Evening star., 1927-10-23
New York Junior League
Plans Intensive Program
Attention to Practical Things Required OF loO
. Members Training Course Schedule lndi-
cates-Weddings Are of Interest.

NEW YORK, October 22.-One of
tha most intensive programs in the his
4orv of the organization has been
MANNED by the New York Junior
League during the coming season.
This was announced with the annnai
election of 100 members The schedule
of The training course indicates that
the Young society women Will nave
much TO hold their attention to the
practical things of life before thev
think of the social activities OF the
Winter season.
date for the Junior League she has to
undergo a rigorous test in toll before
sbe reaches the desired goal. No eX-
cuses are accepted for the neglect OF
duties 10 which she is assigned and
these include many arduous tasks.
one of the features this year Will
he field trips made to the office OF the
charity organization. to settlement
house. to a hospital and the Junior
League shelter. This contact cN-
perience will be gained to serve as
basis for series of lectures TO empha-
size the civic work of the community.
Mrs + Louis Slade and Mrs. William
r. Olmstead, ir., both former presl-
dents of the league, will deliver the
oneninC addresses on November 3.
Mrs. Danforth Geer. jr.; Miss Eliza
beth Manning and Mrs. Joseph swan
are among the other members or the
organization who will speak MIS-
Carleton Palmer. the national presl-
dent. will deliver the final lecture at
the end of the season.
last Thursday the Association OF
Junior Leagues of America forinaIH
onened the national clubrooms at l3'
East Sixty-first street with a tea. an
exhibit of American art was pesuil
there at the same time ana VIII pe
continued until November /. heFie-
santatiyes of Junior Leagues through
ont the country were present when
the nremiere at the clubroomS TOOK
place. t;,,;4,, -,
which members of the Junior League
here are much interested is the second
annual world series rodeo, to pe gwen
OF Madison Square Garden from Octo-
her q TO November 2. 1t will be Tor
the benefit of the Broad street HOS
nital and is considered the most I'M
rortant of the smart events OF late
Autumn. ....,.
Thirty-eight Junior League glris
have been enrolled as members OIL tne
fhese are Miss Jennie Arnold. MISS
Elsie Barbara. Miss Katherine Barnes.
Miss Marion Batterman. Miss knth-
{ ar;ne Peach. Miss Alicia Behr. MISS
Wiilicent Belknap. Miss Elizabeth
p,air Miss Doris Borden, Miss RIth
ProaSv Miss Louise Coburn, Miss
lillian Cushing. Miss Evelyn Fanne-
stock Miss Carroll Ferguson: MISS
Francis West Gilmore, Miss Marion
GRAY and Miss Betty Hanna.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick w. Long
fellow of III Madison avenue na.e
announced the engagement OF tnen
daughter. Miss Elizabeth Delaneiu
Iongfellow, to Mr.. Thomas .. Cuius
of Boston. Miss LongfelioWs ho.iiel
before her marriage was MISS Jalia
nelafiald daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
NIaturin l.. Delafield of AIS Fifth ave-
me and of Fieldston. Riverdaie-on-
Hudson. Miss Longfellow was intro
dlIced to society in 1928 and is
graduate of Miss Chapin's Schooi anu
3 member of the Junior League. her
elder sister. Miss Julitte d. LONGER.
low. married ReddingtOn f1ske. ]r.. OF
Boston.
Mr.. Curtis is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Pelhanl Curtis OF Bos-
ton and Nehant, Mass. On ms
mothers side he is DESCENDED from
BRIG Gen. M. p. Small, chief COM
missary of the Army of the James,
while his paternal grandfather was
Col. III. Pelham Curtis. judge advo-
cate. one-time stationed at Governors
Island. His father was well known
athlete and won the marathon race IN
Greece when the Olympic games
were revived in 1896. Three years ago
Mr.. Curtis elder sister, Clarissa, mar
ried Prince Michael CantacuZene and
is now living in Chicago. Mr.. Curtis
is a graduate Of Harvard. 1928, and
is a member of the Hasty Pudding,
d. X. f. and STYLUS Clubs and OF the
RacGuet and Tennis Clubs of Boston.
An interesting engagement an
uouncement from Newport was that
OF! Miss Florence Hiidegrad Have
meyer. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry o. Havemeyer of Railway,
n. j., to George Foreman Robinson,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard II. NJ.
Robinson of this city and Tuxedo
Park.
Miss Havemeyer. who made her de-
but two years ago, is member OF
the Junior League. She is a sister
of Mrs. Anson A. Bigelow, Henry 0.
Haveneyer, jr, and Frederick c.
Havemeyer. I'd. Her mother was
Miss Charlotte Whiting. Miss Have.
meyer is a granddaughter of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore A. Havemeyer.
Her grandfather was the organizer
of the American Sugar Refineries Co.,
later the American Sugar Refining
Co, and its first president. He was
known as the father of golf" in this
country.
Mrs William Butler Duncan, Mrs.
T. G. Potter, Mrs. Cameron and Mr..
Theodore A. Havemeyer are aunts
and uncle of Miss Havemeyer.
On her mothers side Miss Have
meyer is a granddaughter of the late
Augustus Whiting and great-niece
of the late Mrs. George l.. Rives. Her
great-grandfather on her mothers
side was the late Charles r. Greene
OF Boston and this city.
Mr.. Robinson is graduate of
Yale. class of 81 and is member of
the Tuxedo Club.
The wedding OF Miss Cardigan
a