New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-10
Engagement of MinneapO-
lis Girl to New Yorker
Announced.
COM. WOODS MARRIES
MISS HAMILTONTO-DAY
Half Dozen Other Weddings of
Interest to Society Also
Scheduled.

announcement or the engagement Oh
Miss Mary Rand, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Rufus r. Rand, to Stephen Birch.
OF 405 Park Avenue, son Of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Birch, of this
city. The wedding will take place on
June "a, in st. Marks Episcopal
Church, Minneapolis. Miss Rand is
a popular member of society and is
we'll known in this and other cities.
She is a graduate Of Bryn Mawr, was
introduced to society in 1909, spent
several seasons in Berlin and has
travelled extensively abroad.
She has appeared in a number Of
amateur theatrical entertainments, Of
ten in the leading role, and is a talent
ed singer. Her father is vice-pres-
ldent, treasurer and part owner of the
Minneapolis Gas Light Company, and
- a member of the leading clubs in
Minneapolis. Miss Rand is niece of
Mrs. Ponsonby Ogle, Ct this city and
New Marlboro, Mass.
Mr.. Birch is graduate of the Co
lumDla School Of Mines in the class
Of 98. lie is vice-president of the
Alaska Development and Mineral Com
pany, with Offices at 1870 Broadway, and
IS director in several other Alaskan
companies. lie first ventured into
Alaska in behalf Of the late Henry O.
Havcmcyer, who was an extensive
owner OF mining properties. His re-
port on the Bonanza Mine resulted in
the purchase Of that property by Mr..
Havemeyer. His mother was a Miss
Marshall Of Virginia, the family OF
which Chief Justice John Marshall
was member.
Mr.. Birch is a member of the Union,
Tuxedo, Piping Rock, Engineers and
Riding clubs.
Miss Helen Morgan Hamilton,
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. William
Pierson Hamilton and a granddaugh-
ter Of the late J. Pierpont Morgan,
will be married at noon to-day in st.
Luke's Chapel, near Sterlington, n.
y, 10 Arthur Woods, Police Commits
sioner Of New York City. Owing to
the Smallness Of the chapel, only rela-
tives will be present at the ceremony,
which will be performed by the Right
Rev. DR.. Philip ". Rhinelander, Bishop
Of Pennsylvania, an uncle of the
bride A large reception will follow
country place Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hamil-
ten, and a seated breakfast will be
served afterward on the lawn under
a marquee. A special train will leave
Jersey City at 1910 for the accom-
modation Of the New York guests.
The bride will have only one at
tcndant. her eight-yearold sister
Miss Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton.
4 - l..e -. - scaA
will be Commissioner Woods's best
man. and the ushers will be Pierpont
VI. Hamilton and Laurens NJ. Hamil-
ton. brothers of the bride; Chalmers
Wood, jr., and Francis r. Appleton, Jr'
The marriage of Miss Anstiss
Weston. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert D. Weston. to W. Butler Dun
can Dana. son of Mr.. and Mrs Paul
Dana. of this city. will take place to-
day in Christ Church, Cambridge,
Mass.
Miss Martha J. Nicholson, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs Samuel N. Nicholson,
will become the bride OF Nelson
Doubleday. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
n Doubleday. Of Oyster Bay, this az
tcrnoon, in Grace Church, Providence.
r. l.
Another wedding to-day will be that
Of Miss Marjorie Augusta Nreeland,
6a-ehter of Mr.. and Mrs. II. II. Vree-
land. 20 Edward Won Gal, of Danbury.
Conn. on the lawn of the Nreeland
country place, Rest-a-While, Brew
ster, n. Y.
The marriage Of Miss Margaret Nc
Kim. daughter of Ernest B. Mckim, to
Richard Kent, of Tuxedo, takes place
today in the Church Of the Advent,
Brookline, Mass.
Mrs. Lillian Holmes Crimmins, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. ARENAS II. Holmes,
will be married 70 Charles Lamson
Hoffman this afternoon in the Park
Presbyterian Church.
Still another wedding will be that
of Miss Ruth Danenhower, daughter OF
the late Lieutenant John W. Danen-
hover. L. s. ~. who was the navigator
of the Jeanette polar relief eXpedl,,
ton, 70 Professor Albert +. wilson, OF
New York University, in the Church OF
the Ascension, Fifth Avenue and lehth
! Street.
Miss Helen Clay Prick has returned
from Pittsburgh. where she spent a
few weeks. and is at her home, ! East
SEVENTEEN Street She will leave town
an the end Of next week 10 join her
PARENTS. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Clay Erick'
at their country place, Eagle ROCK
Pride's Crossing, Mass.
Mrs. Alexander Harvey Tiers and her
daughter. Miss Esther l.. II. TIERS Will
leave their country place at MOTIFS
town. Y j.. on July "a and go 70 SOUTH
ampton. Long Island, TO spend the re-
mainder OF the sumner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis l.. Lorillard, IT.,
are receiving congratulations on the
birth Of a daughter az their nome IN
Newport. Mrs LOrillard was MISS
Edith Norman Hunter. She IS a daugn-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. William X. hunter
Mr. and Mrs. Felix T. Rosen, who
we're married on April 5. have taken an
APARTMENT at 10 East Sixty. second
street Mrs. Rosen was Miss Mary. Is.
Hartman. She is d daughter OF Mrs.
J. Low Hartman.
Mr. and Mrs. William Rodman Fay,
Who were married in this city on Tues
dav are AZ Hot Springs, Va. Mrs. ray
is a daughter OF Mrs. Gustave Scnlr-
NOR Of IN Fast Thirty-hfth Street.
Fairgrounds for 100000 a Day.
That one hundred park Fairgrounds
eight recreation piers, seven gymna-
sums. twelve swimming pools ana sew
eral thousand shower baths will De
available as recreation centres tor 'he
children and adults OF Manhattan ana
Richmond this summer was announced
~esterdav by William J. Lee, super
/ y;sor of recreation. Mr. Lees depart