New-York tribune., 1920-03-31
Miss Wilcox
BetrOthed to
Major Corby
Great -Crandniece of Philip
Hone To Be Married to
A. E. F. Officer, Who Also
Served With French Army
Miss Whitney's Day Set
Will Become Bride of Rod
erick Tower ON April l9
in St. Bartholomew


els corby. NJ. c., U. S. A., which is an
nourccd by her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold M. Wilcox, of 157 West Fifty
+. seventh Street and Colorado.
Miss Wilcox is a great grandniece of
Philip Hone, who was Mayor of New
York in 1894 She is granddaughter
Of Edward l. Horsman. During the
war she served as a Red Cross nurse
in the Brooklyn Naval Hospital. Major
Corby is the son Of George W. Corby,
of Philadelphia, and served with the
French army for year before he was
commissioned in the United States
Army in October, 1916. H, again
sailed for France the following July
and remained overseas until Septem-
ber, 1919. with General Pershing's
Composite Regiment.
The announcement of the engage
ncnt includes the date of the mar
riage, which win take place May % al
the Plaza
Miss Alice Augusta Haight. daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sherman
Haight. whose marriage to Basil B.
Elmer takes place on April 21 in St.
Seventy-tirst Street, will have dinner
given for her the night before the
wedding by her mother at their home,
% East Sixty-ninth Street. The guests
will include the entire bridal party.
Miss Flora Payne Whitney, daughter
Of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney.
will be married on April i9 to Roderick
Tower, of Philadelphia, in st. Barthol-
omew's Church. The ceremony will be
al o'clock and will be followed by a
reception at the house of the brides
parents, 81 Fifth Avenue. The young
daughters of the Countess Szechenyi,
the aunt of the bride, will serve as
flower girls. Mr.. Tower is a son of the
late Charlemagne Tower, onetime
American Ambassador to Germany,
Russia and AUSTRIA Hungary.
Miss Lillian Sutherland Grant, a
grandniece of General L. S. Grant, will
be one of next months brides. Her
marriage 20 Lindsay Mackenzie Good
eve viii take place April 9, in Grace
Church. Miss Grant is the daughter
OF Ulysses S. Grant. She was gradu-
ated from Miss Masons School. Her
father IS acting assistant treasurer Of
the United States Sub-Treasury in this
city. After their honeymoon in the
South Mr.. Goodeve and his bride will
pass the summer at Bay Shore. l.. l.
Owing to the recent death of the brides
mother, there will be 10 reception.
MISS Karin Byron, of Darlington. r. l..
and Miss Marjorie Muhleman, OF
Bronxville, will be the bridesmaids
Edward Mcclure will be the best man.
There will be no ushers.
The wedding of Mrs. Sarah Roberts
Lawton, widow of Ncwbury Davenport
Lawton jr., to John c. Waterbury VIII
take place April in the chapel of St.
Bartholomew Church Mrs. Lawton.
VINO lives at SO East Eighty seventh
Street, Will be attended by Mrs Ray
mond Pearsall. who will be her matron
Of honor. Lawrence Waterbury will be
his brothers best man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lowrie Edey,
Of "a West F'ifty-frst Street, announce
the engagement of their daughter, Miss
Mary Frances Edey, to Edward w. Tay-
or Jr., of Germantown. Pa son of DR.
Z. Winslow Taylor. Miss Edey made
her debut three years ago, and is
a member of the Junior League. She
was active IN hospital work. She is a
niece OF Frederick Edey. Mr. Taylor
served in France for nineteen months
with the A. t. f.
Miss Marjorie Porter Kraft. daueh-
ter OF Professor and Mrs ". j. Kraft,
OF Ionkers, n. Y, will be married to
Everard Page Meade on April 5 in St
Pauls Church. Yonkers. Miss Kraft
IS graduate of 'assar, class 10. Miss
Charlotte Skinner. of Mexico, n. Y.
will be the maid of honor. Mr.. Meade
is grandson of Bishop Meade Of Vir-
ginia and cousin of Thomas Nelson
Page. Mr.. Kraft is professor of music
at Columbia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Rogers Ben
lamn are being congratulated on the
home, 275 Park Avenue. The child will
receive the name of Henry Rogers
Benjamin jr- He is great-grandson
OF the late II. H. Rogers and a grand
sor of Mr.. and Mrs. William Evarts
benjamin. On the distaff side he is
grandson of Mr. and Mrs. j. Clifford
Kennard and great-grandson of the
late John Townshend
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Rhinelander Cd
are also being congratulated on the
BIRTH OF a son at their home, $50 Park
Avenue, on Sunday. Mrs. Rhinelander
was Miss LIE Brun Parsons and is IT,.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. E,.g.ne
Parsons. Mr. Rhinelander is & son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. CcaL-y Mhinelander.
>Asuvs,-. 4. Depew will celebrate
.ss eighty sixth birthday on April 80.
spllowinF her custom, Mrs. Depew will
give dinner that evening at their
nome, q West Fifty-fourth Street,
winch Which Will be attended by some of Mr..
uepew's old friends.
Mrs. Edward de Forest Simmons will
give tea dance April 10 at the Ritz
earlton for Miss Edna f. Hoyt. whose
engagement to William John Warbur-
'oh was announced last week
Miss Virginia C.. Gildersleeve, dean
=. Barnard College, Will give a luncheon
"-oay at the Cosmopolitan Club to the
..uommlttee workars in the campaign for
sne endowment fund of the college. |
1Ae g.ests will include Mrs. Charles |
nary Rumsey, Mrs. George A. McAneny, I
hfs. israel Strauss, Miss Sarah Schuy-
Mi ,sr Butler, Mrs. A. Barton Hepburn. |
sass Esteile O'Brien. Miss Mabel Par
MfUus, Miss Luisa Ros, Mrs. Alfred F. |
asss' Miss Edith Percy Morgan and