Evening star., 1925-08-02
lpeeia, Dispatch to The star.

NEW YORK, August mfr. and
Mrs Arthur Curtiss James, who are
sailing for Europe on their palatial
-yacht Aloha on August {, with Mr..
I. and Mrs. James Stewart Cushman as
nShetr guests. gave a pageant, enter
Iiisainment and ball at Beacon House,
.,,their villa at Newport, last night IT
,titook place in the beautiful rose garden
,,,pf the estate and was one of the most
.'ibrilliant affairs of the season. Mrs.
ntEushman, who was Miss Vera Scott,
iuLs interested in a number OF philan-
Hithropies and is popular in social cir
.nrles. Mr.. and Mrs. James made trip
the world two years ago in
..mntheir yacht.
III Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Havemeyer Of
New York and Ardsley- on Hudson an
i,IIaounced today the engagement of
ipJheir daughter, Miss Helen Mitchell
H,Havemeyer. to Henry Sanford Thorne,
Aison Of Victor c. Thorne and Mrs.
Tracy Farnam.
,iit Miss Havemeyer's great great grand
.iifather was three times mayor of New
,,iY York. She was graduated from Rose
nifnary and attended Smith College. She
'l,how Is studying interior decorating in
inEurope. Her mother formerly was
!i,Miss Polly Mitchell, a descendant OF
,rMary Chiffon, who came over in the
1itnfay yfiower.
IL, Mr.. Thorne is a grandson of the late
!,iJonathan Thorne. He is a descendant
iNPf William Thorne, who landed at
iULynn in 1888. S. Brinckerhoff Thorne,
*iwho won fame as foot ball player
lis his uncle. His maternal grandfather
:iiwas Samuel Sanford. for twenty years
:, dean of the Yale Music School.
iiii Mr.. Thorne was graduated from
!. Yale in 1920. His clubs are Yale, St.
i.'Sicholas, Ardsley and Delta Kappa
irEpsilon. He belongs to the Military
Order of Foreign Wars and the So
q Ciety Of Colonial Wars. He is a pa
u1ron of the New York Geological So
,iGiety. During the war he served in
Company K, 7th New York National
4 Guard, was transferred to the air
Service, and was commanding officer
,,pf the 1S9th United States Air Squad
nron. The wedding Will take place on
january 3.
So After having been postponed from
Z, Easter week on account of the serious
aillness of her brother. the wedding of
Miss Margaret Hennessy, daughter of
d Mrs Daniel j. Hennessy of 904 Park
avenue, to Douglas Elliot Craik of
i; London will take place August 25 at
HSherry's. The ceremony will be wit
nessed by only a small company of
.ufriendS and relatives, but more than
half a thousand invitations will be
n ,isent out for the reception following.
.hs Miss Margaret Power. niece of the
Mate Mrs. Peter Larson. will be Miss
.n8Iennessy's maid of honor, and among
her other attendants will rbe Mrs.
~.iTilliam John Warburton, Miss Edyth
'iMcCoon and Miss katherine Kelly.
N, The future Mrs. Craik, who made
her debut about three seasons ago, is
ia graduate of Sacred Heart Convent
liand a member of the Junior League.
She has been active in amateur the
4 natricals and other entertainments
given for charity.
iin The annual Smithstown horse
4 show. which customarily initiates the
Fall sporting and society season on
iiIong Island, will take place this
,,,Sear on Saturday, September 10, at
.tFifty-Acre Field, the property Of
..nLawrence Smith Butler, near the
iiSmithStown polo field.
'f This show is the first Fall show on
a iiLong Island and numerous house par
tities and other entertainments will be
.,given that week end. The officers of
1.-THE show are DevereauX Emmet, pres
i1dent; Edward H. L. Smith, vice pres
iident: Lawrence Smith Butler, secre-
itary; Ernest B. Osborne, treasurer.
,,sThe executive committee consists of
,Iawrence Smith Butler, chairman;
Edward H. Carle, Devereaux Emmet.
Robert Gilmore, James w. Lane, Ar
thur B. Lawrence, Frederick D. Nc
= Kay, William A. Minott, Alonzo Pot.
Ter, Clarence H. Robbins and r. law
renee Smith.
:: Mai. Gen. and Mrs. John F. Organ
~have announced the engagement OF
%their eldest daughter, Miss Dorothy
TTzf~ ~ T.
1Chicago and New York. son of Mr.
Eand Mrs. A d. Curtis of Chicago. Miss