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BROOKLYN LIFE. FROM letters recently received from Hong Kong I have obtained the following particulars regarding the marriage of Miss Mabel Eleanor Flinn, niece of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Bresette, of Fort Hamilton, and Ensign Albert Ware Marshall, U.

S. which, as was stated in these columns at the time, took place in Hong Kong on Tuesday, November fourteenth. The Cermony was performed in the Cathedral of St. John, the Rev. Mr.

Cobbold officiating. The bride was carried to the church in a jinricksha borne by four coolies certainly a very remarkable experience for an American bride. The groom and his ushers were attired in full dress uniforms, as were also many of the officers who were present as guests. Among the latter was Naval Constructor Richmond P. Hobson, of Merrimac fame.

Mr. and Mrs. Marshall received some very handsome presents, among them a silver tea-service from the ward-room officers of the U. S. S.

Baltimore, on which ship Mr. Marshall was stationed at the time. Since his marriage, however, he has been transferred to the Brooklyn, the new flagship of the squadron, and now holds the position of assistant secretary to Admiral Watson, the commandant of the fleet. As the Brooklyn is at Manila, Mrs. Marshall is living there, in the little colony formed by the wives of American army and naval officers.

ON Wednesday of last week Mrs. Charles Wilmer Wheeler, of 119 Lincoln place, gave a very enjoyable reception from four until seven o'clock, to introduce to society her daughter, Miss Rosalie Wheeler, who has recently returned from Paris, where she completed her education. Palms, smilax and ferns, interspersed with roses of various hues, decorated the drawing-room. In the dining-room the table appointments were in pink and green. The Neapolitan Orchestra played' and Albert Gerard-Thiers, the tenor, sang very delightfully during the afternoon.

Mrs. Wheeler received her guests attired in a handsome gown of black crepe de Paris trimmed with jet and silver passementerie, while the debutante was daintily gowned in white crepe de chine and mousseline de soie. The receiving party included Mrs. J. Fairman, Miss Rollins, Miss Vanderbilt and Miss Contencin.

MRS. FRANK PRENTICE ABBOT, of 5 First place, gave a charmingly appointed luncheon last week, Thursday, in honor of her daughter, Miss Kate Abbot, whose engagement to and on the first of last October determined to get married, but to keep the fact secret until the new year. Miss Young belongs to one of the oldest families identified with Clinton avenue, where they formerly resided at Number three fourteen. Her grandmother was a charter member of and her mother is an active member of the same society. Mr.

Towner is a son of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Towner, of St. James place, and is descended from old New England stock, tracing his ancestry back to Revolutionary times.

He is well-known socially and is a veteran member of Company Twenty-third Regiment. Mr. and Mrs. Towner are residing with the iatter's parents, at 9 Hancock street. rPHE second of the series of dances known as the Thursday 1 Evening Dances took place last week, Thursday, at the Pierrepont Assembly Rooms.

The patronesses for the occasion were Mrs. Otto Heinigke, Mrs. George Adams, Mrs. E. B.

Ackerman, Mrs. Henry Blatchford, Mrs. G. A. Evans, Mrs.

Walter Hutton, Mrs. W. Boutelle Mabie and Mrs. James B. Taylor.

Among the dancers present were Miss Florence Loudon, Miss Ramona Alvarez, Miss Julie Alvarez, Miss Lavinia Sanford, Miss Daisy McAleer, Miss Edith Creighton, Miss Agnes Hutton, Miss Edna Dare, Miss Ida Crane, Miss Stella Blatchford, Miss Kate House, Miss Grace Hall, Miss Louise Moon, Mr. O. W. Heinigke, Mr. Rufus S.

Scott, Mr. Louis Monjo, Mr. W. Homer Broadhurst, Mr. Vernon Joy, Mr.

Charles Porter, Mr. C. L. Home, Dr. Cornelius R.

Love, Mr. Robert G. Perry and Mr. Thomas Randolph. MISS ELEANOR TREDWELL, of 488 Third streetentertained a number of friends at a euchre and dance last week, Wednesday evening.

Her guests included and Mrs. Arthur Shiebler, Miss Findlay, Miss Florence Nix, Miss Nellie Blackwell, Miss Florence Newman, Miss Maisy Aiken, Miss Fox, Miss Ada Tredwell, Miss Irwin, Miss Lisette Lambert, Miss Grace Rollins and Miss Jessie Rollins; Mr. Harry Irwin, Mr. Howard Blackwell, Mr. Louis Edgar Blackwell, Mr.

John Preuss, Mr. Max Paige, Mr. Frank Scudder, Mr. Arthur Fox and Mr. Alfred Maben.

ONE of the most distinguished visitors in Brooklyn last week was Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. She was the guest of Mrs. Charles C. Knowlton, of 870 President street, who gave an informal reception in her honor on Thursday afternoon.

The callers were for the most part members of the New York League of Unitarian Women and their husbands. On the following morning, Mrs. Howe addressed the league at a meeting held in All Souls' Church, Manhattan. She spoke most charmingly upon the subject of "A Comparison of Manners," and could not have received a more cordial welcome upon her return to the lecture platform that she has, in her advanced years, practically abandoned. Mrs.

Howe was, it goes without saying, called upon at the close of her address to recite "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" a request to' which she graciously responded. AT the annual meeting of the Long Island Society, Daughters of the Revolution, held last week, Friday, at the Twenty-third Regiment Armory, Mrs. Andrew Jacobs, of Amity street, was re-elected Regent. Mrs. Stuart H.

Moore, Vice-Regent; Mrs. John Suydam, Corresponding Secretary; Miss Louise G. Bennett, Treasurer; Mrs. Bleecker Bangs, Registrar, and Mrs. Henry L.

Pratt, Historian, were also reelected to their respective posts. The only change made, therefore, was in the office of recording secretary, in which Mrs. J. P. Geran succeeds Mrs.

Oscar Lyle. The new Executive Board comprises Mrs. G. W. Schaumberg, Miss Mary Averill and Miss M.

Antoinette Gelston who were re-elected; also Mrs. Edward E. Cady, Mrs. Peter Austen, Mrs. Alexis C.

Smith and Mrs. I. D. Barton. Rev.

Theodore L. Cuyler is the chaplain. The society continues its patriotic work quietly but uninterruptedly, distributing reading matter and articles of comfort to the sick soldiers at Fort Hamilton and Governor's Island, sending school books to Porto Rico and placing pictures of national interest in the public schools. "This year it hopes to be more active than ever. Mr.

Julien Miner Hodgskin was recently announced, and also for Miss Margaret Augusta Morgan.whose marriagetoMr. Herbert Stanley Connell takes place this coming Monday. The table was decorated with red carnations and asparagus fern, presenting a very attractive appearance. A pretty conceit were the ices, which in the shape of double hearts, with the word "Love" written on a scroll which bound them together. The favors were dainty little silver chariots.

After the luncheon the guests were given illustrated book-titles to solve a very amusing as well as instructive game. Those winning the prizes were Miss Helen Hodgskin, Miss Edith Kneeland and Miss Antoinette Pell. The other young ladies present were Miss Edith Stockwell, Miss Marjorie Prentiss, Miss Madeline Zabriskie, Miss Mabel Henderson, Miss Ina Bigelow, Miss Elizabeth Walsh, Miss L. Norma Hegeman and Miss Florence Arnold. THE reception given on Saturday by Mr.

and Mrs. William Augustus Cook, for their daughter, Miss Mary Elizabeth Cook, was the distinguishing affair of last week on Bedford Heights. The Cook residence, at 961 St. Mark's avenue, was most attractively decorated with palms and a profusion of flowers. Red satin ribbon crossed and a large basket of American Beauty roses ornamented the table.

Muller's Orchestra, banked behind a screen of palms, played throughout the receiving hours, which were from eight until eleven o'clock. The receiving party included Miss Edith Cook, Miss Maude Conneley, Miss Bessie Ahlers, Miss Mabel Healey, Miss Louise Mayhew, Miss Ruth Peters, Miss Mabel Seamans, of Brooklyn, and Miss Jessie McGiheny, of Manhattan. MR. and Mrs. Franklin E.

Young, of 9 Hancock street, issued cards last week announcing the marriage of their daughter, Miss Mabel Young, to Mr. William Allen Towner, Jr. The news of the wedding came in the nature of a surprise to the many friends of both bride and groom, who were unaware that even an engagement existed between the young people. It was, indeed, quite a romantic affair. Mr.

Towner and Miss Young have been acquainted for the past four years, SOCIALLY the Long Island Society, Daughters of the Revolution, was most recently in evidence as a body at an entertainment given by one of the members, Mrs. George T. Bergen, of Mattituck, L. at the Oxford Club, a fortnight.