New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-13
Father Offciates at Sons
Marriage to Miss Helen
H. jenkins.
WALDORFS DINNER
DANCE DRAWS MANY
Society Folk Hold Tables
Parties Announced for Win
ter's DebutanteS.

day afternoon, MISS Heien udrlef
Jenkins, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Georgs Walker jenkins. of 232 Madison
Avenue, was married to Francis Hunt
Geer. son OF the vicar of the chapel,
the Rev. W. Montague Geer. 1t is sell
dom a wedding takes place on lower
Broadway. When il does curious
crowd usually is attracted. Yesterday !
everything was arranged so quietly that
only half dozen persons knew there
was a marriage being celebrated. Only /
about eight relatives were present. and
they arrived in three automobiles. /
which drove down 20 the Fulton Stree.
entrance, where the guests entered.
Even all the bridal attendants were
not In attendance. only the maid o.
honor. the brides sister. Miss Grace
Hartley Jenkins. and two OF the brides
maids, the bridegroom's sisters, Miss
Cornelia and Miss Gertrude Geer. The
gates 10 the grounds were locked. eN-
cept the one on Fulton Street, and as
soon as the bridal party arrived that,
too. was locked. When the best man
came, just as the clock on the church !
was striking 3, ne had difficulty finding
an entrance.
The bride met the bridegroom at the
altar, and was not given in marriage
By any one. She wore a gown OF white
satin, trimmed with duchess and point
lace, which was worn on her mothers
gown at her marriage, and her point
lace veil, caught with orange blossoms.
also was worn by her mother. She
carried bouquet of white orchids and
lilies valley. The ceremony was
performed by the bridegroom's father.
and afterward the small party went
back to the home Of the bride. where a
reception was held. The bride and
bridegroom were there Joined by the
rest of the bridesmaids and ushers:
Other attendants were Miss Mary
Savage Cleveland, daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Bonnet Cleveland. Of New
Orleans, whose engagement TO Mr..
Geer's brother, Enos Throop Geer. was
announced Monday night; Miss Agnes
Clahin and Miss Anne Moore, OF this
city, and Miss Eleanor gutenberg. Of
New Orleans. All the attendants were
dressed in yellow tulle over satin. with
which they wore yellow tulle and satin
hats, and carried bouquets Of yellow
chrysanthemums.
+. Shelton Farr was Mr. Geer's best
man, and the ushers. who only oificiate1
at the house, were Enos Throop Geer
and William Montague Geer. jr., broth
/ ers of the bridegroom; George +. Tut
/ terworth, IT,, Lewis A. Coffin, jr., Ar
/ thur Du Bots and Harold Phelps
| Stokes.
The house was decorated with chrys-
anthemums and autumn oak leaves.
Miss Helen York Judson, daughter
OF Mr. and Mrs. Henry |. Judson and
a sister Of Mrs. Francis Burton Har-
rison, will be married to George Elton
Parks, October 27, in the Church of
the Heavenly Rest. The bride will
have only one attendant, Miss Nancy
Heckscher, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. q.
Maurice Heckscher rho will be flower
girl. W. Ledyar' .ditchell will be Mr.
G.. Maurice Heckscher, d. Raymond
Moves, Gordon ". Abbott, Arthur X.
Kinstry, james Cox Brady. Edward W.
/ Clucas, all of New York; Fayette
Brown, Of Cleveland; George s. Mua-
son, Of Philadelphia; Justice Wilson.
of Toledo, Ohio, and Daniel Boies. of
( Scranton. A dinner will be given for
Mr.. Parks, October 20. at the Union
Club.
Among those who had tables at the
/ first of the dinner dances, given last
/ night at the Waldorf Astoria, were Mr..
and Mrs. William Ross Proctor. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ebert II. Gary. Mr.. and Mrs.
William l.. Walker. Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
uel Shipley Blood, Mr.. and Mrs. James
B. Taylor, Mrs. Walter Scott. Alfred
Graham Miles and Frank II. Maynard
During the dinner an entertainment.
called "Idylle d'Amour Pathetique." was
: L.. l. nd
Alice Lake. Four dances were intro
duced. Previous to this there was
| sailors hornpipe In costume by Miss
Gladys Lester and Walter Cavanaugh.
Miss Dorothy South appeared In an
! illuminated sedan chair and sang
/ There was general dancing sfterward
Miss Marjorie o. Rand, daughter Of
Mrs. Herbert Ten Brock Jacquelin, OF
80 West Tenth Street, will be mar
ried TO Charles Kenneth Clinton the
last week in April, at Tuxedo. The
exact date has not been set.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Wood Cushman.
OF b15 Madison Avenue, will present
their daughter. Miss Mary Allerton
Cushman. at reception December 3.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor will return TO
town from Newport October % and
open her house, $40 Fifth Avenue.
Mrs. Thomas II. Howard will give
large dinner dance at Sherry's, Deem
Der 2s, for her debutante daughter
Miss Elizabeth Howard.
Miss Edith Adams, daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert F. Adams, will ba
married to Jules Glaenzer on Febru-
airy 2.
Mrs. Gordon Willis and her dauzh-
ter, Miss Kate Gordon Willis. will be
at 65 East Sixty-hfth Street for I'll,
winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodbury. Seamans are
receiving congratulations on the birth
OF a son, on Monday. at their countrv
place. at Seabright. n. J. Mrs. Sea-
mans was Miss Alice Andreae, Of
Tuxedo.
Mr.. and Mrs. lie Roy W. Baldwin.
who spent the summer at Monmouth
Beach. y. j.. are now motoring through
4 the Berkshres.
OBITUARY.
! CHARLES A. CRESSEY.
Warwick, n. Y, Oct l2.-Charles A.
Cressey. identified with the First Ma
tional Bank OF this town for close 20
fifty years as cashier and president,
died at his home here on Sunday, and
will be buried In his native town.
/ Glenwood, y. j., tomorrow. Mr..
Cressey was seventy-fve years old and