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THE WEEK Sixtieth street and Mr. Frank Tracy at Owego, the birthplace of his father. Mr. and Mrs. Tracy are spending part of their honeymoon with General Tracy.

RECENTLY announced engagement which has occaA sioned no end of pleasurable comment is that of Miss Kate Davies Ketcham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Taylor Ketcham, to Mr. Charles Calvin Putnam, son of the late Charles Calvin Putnam, of Congress street. Miss Ketcham is a graduate of the Packer Institute in the class of '99 and is president of the Packer Chapter of Ridgewood Household Club, while Mr.

Putnam, who was graduated from the Polytechnic in 1896, is a Phi Kappa Psi man and an active member of the Crescent Athletic Club. The announcement of the engagement was made at a card party given by Miss Ketcham for her sister, Mrs. Joseph T. D. Cornwell, on Friday afternoon of last week.

news of the marriage of Mr. Frank B. Tracy, the only son of General Benjamin F. Tracy, and a nephew of Mrs. Isaac S.

Catlin, which took place in Owego, New York, last Saturday afternoon, came as a surprise to most of the friends of the family here. His bride is Miss Elizabeth L. Cornell, of Owego, where Mr. Tracy has been living of late. The Tracys were long residents of the Heights but have not been actively identified with this borough since 1889, when very General Tracy's appointment as Secretary of the Navy in the Harrison cabinet took the family to Washington-where it was sadly depleted by the tragic death of Mrs.

Tracy and Miss Mary Tracy fifteen years ago this month. Although General Tracy was elected president of the Brooklyn Club i in 1893 and his son, who was one of the leading members of the Excelsior Club, practiced law here for a while, both eventually drifted across the river. Of late General Tracy and his daughter, Mrs. Ferdinand Wilmerding, have been living at 14 East of the first entertainments to be given in honor of ONE Miss Ketcham's engagement was the bridge party on Tuesday afternoon, at which the hostess was Mr. Putnam's sister, Mrs.

Leander W. T. Coleman, of 86 Cambridge place. The drawing-room and library, where the eleven card-tables were, set, were decorated with greens and pink and white carnations. The prizes were particularly attractive ones.

Among those who played were Mrs. Edward Allen, Miss Ida L. Bainbridge, Mrs. James L. Brumley, the Misses Broun, Mrs.

Harry Bennett, Mrs. Alfred Dauchy, Mrs. Seymour K. Fuller, Mrs. William Gildersleeve, Miss Ethel Pate, Miss Daisy Roberts, Miss Ethel Slipper, Mrs.

Charles Lott Schenck, Mrs. Harry Street, Miss Grace L. Tuttle, Miss Marion C. Walbridge, Mrs. Henry.

Wood, Miss Florence Hegeman, Miss Bertha Hart, Miss Isabelle Lockwood, Mrs. Stanley P. Jadwin, Mrs. Edgar F. Luckenbach, Miss Marion Jewell and Mrs.

Theodore Hildt. At the conclusion of the games refreshments were served at small tables. the first weddings of the post-Lenten season will be AMONG of Miss Grace De Witt Pinney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight C.

Pinney, and a niece of Mrs. T. Henry Dewey, of Montague street, and Mr. Henry Langdon Butler, of Manhattan. This is to be a large evening wedding on the twenty-sixth of April and will take place at St.

Luke's Church, followed by a reception at the Pinney residence, 196 Lefferts place. a small wedding there is no more ideal place in ManFOR hattan than Grace Church Chantry, where at four o'clock on Monday afternoon was solemnized the marriage of Miss Kate Kingsley Abbey, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Abbey, of Manhattan, to Mr.

Harold Carman Smith, son of Mr. Harris King Smith, a former Brooklyn resident, who has made his home for several years at the Hotel Marie Antoinette. The soft tone of the interior was lightened by floral decorations of Easter lilies, roses and palms. The ceremony, which was performed by the Rev. Dr.

Huntington, was a rather quiet one and 'was followed by no reception. Miss Abbey, who was given away by her cousin, Mr. Myron B. Rice, of Manhattan, wore a becoming gown of white satin and duchess lace and carried a bouquet of lilies-of-the-valley and gardenias. Her only attendant, Miss Harriet Abbott, of Northampton, Massachusetts, was in white chiffon over pink, the latter color being repeated in her bouquet of roses.

Mr. Justus G. Dettmer, of Brooklyn, was best man, and the ushers were Mr. George A. Mullarky, also from this borough, and Mr.

Percy Owen, of Manhattan. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are to make their home at the Hotel Marie Antoinette. THERE were only about one hundred invitations issued for the wedding of Miss Sarah Adelina Russell, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Anson Henry Russell, of Cleveland, Ohio, to Mr. George Glenn Worden, son of Mr. and Mrs. A.

L. Worden, of Jamestown, New York, which took place at Holy Trinity at four o'clock on Monday afternoon and IN SOCIETY. was followed by a small reception at 220 Columbia Heights, the home of Rev. and Mrs. J.

Townsend Russell, in whose names the invitations were issued jointly with and Mrs. Anson Henry Russell. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr. Russell, who is the bride's brother.

She wore a very handsome Paris gown of blonde lace and a tulle veil caught with orange blossoms. White roses and lilies of the valley composed her bouquet. Miss Helen Estelle Russell, of La Porte, Indiana, a niece of the bride, was maid of honor and wore a pink silk frock and a dainty white lace hat, her bouquet of roses being the same hue as her gown. The best man, Mr. Don R.

Almy, and the ushers, Mr. J. W. Van Gordon, Dr. M.

S. Borden, Mr. James F. White and Mr. Charles E.

Heydt, were all from Manhattan. The church was simply decorated with palms and cut flowers, while at the house the floral adornments were more elaborate. Palms were banked back of the receiving party and the decorations in the supper room were of pink roses. Mr. and Mrs.

Worden are to occupy apartments at the Standish Arms. MONG the largest receptions of the week was that given on A Tuesday afternoon by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edward Sanford, of 7 First place, in honor of their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.

Richard Laimbeer Sanford (Lenora Mae Berry), who have just returned from their extensive wedding trip through the South and West. Mrs. Sanford, gowned in yellow satin messaline and white lace, and the bride, in her wedding gown of white satin, were assisted in receiving by Mrs. Townsend J. Underhill, Mrs.

Frank Prentice Abbot, Mrs. Willard S. Berry, Mrs. Francis E. Laimbeer, Miss Florence C.

Burke, Miss Gladys Henry, Miss Inez French and Miss Bessie Abbot. The floral decorations were very handsome and consisted of quantities of Southern smilax and palms with American Beauty roses. The table decorations were in red. Mr. and Mrs.

Sanford are to reside for a time with Mr. Sanford's parents, but will later occupy the handsome house which was a wedding gift from his grandmother, Mrs. Richard H. Laimbeer. the majority of the card parties taking place this WHILE were afternoon events, that given Tuesday by Mrs.

John Frelinghuysen Talmage, of 104 Pierrepont street, proved the exception by being an evening affair. This was a surprise party in honor of Mr. Talmage's birthday, and in spite of some false alarms Mr. Talmage was, after all, taken quite unawares. The drawing-room was decorated with pink carnations and there were attractive prizes in the shape of brass candlesticks for the ladies and brass paper knives for the men.

The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Edwin L. Snedeker, Miss Betty Steele, Mr. Henry Faber, Miss Margaret J.

Robert, Mr. Christopher Robert, Miss Leila Howard, Mr. Homer Smith, Miss Maud Jones and Mr. John Lowe Salter, junior. AST Monday afternoon's concert of the Brooklyn AmaL teur Musical Club was made memorable by the first performance of Mr.

Harry Rowe Shelley's Japanese music drama in one act entitled "Lotus San." There was, of course, no attempt to do more than render the music and words, although the stage on which the chorus sat was effectively decorated in Japanese style to give a suggestion of the Land of the Chrysanthemum where the scene is laid. All in all the rendering, as well as the composition itself, was delightful and an exceptionally large audience was rewarded even beyond expectations. Not only were the lyrics and choruses admirably given but as a dramatic interpretation the performance ran with remarkable smoothness. The book, by Miss Anna Alice Chapin, is a very appreciative attempt at Japanese drama, reflecting all the prettiness, refinement and fatalism associated with the Japanese character. As for Mr.

Shelley's music, it is entitled to the very highest praise. While exquisitely melodious it is distinctly original and varied and at the same time full of Oriental suggestiveness. Unfortunately, in the absence of an American prototype of the Comique in Paris, the path of "Lotus San" to the metropolitan stage will not be an easy one. The solo parts were all taken by professionals. Lora M.

Lamport sang the part of Lotus San in a most intelligent and expressive manner and with a sweet, clear soprano that blended delightfully in the duets with the excellent tenor of Leo Liebermann, who sang the part of Gompaki, the lover of Lotus, very creditably. Not less charming was the contralto of Lillia E. Snelling, who interpreted the part of Merry River, the villainess of the tragedy. Hugh Williams sang the bass part of Chico, the husband of Lotus San, and it was only to be regretted that it was not a larger one, for he sang magnificently; while Arthur Phillips, baritone, of the Mendelssohn Glee Club, as Dagger, the husband of Merry River, was not less admirable. The quintet towards the close, which brought them all together, was exquisite.

Lotus San's solo, "Clouds Are Drifting," a charming melody, brought Miss Lampert great applause, and Merry River's song, "Have You Heard the Splendid Ocean?" likewise aroused the audience to.