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tives and friends from Montclair and
this city will witness the wedding
ceremony. which will be followed by a
large reception. The bride will have
for her attendants her sister. Miss
Priscilla Mitchell. and Miss Lucy
Hanes, sister OF the bridegroom. There
will be four flower girls. including the
three little daughters OF DR.. and Mrs.
Benjamin T. Tilton and Priscilla Ken
needy. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Kennedy. and two groomsmen, Robert
Hanes, brother Of the bridegroom. n
John Castles OF Morristown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell will give "a
dinner at the Gotham on November
20 for forty young people, to be fol-
lowed by a party at the Century
Theatre.
ON December : Miss Harriet Alex
ander. daughter Of Mr.. n Mrs.
Charles b. Alexander. will become the
bride OF Winthrop w. Aldrich. The
engagement was announced early this
autumn and wss Of much. interest to
society here and in Tuxedo. where
Miss Alexander passed the summer
with her parents at their villa. Their
New York home is at 4 West Fifty
eighth street. where the wedding re-
ception will be held. Mr.. Aldrich II a
son Of the late Senator Nelson w.
Aldrich Of Providence. II. I. He was
graduated from Harvard In 1907.
Mrs. Reginald q. Francklyn. WHO
returned recently to her home. $50
Fifth venue. after having passed
some time In Lausanne. Switzerland.
has announced the engagement of
her daughter. Miss Mary Della
F'rancklyn. to John Dykers Nichols of
this city. The engagement is OF much
Interest to society here and abroad.
Miss Francklyn. who was introduced
tn society here a few years age Is
related to several prominent families
in this city. h is.a granddaughter
OF the late Louis Binssc and she Is a
niece OF Louis q. Binsse of Morris.
town. y. J. She is a niece also Of Mrs.
Schuyler y. Warren.
She and her sister. Miss Agnes
Francklyn. left New York for Lon
don some time ago with their mother
and later went to Lausanne to live.
They returned recently to their New
York home, where. IL Is expected. the
wedding will he celebrated this win
ter. Miss Francklyn H. the sister of
Reginald q. md Giles u. Franckl,n
who are we'll known in this city n
M"rristown. y. i.
Mr.. Nichols is the son Of the late
Romaine &. Nichols Of Bcrnardsvillc.
y. !. lie IL a grandson of the late Pho
dc E~cheverria and a granddaughter OF
the late Mrs. Jose de Navarro.
Sir Frederick and Lady Williams
Taylor ot Montreal. Canada. an
nounced recently the engagement Of
their daughter. Miss Brenda Germaine
Williams-Taylor. to Frank Duff
Frazier of this city. Miss Williams
Taylor Is prominent in society in the
Dominion and in London and she has
many friends in this city. where she
has been a frequent visitor. Her
father is the general manager Of the
Bank Of Montreal. Her mother. who
has beer actively interested in war
relief work. IL president of the Ca
madam branch OF the Queens Needle
work Guild. II relief organization
formed early in the war. md she Is a
close friend Of Queen Mary.
Mr.. Frazier is tn. son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Pierce Frazier OF II West
Fifty-seventh street. who are passing
the autumn at Uplands, their country
place in Manchester. Mass. He was
graduated from Yale in 1905.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick de Zaldo OF
40 Park avenue have announced the
engagement Of their daughter. Miss
Mercedes de Zaldo, to Henry Goode Of
Manchester, England, who is o liv-
ing in New. York. Miss de Ialdo, who
was introduced TO society three years
ago, il a sister OF Mrs. Ricardo de
AcOsta. No date has been mentioned
for the wedding. but II Ia expected that
It will take place this winter.
Another engagement Of international
interest recently announced was that
OF Miss Mar1ory Lewis. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lester Lewis OF
Douglas Manor. l.. l.. to Henry Emer-
son Comings, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
William X. Comings Of Wimbledon,
England. Miss Lewis is a grand
daughter Of the late Justice Loran
l.. Lewis OF Buffalo. Mr.. Comings
was educated at Harrow and Trinity
College, oxford. No date has been
set for the wedding.
An engagement announced this au-
tumn was that Of Miss Elizabeth Da-
vies Coke, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
M%acgrane Coke, to Chaplain Truman
Post Riddle. L. s. ~. son Of the ate
Truman =. Riddle and Mrs. Riddle Of
st. Louis. Mo. Miss Coke on her
fathers side Is a Observation-Disclosures
OF the late Gen. Thomas l.. Davies OF
P~oughkeepsie. who for owe hfty years
was president Of the Poughkeepsie
National Bank and for forty-scven
years warden and vestryman Of Christ
Church. Poughkeepsie. Another Of her
ancestors was the Rev. Thomas Davies
Of Litchtield. Conn, who was gradu-
ated mt Yale In 1858 and was ordained
as "a priest Of the Church OF England
at Lambeth Palace Chapel. London. he
having gone there for his ordination.
as there was then no bishop II Amer
lea by whom the ceremony could be
performed. He Immediately returned
home and served az one OF the first
priests OF the Episcopal Church In this
country.
Miss Coke Is related on her mothers
side to a family which distinguished
itself In the history of this country.
She Ia a descendant OF Peter Town
send, who forged the great iron chain