Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16

NEW YORK, January IS. - DR.
and Mrs. j. Henry Lancashire of IL
East Sixty-ninth street and Man
nounced the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Lila Lancashire. Il
Mrs. Southgatc. formerly of Worces
ter. Mass. and now of Washington
and Osterville, Mass. Miss Lancashire
attended Spence School. and is mem
Der of the Junior League
Mr. Southgate graduated from
Harvard in 1915, and is member of
the d. *. +. and Hasty Puddine
Clubs of Harvard. the Harvard Club
of Boston, the Metropolitan of Wash.
ington and. the Racquet of Chicago
He has been in the diplomatic circles
having been station at Paris, Rome.
Constantinople and Havana. He now
is in the banking business in Chicago
The wedding will take place in the
Spring.
The wedding plans of Miss Adelaide
BreVoort Hutton daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Francis Hutton, and
Thomas Wells Durant, son Of Mr. and
Mrs. Durant of Guilford, Conn. have
been made known.
The ceremony will take place Jan
uary 10, at st. Thomas Church
Bishop Ernest NJ. Stires officiating
and will be followed by reception
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Hutton.
East Ninety second street.
Miss Eleanor Post Hutton. sister of
Miss Hutton, and Miss Katherine Tod
Will be maids of honor. The other at
PENDANTS will be Miss Gwendolyn Rose,
Miss Judith FL. Hamlin, Miss Marian
Batterman, Miss Pauline Dodge, Miss
ga Fa laeas JtYft Nf
Hutton. and Mrs. John Durant.
Miss Nedenia Marjorie Hutton Miss
Hutton's younger sister, will be flower
girl. and Master Anthony Biddle, Sd,
will carry the prayer book.
a. j. DreXel Biddle, jr,, will be best
man. and the ushers win be Mr.
John Durant. Mr.. Theodore Weicker,
jr.; Mr.. George Sloane, Mr.. Earl T..
T. Smith, Mr. Sydney Smith. Mr..
Oliver NJ. Whipple, Mr. j. w. Peters.
Mr., Harris Hammond. Mr.. NJ. Dor
land Doyle and Mr.. James Gillison.
After wedding trip the couple will
make their home in New York.
One of the important weddings of
the midseason will be the marriage
of Miss NJ. Anne Brown, elder daugh-
ter of Mrs George Alexander Brown
of 9S1 Madison avenue. She will be-
come the bride of Thornton Kirkland
Brown, son of Mrs. Frances Gordon
Brown of this city, January %. The
ceremony will take place in st. James
Church.
Rev DIR. Endicott Peabody will per-
form the ceremony, assisted by Rev.
DIR. Frank Warfield Crowder, rector
of st. James Church. A small recep-
ton will follow at the home of Miss
Browns mother.
Miss Ethel B. Brown will be her
sisters maid of honor. The other at
tendants will be Mrs. Adolphe H.
Wenzell, Miss Eliza beth Haldine and
Miss Natalie Whitall, cousin of Miss
Brown.
Mr.. Brown, who is a nephew of
the late j Pierpont Morgan, will have
Edmund w. Peaslee for his best man.
The ushers will be Frederick r. KEEP
pei. ir.. and f. Gordon Brown, his
mphews: H. Van Rensselaer, Fairfax.
Martin Aigner, Sd; Richard Whitall.
focmsin of Miss Brown, and Frederick
A&1oppin
Debutantes are competing for the
credit award which has been offered
to the one who sells the largest num-
her of tickets for the circus ball Janu-
airy 81 at the Ritz for the benefit of
the Reconstruction Hospital.
Miss fOtilie Schneider is chairman
of the debutante committee and vice
chairmen include the Misses Grace
Wallace, Aurelia Murchison. Hope
Richardson and Frances Gilmore.
Members of the committee who are
competing for the prize include the
Misses Ellen Comfy, Betty Hamilton,
Cecile Fuller, Louise Coburn, Cora
: Legg, Edna Brokaw, Sally Quimby,
Marion Batterman, Sally Butler,
Pauline Dodge, Jane Ely, Mildred 3.
Van Der Peel, Carroll Ferguson, Doro-
thea p. Morell, Audrey Joel, Sara
Chisholm, GRANGE Tingue, Katherine