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BROOKLYN LIFE. 19 New Year's Dinner Party. Mr. and Mrs. James Hardie (Katharine Robertson) of 154 Eighth Avenue had a family dinner party on New Year's day.

The guests were Dr. and Mrs. Victor Robertson, Mr. John R. Hardie, Mr.

Allan R. Hardie, Miss Anna M. Robertson, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Mars and Mr.

Norman Robertson. Cards followed the dinner. The Engagement of Miss Keyes and Canon Chase is Broken, The many friends of Canon William Sheafe Chase and Miss Rowena Keith Keyes regretted to learn last week that, because of the ill health of Miss Keyes, their engagement had been broken. Since the announcement of the engagement from the pulpit of Christ Church last August, the health of Miss Keyes has failed and she not only has been obliged to break the engagement but has also had to give up her work as a teacher at the Girls' High School. A Tea of Last Saturday.

Miss Marjorie Stevens and Miss Beatrice Stevens of 815 Carroll Street gave a very pretty tea last week Saturday from four until six o'clock at their home. The tea-table was decorated with yellow roses. In the receiving party were Miss Marion Becker of Manhattan; Miss Thalia Atkinson of Jersey City, and Miss Elizabeth Greenman, Miss Miriam De Beixedon, Miss Ada O'Donohue and Miss Elizabeth Marache. A Youthful Host. Little Miss Frances Jean Nichols, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Frederick Nichols, held the place of honor on account of age (being just six weeks old) at the baby party given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Arnell Lawrence of 71 Greene Avenue, last week Thursday afternoon. The party was given for the two and a half year old son of the hostess, Walter Arnell Lawrence, and he entertained the little guests to the best of his ability with his Christmas tree and new toys.

A tea party was held at the close of the afternoon with mothers and babies eating tiny sandwiches, cocoa and gingerbread men and animals. The table was decorated with holly and a miniature Santa Claus. Among the guests were Master Franklin Mills and his mother, Mrs. Joseph Mills; Miss Mabel Hurst and Mrs. Harry Hurst; Miss Elizabeth Worcester Mersereau and Mrs.

Henry B. Mersereau; Mrs. Edwin C. Worcester, Mrs. Joseph Kraus, Miss E.

L. Hurst, Miss Frances Jean Nichols and Mrs. Frederick Nichols; Master Niles McLeer, Miss Virginia McLeer, Mrs. Henry McLeer; Miss Virginia Evans and Mrs. M.

Preston Evans: Miss Nancy Dannemann and Mrs. George Dannemann and Master Theodore Davies and Mrs. H. E. Davies.

One of Next Week's Dances. Next week Wednesday evening brings the Senior Class Dance of St. John's College, which will take place in the ballroom of the Hotel St. George. Acting as patronesses for the affair are Mrs.

George W. Schmitt, Mrs. Matthew. J. Lynch and Mrs.

Francis A. Haughney, while the committee in charge consists of Mr. Harry W. Dieck, chairman; Mr. Robert J.

Kiernan, Mr. Thomas J. Lynch and Mr. Lucian N. Schmitt.

Sigma Pi to Hold its Midwinter Dance this Month. Tuesday evening, January the twenty-eighth, is announced as the date of the fourth annual midwinter dance of Sigma Pi, which is to take place at the Hotel St. George. Serving on the committee are the president, Mrs. Thomas E.

Brown (Julia M. McLaughlin), Miss Mary M. Keenan, Miss Julia A. McNamara and Miss Mari Limeburner. Those who will act as patronesses are Mrs.

William A. Kiley, Mrs. James W. King, Mrs. Joseph Mallon, Mrs.

Joseph A. McLaughlin, Mrs. James O'Neil, Mrs. Thomas Ryall, Mrs. Michel Ryan and Mrs.

Thomas A. Weldon. A Leap Year Dance. Red was the predominating color of Miss Marion Kendall Thompson's informal leap year dance last week Friday evening. The home of her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. J. H. Thompson of 2670 Bedford Avenue, is well arranged for a dance, the spacious reception hall and parlors, opening into one another and the conservatory adjoining making an ideal place for resting between dances. In front of the fireplace stood the Christmas tree as if old St.

Nick had just dropped it there. The dining table was decorated in holly red with red candles and red satin ribbons and the place-cards were little Dutch boys as match scratchers and clocks holding a calendar. Leap year proposals were read by the girls at the table and answered by men holding corresponding numbers. Among the guests were Miss Edna Provost, Miss Anna Longenecker, Miss Mollie Disch, Miss Jean MacDonald, Miss Anna Rapelje, Miss Mazey Grogan, Miss Adelaide Streubel, Miss Kathryn Farrington, Miss Frankie Walden, Mr. Shirley Aldridge, Mr.

Russell Provost, Mr. Herbert Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kraus of Manhattan, Mr. Alva Jones, Mr.

Frank Fleishman, Mr. Frederick Stelnagen, Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Lawrence, Mr.

Richard Holzinger, Mr. Samuel Livingston, Mr. George Holzinger and Mr. Perry Moore of Hackensack, N.J. Mr.

and Mrs. Lawrence Entertain. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Arnell Lawrence entertained in their new home at 71 Greene Avenue for the first time on Christmas Day, giving a family dinner party followed in the evening by cards for a few intimate friends.

Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H.

Kraus, Miss Marion Thompson, Miss E. L. Hurst, Mr. Frank Fleishman, Miss Anna Longenecker and Mr. Alva Jones.

Miss Meta Kissam Hull. Miss Meta Kissam. Hull, daughter of Dr. Peter L. Hull of Jamaica, who was married very quietly at Grace Church.

Jamaica, last week Saturday, to Mr. William Wood Smith of Jamaica and Manhattan, is very well known in Brooklyn, Miss Hull was educated at Packer Institute while Mr. Smith has been socially active in this borough since he was a small boy. The Rev. R.

T. Homans performed the ceremony in the little church where the groom was christened, confirmed and now acts as vestryman. Miss Wiley's Marriage. News comes from South Orange, N.J., of the marriage of Miss Elise Wiley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

H. E. Wiley, formerly of King's Highway, and Mr. George Arleson of South Orange, on December twelfth. Miss Wiley is a Packer and Columbia graduate and has spent much time with her father on his ranch in Colorado.

She is the sister of Mr. J. Melin Wiley, who graduated from the Polytechnic and has lately been West with his father. A Christmas Party at the Home of Mrs. Ditmas.

The home of Mrs. Henry Clay. Ditmas at 1604 King's Highway, with its large parlors and wide spacious halls, is admirably adapted for entertaining and each year Mrs. Ditmas's family dinner and dance on Christmas Day is eagerly anticipated. This year dinner was served for the grandchildren at four o'clock and for the older guests at seven, followed by dancing, A large snowball surmounted by a reindeer served as a centerpiece for the table and the favors were hand-painted white satin hearts and red and white baskets filled with candy.

An unusually large tree in the drawing-room was laden with gifts for the entire family. One of the features of the afternoon was the awarding of the yearly prizes for the best work in elocution which were won by Masters John Search, H. Clay and Charles Ditmas Frazer. Mrs. John Brown and Major Albert Washburn were the only guests present who were not members of the family.

Mrs. Ditmas received in a gown of black chiffon and diamonds. Others present not already mentioned were Mr. and Mrs. Bentley Hasell Stevenson (Abigail Victoria Ditmas), the latter wearing empire green charmeuse trimmed with antique lace and jet and a jewelled bandeau of black velvet; Mrs.

Edward Bennett Wyckoff (Cora P. Ditmas), in apricot satin and beaded chiffon; Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Richard Ditmas (Mary Adele Turtle), the last named in taupe and cerise charmeuse; Mr. and Mrs.

Charles R. Frazer (Lela Adelina Ditmas), Mrs. Frazer being in pink crepe and messaline veiled with crystal jewelled chiffon cloth; Mrs. Frederick Farnum (Elizabeth Wright), in white Irish lace and emerald-green velvet; Dr. and Mrs.

Charles James Search (Henrietta Priscilla Ditmas), the latter's gown being of white satin trimmed with coral and turquoise; Mr. Rathmund, the Misses Adeline Victoria, Olga and Elizabeth Rothmund; Master John Search, Mr. Harry Clinton Ditmas, Master Charles Ditmas Frazer and Master Henry Clay Ditmas. The Blakeslee-Johnston Wedding. St.

Paul's Episcopal Church was the scene last week Saturday of the wedding of Miss Rosa Hoffman Johnston, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Levi Johnston, and Mr. Elbert Little Blakeslee of Hawley, the ceremony, at which the bride's father, assisted by the Rev. Samuel W.

Day, senior curate of the church, officiated, taking place at noon. Dr. J. Fred Wolle of Bethlehem, a friend of the family, played the wedding march. Miss Johnston, who was given away by her brother-in-law, Mr.

Henry O. Hunting, wore a gown of white lace and a long tulle veil which fell from a band set with pearls which is eighty years old and has been worn by a number of brides. Little Miss Elizabeth Phoenix attended her aunt as flower girl, carrying holly. Mr. William Ainey of Montrose, acted as best man and those who served as ushers were Mr.

David Ainey, Mr. Roderick Phoenix, Mr. Donald Elliott and Mr. Morean Reynolds. A reception at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs.

H. O. Hunting of 409 Clinton Street followed the ceremony. On their return from the South Mr. and Mrs.

Blakeslee will make their home in Hawley, Penn. Lambda Sigma Gamma's House Party. To close an interesting program of holiday celebration, the members of the Lambda Sigma Gamma, held a Christmas house party last night, Friday, in their Fraternity house at 316 Hancock Street. This was the second event held within a fortnight for the entertainment of the feminine friends of.