Evening star., 1928-10-28

tenant there last year, but has not
made reservation for this season.
Otto Fl. Kahn shares his box Ia, as
last year, with Lucien H. Tying, MariuS
de Brabant and Walter G. Ladd. Byron
c. Taylor, who was there last year. goes
into No. 80, owned by Harry Walters.
Mrs. Matthew Astor Wilks had Miss
Helen o. Brice's box l8 for certain
performances last year. This year she
will hear the operas at the odd matineeS
III Mrs. w. Seward. Webb's box %.
Mrs William Bayard Cuttings box,
No. %, was occupied last year for GER
tain performances by Mrs. Harry F.
Sinclair, but she is not listed this year.
John North Willys has % for the
opening and odd Mondays. George F.
Bakers box, No. 10, has been taken by
Mrs. John Hubbard for Wednesday and
Friday nights, also the alternate Satur-
day matinees Walter J. Salmon takes
the Elbridge T. Gerry box, No. %, for
the opening and the following odd
Monday performances.
Betrothal List Grows
As Season Advances.
AS the brisk Autumn season advances
the list of engagements among the
members of the younger set increases.
Among the important betrothal an
nouncements within the last few days
is that of Miss Charlotte Babcock
Brown to Charles Coudert Mast. Miss
Brown is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Donald Winchester Brown of 40 East
Thirty eighth street. Mr.. Mast is the
son of Mr. Conde Mast, publisher, and
Mrs. j. Victor Onativia, jr, of this city.
Miss Brown on the side of her
mother, who was Miss Charlotte Post,
is a granddaughter of the late James
Post granddaughter of Garrett Post
and a grand niece of Schuyler Post,
also granddaughter of Mrs. William
Reynolds Brown of 410 Park avenue
She attended the Rodean School in
England and the Convent of the Sisters
of the Assumption in Rome and is a
graduate of Foxcroft School, Virginia
She made her New York debut two
years ago and came out in London the
following Summer and was presented
at the Court of ST. James this year
She is member of the Junior League
Miss Brown also is a granddaughter
of the late William Reynolds Brown
and of Mrs. William Reynolds Brown
who was Ellen w. Babcock of Stoning-
ton, Conn, direct descendant of the
BabcockS who came from Wivenhoe,
Essex, England, and settled in Rhode
Island. Joshua Babcock, her great
great-grandfather, wos Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court Of the colony for
many years. He was the first Rhode
Island graduate from Yale in 1924. His
son, Col. Harry Babcock, was gradu-
ated from Yale at Is, and was later
prominent in the French and Indian
Wars and the Revolution.
Mr.. Mast is a grandson of the late
Charles Coudert, well known lawyer
and founder, with his brother, the late
Frederick r. Coudert, of the law firm
OF Coudert Bros. He is a graduate of
Harvard, 1925, where he was a men,
Der OF the Hasty Pudding Club, the
Institute of ITO, Delta Kappa Epsilon,
Speaker, and was editor of Harvard
Crimson. He later attended Column
bia Law School and was graduated in
1927. He is a member of Psi Upsilon
and Phi Delta Phi Fraternities. Ad-
m1tted to the State and Federal bars
last January, he is a member of the
county Lawyers Association and is at
present deputy attorney general of the
state or New York, attached to New
YORK headquarters. He is a member
OF the Harvard, Knickerbocker and
Racquet and Tennis Clubs Of New York.
Other Notable NuptiaI
Events in Prospect.
Mrs. Irwin White Howell of 17s East