New-York tribune., 1922-02-12
Brooks Wedding Is
Eagerly Awaited by
Palm Beach, Colony
Marriage of Daughter Of Tie
T.. I. Sto,csburys 20 Brig.
Gen. Ma cArtI,ur T:lceday
Is Seasons Social Event
Srcc.cl D.spa.ch Ia vAc r,inunn

PALM BEACH, Fla, Feb. li.-Palm
Beach has more than come into its own
and all pcssimistic predictions as to a
poor season arc forgotten in the rush
OF travc! tc this resort Never has
there been 3 moro colorful season. and
many prominent members Of The cot
tage colony who were in mourning last
year are back in thc social world again.
Society IS unxiously awaiting the
wedding Of Mrs. Cromwell Brooks
1aughtcr of Mr.. ond Mrs. Edward r
totesbury. and Hrigndicr General Mac
Arthur, Of West Point, which will take
place at Ell Mirasol on Tuesday, and
which ranks cusilv rs the foremost So
cial event of the season. Member Of
the wedding marty will include Mr.. and
Mrs. james II. r. Cromwell. the former
De'ph'ne Dodge, of Detroit, whose mar
rage was the result of n Palm Beach
romance OF two seasons ago, and man.
nrominc"t members Of Philade phia
Warrington and New York society
Many viii be quartered al The Dreahcrs
aud several members Of the COTTAGE
colony arc also having guests in honor
OF the occasion. Plans arc already 90
lng forward for what promises to be
tho loVcllest Wedding Palm Beach has
yet known. I'll Mirasol already has
eecn The scene Of wedding- that Of
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard NJ Thomas. %
Philadeiphia and Now York. last season.
he round of gay parties is already
b:eglnning, we'll in advance q the usual
time The "ashiugton's Birthday ball
at the ROYAL Poinciana and The 5onnis
tournament following this event mark
the height OF The season. when most of
the members Of New Y ork. SOUTHAMPTON
and NeTport's inner circles arrive here
for their annual visits. Nr. and Mrs
Harry Payne Whitney. Ny. and Mrs
Payne Whitney. Mrs. Vanderbilt and
many others arc usually to be found
in their suites in The poinciana's north
wing and taking their meals at the
Beach Club or Country Club
Palm Beach adopting
Continental Customs
Palm Reach Is adopting with ceIerlty
the Continental custom OF ThursGaS
and Sunday evening dinner dances. and
these arc giYcn at the cxclu7ive Ever.
glades Club and at the Palm Beach
Country Club, wherc any number of
private dinner dances viii be given
during the season, and probably the
smart costume balls, without which no
Palm Beach season is quito complete
aud the famous jungle ball given b,
the Cocoanuts, those mysterious enter.
taincrs whose identity is rigiJly guard
cd until the evening of their affair q,
the Country Club.
FIR. and Mrs. T. r. Thomas arc
among the leading cottagcis in PalH-
Beach, where Mrs. Thowas's affair
more nearly approach true salon than
those perhaps at any other house in
Palm Beach, as she is one of tho most
gifted women in art and letters in Tho
colony. Her Sunday evening Dime,
brought Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Quenti,
Jones, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Selieman
Mr.: and Mrs. Daniel Carstairs. Mr.
and Mrs. William G.. Warden. Edward
I. Stotesbury, George McFadden, Mr.
and Mrs. Walter j. Mitchell. Mr.. eue
Mrs. Chester Farr and DR.. and Mrs
Hobart +. Warren.
Mrs. jerome Bonaparte entertained
in Che honor OF the Baron and Baron
css Aumaury de la Grange at the. Ever
glades Club on Sunday evening
Henry T. Sloane, and Mr.. and Mrs. Z
Clarence Jones also were present. Cp
wards Of 200 guests attended the din
ner dance at the club that evening