Evening star., 1925-02-08
New York Society Keeps
Park Avenue InviOlate
Effort to Add Two Blocks of Fourth Avenue to
Street Defeated and Advance Of
Business Is Halted

Mrs Horace. Havemeyer, Mrs. Van
Santvoord Merle Smith. Mrs. Henry L.
Stimson, Mrs. Armltage Whitman,
Mrs. James Warren, Mrs. William B.
Given, jr.: Mrs Alfred Olcott. Mrs.
Oscar Stevens, Herbert \. Strauss and
Mrs. Percy H. Williams.
Much interest is manifested in the
Navy and Marine memorial dinner
to be held at the Army and Navy
Club here on February IS. Rear
Admiral Bradley A. Fiske has select
ed group of well known men and
women to take charge Of the ara1r
The aim is to stimulate interest In
the proposed 100000 Navy ana
Marine memorial to be built in Wash
ipgton.
Heading the committee is Vincent
Astor and associated with him are
Col. George W Burleigh. W. But
ler Duncan, Edward p Farley, Rear
Admiral Fiske, Rear Admiral Louis
NJ Josephthal. William Feilowes Nor
gan. jr.; Admiral Charles Plunkett,
Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Col. r. W.
Simmons, William X. Vanderbilt, Mrs.
Ethan Allen. Mrs. l.. L Delaf1eld. Mrs.
Harry Harkness Flagier, Mrs. Charles
Fl. Sabin, Mrs. Henry =. Loomis and
Mrs. Samuel McRoberts.
A program of patriotic features is
being arranged and tributes will be
paid to the glorious deeds performed
by these branches of the service dur
ing the late war.
Miss Hnckett to We'd.
The first debutante of the season
will become a bride next Tuesday,
when Miss Helen Grace Hackett is
married to Gilbert Williams keech.
The ceremony is to take place at the
Collegiate Church of St. Nicholas,
Fifth avenue and Forty-eighth
street. Miss Hackett is the daughter
of Mr.. Horace H. Hackett of $50
Park avenue. Mr.. Keech is the son
of Col. and Mrs. Frank Browne
Keech OF this city and Tuxedo Park.
Miss Betty Thorndike of Boston.
cousin of Miss Hackett, will be the
maid of honor at the wedding. The
other attendants are Mrs. Harold S.
Glendenning. Miss Frances Miller.
Miss Elizabeth st. John Whiting, all
of this city. and Miss Ella Luke of
Piedmont w. Va. Miss Peggy
Thomas of Plainfield. y. j., and Miss
Marjorie kimball of Pittsburgh.
Manutin Livingston Delafield, I'd,
has been announced as best man,
while the ushers will include Will
liam Maddox of this city, A. Nc
Dunlop and Harry Lee of Washing
ton and Lloyd Renshaw, Wheeler
Page and Stewart Wurts Of Phila-
delphia.
Engagements Announced.
With the announcement OF the en-
gagement of Miss Esther Stoddard
Butterworth of New Haven and this
city, another prominent member of
the Junior League joins the ranks
of prospective brides. Her iance Is
Hayden Newhall Smith, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Warren Smith.
Miss Butterworth 4. a niece of Mr..
and Mrs. Louis e. Stoddard Of this
city. The family is especially pop
ular among the Long Island set, and
is among those identified with the
entertainment of the Prince of Wales
during his visit here last Fall. Re-
Gently Mr.. Stoddard was elected presi-
dent of the American Polo Associa-
tfon. Their daughter, Miss Betty, is
a popular debutante.
Mr.. Smith, who was graduated from
Yale in 1922, now is studying at Yale
Law School.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Fillmore Hyde of
81 Park avenue and Morristown, n.
J., have announced the engagement Of
their daughter, Miss Sybil Edgerton
Hyde, to Mr.. William Gilman Low,
Sd, son of Mr.. William Gilman Low.
jr.. of this city, and Mrs. William
Gilman Low, jr., Of Philadelphia.
Miss Hyde is member Of the
Junior League, and has taken an ac-
tive part in the social life OF the
younger set since her debut. Her