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BROOKLYN LIFE. AN interesting engagement announced during the past week is that of Miss Sarah Huntington Sturges, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Sturges, of 305 Washington avenue, to Mr.

Ezra Fitch, of Kingston, New York. Miss Sturges graduated from the Packer Institute two years ago, and was introduced to society shortly after, at a large reception given in her honor by her mother. Mr. Fitch is a lawyer of considerable prominence, and is one of the leading citizens in Kingston. He met his fiancee during the past summer at Babylon, L.

where Miss Sturges spent the season at her father's cottage, and the news of their engagement will be a genuine surprise to most of their friends. Miss Sturges is a connection of Mrs. John Gibb, her brother, Mr. Stephen Perry Sturges, having married a sister of Mrs. Gibb.

THE engagement is announced of Mr. Gilbert Maxwell, son of the late Charles Maxwell, and nephew of Mr. J. Rogers Maxwell and Mr. Henry Maxwell, to Miss Priscilla Kenedy, of Montclair, N.

a niece of Mr. John T. MR. AND MRS. EDWARD H.

LITCHFIELD and their family, with the exception of Mr. E. Hubert Litchfield, who preceded them, and has gone up to Harvard for his second year, returned from abroad on Friday of last week. They were accompanied by young Mr. George St.

Amant, of Paris, whose mbther is a cousin of Mrs. Litchfield, and will be remembered by the older representatives of Heights society as Miss March, of this city. The St. Affiants, though French by heredity, are loyal Americans in sentiment. Young Mr.

St. Amant's grandmother, the late Mme. St. Amant, lived for many years on Henry street. She was a very charming woman, and is well remembered by those who were active in society some twelve or fifteen years ago.

IHE marriage of Miss Annie Porter Lynes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Coley Lynes, to Mr. Charles Merritt Field attracted a large number of representative people of the Heights to New York on Thursday afternoon of last week. The groom, it need scarcely be said, is a thoroughly well-known Brooklyn man, a member of the Hamilton club and identified with the younger set of men in that highly respectable and dignified organization, while the bride formerly lived in Brooklyn.and her mother's family, the Rowlands, are old Heights people.

The wedding was solemnized at half after four o'clock in the house of Mr. Stephen C. Lynes, 152 West Fifty-seventh street, the Rev. Dr. Richard S.

Storrs officiating. The drawing-rooms were beautifully decorated with palms, ferns, smilax, white roses and chrysanthemums. The bride's gown was of heavy white satin trimmed with point lace, the veil of tulle being fastened with orange blossoms, and she carried a shower bouquet of lilies of the valley. The bridesmaids were her four young nieces, the Misses Mable, Natalei, Alice and Helen Stanton, all wearing dainty frocks of mousseline de soie over white taffeta, and carrying loose bouquets of pink roses. The best man was Mr.

Percival C. Smith, and the ushers were Dr. Myron F. Denton, Mr. Howard Willetts, Mr.

Alexander B. Richards and Mr. Edward Lynes. AMONG those present at the ceremony, which was chiefly attended by relatives, were Mr. and Mrs.

George A. Stanton, Mrs. Yoeman, Miss Rowland, the Misses Lynes of Danbury, Mrs. Field, Mrs. Manning, Mr.

Richard Field, Mr. William Field, Miss Fraser, Miss Cromwell, Mrs. Thomas Porter, Mrs. T. Wyman Porter of Montclair, Mr.

and Mrs. Frederick Cromwell, Mr. and Mrs. William Mason, Mr. Sheffield, Miss Sheffield, Dr.

and Mrs. Crary, the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. B.

Coe, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Van Sinderen, Miss Marion Smith, the Misses Ogden.

The Brooklyn guests at the reception which followed, included Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Packard, Mrs. Finck, Mr. and Mrs.

Willis L. Ogden, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Callender, Miss Hutchinson, Miss Reynolds, Miss Miller, Mr. and Mrs.

Charles A. Hull, Dr. and Mrs. Jarvie, Mr. and Mrs.

Samuel Rowland, Mrs. Forbes, Miss Edwards, the Misses Gilkison, Miss Callender, Mr. Howard Hadden, Mr. and Mrs. C.

A. Otis, Mr. John CI.MVI "Vf TTVorl Qliprmin Mice TTtTan QViormon ATrc Miss Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Josiah T.

Marean, Mr. and Mrs. Gladwin, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rowe Shelley, Mr.

and Mrs. Richard S. Barnes, and Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Loeser.

The bride and groom will spend the winter at the Buckingham, in New York. THE engagement is announced of Miss Louise E. A. Foote, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

James W. Foote, of Decatur street, to Mr. W. W. Walsh, of President street.

ON Thursday, December 10, at the Academy of Music, Brooklyn, there will be another lecture by the Rev. John Watson, familiarly known to the reading public as Ian Maclaren." This will be Dr. Watson's last appearance in this city, as he sails for Europe on December 16. During the winter a series of ten concerts by Seidl and the Metropolitan Orchestra, under the auspices of the Brooklyn Seidl Society, are to be held in Brooklyn. The first concert is announced for Tuesday evening, October 27, at the Clermont Avenue Rink, admission being but fifty cents.

MRS. JOHN B. WOODWARD and her son Mr. Robins Woodward returned to town on Thursday from New Canaan, where they have been spending the summer. Mrs.

Robert B. Woodward, of Pierrepont street, who also spent the summer there, will remain for some time longer, her return having been delayed by a runaway accident which befel her recently, but which happily resulted in nothing more serious than the shock to the nerves which such an occurrence would naturally effect. THE opening of the Barnard Clubrooms at 20 Pierrepont street, on Tuesday afternoon, was an event of more than common in- terest to that element in society which seeks intellectual entertainment rather than Much credit is due to those who have been intrusted with fitting up the rooms for the successful result of their efforts to make them both 'comfortable and attractive in appearance. Two floors are occupied by the club, and within these are comprised reading-rooms, a writing-room, and a Dutch room. The fact that the latter may be used as a smoking-room is a concession to the masculine members of the club, though there is no intention to reserve it for their exclusive use.

The rooms are to be open every day from 10 a.m. until 11 p.m. Saturdays have been designated as the regular club day, on the afternoons of which the members may meet socially, and tea will be served. One of the advantages offered by the club is a private room, which may be engaged by any member for committee meetings or any similar purpose. A large number of members was present on Tuesday afternoon, when Mrs.

Frederick Bellamy, Mrs. French, Mme. de Meli, Miss Dreier, Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen, and Miss Estes acted as hostesses, and Mrs.

William; Packer, Mrs. Charles Judson, Mrs. William Wallace, and Mrs. W. A.

Taylor presided over prettily appointed tea tables. rPHERE is a project on foot in which Brooklyn society as well as 1 the professional artists and musicians of the city will be particularly interested. It is, in fact, the building of a music hall.which will be to Brooklyn what Carnegie Hall is to New York; that is to say, a well-equipped building, fitted for the accommodation of large audiences, and designed to be the place in which all the musical entertainments of high quality will be given. While the concert hall is the primary consideration, it is also intended to supply the artists and musicians of the city with a studio building, containing rooms designed with especial attention to their requirements. I am not at liberty to divulge the names of the capitalists who 'are backing the enterprise, nor as yet are there more precise details forthcoming.

More definite plans await the acquirement of a favorable site, which matter is now under consideration. It may be added, however, that all those at present in contemplation are in near proximity to Fulton street and Flatbush avenue, and that there is every indication that the project will soon be put into execution. The lack of any adequate hall in which to hold entertainments of the character mentioned, and Charles Adams, Mr. and Mrs. William Dougherty, Mrs.

Francis L. Hine, Miss Fellowes, Miss Gansby, Mr. and Mrs. James Williams, tnc IaCl Uiai UlCIC is iJ wcii-ciuippcu siuulu uuuuiug ui are the circumstances on which the projectors rest their hopes of suc- (Contlnued on pag 12.).