New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Greenwich Society
Devotes Its Time to
Outdoor Pageants'
Isle of Rose Spectacle for
Y. w. C.. A. To Be Fol
lowed by s'Venetian Fete"
To Aid Greenwich Hospital
Special Dispatch to Ths Tribune


Special Dispatch to Tha Tribune
GREENWICH, Conn, June ls.-Out.
of-door society performances seem to
be more popular than ever here this
season. "The Isle of the Rose" was
given on the grounds of Mrs. e. W
Packard yesterday and to-day for the
benefit of the Y. w. C. A, and Green
wich society now is interested in q big
Venetian fete," to be held on the pic
$uresque estate OF the late Commodore
E. c. Benedict on June %, both after
noon and evening. The proceeds will
go to Greenwich Hospital, which was
a gift to the town from Commodore
Benedict IN memory of his wife.
A more ideal spot for holding a fete
Of this kind cannot be imagined One
of the features will be circus from
Luna Park. Other events will include
water sports, dancing, teas, portrait
sketches by Joseph Cummings Chase
fortune-teiling by j. f. Borggrafe and
Nine. Zenobia, childrens events and
moving pictures, including "The Fatal
Gems" staged and produced by young
Greenwich society people here several
years ago. There also will be many
gayly decorated booths presided over
by men and women of prominence in
the town. Mrs. John A. Topping is
and her assistants are Mrs. William A.
Evans, Theodore f. Blake, Mrs. Luke
Vincent Lockwood, Archer Brown, E.
Dimon Bird. Miss Mary Lanier, Mrs.
stephen W. Pratt, Edgar d. Pouch,
Richard A. Monks, Mrs. William II.
Busk. Marshal C. Bacon, Mrs. Frederick
5. Armstrong, Mrs. Allen B. Forbes,
Mrs. Edgar T. Mead, Mrs. Walter S
Brewster, Mrs. Frederick K. CASTOR.
Mrs. George B. Carhart, Mrs. Coulter
D. Huyler and f. Harris Nichols.
Forbes Office Force Enjoys
Field Day at Broadhurst
Members of the office force Of the
Harris Forbes company, New York, of
which Allen B. Forbes is at the head.
niOeyed field day att Broadhurst'
the country estate of Mr.. Forbes on Old
Church Road. here to-day. They were
conveyed to and from New York bv a
special train and were taken from the
local railroad station in automobiles to
the Forbes place, where all sorts of
athletic events were indulged in.
Miss Harriet Baldwin Bruce. Of
Greenwich, was married to George
Reid, of New York, at the home of the
brides mother, Mrs. Leslie C. Bruce.
Fairfield Place, here last Saturday
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. The cere-
mony took place on the lawn of the
Bruce estate in the presence of many
guests from Greenwich, New York and
other places
The Rev. DR.. NJ. George Thompson,
rector OF Christ Episcopal Church,
Greenwich, officiated Miss Marv Carr.
of Winchester, Pa, was maid Of honor
and Irving Eldredge, of New York, was
best man. A large reception followed
the ceremony. Miss Bruce, who is a
granddaughter OF Chauncey H. An
drews, Of Youngstown, Ohio, one of the
Oldest iron merchants in Ohio. attend
ed the Miss Mary c. Wheeler school.
She has been active in society circles
here and in New York for some time
past. Mr. Reid is foreign exchange
trader for the Chase National Bank.
Another pretty but quiet wedding last
Saturday at noon, which was witnessed
by members of the immediate families
of the couple, was that of Miss Julia
NJ. Budlong, daughter Of the late Mau-
IIlce NJ. and Julia NJ. Budlong, of New
York, and Dewitt Frazier Ottman. son
of the Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Ford C. Ott-
man, of Stamford, Conn. which took
place at the home of the brides aunt,
Mrs James H. Williams. The Rev. DR..
Ottman, formerly pastor of the Stam-
ford Presbyterian Church and now
president of the Presbyterian Board of
Church Erection, officiated. Elizabeth
Renwick Brown and Richard Crosby
Brown, aged three and five years, re-
spectively, niece and nephew of the
bride, were flower girl and page. A
small reception followed the ceremony.
Miss Budlong attended the Miss Mast
er's School at Dobbs Ferry. Mr.. Ott-
man was second lieutenant in the avia-
ton section of the Signal Corps during
the World War. He is now with the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company,
of New York.
Guests at the Pickwick Arms are in
creasing steadily. especially over the
weekends. Special dinners are being
held on Thursdays and Sundays, with
music by a we'll known orchestra. The
New York guests registered at the hotel
this week are Mr.. and Mrs George D.
Provost, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lansing
jr., Mr.. and Mrs. f. j. Herts, Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Reach, Mr.. and Mrs. L.
Southern, Mr.. and Mrs. M. j. Hartel,
Z. II. Puddock, Mr.. and Mrs. E. B,
Claiborne, also Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Jonas, Miss Jessie Dorman, Miss E.
Jones and Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Moore.
of BROOKLYN