New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Elizabeth Lanier
Chooses Woodland
Setting for Wedding
Marriage to Robert Hart
Boiling, of Philadelphia,
To Be Performed Outside
Greenwich Country Home
spee;a, Dispotch to The Tribune


GREENWICH, Conn, April 30.--A
unique and brilliant wedding will take
place on the estate of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles D. Lanier here on the after
nson OF May 21, when their daughter,
Miss Elizabeth Day Lanier, becomes
the bride of Robert Hart Boiling, of
Philadelphia.
The ceremony will be performed in
the woodland beside the Lanier resi-
dence if the weather Is favorable:
otherwise it will be held in Christ
Episcopal Church here. The Rev. DR..
Tyler, of Philadelphia, and the Rev.
DR.. M. George Thompson, rector Of
Christ Episcopal Church, Greenwich,
will oficiate.
Miss Mary Lanier, sister OF the
bside, will be maid Of honor, and the
bridesmaids will be Miss Becky Lanier,
another sister; Josephine Lanier, a
cousin, of New York; Miss Mary Tyler,
of Philadelphia; Miss Helene johnson,
of Racine, Wis; Miss Margaret
Houghton, of Long Island; Miss Kath-
crime Keen, Of Greenwich; Mrs. Emma
Wright Gibbs, of Cambridge, Mass.
and Mrs. Henry Gray Schauffier. Of
Greenwich.
The flower girls will be Sally Lanier,
sister Of the bride; Josephine YandelI.
Anna Boiling, Of Greenwich, and Pey-
of the bridegroom.
Roger Bennett, of Boston, will be
Mr.. Bolling's best man. The ushers.
most of whom were Mr.. Bolling's
classmates in Harvard, will be Philip
Roosevelt, Philip Houston and Lau-
renee Grinnell, Of New 5rk; Fred AL
len and Addison Burnham, of Boston;
Harry Blagden, of Saranac, N. Y;
Minard Hamilton, of Dobbs Ferry, and
Sidney Lanier, brother of the bride.
A large reception at the Lanier
home will follow the ceremony.
Miss Lanier, who is a granddaughter
of the late Sidney Lanier. the poet,
was graduated from Rosemary Hall
School here in 1915, and from Bryn
Mawr College, class Of '19. She has
been engaged in social service work on
the East Side, New York, with Robert
Lawrence, and also at Bedford Re.
formatory.
Mr.. Boiling is graduate Of Har-
ward, class of 1912. He is the SON of
Mr.. and Mrs. Sanford Boiling, Of Phila-
delphia. He was prom oted to captain
in the A. E. F. during the war and was
stationed most of the time in France.
A concert will be held in the Have
meyer Auditorium May 3, under the
auspices Of Putnam Hill Chapter, D. A.
R., for the benefit Of disabled soldiers.
Among the patronesses are Mrs. George
q. Vincent, Mrs. j. Kennedy Tod, Mrs.
Garrett C. Pier, Mrs. L. P. Yandell,
Mrs. Charles D. Lanier, Mrs. Helen
Adams-Kelly, Mrs. Stephen w. Pratt,
Mrs Walter s. Brewster. Mrs.. Nathan-
iel Webb, Mrs. j. a. Graham, Mrs. J.
W. Brice, Mrs. Edwin Binney, Mrs. DON
Byrne, Mrs. Alexander Grossets, Mrs.
Nathan NJ. Clark, Mrs. Mortimer B.
Foster, Mrs. Frank w. Howard, Mrs. S.
Christy Mead. Mrs. ]. Francis Booraena,
Mrs. Francis Kissam Brown and Miss
Alice B. McCutcheon.
The week of May Is has been set as
Festival Week among the Greenwich
schools. All the grades in the differ
ent schools will sing at the Hayemeyer
Auditoriums and one afternoon will be
devoted to folk dancing on the Have
meyer school grounds, in charge Of
Miss Boles and Miss Lee. Dir. Carle
&. Martin and Miss Mary Donovan viii
conduct the ehoxus.