New-York tribune., 1919-09-02
Miss Helen Russell
Chooses Attendants
For Wedding To-day
''Arabian Fete" Will Be
Given at Roland Conklin's
Estate ON September 27;
Miss Townsend Is Bride

Miss Helen Rutherford Russell.
daughter OF Archibald d. Russell. OF
"a East Thirty-sixth Street, whose
marriage to X. Lawrence Benson. Of
Philadelphia, Penn, will take place
this afternoon in Trinity Church,
Princeton. N. j., will be attended by
her sister, Miss Constance r. Russell;
Miss hate Winthrop, Miss Gwendolyn
Irwin. Miss Beatrice Pratt and Miss
Elizabeth Russell. Mildred Packard,
!. niece Of the bridegroom, will act as
flower girl. Howard B. Homans will
serve Mr.. Benson as best man, and tho
ushers will be Alexander Benson and
Jay Cooke. I'd, Of Philadelphia, and
Rudolph L. Walton and Archibald
Douglass Russell, jr., Of this city.
After the ceremony reception will
be held at Edgerstoune, the country
home OF the brides father at Prince
ton. The officiating clergymen will
be the Rev. Ralph H. Pomeroy and
the Rev. George Carter.
1t has been decided to give the ballet
spectacle, "The Arabian Fete," for tho
benefit of the Free Milk Fund, on the
afternoon of September 27 in the Rose
mary opcn-air Theatre on Roland B.
Conklln's estate near Huntington, Long
Island, instead of the evening as orig
lnally planned. Mrs Henry Fairfield
osborn is chairman of the committee
OF arrangements, and among those as
soclated with her are Mrs. William K.
Vanderbilt. jr., Mrs. Warren McConihe.
Mrs. Payne Whitney, Mrs. Junius S.
Morgan, Mrs. Joseph B. Thomas, Mrs.
halph Sanger, Mrs. William Thaw, Sd,
Mrs. James A. Burden, Mrs. Stephen C
Clark, Mrs. Newbold LIE Row Edear
Mrs. A. Perry Osborn, Miss Josephine
Osborn and Miss lillian Newlin.
Count and Countess Emilio del Sera.
who returned from Europe recently
after an absence of nearly five years
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs Grafton H
Payne at their country place in South
ampton, Long Island.
A chamber music concert will. be
given next Tuesday afternoon At the
mon, at Indian Harbor, Greenwich
Conn, Tor the benefit of the Greenwich
Music School, ~ Barrow Street. this
city: The artists will be Miss Ger
rude Watson, pianist; Miss Rebecca
Clark, vlolnist; Miss May Nuke. eel
list. and Walter Stafford, violinist.
Miss Edith Pratt, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert Lee Pratt, of this
city and Glen Cove. Long Island, whose
engagement to Allan McLane. ir.. Of
Baltimore, was recently announced is
visiting Mrs. Edward H. Van Ingen at
ner country place in Southampton. Long
island. Later she will Join her parents
at tnelr camp in the Adirondacks.
Mrs Charles Thorndyke Parker. Of
o East Fifty eighth Street, who was 4
guest OF her sister Mrs r. Hall
McCormlck, has returned to Cote
Shaple, her country place at Wenham.
Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick de Peyster
Iownsend. of Brookwood, Coopers-
town. \. y, have announced the mar
rage Of their daughter, Miss Marie
Jermain Townsend, 10 William Henry
Walling, of Great Neck, Long Island.
which took place last Saturday at their
nome Mr.. Walling has recently re-
turned from overseas, where he served
as hrst lieutenant in the United
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Weeks. of this
city and Oyster Bay, Long Island. and
John c. Ball, Of Philadelphia, are VISIT
ing Mrs. William Lowe Rice at her
country place in Southampton. Long
Island
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Payne Whitney.
Miss Flora Payne Whitney and Corne-
hus Vanderbilt Whitney will return
on September l5 from Newport to their
country home in "estbury, Long Island
Mrs. Frederick c. Havemeyer, who is
vlsltlng friends on Cape Cod, Mass.
will Ieave there Tomorrow for the
Virginia Hot Springs.