The New York herald., 1922-11-12
Miss Holt Will
Marry Among the
Blind She Helps
Rufus Graves Mather to Wed
Philanthropist at Her
Lighthouse.
r Il is only natural that Miss VIM

fred Holt, who has deVobed SO
- much of her life to helping the
blind should wed amid the people she
has loved and helped, so the Light
house for the Blind at Ill East Fifty
ninth street, founded by her. will be
the scene of her marriage next Thurs
day to Mr.. Rufus Graves Mather, de
scendant Of the first president Of Hsr-
ward, who is also actively interested in
her work for the sightless.
Miss Holt has requested her friends
TO send no wedding presents for her
personal use, but to make any offering
they may have contemplated for the
benefit of the blind. Bishop William
T. Manning. assisted by Chaplain Ray
mond C. Knox of Columbia. will per
form the ceremony at half-past 4
o'clock.
Miss Holt, who is a daughter OF Mr..
Henry Holt of SO East Sixty-sixth
street. will be attended by her sister,
Mrs. Joseph Colt Bloodgood; Mrs. Lucy
Work Hewitt and Mrs. Francis Rogers.
Mr.. Mather will have his brother, Prof.
Frank Jewett Mather of Princeton, as
best man. The whole Lighthouse will
be thrown open for the reception TO
follow the ceremony. Miss Holt is In
terested in the blind in Europe as well
as in this country. and through her
efforts Lighthouses have been founded
in France and Italy.
Miss Beatrice Starr. daughter OF M.
and Mrs. Louis Morris Starr, OF 12s
East Seventieth street, will be married
to Mr.. William De Ford Beal. son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Prince Beal, OF
Boston, next Friday afternoon in the
Central Presbyterian Church, Madison
avenue and Fifty-seventh street. A re-
ception viii follow az Sherry's.
Miss Starr will be attended by he
sister, Miss c. Margaret Starr. as maid
OF honor, and another sister. Miss Eme-
line d. Starr; her cousin, Miss Eliza
beth Danforth. OF Summit. n. j.. Mrs
Thomas Prince Beal. Jr., OF Boston
Miss Margie Jamos of Catonsvil,e, Md;
Miss Catherine Appleton of Buffalo and
Miss Helena Ogden, Miss Madeleine
Lynch and Mrs. William Harmon
maids.
Mr.. Thomas Prince Beal. Jr., VIII be
best man for his brother. The ushers
will be the Rev. William A. Lawrence
and Messrs. William u. Sohier. Jr.. Her
bert Jacques, John A. Sweetser, Charles
I r. Cotting and Frederic NJ Burnham OF
Boston: Clarence II. Young, Lawrence
McKeever Miller. Nicholas Danforth.
uncle OF the bride. and Theodore Starr.
her cousin, all OF New York.
In st. Joseph's Church at Garden
City. 7. l., next Saturday afternoon
Miss Marion Josephine Mccall. daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ballard Mccall.
will become che bride of Mr. Converse
NJ Converse. son of Mrs a Solomon
Converse and grandson Of the late r. G.
Converse Miss Mccall is grand
daughter Of the late John A. Mccall.
once president of the New York Lifs
Insurance Company, and is a graduate
OF the Marymount school at larry
town She has chosen Miss Jeaa
Wuertz for her maid Of honor and
Misses Dorothy Lannin, Ethel Geoghe-
gan and Mildred Chichester and Mrs. II.
SEYMOUR Houghton for her other at
tendants Mr. Wills Harlow viii pc
best man and the ushers VIII be Messrs
James Carpenter. John Russell Ward.
Joseph Monahan and II. Seymour
Houghton
The ceremony. at 3 O'Clock. will be fol-
lowed by & reception at the Garden City
Hotel.
Mrs How.land Russell Of 243 IDe0ns-
ton avenue has sent out invitations for
tho marriage of her daughter. Narss
Elizabeth jaw Russell. 20 ALr. stephen
Iesher I.andon, "A son OF Mr.. and Mre.
Henry Hutton Iaudon, 10 take place
THURSDAY November %. in the Church
OF the Epiphany. Thirty~fitth street ana
Lexington avenue at o'clock A small
reception for relatives and intimate
friends will follow at the home Of Mrs.
Russell
The bride will be attended by tne
Misses Alison swan. Joanna Auchin
Gloss. Cornelia Iandon. sister OF the
bridegroom, and Mrs. Charles NIc,Inee
Tyson. formerly Miss Betty Carson. Mr..
Henry Hutton L.andon Jr. will be best
man. The ushers will be the Messrs
william Blair OF Chicago. Ainsley W.
Sawyer Of Boston. and Bayard Horpiz,
Moses Taylor Pine. Livingston Plat,
Nathaniel r. Landon. Harold NJ Ian
don and Charles IL Russell oil OF New
York.
Only members Of the two families and
a few close friends will be asked 70 the
marriage OF Miss Frances r. wyeth
Hadden % Mr.. Harry y French. which
Will take place on December . az the
home Of her stepfather and mother.
Mr and Mrs. Stephen O. Williams. ff5s
Park avenue. Mrs. Hadden's husband.
Z. Kenneth Hadden. died some years
ago. She has a young son years OF
age. She is a sister OF Mrs John r.
Thorndikc OF Boston. Mrs. Cass Gil
bert. Jr., and Mrs. Chaimes Charles
Mr. French is a widower His wife. who
died In 1915. was Miss Laura Guy.
daughter Of Justice Charles L. Guy. He
has little daughter years old
wedding 81 next month will Be tnrr
of Miss Sara Morrison Cunningham.
daughter of Mrs. James Cunningham, OF
New York and San Francisco. TO Mr.
Cornelius Van Hcmert Engert. assistant
chief Of the Near Eastern Division Of
the Department % state Although the
exact date has not been set. II will take
place early ia December in California.
Mr.. Engert was graduated from the Unit
versity OF California IN 1905. He sp--
cialized IN history and was Iye Conte
Memorial Fellow AZ Harvard In l9f1.12.
He had a wide consular and dipiomatiu
experience In Turkey and the East dur.
ing the World War. He was at one time
secretary OF Legation az The Hague and
Teheran. lie was appointed 70 his pres
cnt position at Washington last April
Announcement has been made by hfr.
and Mrs Edwin Welsch Of Palermo.
ITALY. OF the engagement OF the latter's
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