The New York herald., 1922-12-31
Weddings to Loom
Large on Horizon
Until After Lent
Many Engagements Being An
nOunced Will Be Followed
by Spring Weddings.


over, and from now until Lent there
will be many of interest to society,
Engagements. which in many cases
will be followed by spring and sum-
mer weddings, are being constantly
announced, even among the winters
debutantes, and as is always the case,
much is being done in a social way
for the young people by their families
and friends.
One OF the brides of the early New
Year will be Miss Kathryn Tefft Slay-
back. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
B. Slayback. who will be married on
Saturday afternoon to Mr.. Eugene It.
Miltenberger, son of Mrs. Eugene b.
Miltenberger of st. Louis. The wedding
will take place in st. Thomas's Church
and will be followed by reception at
the St. Regis Mrs. Leon Albeit Post
will be Miss Slayback's matron Of honor,
and her bridesmaids viii be Miss Vir-
ginia Sterry Miss Dorothy Thompson.
Miss Ethel Hays, Miss Julia Stanley.
Miss Josephine Flodd and Miss Marjory
Lake Of Hartford. Mr.. Miltenberger
will have Mr.. Edwin B. Jackson for his
DSSl man. ana serving dS uSHeTS Will pc
y Mr.. Dom Kelley. Mr.. George Pride. Mr..
Ralph Nanny. Mr.. Howard Elliott. Jr..
Mr.. Martin j. Quinn, Jr.. Mr.. Richard
Goldsmith and Mr.. Charles Hicox.
Another of the weeks brides, Miss
Mary A. Dickson, daughter of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Benjamin Dickson
of Morristown. will be married on Thurs
day TO Mr.. William Malcolm Mather.
The wedding will take place in st.
III. he
Rev. DIR. Leighton Parks. performing the
ceremony. and afterward there will be
a reception at the Plaza. The bride,
who will be given away by her brother,
Mr.. Thomas Dickson, will have Mrs.
Theodore Watson for her matrou OF
honor and Miss Dorothy Thompson for
her maid of honor. Her other attend
ants will be Mrs. Campbell Mcpherson,
Miss Genevieve Cawthra, Miss Gwendo-
lyn Graves. Miss Mary Steers. Miss Vir-
ginia Siegman and her cousin, Miss Vir-
ginia Secor. The best man will be Mr..
J. Rich Steers. Jr. Mr.. Mather is son
Of the late Mr.. and Mrs, James Wylie
Mather of this city. He was graduated
Gin 1920 from Princeton where ne re-
turned to finish his course after serving
in the navy during the war as an En-
sign.
One OF the most interesting engage-
ments of the holiday Season is that of
Miss Louise Yandell Barber. daughter
of Mr.. and Mr.. Dom Barber of 125 Eass
Seventy-fourth street. to Mr.. Joseph
Laroeaue, Jr 1t was formally an
nounced at dinner recently given BY
Miss BARRIERS parents. She is one or the
seasons debutantes and the second to
become engaged. Her father. who Is Il
Beaux Arts graduate, is one of the lead
4 IL. IAw- ~xa.a /,
who was Miss Elsie Yandell- of louis
VILE, KY, Is a daughter of the late DR..
Lunsford -Yandell, one of the best
known surgeons OF his day. Mr.
Larocque Is the son OF Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Larocque and the grandson OF
the late Joseph Larocque. one Of New
York's most distinguished lawyers In
his time. On his mothers side he Is d
grandson of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
James G. X. Duer of this city He is
an undergraduate at Harvard and will
receive his degree in February. No ar
rangements have been made for the
wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Grover Perkins
of Brookline, Mass. have announced
the engagement OF their daughter. Miss
NJ Therese Perkins. TO Mr.. Palmer
Cosslett Putnam, son Of Major George
tINtn futHdti, puDllSntT anu
and Mrs. Putnam. of 3S5 West Eighty
sixth street Miss Perkins. who belongs
70 a well-known family of Boston and
Brookllne. attended Miss Winsor5 ,
School. and is now a senior at Vassar,
Mr.. Putnam Is a student at the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology. and Is
member of Number Six and the
Beaver clubs. He served with the
Royal Air Force during the war. No
arrangements have been made yet for
the wedding.
Another Brooklne girl has become en-
gagged to New York man, Miss Marian
OConnoT daughter OF Mrs. Timothy
Walsh, TO Mr.. Norman Duble of this
city She is the niece of Mr.. James A..
Wright Of New York. where her we'd
ding will take place early In the new
Mar. Mr. Duble served in France in the
Ambulance Corps. and when this coun-
trx entered the war he was commits
stoned Lieutenant in the United States
Army Aviation Corps.
Mr.. Arthur Webb Parsons OF III
West Fifty-eighth street has announced
the engagement Of his daughter. Mrs.
Dorothea Parsons Dechert, to Mr.. Ernest
Aldrich simpson. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest L. Simpson Of this city. Mrs.
pechert Is the great-granddaughter OF
the late Senator Lyman a. Chandler and
also OF Chief Justice Theophilus Parsons
~ Massachusetts,. Her tiance left the
class Of 1919 at Harvard TO serve with
tho Coldstream Guards during the war.
The date OF the wedding has not been
decided upon.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hatch Titus
have announced the engagement of their
daughter. Miss Elizabeth VI. Titus. to
Mr. Haydock " Miller. son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey r. Miller of this city. Miss
Titus was graduated from the Spence
School. Her hance served overseas az
an officer In the 307th Infantry, Seventy
seventh Division.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnott Presslnger Of I SO
West EN5ty-sixth street announce the
ongagemRt OF their daughter. Miss
Madeleine Thorne Pressinger, TO Mr.
Theodore Barnard Thompson, Jr.
Mrs. Walter r. owen OF Bronxvlile
has made formal announcement OF ,hc
engagement OF her daughter. Miss Eliza
beth owen, to Mr. Thomas Caldecot
Chubb, OF Llewellyn Park, West Orange
The announcement was made az tea
in Washington, where Miss owen II
spending the holidays with her aunt
Mrs. Charles w Wetmore Miss over