Evening star., 1925-07-19
Record of Newport Doings.

Debuts at Newport have become
s1uite popular, the latest announce
sn1ent being that Mrs. Nicholas Brown
has chosen Friday evening. August 81,
as the date for the debutante party
that she will give at Harbour Court
for her niece, Miss Bayard Merrill of
Stockbridge. daughter of Rev. and
Mrs. George Granville Merrill. The
event, originally set for July Is, was
postponed to tennis week, owing to
the illness of John Nicholas Brown.
who was operated on for appendicitis
several weeks ago. He has improved
so steadily that he has left the hos
pital and is at Harbour Court, New
port
Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius H. Tango
man also will give debutante party
tennis week. a dinner dance at the
Clambake Club on August IS, to in
troduce their daughter, Miss Violet II.
Tangeman, who has been an active
member of the younger set.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Bradley are not
d. 20 occupy Seaview Terrace. their new
mansion, after all, this season, as Mr..
Bradley's health is not good and he
was advised by physicians to go to the
Thousand Islands instead. He has
been at Newport with Mrs. Bradley,
since June /. supervising the furnish
ing of their home, which has been two
years in building and over which court
action is probable as a result of a diff
ference of opinion between Mr.. Brad
ley and the tax assessors is to its
value. His affidavit is to the effect
that the property is worth $250,000.
The assessors say it is worth several
times that sum.
Their son-in-law and daughter.
Bishop and Mrs. Herbert Simpson of
New York, who have been visiting the
Bradleys, expect TO take cottage for
the season. Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley OBJ
served their golden wedding anniver-
sary two years ago.
Instance of Long Distance Romance.
Romance from all parts of the world
has descended upon society here and
the latest long distance matches is
the announcement of the engagement
of Miss Sybil Hooking of Honolulu to
Henry z. Stehli of this city. The
couple met in the shadows of the
pyramids on the Nile, while Miss
Hooking was travelling with her
parents in Egypt.
Another engagement of interest is
that of Miss Carol Van Brunt to
George Carlton Comstock, jr. Miss
Van Brunt is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Hoffman Van Brunt of
521 Park avenue. Mr.. Comstock is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. George Carlton
Comstock of 313 West S6th street
Miss Van Brunt's paternal grand
father was the late Supreme Court
Justice Charles n. Van Brunt and her
grandfather on her mothers side was
the late Mayor Franklin Edison of
New York. She attended the Brear-
ley School in New York and finished
at Rosemary School in Greenwich,
hIIf Mt nf
1923 season.
Mrs. Katherine McKeoun Bake of
1877 East Sixty-sixth street has an
7nounced the engagement of her
daughter, Miss Katherine Bake. to
Francis Brooks, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick Brooks of Boston. Miss
Bake is spending the Summer abroad
Misses Elfnor and Jane Bake, and
the wedding will take place early in
August in Paris.
Miss Bake was educated at the
Sacred Heart Convent, New York, and
IN Paris at the school of Comtesse
Morell de Foos. She was brides
maid at the wedding in Tuxedo last
Spring of Augusta Bradhurst Field,
-jr., and Miss Harriet w. McKim
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Winthrop
McKim, and is first of the attendants
to announce her engagement.
Mr.. Brooks is a graduate of Har-
ward Is, and is a member of Porcel-
lian, Harvard and Somerset clubs.
He was an officer in the Navy during
the war.
Trio of Betrothals Announced.
Engagements, announced within the
last few days, are accorded conspicu.
.ous places in the social calendar.
The first is the announcement by DIR.
and Mrs. Charles BIount Slade of $50
Park South, of the enga cement of
!their dau~hter. Miss Constance Sus-
anne Slade. to Mr. Green Penn. son