New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-04
Society
Miss Fairchild and Lieut..
Commander Long Mar
ried at St. Thomas S

Miss +. Constance Fairchild. daugh
ter Of Mr. and Mrs Samuel W Fair
child. was married yesterday afternoon
IN the chantry OF ST. Ihomas's Church
90 Lieutenant Commander Byron An
Grcw Long of tho United States de-
stroycr Nicholson The wedding Wa
to have taken place nczt month, bat
the date Was advanced ON account Of
tho war. L was a naval wedding, AMI
after the ceremony. which was pcr-
formed by the rector. the Rev. DIT.
Ernest NJ. Stircs, the bride and bride
groom passed down the aisle under
the drawn swords O. tho ushcrs- The
chauccl was decorated with Ea5ter
ilics. daisies and palms.
The bride. who was given ln mar
rage by her father. wore gown OF
white satin. with a court train, over
which fell a tullc veil held by "a lace
Z cap and wreath Of orange blossoms.
/ She carried "A shower bouquet OF white
+ sWCCtpeas.
Mrs. William Young was the bride 5
only attendant, and She was drcs ed
/ in Copenhagen blue satin, trimmed
/ with silver lace. She wore a largo
/ hat of white straw, trimmed with blue
/ satin ribbon, and carried bouquet OF
pink swcetpeaS.
Lieutenant Commander John W.
/ Trimmus, L. :. ~, was best man
and the ushcrs were Surgeon Robert
a. Bachman, l. S. ~; Lieutenant Com
( maudcr Lamar II. Lcahy, 1. ). NJ;
/ Lieutenant Commander Harold +.
/ Cook. L. 5. ~, and Lieutenant Com
( mandcr Charles NJ. Cooke. The bride
/ groom. hest man and ushcrs were IN
Uniform.
The ceremony was followed by re-
. ccptIon at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
+ FaIrchild, 80 East Fifty-siXth Street.
Miss Lillian Hunt Talmagc. daugh-
/ ter of Mrs. Thomas Hunt lalmagc,
will be married TO K. c. Cecil ST..
3 instead Of on June so, as originally
intended. The advance in date was
made on account of the war Tho
wedding was to have taken place at
| ,he country home OF the brides aunt,
! Mrs. John Murray Mitchell. at Tuxedo
| Park Mr.. 81. Georges brother, George
| Baker 81. George, WAS married 70 Miss
( Katherine Price Collier, IN Tuxedo
/ last month.
/ Miss Josephine Buckley Wells,
! daughter Of Dr.. and Mrs. Brooks
/ Hughes Wells. Of 523 Madison Avenue,
will be married to John Scott Brown
ing. IT,. son of Mr.. and Mrs John
Scott Browning. of this city and
Sands Point. Port Washington, Long
Island, on May is, in ST. Bartholo-
{ news Church. The ceremony VIII be
/ followed By a small reception for rela-
tivee only at the home OF DR.. and Mrs.
Wells.
The bride viii have for her attend
ants her sister. Miss Dorothy Pomeroy
/ Wells. who will be the maid of honor;
Miss Rita Boxer, Miss Caryl HackstaH,
Mrs. Talbot Jones Taylor, jr, Mrs.
George Watson Hall Smith, Of Provi-
dence. and two little flower girls,
cousins of the bride, Louise Wells Cur
/ tbs and Elizabeth MiXter Wells.
Donald w. Lamb will be Mr.. Brown
ing's best man and the ushers will be
/ frederic r. Coudert. jr., Lawrence
. Phillips. j. Berry Underhill, jr., /.
Hamilton Campbell, Paul HYDE Bon
ner. Francis T. Henderson, Francis NJ.
d S!mOnOS, j., ana NODcIt hIHS VI u"-
roe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Dixon Watson,
Of 1856 East Nineteenth Street. Flat
bush. announce the engagement Of their
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Watson, to
Edmund Hope Briggs, ir, son Of Mr..
and Mrs Edmund Hope Briggs, OF 72G
Ocean Avenue, Flatbush Mr.. Briggs
is Princeton man, class Of II.
A dance for the benefit Of the Sham
rock Fund, which adv Kingston has or
gained for disabled soldiers. will be
given on Monday at the Hotel Plaza.
The patronnesses include Mrs. Charles
B. Alexander, Mrs. John Aspegren, Mrs.
George T. Baker, jr, Mrs. James Byrne,
Mrs. Lydig Hoyt, Mrs. Adrian Iselin,
Mrs Ogden Mills, Mrs. Alexander D..
B. Pratt, Mrs Burke Roche. Mrs. John
Sanford and Miss Lota Robinson.