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BROOKLYN 'LIFE: 14 a cover. Mr. William Wirt of Gary, will speak on the-Gary system and Miss Robbins, head worker of the Guild, will give a report of the work and tell how the "Whirlwind Campaign" funds have been used. Miss Bertha Stockwell is chairman of the dinner committee, which includes Mr. and, Mrs.

Frank C. Munson, Mrs. H. Edward Mr. Alvin Duerr, Mrs.

Edward S. Sanderson and Mr. William H. Friends' School Dinner. INSTEAD of the annual luncheon, the Mothers' Club of the Brooklyn Friends' School, in cooperation with the re-cently organized Fathers' Club, will hold a dinner on Monday evening, the twenty-seventh of this month, at the Hotel Bos-' sert.

Mr. John Haynes Holmes and Mrs. Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale will be the speakers of the evening. Mrs. Hale is to speak on the "Art of Parenthood." Mrs.

Charles McDermott is chairman of the dinner committee and Mr. Peter Hamilton will represent the Fathers' Club. Officers of the Mothers' Club are Mrs. Clarence D. Stone, president; Mrs.

Henry B. Seaman, Mrs. John C. Percy, Mrs. J.

Harm ilton Colket, Mrs. John Carver and Mrs. A. Wright Chapman. Mrs.

Edwin Ayers Ames a Hostess. Mrs. Edwin Ayers Ames gave a very attractive auction bridge on Thursday afternoon of last week at her residence, 390 Park Place, which was decorated for the occasion with violets and roses combined with greens. The eight prizes and their winners were a violet parasol, Mrs. Moody Bliss Gates; a violet table bowl decorated with birds and butterflies, Mrs.

Samuel Cochrane; a piece of lingerie, Mrs. A. E. Waterhouse a corsage bouquet, Mrs. Lawrence Hinch lavender bottle of smelling salts, Mrs.

George Sterling; a heart-shaped sachet, Miss Maisie Gay; a feather fan, Mrs. William John, and a box of handkerchiefs, Mrs. William S. Douglas. Among the guests were Miss Marie Pitt, Mrs.

Frank H. Tyler, Mrs. Edward J. Dingee, Mrs. Joseph Barker, Miss Viola Dyer, Mrs.

George B. Dalzell, Miss Maud Webb, Mrs. Daniels, Mrs. H. Swift, Mrs.

Nelson F. Mun-ger, Mrs. R. E. Howard, Mrs.

Louis Ballad, Mrs. John Bensinger, Miss Florence Smith, Miss Gertrude Irwin, Mrs. Georgej Irwin, Mrs. Frederick W. Smith, Mrs.

Albert Liel, Mrs. Seamans, Mrs. Emma Vandenhove, Mrs. Clarence Waterman, Mrs. N.

S. Munger, Mrs. William King, Mrs. Cromwell Child Mrs. Frederick Marquand, Miss Edith De Beixidon and Mrs.

Clarence Shumway. Mrs. Jessica Lozier Payne's Current Topic Talk. LiMrs. Jessica Lozier Payne's Current Topic Talk was de- hvered on Thursday morning of last week before the usual largeand enthusiastic audience at the Academy of Music.

1 his talk was devoted to affairs of home interest, the first topic of discussion being the recent revolt in Congress and its happy termination. Mrs. Payne then touched on the -Submarine Issue" and the "Mission" of Colonel House as a personal representative of President Wilson. The appointment of Mr. Newton D.

Baker as Secretary of War was very cleverly put forth and this led to the "Preparedness" question, Mrs. Payne discussed the theories of Mr. Taft, Colonel Roosevelt and Mr. Bryan in regard to this question and Compared the three in such ai way as to give a very clear impression of the character of each man. The Gridiron.

Club was next discussed and Mrs. Payne closed her very' i ii 1 1 i The Travel raveiers. Mrs. Albert Henderson Mathews and Miss Elsie Calder were among those who attended the annual meeting of the Society of Sponsors of the United States Navy, held in Washington a fortnight ago Mrs. Mathews, as Miss May Schieren, daughter of the late Charles A.

Schieren, chris- i tened the cruiser Brooklyn when her father was mayor of the then city of Brocklyn and Miss Calder was sponsor for the New York while her father, Mr. William M. Calder, was serving as Representative in Congress. The Sponsors met at the New Willard, opening: their sessions with a tea on Friday afternoon, March In the evening the 'Sponsors attended the Army and Navy reception at the White House. At the meeting on Saturday, March fourth, resolutions Were passed upholding President Wilson in his measures for preparedness and steps were taken td' raise funds for the adoption of a navy orphan.

A luncheon followed the meeting and afternoon session was "devoted to the election of officers and committees. Among those who attended the meetings, in addition to 'Mrs, Hall, Mrs. Mathews and Miss Raider, were Mrs. Russell Creamer Langdon, wife of Captain Lang-, don, formerly of Brooklyn and sponsor for the Rowan, and Sutcliffe of Manhattan, a great-granddaughter of Rob- ert Fulton and sponsor for the Others of Brooklyn interesting tans Dy explaining me two treaties recently ratified by the Senate, namely the Nicaragua -Treaty and'the Treaty of Hayti. Miss Gwendolyn Gwyer Married.

Miss Gwendolyn Gwyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Dayton Gwyer of 303 Putnam Avenue, and Mr. Robert Walker, son of Mr, and Mrs.

Richard L. Walker of' 52 Cambridge Place, were married the fourth of March in the chapel of the Messiah, the Rev. St. Clair rector of the Church, officiating. The bride was attended by, her cousin, Miss Eleanor Lee Flagg, and Mr.

Charles Walker, a brother of the. bridegroom, acted as best man. Miss Gwyer's wedding gown was of white chiffon and taffeta and she wore a lace After a trip to Florida Mr. and Mrs. Walker will make their home in Rrooklvn.

Mr. Walker is a brother of Mr. Richard L. Walker, who married Mary Ten Eyck Litch- field. interest stopping at the New Willard over last Sunday were Mr.

William Berri, Mrs. William M. Calder, Mrs. Martin' W. Littleton and Miss Henrietta Williams, who accompanied Mrs.

Mathews to Washington and who was a maid of honor at the christening ol the. Brooklyn. Mr. and Mrs. James Henry Jourdan are stopping at the Ormond Hotel, Ormond, Fla.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bacon Seward of the Hotel St. George left on Wednesday for the South to remain until the early part of April. Their plans included a few days'; in ington en route to Pinehurst, N.C., where they expect to.

remain a fortnight, returning by way of. Old, Point Comfort. and Mrs. Thomas who are now in Augusta, on their motor trip in the South, entertained at the; Country Club in Augusta at dinner, on Friday, of last week. Miss Mildred Bene Lehrenkrauss, of and.

Mrs. Charles H. Lehrenkrauss of 299 Place, sailed on the steamer Canillo on Wednesday of last week. for. a sev T'lie Yale Play in Manhattan.

While thef Poly Alumni were entertaining Brooklyn audiences in the Academy, over in Manhattan the Yale University Dramatic Association were displaying their histrionic abilities at the Waldorf-Astoria, where they gave performances of Oscar Wilde's "An Ideal Husband" on Saturday, March fourth. Many dinners, both large and small, preceded the evening performance and the boxes and many of the floor seats were filled with old grads and their families. 1 he play is about an English politician who has sold himself for money, a wicked widow who knows all about him, and is determined to' make capital out of the knowledge, a noble wife who believes in him, a friend who is determined to save him and so on. Of course the whole interest lay, in the skill with, which the Yale boys took the parts of the women. Mr.

William A. Hanway, '19, was the noble wife, Lady Chiltern, and was much admired for her statuesque beauty and really charming complexion. Mr. Dwight D. Wiman, '18 was the wicked widow, Mrs.

Cheveley, Mr. Douglas S. Moore, was Mabel Chiltern, and with the aid of a pair of really fetching dimples, made a charming ingenue. Mr. Moore is the son of Mrs.

Stuart Hull Moore. Mr. Edward Longstreth, '16, was Lady Markby, who isn't an important part of the play, but as a gossipy old lady supplies the comedy. A noticeable feature of the production was the color scheme, black and white, which prevailed throughout, in the costumes as well in. the stage settings.

The United Neighborhood Guild Dinner. The committee in charge of the annual dinner of the United Neighborhood Guild, which is to be held at the Hotel Bos-sert on Wednesday evening, the twenty-ninth of March, at -seven o'clock, are hoping that all who assisted in the Whirlwind Campaign" will attend the dinner. Mr. William H. Cary has charge of the subscriptions, which are two dollars en weeks' tour to Jamaica, West Indies, and with Mr.

and Mrs. A. H. Dollard, Miss Edith Dollard and Miss Maud Dollard of 251 East Nineteenth Street Mr. Dollard is taking an extensive automobile trip in his Lozier.

Mr. and Mrs. I. Clement Collier of 1169. Dean Street are spending several weeks at the Highland Pines Inn, Weymouth Heights, Southern Pines, N.C.

Mrs. B. G. Templeton. and Miss Mary P.

Templeton. have returned to their city residence, 425 Clinton Avenue, from the U.S. Grant Hotel, San Diego, CaL Mr. and Mrs. Charles R.

Hebard of 75 Macon Street are. enjoying the Mardi Gras at New Orleans, Mrs. Charles Jerome Edwards of 399a Grand Avenue left on Thursday of last week for a month in Mr. Charles Jerome Edwards is enjoying a six weeks' trip in Central America. 1 Mrs.

J. Adams Brown has left Melbourne Beach, and is now at Brick House Farm," Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, N.Y. Miss Benson of 214 Columbia Heights and the. Misses: Pierrepont of 1 Pierrepont Place are planning to leave on 'Tuesday of next week, March, twenty-first, for the Pacific Coast, expecting to be absent about six weeks. Mrs.

Walter Pell Nollman and Miss Madeleine' Nollman, of Third Street are at the Carolina, Pinehurst, N.C, for the remainder of the month..