The New York herald., 1921-06-26

which is of much interest and it
will be celebrated tomorrow in st.
Thomas's Church. when Miss Polly
Brooks, daughter Of the late John
Chauncey Brooks, Jr, and Of Mrs.
Brooks, will be married to Mr.. William
Deering Howe, son of Mr.. Richard F.
Howe of this city and Jericho, L. l.
Miss Brooks was among the debu-
tontes of last winter and she has been
with her mother at the Gotham since
last autumn.
Miss Cornelia Vanderbilt is to be
the maid Of honor and the other bridal
attendants will be Mrs. Paul Abbott,
who was Miss Elise Everett, a bride
of last Thanksgiving Day; Mrs Blair
Mexican Brooks, sister-in-law of the
bride; Misses Sarah Jane Sanford.
Dorothy Duncan. Isabel Pell, Adelaide
Kip Rhinelander and Antoinette Emo
Graves.
Mr.. Lawrence Kimball of Boston will
serve as Mr. Howe's best man. The
ushers will be Messrs. Malcolm Bradlee.
Sargen Bradlee of Boston, Benoni Lock-
wood, Jr., George B. Cabot. David L.
Key, John Crocker, Covington Janin and
Lyons Perry.
The bride will enter the church with
her brother. Mr.. Blair Mexican Brooks.
and the marriage ceremony Will be per-
formed by the Rev. DR.. Ernest NJ Stires.
Afterward there will be reception IN
the ballroom of the Plaza. Mr. Howe
and his bride will go to Europe shortly.
In the village church of Nahant,
Mass, tomorrow Miss Clarissa Cur
tbs, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Pelham Curtis of Boston. will be mar
ried to Mr.. Michel Cantacuzene-Spe-
ranskey, the son of Prince and Prin-
cess -Speranskey. The BRIDE
groom Is a great-grandson Of Presi-
dent Grant. his mother having been
Miss Julia Dent Grant. daughter of
the late Col Frederick Dent Grant
and Of Mrs. Grant. Since the revolution
IN Russia the bridegroom's parents have
been living here. and he was graduated
from Harvard this month. Miss Curtis
was graduated from Miss Mays school
in Boston, and she is member Of the
Sewing Circle, an organization whose
membership each season is added to by
debutante5. Miss Dorotbea Curtis Jor-
dan, cousin Of the bride, will be the
maid of honor. Miss Curtis has selected
for her other attendants Misses Mary
Sigourney, Lena Turnbull, Rosamond
Johnson. Penelope Curtis. Elizabeth
Zerrhan ard Josephine Cogswell. There
also will be two flower girls. Ida Can
tacuzene. sister of the bridegroom. and
Bertha Palmer of Chicago. a cousin.
Mr.. Thomas J. Curtis. brother of the
bride. will serve as best man and the
ushers will include Messrs. Adrian Carr
Honore and Potter D. Palmer. cousins
OF the bridegroom Herbert Pelham Cur
It's Laurence Curtis. Benjamin Apthorp.
Gould Fuller. George c. Lee. Jr.. and
George p. Howard. The wedding recep-
tion is to be held at Pelham Manor. the
summer home of the brides parents
which Is on Swallow Cave road. not far
from the church.
The marriage Of Mrs Elsie Brown
Jenkins. daughter of the late Frank
Gould Brown and of Mrs. Brown of Ray
bourne. Rowayton. Conn. to Mr.. WAL
ton Livingston Oakley of this city, will
take place on Wednesday afternoon at
Whitwell Farm. in Darien, Conn.,, the
country place Of the brides cousins. Mr..
and Mrs. Bartholomew Jacob. as the
summer home of the BRIDES mother has
been leased for the season. The mar
riage ceremony Is to be performed by the
Rev. DIR. II. NJ. Dumbell. rector OF St.
Luke's Church. and there will be present
for 1t small gathering of relatives.
The bride will enter the room where the
ceremony is to be performed with Mr..
Davis Barnes, an old friend of her
family. and Mr. Philip Rhinelander, a
cousin of the bridegroom will serve as
his best man. Mr.. Oakley has chartered
the parlor car Federal, and after return
Ing to New York from the ceremony he
will entertain some of his friends at an
informal reception which will be held in
this car in the Grand Central Station
Later. he and his bride will leave in the
car for Canada. During the summer
they will be at 10 East Fifty-eighth
street.
Mr.. Oakley Joined the first business
mems camp at Plattsburg but owing
TO an accident In cavalry practice he
was prevented from serving In active
army life and. being a mechanical engi-
neer. he was given an appointment as
assistant engineer of the New York Gen.
trail system. He Is a member of the
Knickerbocker Club.
Invitations have been sent out by Mr..
and Mrs. William II. Page of 1872 West
Fifty-eighth street for the marriage of
their daughter. Miss Blanche Page. to
Capt. Roland p Shugg. Fourteenth
Field Artillery. u. S. a. The wedding
will take place on July In the chantry
OF St Thomas's Church. The ceremony
will be performed by the Rev. DR.. T. A.
Conover of Bernardsville, n. j.. and fol-
lowed by reception at the Hotel Bilt-
more. Miss Page has chosen Miss Ruby
keeney for her maid OF honor and Miss
Dorothy Washbourne, Miss Zells Alln-
son. Miss Grace Burt end Mrs. John
Morgan for her other attendants. Capt.
Douglas J. Page. ". S. A.. brother OF
the bride, will be best man. Capt Shugg
and his bride after their wedding trip in
September will go to Fort sill, Okla,
where he is stationed.
A number Of New Workers. will go "a
Duluth, MINI. this week. for the mar
riage there on Wednesday evening OF
Miss Elizabeth olcott, daughter OF Mr.
and Mrs William James Ocott to Mr.
Torrey Ford. son OF Mr. Sewall Ford
creator of the Torchy and Shorty Nc
Cabe stories, and Mrs. Sewall Ford OF
New York. Miss Olcott will have her
sister Mrs Frederick w. Gates OF Pei
ham Manor for her matron Of honor
Her other attendants will be Mrs. John
Charles Faulkner Jr.. of Keene. ". II.
and Miss Janet Rane of New York. Mr.
Alfred Taussig Abeles will be the best
man and the ushers will be the Messrs
Chalmers Agnew. John Charles Faux.
ner, Jr., and william y. Harrison. Mr.
Ford was graduated from Harvard In
191s and served two years as a private