New-York tribune., 1921-03-27
Rehearsal Is Now
Arranged For
Miss McWillians
Junior Cabinet of Mozart So
ciety to Attend Bride-To-
Be at Supper-Dance To BE
Given by Mrs. McConnell

Mrs. Noble Mcconnell will give q
supper dance tomorrow night at the
Hotel Astor for Miss Clara Elizabeth
McWilliams, daughter of Mrs. Owen
McWilliams. 1t will hA in the nature Of
n wedding rehearsal, for Miss McWil-
liams is to be married next fall to
Lemuel Densmore Boone, in Shanghai,
China, where he is connected with the
Standard Oil Company ~
Miss McWilliams's friends Of the
New York Mozart Society, being unable
to attend the wedding, will take this
means of showing their interest. There
bers of the Junior Cabinet Of the so
ciety, carrying Leghorn hats filled with
flowers, will attend her tomorrow
night and members of the Ushers' Club
will act as escorts. Miss McWilliams
will sail for China in September and
the wedding will take place in October.
Mrs. Mcconnell will be assisted in
receiving by Governor and Mrs. Ed
ward l. Edwards, Of New Jersey; Mrs.
Samuel Gardner Estabrook, Mrs. F.
Macdonald Sinclair, Mrs. Benjamin
Adriance, Mrs. Owen J. McWilliams,
Mrs. Edward Kirk Mesick, an aunt Of
van, Mrs. George Hamilton and Mrs.
Thomas w. Bentley.
The members of the Junior Cabinet
who will be in attendance on the bride
to-be are Miss Evelyn Estabrook, Miss
Bessie w. Stevens, Miss Dorothy Bent
ley, Miss Eleanor Boerum, Miss Angela
Cochran, Miss Elizabeth ]. Edwards,
Miss Margaret Kline, Miss Grace Ade-
laide Hession, Miss Margaret McCand-
less, Miss Beatrice Silo, Miss Vera van
Praagh, Miss Dorothy Welch and Miss
Sally Mesick. Miss McWilliams will
carry a shower bouquet.
During the reception ten Neapoli-
tans, in native costume, will sing. Sup
per will be served at tables seating
some will be used in the decorations.
Mrs. William M. Haradon will be the
master of ceremonies.
Under the auspices of the Daughters
of Alabama a bridge party will be
given on the afternoon of April z at
the home of Mrs. Charles Thompson
at the Peter .stuyvesant rApartme ments,
Street. The proceeds will be devoted
to the benevolent work Of the organ
ization. Miss Nan Marbury Kelly, Of
the Hotel San Reno, is receiving ap-
plications for tables. The president
Of the society is Mrs. j. B. Francis
Herreshoff
/. The society was recently founded by
Mrs. Edgar 7. Herbert. In short time
it has drawn into it's membership sew
eral hundred women formerly resi-
dents of Alabama and now admits as
associate members native Alabama
men. The Daughters, are especially in
terested in reconstruction work among
the disabled soldiers, Mrs. Samuel
Hodgson being chairman of the COM
mittee on reconstruction. The society
also is cooperating with the New York
division of the Daughters Of the Con-
federacy in the work of placing a bust
of General Robert e. Lee in the Hall Of
Fame at New York University.
The annual meeting of the Govern
ment Club will be held at the Hotel
Astor April 4 and will be for members
only. There will be reading of reports
of the officers and the election OF di-
rectors. Mrs. George E. Owens, presi-
dent of the club, announces that the
first luncheon will be held at the Hotel
Astor April 23, when the presentation
of the flag and dedication of the clubs
banner will take place. This is the
first function under the present admin
istration which affords members Of the
club and their friends an opportunity
to meet socially and to become ac-
guainted.