New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-27
MISS SEARS TOBE
ABRIDE MARCH "A
Crisis Changes Date of
Wedding to S. P. Plat,
of Squadron A
VIRGINIA R. SCULLY
TO MARRY TO-DAY
Mrs. Charles J. WEIGH
Holds Sale for Benefit
of Loretta Mission

of Loretta Mission
/ Miss Penelope Sears, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Hamblen Sears, will ee
married D Sherman Phelps elatt on
March II in the ehantry Of st.
Thomas's Church. The wedding was TO
/ take place soon after Easter, but Mr..
Platt, who is a member Of Squadron
A. is liable TO be called upon at any
time for military service. Miss Sears
viii have no attendants. Charles II.
yelling will be Mr.. Platt's best man
There will be no reception.
The engagement of the couple was
announced last fall at the celebration
of the silver wedding OF Miss Sears
parents.
Mr.. PIatt is a son Of Henry Plat and
e nephew Of the late Senator Thomas
c. Platt.
Miss Virginia Rees Seully will be
married to Chester Human Norton TO-
day at the home Of her uncle and aunt
UT. ana MIS-. AlNdu H. IVY wv
Fifty-seventh Street.
The marriage of Miss Mildred Rives,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. George H.
Rives. TO Frederick NJ Goodwin VII!
take place on April II at the Cathedral
of St. John the Divine, in one OF tne
ehapels founded by the brides family'
! Under the auspices Of the National
| Special Aid Society lecture on per-
/ aonal experiences on the European war
fronts and their lessons OF prepared
ness TO America will be given by MISS
Carita Spencer on Thursday afternoon
st the national headquarters, 2o9 Fifth
Avenue.
Mrs. Herbert S. Harde gave the frat
of series of talks on "Successful Gar
dening" yesterday morning at the COZ
ony Club for the benefit Of the Inter
national Child Welfare League. The
lectures will be continued on Monday
mornings throughout Lent.
A sale Of useful articles for the
benefit of the Loretta Mission. an ltal-
ian institution in Elizabeth Street, was
held Yesterday at the home Of Mrs.
Charles J. Welch, is East Seventeen
Street.
The first meeting for this season OF
the sewing class which works for the
Nursery and Child's Hospital was held
Yesterday morning at the home OF Mrs.
Algernon Sydney Sullivan. 10 West
Eleventh Street. The committee OF this
class includes Mrs Henry Clay Adams,
Mrs. Frank S. Witherbee, Mrs. W. Nell
son Cromwell. Mrs George II. Benja-
min. Mrs. George H. Macy. Mrs. Law
renee l.. Gillespie, Mrs. John VI. Bow
ers. Mrs. Gherardi Davis, Mrs. F. Ash
ton de Peyster. Mrs. Robert Nicol. Mrs.
Arson Blake Moran, Mrs. Ira Barrows
and Mrs. W. Edgar Baker, jr.
The Seamans Benefit Sewing Class
met yesterday morning at the home
OF Miss Anne ". Stuyvesant, East
Fifty-seventh Street.
The sewing class connected with the
Fresh Air Association OF the Cathedral
of st. John the Divine will nave
meeting this morning at the home OF
Mrs. Stephen c. Clark, 46 East Seven
tieth street During the session Nine.
Eva Gautier will sing folk songs OF
Java and Malaysia.
Mrs. William Jay Schefeln, Mrs.
+ Russell II. Hoadley. IT,, Mrs. R. Fulton
Cutting. Mrs. VI. Banks Taylor, Mrs.
Carl 4. de GersdorfT and Mrs. Charles
Merrill Chaplin form the COMMITTEES IN
charge Of a costume dance TO be given
at Sherry's n April for some Of the
debutantes of this season and girls
who came out year ago.
Mrs. Ernesto G.. Fsbbri will give
dinner on March IL at her house, East
Ninety-ffth Street
A piano recital will be given By Will
lam R. Hersey in the chapel Of the Old
First Presbyterian Church, Fifth Ave-
nue. and Eleventh Street, on Thursday
evening, FOR the benefit OF the Tie Dcum
reredos fund for the mural decoration
which is planned for the pulpit wall.
The patronesses include Mrs. James
X. Andrews. Mrs Lauren Carroll, Mrs
Howard Duffield. Mrs. u. Stuart Hodge
Jessup. Mrs. Richard Mortimer Jesup,
Mrs. Algernon 5. Sullivan and Mrs.
Stephen c. Wolcott.
Mrs. Robert P. Huntington and
Miss Alice huntington, who were at
the Ritz-Carlton for a month, have
gone 70 Sanford. 5. c.
Mrs. William Dalliba Dutton, Of ll6
East Seventy-third Street. will give the
mist Of two receptions this afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Minott, who
we're at White Sulphur Springs, w
/ Va, have gore to Aiken.
Dinners will be given tonight by
Mrs. Burke Roche, az her home, %
West Fifty-third Street, and b. Mrs.
Frederick T. Thompson, 283 Madison
Avenue.
"SIGHTSEERS" At COLUMBIA
viii Kennedy and Jack Miller Head
Good Burlesque Troupe
One of the best shows seen at the
Columbia this season is playing there
this week. under the caption, 1.-THE
Sightseers." Will Kennedy and Jack
Miller head the programme, which does
not say Gin the order of their appear
ance."
The name Of the play is What Is 1t
All About" and at the time Of going
90 press no adequate answer had been
found II seems 70 be about a lot Of