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1 1 1 1 1 BROOKLYN LIFE. 1-1 Towns Engaged to Mr. Esselstyn. Miss Alice Smith Engaged. The Honorable and Mrs.

Mirabeau Lamar Towns of 24 Eighth Avenue have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Florence Augusta Towns, to Mr. Richard Herkimer Esselstyn, son of Mrs. Sherman Esselstyn of 96 Lincoln Place. Mr. Esselstyn is a member of the Seventh Regiment, mounted orderly section, which entrained on Tuesday morning for Brownsville, Tex.

He is a great-grandnephew of the late General Herkimer. Announcement of the engagement was made on Tuesday in the form of a military order sent to the classmates of Miss Towns in Berkeley, 1914, no other formal announcement being made because of Mr. Esselstyn's regiment being hurriedly called to Texas. With the Dogs Under the Apple Trees. The adage that every dog has his day contains suggestions of pleasure, but no canine deems it his particular day when he is exhibited at a show and competes with other resentful creatures of his breed.

It may be his owner's day, but no matter how friendly of temperament, he has reproachful eyes for old friends and snarls for strangers until this trying day is over. Of all shows, however, the dogs are least averse to those outdoors, and they were all fairly happy at the exhibition held at Gedney Farm, White Plains, last Saturday under the auspices of the Westchester Kennel Club. The apple orchard, near Gedney Farm Inn, and once the property of Mr. Howard Willets, was used for the show and in long alleys roofed with canvas and separated by wire netting the dogs were kept in leash until taken into the ring. In fact they were a little more comfortable than many of the persons under the old apple trees, for they could lie down on the grass, while there were not enough camp chairs, and no benches, for spectators, this being the only fault in the arrangements.

It was not quite such a picturesque show as the one held annually at Southampton, which is scheduled for Saturday, July eighth, for at the latter place there are snow-white tents and hundreds of orange pennants that fly in the ocean breeze, while in the near distance there is a narrow bridge across the creek leading to Mr. Henry G. Trevor's home, and with ladies carrying flat parasols of gay color go back and forth to luncheon and tea, the effect is quite like a Japanese print. Sweet Consolation. At Gedney Farm the prettiest sight was the judging of the merry beagles, which, when their class was called, were all turned into the outer field.

Miss Mercedes Crimmins, in hunting dress with green coat, velvet cap and whip in hand, followed the pack of which she is the master, was accompanied by her friend, Miss Lida Louise Fleitmann, who, though not in her habit, was equally mannish in attire, swinging her swagger-stick as usual. In the class for Americanbred Airedales Mr. William Myers Jones, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Myers Richardson Jones, exhibited his "Heathcote Patricia," Mr.

John Reid, also of Brooklyn, owner of "Heather Patricia," also being an entrant in this class, which was judged by Mr. Theodore Offerman. Mr. George A. Ellis, had consented to judge all the setters, but was unable to be present and this duty devolved on Mr.

C. Muss-Arnott instead. Little Katharine H. Maxwell came from Rye to show her cocker spaniel in a class for any breed but owned by children. This was the class in which no one's feelings could be hurt, for Mr.

Willets, carrying out the old standard of hospitality in order when Gedney Farm was his home, gave every little exhibitor a big box of candy, and both entrants and entries, who won no prizes, found comfort in trial nibbles at the sweets. Mrs. Lloyd S. Cooney of Brooklyn and Greenwich showed her "Niblic Gafoozle," which sounds like the name for a golly woggle in a nonsense verse. "Niblic Gafoozle," however, is a very fine chow that competed in classes in which Mr.

Harvey Ladew's famous "Mein Sing" was also shown. Musicale at Greenwich. A musicale was given at the Greenwich Country Club on Monday morning by Miss Carolyn Beebe, pianist, who is well known in Brooklyn, and Mme. Gerda Bosley, soprano. A luncheon was served afterward on the wide south veranda.

Among the patronesses were Mrs. Edmund C. Converse, Mr. Robert Mallory, Mrs. Henry F.

Schwarz, Mrs. Robert A. C. Smith, Mrs. Edward B.

Close, Mrs. Frank S. Hastings, Mrs. William G. Rockefeller, Mrs.

Clifford B. Harmon, Mrs. Charles Mallory, Mrs. Alonzo Zabriskie and Mrs. Edgar J.

Marston. Mr. Francois Xavier du Tremblay Married. Of interest to the Poly men is the announcement of the marriage of Mr. Francois Xavier du Tremblay to Miss Lucile Freeman Turner of Manhattan, which took place on June seventeenth in St.

Agnes Chapel, Manhattan. Mr. du Tremblay held quite a record in Poly Prep athletics and while there won his letter in track, basketball, football and baseball and in 1914 was the interscholastic champion pole vaulter. He has also taken part in the Poly Prep Alumni shows. Mr.

du Tremblay is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Francois du Tremblay of Far Rockaway. Announcement was made on Monday of the engagement of Miss Alice Smith, daughter of Mr. Horace G.

Smith of 547 Argyle Road, to Mr. E. Carlton Turnbull, son of Mrs. Edgar W. Turnbull of 467 Rugby Road.

The announcement was made at a five hundred party given by Miss Smith at her home. Brooklyn Men in the National Guard. A visit to Van Cortlandt Park on Saturday evening of. last week, where Brooklyn's cavalry troops and of the First Cavalry, N.G.N.Y., were in camp over night, presented a most inspiring picture of the splendid men. Brooklyn is sending to the defense of their country.

We found the camp rules strict and although the camp fires burned brightly, we could not get beyond the guards and picket men to look for friends; however there were volunteers to go in search of them. Inquiring for the Brooklyn contingent camping at Van Cortlandt for the night, we were directed to drive a quarter of a mile toward the other side of the Park from which we had entered. Hiking to Mexico should be just one quarter easier to the man who directed us than to the other men, for his quarter of a mile registered just one mile on the speedometer. It is estimated that there were over ten thousand visitors at the camp in the evening, with a steady procession of machines. The men not on guard duty could enjoy a ride with family or friends and many were seen strolling through the Park, far from the camp fires.

In our search for troop we were directed to the second conical tent along the company street and told to inquire of the guard there for the men we wanted to see. The guard proved, most fortunately, to be one we were looking for, and he was able to get some one to relieve him while he came out on the road to talk with us. We left reluctantly when we heard that they expected to leave at four o'clock in the morning because we realized that they would need all the rest they could get and we took with us a feeling of pride in these men, representative of our borough and a strong link in this country's National Guard. Heights men prominent in society are to be found in the motor battery, the squadron and several are in the Yale Batterv. In the first Motor Battery are Mr.

Vincent Armstrong, Mr. Greenman Canda, Mr. Francis E. Walton, Mr. Franklin D.

Birdsall, Mr. Roger Whittlesey, Mr. Samuel B. Van Wyck, Mr. Theodore Dauchy and Mr.

Harold Carhart. Among those in the Yale Battery are Mr. Edward H. Thurs-, ton, Mr. Elliott Wooley and Mr.

Knight Wooley. Squadron A men include Mr. Almet F. Jenks, Mr. Yale Stevens, Mr.

Lawrence Marks, Mr. A. Wallace Chauncey, Mr. Henry Sheldon and Mr. Theodore Kiendl, Jr.

In the Seventh Regiment are Mr. Guy Carleton, Mr. Stephen V. White and Mr. C.

Allen Schwarzwaelder, and in the Second Field Artillery are Mr. Reginald Clarke, Mr. Victor Withstanley, Mr. Henry Platt Bristol, Mr. Ahrend Schierenbeck, Mr.

Lawrence Lovell and Mr. Clarence Lloyd. Twenty-third Regiment men include Mr. Edward H. Valentine and Mr.

Karl H. Wheeler. Mr. Charles I. de Bevoise is Colonel of the First Cavalry and among those in the Cavalry are Mr.

John Anderson Fitz Randolph, Mr. Roy Baldwin Fitz Randolph, Mr. Charles Curie, Mr. Stanley S. Tumbridge, Mr.

Richard C. Kettles, Mr. Charles T. Young, Mr. Lloyd Chittenden, Mr.

Frost Haviland, Mr. Valentine H. Seaman, Mr. Thomas Pratt, Mr. Randolph M.

Fuller, Mr. Arthur Busch, Mr. Carl Busch, Mr. Alfred Busch, Mr. Alfred Hook, Mr.

Philip Shorey, Mr. Elliott Wandel, Mr. Arthur Kiendl, Mr. Joseph B. Vanderbilt, Mr.

Theodore Squires, Mr. Herbert V. Scanlon, Mr. Carleton Perkins, Mr. Alfred Everson, Mr.

Bayard Cummings, Mr. Rufus W. Gaynor and Mr. Richard W. Bainbridge, Jr.

The Crescent Athletic Club has remitted all dues to members of the National Guard, which is quite an important item because of the many Crescent men in the National Guard. Additional men in the National Guard include Mr. Guy C. Mallett, with the Machine Gun Troop of Squadron Mr. Clyde Martin, also in Squadron and with the New York Squadron, called "New York's Million Dollar Cavalry Regiment," are Mr.

James Thornton, Mr. Lucius Horatio Bigelow, Mr. Ranald H. MacDonald, and Mr. Irving Olds.

Mr. Richard Herkimer Esselstyn is with the Seventh Regiment. Captain Henry Sheldon commands Machine Gun troop of Squadron A. With the Plattsburg Rookies; Mr. Charles E.

Hughes, was made a corporal at the Plattsburg Military Instruction Camp last week and there were other men of Brooklyn interest recommended by their company commanders for particular efficiency in military training. Mr. Ralph Sprague of Manhattan was made First Lieutenant of Battalion Adjutants; Mr. A. Romeyn Pierson, was made a Second Lieutenant, and Mr.

Charles F. Lee was made a Sergeant. Among the men who will go up to camp on July eleventh for a month are Mr. Edwin Hicks Bigelow, Mr. F.

Rowland Jones, Mr. Stephen Van Culen Hopkins, Mr. Thornton Thayer and Mr. Gilbert Thirkield. Mr.

George Skinner was among those in the first camp and in the August camp will be Mr. Henry G. Fownes and Mr. Harry Valentine and Mr. William B.

Murray, Jr..