Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-12

NEW YORK, September .11.-Once
again Fifth avenue has surrendered
another figure Of it's fast departing
glory as a thoroughfare Of society.
Judge f. II. Gary. chairman Of the
board Of directors of the United States
Steel Corpora tion. has decided to aban-
don his home at Fifth avenue and
Sixty seventh street. The building
will be r3Zed and a palatial apart
ment house will be erected on the
site. Judge Gary Is to have 90
room suite on the top Of the building.
The passing Of the Gary house
wipes out one OF the few remaining
landmarks on the avenue. The Van
derbilts and AStors and other families
we're among the first to give over
their houses and the rest were not
long in following. The beginning Of
the exodus was caused by extending
the business zone past the 40s:
then came the apartment houses.
Those dwellings are of such rich de-
sign and appointments that the
rental and upkeep of a single suite
is more costly than the whole ex-
pense attached to one Of the noted
mansions with the retinue Of servants
in the old days.
One Problem Is Solved.
But. there is this to say in favor
Of tho apartment: 1t does away with
tho household help problem. which
has become SO acute in the last few
Years. The compactnesS and modern
appliances have eliminated difficulties
which wrinkled the brows Of many
a fashionable hostess.
Another fact TO be considered is
that the period of home entertaining
has gone into discard. Those who
wish TO give parties. dinners, balls,
etc, as a rule. obtain necessary &C
commodations at the small hotels and
restaurants. 1t is all SO easy and
does away with much Of the planning,
under adverse circumstances. so nee
essary when fetes were held in the
homes Of the smart set.
Miss Iselin Engaged.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur lselin of Bed
ford House, Katonah. y. y, have an
nounced the engagement Of their
oldest daughter Miss Dorothy 1selin.
to Guy S. Paschal of this city and
Washington. The wedding will take
place in October at Katonah.
Miss Iselin is a great-great-gr great
granddaughter of John Jay. first JUS
tice Of the Supreme Court Of the
United States and who at one time
Il.
Miss Iseln spent much time at
Newport during the Summer with
her grandmother, Mrs. William Jay.
She was president Of her class at
Miss Walkers School in Connecticut
at the time of her graduation, in 1928.
Later she went TO Paris and received
4 diploma for her studies in the Sor-
honne. She made her debut in New
York in the season of 1924-25.
Mr.. and Mrs. William L. Iselin OF
745 Fifth avenue and New Rochelle
are Miss Iselin's paternal grandpar-
ents. Mrs. William 1selin was Miss
Alice Jones before her marriage. the
granddaughter of the late Mrs. Mary
Mason Jones. n prominent figure in
New York social life of her time.
Through her mother Miss 1selin is
a great niece Of Charles May OelrichS
and the late Hermann Oelrichs OF
Newport. Her grandfather. William
Jay, was a. prominent New York law
yer. a member of the firm Of Jay
Gambler, attorneys for the late James
Gordon Bennett.
Mr.. Paschal is the son OF Mrs.
Samuel S. Paschal and the late Mr..
Paschal and a grandson OF the late
Judge George Paschal of Washington.
He was graduated from the University
Of Virginia Law School in 1925 and
last Winter was engaged in the prac-
tice Of law in this city. He lived
with his mother at 345 East Sixty
eighth street. Miss Mary Lois Paschal
Of Boston Is his sister.
Another Prospective Bride.
One OF the smart engagements of
the early Fall is that OF Miss Mimi
Rrokaw. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Irving Brokaw OF 9S5 Fifth avenue,
which was announced recently. She
is to become the bride OF Richard
Derby Tucker, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
samuel Achmuty Tucker OF 4S5 Park
avenue and grandson Of the late DIR.
Richard II. Derby.
Miss Rrokaw Is a granddaughter
Of Mrs. Samuel NJ. Nave of Biarritz
and the late Mr.. and Mrs. ]. v.
Brokaw of this city. She attended
Miss Porters School at Pennington
and Princess Mestchersky's School in
Paris. She made her debut in 1924
The preceding Spring she was pre-
scented at court in London. She be-
longs to the Junior League and has
been prominent in the activities OF
the young set in New York since
her introduction in society.
Mr.. Tucker was graduated from
Harvard last June and is a member
of the Porcelain Club Of Cambridge
and Of the Knickerbocker Club Of
New York.
Mr.. and Mrs Brokaw and Misses
Mimi and Barbara BrOkaw have been
passing the Summer At East Knoll,
southampton Miss Mary {. Chester
Of New York is a guest of the BrokaW
family this week end. This evening