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BROOKLYN LIFE. II Miss Towns Engaged to Mr. Esselstyn. Miss Alice Smith Engaged. 'f The Honorable and Mrs.

Mirabeau Lamar Towns fof 24 Announcement was made on Monday of the engagement of Eighth Avenue have announced the engagement of their Miss Alice Smith, daughter of Mr. Horace G. Smith of 547 daughter, Miss Florence Augusta Towns, to Mr. Richard Her- Argyle Road, to Mr. E.

Carlton Turnbull, son of Mrs. Ed-. kimer Esselstyn, son of Mrs. Sherman Esselstyn of 96 Lin- gar W. Turnbull of 467 Rugby The announcement coin Place.

Mr. Esselstyn is a member of the Seventh Regi- was made at a five hundred party given by Miss Smith at her ment, mounted orderly section, which entrained on Tuesday home. morning for Brownsville, Tex, He is a great-grandnephew of the late General Herkimer. Announcement of the engage- Brooklyn Men in the National Guard. ment was made on Tuesday in the form of a military order A visit to Van Cortlandt Park on Saturday evening of.

sent to the classmates of Miss Towns in Berkeley, last week, where Brooklyn's cavalrytroops and other formal announcement being made because of Mr. Es- of the First Cavalry, N.G.N.Y., were in camp over night selstvn's regiment beimr hurriedly called to Texas, presented a most inspiring picture of. the solendid men. Brooklyn is sending to the of their country. We With the Dogs Under the Apple Trees.

-jj found the camp rules strict and although the camp fires The adage that every dog has his day contains suggestions burned brightly, we could not get beyond the guards and of pleasure, but no canine deems it his particular day when picket men to look for friends; however there were volun- he is exhibited at a show and competes with other resentful, teers to go in search of them. Inquiring for the -Brooklyn1 creatures of his breed. It may be his owner's day, but no contingent camping at Van Cortlandt for the night, we were- matter how friendly of temperament, he has reproachful eyes directed to drive a quarter, of a mile toward the other side for old friends and snarls for strangers until this trying day of the Park from which' we had entered. -Hiking to Mexi- is over. "Of all shows, however, the dogs are least averse co should be just one quarter easier to the man who di- to those outdoors, and they were all fairly happy at the ex- rected us than to the other menk for his quarter of a mile hibition held at Gedney Farm, White Plains, last Saturday registered just one mile on the speedometer.

It is estima- under the auspices of the Westchester Kennel Club. The ted that there were over ten thousand visitors at the camp apple orchard, near Gedney Farm Inn, and once the property" in the evening, with a steady procession of machines. The of Mr. Howard Willets, was used for the show and in long men not on guard duty could enjoy a ride with family. or alleys rootea witn canvas ana separated Dy wire netting me ineuus ana many were seen sirouing mrougn tne ranc, iar dogs were kept in leash" until taken into the ring.

In fact. from the camp fires. In our search for troop we were- they were a little more comfortable than many of the persons directed to the second conical tenl along the company street under the old apple trees, for they could lie vdown on the and told to inquire of the guard there for the men we wanted grass, while there were not' enough camp chairs, and no to see. The guard proved, most fortunately, to be one we benches, for spectators, this being the only fault in the ar- were looking for, and he was able to get some one to re-; rangements. It was hot quite such a picturesque show as lieve him while he came out on the road to talk with us.

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for Saturday, July eighth, for at the latter place there are at four o'clock in the morning because we realized that they snow-white tents and hundreds of orange pennants that fly would need all the rest they could get and we took with us in the ocean breeze, while in the near distance there is a a feeling of pride in these men, representative of our bor- narrow bridge across the creek leading to Mr. Henry G. and a strong link this country's National TratmrB liAma om1 AtA'toe rvin rr fl noracnle -if otqv T-Tpicr1it men nrnminpnl' in rMPtv nr tri tip fonnrl in flic mn- color go back and forth to luncheon and tea, the effect is tor battery, the squadron and several are in the Yale. Bat-, quite like a Japanese print. tery.

In the first Motor Battery are Mr. Vincent Arm- strong, Mr. Greenman Canda, Mr. Francis E. Walton, Mr, Sweet Consolation.

Franklin Birdsall, Mr, Roger. Whittlesey. Mr. Samuel i B. At Gedney Farm the prettiest sight was the judging of Van Wyck, Mr, Theodore Dauchy and Mr.

Carhart. the merry beagles, which, when their class was called, were Among those in the Yale Battery are Mr. Edward H. all turned into the outer field. Miss Mercedes Crimmins, in ton, Mr.

Elliott Wooley and Mr. Knight i Squadrpn hunting dress with green coat, velvet cap and whip in hand, A men include Mr. Almet Jenks, Mr. Yale Stevens, followed the pack of which she is the master, was accom- Mr. Lawrence Marks, Mr.

A. Wallace Chauncey, Mr. Henry i 1 ft 1 1 rr1 TS -Jt T. it. I paniea Dy ner tnena, miss L.iaa Louise rieitmann, wno, anemon ana mi.

ineouore ah we oeveiuu ivegi-though not in her habit, was equally mannish in attire, swing- ment are Mr. Guy Carleton, Mr. Stephen White and Mr, ing her swagger-stick as usual." In the class for American- C. Allen Schwarzwaelder, and in the Second Field. Artillery bred Airedales Mr.

William Myers Jones, the son of Mr. are Mr. Reginald Clarke, Mr. Victor Hen-and Mrs. Myers Richardson Jones, exhibited his "Heathcote ry Piatt Bristol, Mr.

Ahrend Schierenbeck, Mr. Lawrence Patricia," Mr. John Reid, also of Brooklyn, owner of "Heath- Lovell and Mr. Clarence Lloyd. Twenty-third Regiment men er Patricia also being an entrant in this class, which was include Mr.

Edward H. Valentine and Mr. Karl Wheel-judged by Mr. Theodore Offerman. Mr.

George A. Ellis, er. Mr'. Charles, I. de Bevoise is Colonel of the First Cav-: had consented to judge all the setters, but was unable airy and among those in the Cavalry are Mr.

John Ander-to be present and this duty devolved on Mr. C. Muss-Arnott son Fitz Randolph, Mr. Roy Baldwin Fitz Randolph, Mr, Little Katharine H. Maxwell came from Rye to Charles Curie, Mr.

Stanley S. Tumbridge, Mr. Richard show her cocker spaniel in a class for, any breed but owned C. Kettles, Mr. Charles T.

Young, Lloyd Chit-by children. This was the class in which no one's feelings tenden," Mr. Frost Haviland, Mr. Valentine Mr, could be hurt, for Mr. Willets, carrying out the old stand- Thomas Pratt, Mr.

Randolph M. Fuller, Mr. Arthur. Busch, ard of hospitality in order when Gedney Farm was his home, Mr. Carl Busch, Alfred Busch, Mr.

Alfred Hook, Mr, gave every little exhibitor a big box of candy, and both en- Philip Shorey, Mr. Elliott Wandel, Mr. Arthur Kiendl, i. 4- nn'Tec' minrl onm nrt in Tncpnh VfltiHrhi1t Mr TVifnHrrp Sntiirp Mr. Hprhprt llAIlia allU tuuitSj nu uv uu.

--i trial nibbles at the sweets. Mrs. Lloyd S. Cooney of Brook- V. Scanlon, Mr.

Carleton Perkins, Mr. Alfred Everson, -Mr. lyn and Greenwich showed her "Niblic Ga foozle," which Bayard Cummings, Rufus W. Gaynor and Mr. Richard sounds like the name for a golly woggle in a nonsense verse.

W. Bainbridge, Jr. Crescent Athletic Club has remit- "WJMiV Cafnnrle" hnwpvpr is a verv fine chow that com- ted all dues to members of the National Guard, which is peted in classes in which Mr. Harvey Ladew's famous "Mein quite an important item because of the many Crescent men Sing" was also shown. in the National Guard.

Additional men in the National Guard include Mr. Guy C. Mallett, with the Machine Gun Musicale at Greenwich. Troop of Squadron Mr. Clyde Martin, also in Squadron A musicale was given at the Greenwich Country Club on and with the New York called "New York's Monday morning by Miss Carolyn Beebe, pianist, who is Million Dollar Cavalry Regiment," are Mr.

James Thorn-well known in Brooklyn, and Mme. Gerda Bosley, soprano. A ton, Mr. Lucius Horatio Bigelow, Mr. Ranald H.

Mac-luncheon was served afterward on the wide south veranda. Donald, and Mr. Irving Olds. Mr. Richard Herkimer Among the patronesses were Mrs.

Edmund C. Converse, Mr. Esselstyn is with the Seventh Regiment. Captain Henry Robert Mallory, Mrs. Henry; F.

Schwarz, Mrs. Robert Sheldon commands Machine Gun troop of Squadron A. Smith, Mrs. Edward B. Close, Mrs.

Frank S. Hastings, wo- i Mrs. William G. Rockefeller, Mrs. Clifford B.

Harmon, Mrs. With the Plattsfcurg Rookies; r. Charles Mallory, Mrs. Alonzo Zabriskie and Mrs. Edgar J.

Mr. Charles E. was made a. corporal at the Marston. Plattsburg Military Instruction Camp last week and there were other men of Brooklyn interest recommended by their Mr.

Francois XaVier du Tremhlay Married. r4 comoany commanders particular, efficiency in military Of interest to the Poly men is the announcement of the training. Mr. Ralph Sprague of Manhattan was made First marriage of Mr, Francois Xavier du Tremblay to Miss Lucile Lieutenant of Battalion Adjutants Mr, A. Romeyn Pier-Freeman Turner of Manhattan, which took place on June son, was made a Second Lieutenant, and Mr.

Charles F. seventeenth in St. Agnes Chapel, Manhattan. Mr. du Trem- Lee was made a Sergeant.

Among the men who will go up blay held quite a record in Poly Prep athletics and while to camp on July eleventh for a month are Mr. Edwin Hicks there won his letter in track, basketball, football and baseball Bigelow, Mr. F. Rowland Jones, Mr. Stephen Van Culen and in 1914 was the interscholastic champion pole vaulter.

Hopkins, Mr. -Thornton Thayer and Mr. Gilbert Thirkleld. He has also taken part in the Poly Prep Alumni shows. Mr.

George Skinner was among those in the first camp and du Tremblay is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Francois du Trem- in the August camp will be Mr. Henry G. Fownes and Mr.

blay of Far Rockaway. Harry Valentine and Mr. William B. Murray, Jr..