her only ornament was a
diamond horseshoe, gift Of the groom.
The matron of honor wore a gown of
white lace over white satin with a direc-
toire coat of American Beauty satin, and
SDe wore IL SHUT Wei dETdnEc0 IN cad
form, trimmed with lace and a large bow
of American Beauty satin. She wore the
brides gift. an amethyst bracelet.
The bride carried O shower bouquet of
lilies of the valley and the matron of
honor carried an arm bouquet of white
lilacs and American Beauty roses.
The BRIDES mother wore a London
smoke charmeuse satin gown, trimmed
with royal purple and rose point lace,
and a hat to match.
Mrs. Durack, mother OF the groom.
wore a gown of black chiffon over gold
cloth.
A reception followed the ceremony Mt
the home of the bride, 80 East Park
street. Three hundred and fifty guests
from Brooklyn, New York and the Or
anges were present.
After an extended trip the young
couple will make their home in Bay
Ridge, Brooklyn.
Mrs. Thomas A. Gillespie, of Silver
Spring. South Orange, will open her home
for a bridge on Thursday afternoon, May
q. The affair Will be a subscription one
In charge of the auxiliary of the Orange
Orphan Home. for the benefit of that
institution. The president of the auxiliary
is Mrs. $, $. johnson, of South Orange.
Mrs. Frank @. Barstow. formerly of
South Orange. has returned to that city
and is occupying a house on Tillou road.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore II. Smith and
family. of Prospect street. Fast Orange,
will shortly leave for their summer home
at Gladstone.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bennett Bernard
Srhnafdor of TIt1lct1a ovan,,a G1,tl
Orange, will spend the early part of June
in the Catskills.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas G. Conway. OF
South Orange, have returned from a trip
of several months in Europe.
y
Mr.. Ernest Heck, formerly OF Wash.
ington street, East Orange, now of Kan.
sas City, Mo-, is the guest of relatives in
New York.
Preliminary reports. which will great
" simplify and expedite the ma
chinery of the annual spring meeting
of the New Jersey State Federation OF
Women's Clubs were submitted at the
miniature federation meeting held yes
terday afternoon in the Public Library.
The meeting was called by the district
vice-president. Mrs. George Frederick
King. anu the SUBJECT matter o1ered by
the delegates from the clubs of the dis
trict gave a clear outline of what the
women are accomplishing and furnished a
valuable exchange of ideas.
A plain talk on plain topics was given
by Mrs. William 7. Ropes. of Moptclair.
Observation-Disclosures. Mrs. Ropes de-
plored the tendency Of elubwomen to be
careless In the matter of p~unctuality,
and showed wherein valuable time was
lost through this fault, She warmly de-
Tended the clubwomen against the criti.
cism that they lose Interest In the home,
and declared that they were the women
who are accomplishing the greatest good,
Wherever there Is a movement to better
conditions among women, whether In the
home, or the shop. or the s~choolroom. she
| declared that the clubwoman could al
ways be found at the bottom OF the agi-
tation.
Meeting together they have q chance tc
exchange experiences, lean new meth
DDS and go back to their household
duties with new ambitions and new cour-
age. She urged that the clubwomen dc
not try to do too many things at once. e
do one thing well rather than to over
tax their energies attempting more thar
they can carry out successfully. s
Mrs. Ropes talked of the work accom-
! pllshed by the education committee, Of