New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-19
Plans Announced for MARRIAGES OF
Irene Langhorne Gibson and
George Z. Post. Jr.s and Bar
bara Thaw and Lieut.. Scott
e. Macfarlame.


for the spring marriages were made known
Miss Irene Langhorne Gibson, who is TO marry
George L. Post jr., on April q, in St. Barthol-
omew's Church, has chosen for her maid OF
honor her cousin, Miss Nancy Perkins, and for
her bridesmaids Miss Harriet A. Post, Miss
Nathalie Wood, Miss Helen Croker, Miss
Evelyn Preston, Miss Ruth Hapgood and Miss
Margot Soul.
Chalmers Wood jr., will serve as Mr. Posts
best man, and the ushers will be Grafton H.
Pyne, Schuyler L. Parsons, jr., Oliver W. Bird
IT., Thomas H. rockingham, c. Suydam Cut
ting, Richard Van Nest Ganbrill and Lang
horne Gibson, of this city; c. Dawson Cole
man, of Philadelphia, and Bayard Tuckerman
jr., and Q. A. Shaw Mexican, Of Boston. The
ceremony will be followed by reception in
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dana Glib
son. l27 East Sevcnty-thrd Street.
Mr.. Post will give his farewell bachelor din
ner at tee Harvard Club on April H.
Miss Barbara Thaw. daughter of Mr. and
Mrs Alexander Blair Thaw, has completed the
details for he marriage to Lieutenant Scott
r. Macfarlane, u. S. NJ at o'clock on Fri
day. April %, in the Church of the Heavenly
Rest She has selected her sister, Miss Kath-
arine Thaw, Tor her maid Of honor, and Miss
Eunice Clapp Miss Anna Ballard, Miss AIDE
line Hotchkss and Miss Mildred Sawyer, OF
Ncr- York; Miss Mary Lee Turner, OF Louis
vile. Ky, and Miss Sylvia Howell, OF Hart
lord. Conn, for her bridesmaids
Lieutenant Alger II. Dresel, Of Washington,
viii serve as Lieutenant Macfarlanes best
s. K Brandt, Lieutenant John r. Beardsall
and Lieutenant l. W. Comstock, all OF the
United States Navy.
The ceremony will be followed by recep-
ton at the Cosmopolitan Club.
MI and Mrs. Thaw and their daughters. who
are now at Heathcote Inn, Scarsdale, N. Y,
will return to town on April !.
Miss Frances Henry, daughter OF Mr. and
MIS- Howard H. Henry, will be married &c
Harvey Graham. son Of Mrs. Hubert Vos and
brother Of Mrs. Jay Gould on May in s..
Bartholomew Church The ceremony will
be followed by small reception at the home
of the brides parents, 344 Lexington Avenue.
Miss Grace Henry will be her sisters maid OF
honor and the bridesmaids will be Miss Mar
garet Strong, Miss Eleanor Mellon. Miss Jean
ME Emmett and Miss Gabrielle Gourd. Edward
Shipper will be Mr.. Graham's best man.
The marriage OF Miss Katie Schermerhorn,
daughter Of the late Mr.. and Mrs. John Eg-
mont Schermerhorn and granddaughter OF the
late Mr. and Mrs. Amos Getting, to John Mat
thews. 4 son of Mr.. and Mrs John II. Mat
thews. OF this city and WyndhaT, N. Y. will
take place on Tuesday afternoon, May ?. at
the Schermerhorn home, Is East Seventy
ninth Street. Miss Natalie Matthews. sister
o. the bridegroom, will be the maid of honor
and only attendant OF the bride Charles T.
Forman will be Mr. Matthew's best man.
Miss Elizabeth b. Wood, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry A. Wise Wood will become
the bride Of John Cyprus Dister, jrp OF Balti-
more, or April % in St. Thomss's Church.
Miss Ada Bryce Gray will be married to
Edward i. Norton, jr., on Easter Monday,
April a. and not on April p. as at first an
nounced. The ceremony will be performed in
the Church of the Heavenly Rest. Miss Gray
is daughter of the late Bryce Gray and OF
Mrs. Cornelius II. Callaghan.
The engagement Of Miss lie Brun Parsons,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Eugene Parsons.
of 126 East Seventy third Street, TO Philip
Rhinclandcr, I'd, was formally announced
yesterday Miss Parsons was introduced
to society two years ago. MIR. Rhine
lander is a son OF Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Oakley
Rhinclander, OF 80 West Fifty-second Street,
grandson OF the late William Rhinelander and
a member OF family that traces its descent
from Philip Jacob Rhnelander, Huguenot,
who fed from France after the Edict Of Nan
ties and settled in New Rochelle, N. Y, in 1856.
The marriage OF Miss Adele Syvie Abbes,
daughter of Diedrich Abbes of 200 West
Eighty-sixt Street Manhattan, TO Earl Big
low. son of Mr.. and Mrs. L. II. Biglow, Of
South Orange. N. J., Will take place on Mon
day afternoon, May /, at o'clock, in ST.
Bartholomew Church, Brooklyn
Mrs. James Speyer. the treasurer Of ST.
Mary's Free Hospital for Children, is opening
her home, at 1858 Fifth Avenue ON Thursday
afternoon. March %. at $780, for a recital, 20
be given by Fritz Kreislcr for the benefit of
the hospital.
The hospital, which is located on West
Thirty fourth Street has summer home in
Norwalk, Conn, for eonvalcsccnt children and
also branch at Peekskl for special cases.
Tickets at 50 each may be had from any OF