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BROOKLYN LIFE. 14 meetings. To tell 'the truth there is no place in the borough which possesses as beautiful and artistic a setting for a dance as the Banquet Hall of the Academy and it seems strange that it is not more frequently in demand for functions of that sort One of the prettiest features of the afternoon were the waitresses, drawn from the ranks of the debutantes and near-delmtantes. All were in white and wore on their heads huge cerise bows with long ends hanging to the waistline and as the season is yet young and the girls are, in most cases, just back in town after months spent in the open air, their cheeks were as rosy as their bows and they were a joy to watch as they danced with that enthusiasm which only young people really enjoying themselves ever display. Mrs.

John Clapperton Kerr, who headed the committee of arrangements and who has worked so indefatigably for the success of the enterprise, personally looking after so many of the details, was here, there and everywhere seeing that people found the tables they had reserved, that refreshments were served with dispatch and that the whole machinery moved smoothly. A few of those noted in the throng were Mrs. Frank Day Tuttle, who looked very lovely in a black and white costume topped by a chic black hat Mrs. S. Edward Vernon, who was accompanied by her tall and very, stunning daughter who has not yet been anonunced as one of this season's debutantes, but will come out next winter if she does not this; Mrs.

Alden Swan, Mrs. James L. Morgan, Mrs. John Van Nostrand, Mrs. George W.

Chauncey, Mrs. Bayard Sands Litchfield, Mrs. George Notman, Mrs. Frederic B. Pratt Mrs.

James H. Callender, Mrs. George S. Frank, Mr. and Mrs.

Walter St. John Benedict, Mrs. James A. Radcliffe, Mr. and Mrs.

Edwin L. Snedeker, Mr. and Mrs. Albert D. Blashfield, Mr.

James Jenkins, Mrs. Richard M. Dorsey, Mr. Alfred W. Booraem, Miss Elsie Fuller, Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Lott Schenck, Mrs. Omri Ford Hibbard, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest H.

Pilsbury, Mr. and Mrs. Darwin R. Aldridge, Mrs. C.

Robert Dewey, Miss Frances A. Finlay, Miss Mar-jorie Prentiss, Mr. Fordham Paye, Miss Florence Hegeman, Mrs. Charles Seaman, Mrs. Charles L.

Livingston, Mrs. Glent-worth R. Butler, Mrs. Frank H. Cothren, Mrs.

William B. Jourdan, Mr. Guthrie Shaw and Miss Marie Dorsey. The Rembrandt Club Meets. There is no club in Brooklyn which has more delightful, meetings nor one of which the general public hear less than the Rembrandt Club which on Monday evening held its first session for the season at the residence of Mr.

Ludwig Nissen, 810 St. Mark's Avenue. The seventy members and guests present listened to a delightful lecture by Seumas McManus, the Irish writer, entitled "A Merry Ramble 'Round Ireland," Mr. A. Augustus Healy presided.

Wedding'of Mr. Gharles'Watluns Johnston. In Newark, N.J., at the home of the bride, Mr. Charles Watkins Johnston was married on Wednesday evening to Mrs. Louise Tompkins Cregar, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Philman Bonnell Tompkins of that city. Mr. Johnston is a son of Mr, and Edward M. Johnston of 89 St.

James Place, Brooklyn. The ceremony at half-past six was performed by the Rev. Dr. John -McDowell of the Park Presbyterian Church of Newark, assisted by the Rev. Percy T.

Edrop of this borough, a personal friend of Mr. Johnston. The bride's gown was of- brocade charmeuse trimmed with rose point and duchesse lace and her bouquet was of roses, orchids and lilies-of-the-valley. Her five-yeaivold daughter, Miss Hester Tompkins Cregar, was the flower girl She wore a dress of white lingerie over pink and carried pink roses. Mrs.

Cregar was given in marriage by her brother, Mr. Malvie Bonnell Tompkins. Her sister-in-law, Mrs. Tompkins, wore a gown of gold satin. A sister of Mr.

Johnston, Mrs. George T. Moon, of this in pink silk crepe trimmed with Florentine lace and ermine. His. mdther, Mrs.

Edward M. Johnston, wore lavender brocade trimmed with silk lace and fur. Mr. Johnston is an Adelphi graduate and a Cornell man, class of 1907. Mr.

and Mrs. CharUi Watkins Johnston will live at 23 Kearny: Street, Newark, Miss Alice C. Allen a November Bride. Wednesday evening, November twenty-sixth, has been chosen as the date for the wedding of Miss Alice Cleveland Allen of this borough and Mr. Walter, Bertrand Spellmire of Pittsburgh, Pa.

Miss Allen is the daughter of Mrs. Edwin L. Allen of 456a Classon Avenue, at whose home the wedding will take place, only members of the two families being present. Miss Allen will have, as her attendants two maids of honor, her cousins, Miss Helen Allen of Manhattan and Miss Gladys Owen of Madison, and two bridesmaids, Miss Valerie Tomes and Miss orothy Edith Mott of this borough. A'Fair atSt.rMarks.

jf) St. Mark's M.E. Ocean Avenue and Beverly Road, will hold a fair Wednesday and Thursday of next week. The fair is under the auspices ofi the Ladies' Aid Society of which Mrs. Lewis H.

Pounds is president. Mrs. H. D. Best is chairman and Mrs.

Arthur Hare assistant chairman. Milt Grace L. Johnston Engaged. Dr. and Mrs.

Charles Lindley Johnston of 232 Hancock Street announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Grace I Lavinia Johnston, to Mr. John Franklin Moult of this city. The engagement was made known to a few of Miss Johnston's most intimate friends at the Hallowe'en party which she gave last week Friday evening. Among those present were Miss Gertrude Bartruff, Miss Caroline Behre, Miss Adelaide Brewster, Miss Helen Butcher, Miss May Case, Miss Margaret Gage, Miss Kathleen Holton, Miss Ruth Johnston, Miss Ida Lentihlon, Miss Eugenie O'Brien, Miss Clara Peck, Miss Louise Prankard, Miss Gladys Rudolph, Miss Eleanor Schmid and Miss Beatrice Shakespeare. Mill Caroline A.

Cooke Christens Steamship. The big steel liner Manoa, which was christened at New-' port'Newsl last week Saturday morning, had as its sponsor "Miss Caroline Alexander Cooke, daughter of Mrs. CMpritague Cooke of Honolulu, H.I., and a granddaughter of Mr. 'and Mrs. James Lefferts of Flatbush.

Little Miss Cooke; by the way, is named for Mrs. Lefferts, who, before her marriage, was Miss Caroline Alexander. Mrs. Cbfcke and her daughter came on from Honolulu in the spring arid been visiting the Lefferts all summer. The Monoa is to ply between San Francisco and Honolulu.

Following the launching Mrs. Cooke, her daughter and Mrs. Lefferts were guests-at a luncheon of seventy-five covers given at the Warwick Hotel. An interesting fact about the Lefferts family which perhaps is not generally known is that Sir Lionel Carden, the British Minister to Mexico, who is so much in the public eye at present, married a sister of Mr. James Lefferts The Cardens have passed many years in 'h South and Central America and Sir Lionel has the reputation of understanding the political situation in that quarter of the globe better than any other foreigner.

Miss Margaret Simmons Wedding. The wedding of Miss Margaret Moe Simmons, daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. Waldemar M. Simmons of 167 Joralemon Street, to Mr.

Lawrence Cameron Hull, on Saturday evening of last week "brought to St. Ann's Church a large assemblage of relatives and personal friends of the bride and groom. Miss Simmons, a woman of great beauty and charm, made an ideal bride. Her wedding gown of white satin was cut on very; simple lines and made with a court train- of brocade and a long tulle veil was bound to her head by a broad band of rhinestones and pearls. She carried a bouquet of white roses and lilies-of-the-valley.

Her only ornaments were a necklace of seed pearls and a diamond and emerald pendant, a family heirloom. Miss Simmons came down the aisle escorted by her brother and was given away by her mother. Miss Kate Cameron Simmons, the maid of honor, wore a very beautiful gown of heavy white satin, the only touch of color being a large pink rose at the corsage. The bridesmaids were Miss Isabel Simmons, Miss Grace Hull, Miss Ethel Simmons Cameron and Miss Louise Cuyler Buchanan. None of the bridesmaids' dresses were fashioned exactly alike, but were in harmonizing shades of rose charmeuse, shading from the deepest to the palest tint.

Miss Simmons's costume was made with a deep green velvet girdle; that of Miss Buchanan, which was a trifle deeper in tone, was fashioned with long chiffon draperies and trimmed with rhinestones. Miss Hull's gown was quite a pale pink and at the corsage was a large rose with touches of Mack, while Miss Cameron's gown was of very pale rose with a white lace tunic. All carried bouquets of white chrysanthemums and autumn leaves. Mr. Hull's brother, Mr.

Leroy Hull, of Detroit, was best man and Mr. George Hurley of Providence, R.I.; Mr. Charles Hommann of Manhattan, replacing Mr. Louis Garner Bis-sell of Washington, who was ill; Mr. Howard Sumner Can-dee, Mr.

Edward Brooks Simmons, the bride's brother, and Mr. J. Hampden Dougherty, of Manhattan, formerly of Brooklyn, acted as ushers. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr.

Reese F. Alsop, rector emeritus. After the ceremony there was a small reception at the Simmons home, which looked exceedingly attractive with decorations of autumn leaves and smilax and pink flowers. In the centerpiece of white roses on the supper table were two small flags, one the Danish and the other which had been used as deco-" rations at the wedding of the bride's parents. Mr.

and Mrs, Hull will be at home after the fifteenth of January at 82 Montague Street. The Th6 Dansant. There is no doubt about it, the easiest way to raise money for charity is to give a the" dansant In the first place there is no trouble selling tickets in these days, when even superannuated gentlemen caper through the modern dances with as much agility and enthusiasm as their sons and daughters, and in the second place beyond the rental of a hall and the securing of the music there is absolutely no expense. The the dansant at the Academy of Music on the afternoon of Election Day for the benefit of Little Italy Settlement was one of the chief social features of the week which has boasted few excitements beyond a number of weddings and a. few club.