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BROOKLYN LIFE. 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. D. Swift, Mrs. Nelson F. Munger, Mrs.

R. E. Howard, Mrs. Louis Ballad, Mrs. John Bensinger, Miss Florence Smith, Miss Gertrude Irwin, Mrs.

George 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. Mrs. Jessica Lozier Payne's Current Topic Talk was delivered on Thursday morning of last week before the usual large and enthusiastic audience at the Academy of Music. This 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 al 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 interesting talk by explaining the 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 I. 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 Hester, 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 veil.

After a trip to Florida Mr. and Mrs. Walker will make their home in Brooklyn. Mr. Walker is a brother of Mr.

Richard L. Walker, who married Mary Ten Eyck Litchfield. The Yale Play in Manhattan. While the 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.

The 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, '15, 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 as 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 Bossert 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 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 Dreier, Mr. Alvin Duerr, Mrs. Edward S. Sanderson and Mr. William H.

Cary. Friends' School Dinner. INSTEAD of the annual luncheon, the Mothers' Club of I the Brooklyn Friends' School, in cooperation with the recently organized Fathers' Club, will hold a dinner on Monday evening, the twenty-seventh of this month, at the Hotel Bossert. Mr. John Haynes Holmes and Mrs.

Beatrice ForbesRobertson Hale will be the speakers of the evening. Mrs. Hale is to speak on the "Art of Parenthood." Mrs. Charles J. 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. Hamilton Colket, Mrs.

John L. Carver and Mrs. A. Wright Chapman. The Travelers.

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, christened 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 third. In the evening the Sponsors attended the Army and Navy reception at the White House. the meeting on Saturday, March fourth, resolutions were passed upholding President Wilson in his measures for preparedness and steps were taken to raise funds for the adoption of a navy orphan. A luncheon followed the meeting and the 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 Calder, were Mrs. Russell Creamer Langdon, wife of Captain Langdon, formerly of Brooklyn and sponsor for the Rowan, and Mrs. Sutcliffe of Manhattan, a great-granddaughter of Robert Fulton and sponsor for the Fulton.

Others of Brooklyn 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 of 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 Wash-, ington en route to Pinehurst, N.C., where they expect to.

remain a fortnight, returning by way of Old. Point Comfort. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Powers, 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 Lehrenkrauss, daughter of and. Mrs. Charles H. Lehrenkrauss of 299 Sterling Place, sailed on the steamer Canillo on Wednesday of last week for.

a seven weeks' tour to Jamaica, West Indies, and Panama, 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, La. Mrs. Charles Jerome Edwards of 399a Grand Avenue left on Thursday of last week for a month in California. Mr. Charles Jerome Edwards is enjoying a six weeks' trip in Central America.

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..