The sun., 1918-10-13
General Notes of Society

n EISS HELEN MARIE CALD-
MI WELL, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. George b. Caldwell of 155
Riverside Drive. will be married to-mor-
row evening to Robert Arnold Piatt OF
Lansing. Mich. The wedding will take
place at the Church OF the Transfgura-
ton and the ceremony will be performed
by the rector. the Rev. DR.. George G.
Houghton. II will be followed by n re-
ception. dinner and dance at Sherry's,
Miss Caldwell. who win be given away
by her father. will have her mother for
her matron OF honor and Miss Helen
Winship for her maid OF honor. Her
other attendants will he Miss Louise
Barry OF Lawrehceville. Mrs. Walter
Beinecke. Miss Jessie Van Bergen and
Miss Reed Asker.
Orlando Barnes will attend Mr.. Platt
as best man and the ushers will be
Harry Collingwood. Alfred Gregory,
Francis Bacon and Robert Taylor.
Miss Lulu Clover Tschirky, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Tschirky, will he
married next Wednesday at the Waldorf
Astoria to Leon L. Chambers OF Peeks-
kill. The ceremony will be performed
in the Waldorf apartments by the Rev.
7. III. Baragwanath. pastor OF the Metho-
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matron OF honor will be Mrs. Bert Cham
bers and Miss Ruth Cahill will be the
maid of honor. There will also be a
flower girl in the wedding party. Miss
Alice Jansen. Bert Chambers. brother
OF the bridegroom. will be his best man.
Dave Burgevin will be the usher.
After motor trip through the Adiron-
dacks Mr.. Chambers and his bride will
reside at New PLATE, y. Y. She has been
active In war work during the last two
years and has completed n course in
nursing. Her father has been connected
with the Waldorf for the past twenty
five years and as the manager OF the
hotel arranged some of the most brilliant
functions given there, His daughters
wedding will be very simple. It will be
followed by breakfast. The decora-
tions will be pink flowers and tropical
foliage.
From Philadelphia comes tho an
nouncement of the engagement OF
Miss Jane Berlin Mclaughlin, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Mclaughlin OF
that city, 10 John Spence Timmons of
New York No date has been set for the
wedding.
Announcement comes from France OF
the engagement of Miss Edna Wood
Birdsall daughter of Ernest Wood Bird
sail Of SO Pineapple street, Brooklyn, to
CORN II. Strong. son of Mr.. and Mrs
Henry A. Strong OF Rochester, y. Y.
Miss Birdsall has been in Paris about a
year. serving as nurse at the sector
hospital at Avenue Gabriel. and It
was there that she met Mr.. Strong. He
Is in the French Artillery School and
expects to receive his commission in
February.
Mr.. and Mrs A. j. Dworsky OF So
East Ninetyfhird street announce the
engagement OF their daughter, Miss
Blanche Dworsky. to Capt Richard Rat
ner. u. s. A. OF Cleveland. Ohio. Capt,
Rather was assigned TO duty at Hoboken
with the transport service on his return
from France He Is a member of the
City Athletic Club.
Formal announcement has been made
by Mr.. and Mrs. II. B. Backer of Brook
Ign Manor. L. l.. Of the engagement of
their only daughter. Miss Josephine
Elizabeth Backer. TO Thomas ]. Lawlor
OF Brooklyn. Miss Backer is the grand
daughter OF the late DR.. Conrad Backer
or Buffalo, n. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hobart b. Jacobs OF
Greenwich, Conn.,, have announced the