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BROOKLYN LIFE 9 Cast for "Wedding Bells" In the cast for "Wedding Bella," the charming three-act farce comedy by Salisbury Field, the Community Players are to give on, January 27th, for the benefit of Holiday House, will be Harold Callahan, Lincoln Jones, Roger R. Kahn, Roy Fitz Randolph, Arthur Bond, Isabel Craig; Ethel Lemaire, Justina Wayne and June Towner. announcing that he not only advocated but recommended the art of make-up. In these days of brilliant colorings he considered that one's face should harmonize with the sartorial scenery. "One paints old houses, why not old faces he inquired.

His second lecture will be given, at the home of Mrs. Stephen Loines, 3 Pierrepont Place, on January seventeenth, the topic being, "Judging Good Plays and Bad," and the reading, "The Unseen Host," by Percival Wilde. Lane, Miss Naomi Lane, Miss N. Magonigle, Miss Edna Magonigle, Miss Mildred Magonigle, Miss Janet Mac-Kay, Mrs. F.

Merrifield, Miss E. Murchie, Mrs. A.W. Mudge, Miss Hazel Meeker, Miss Betty McKendrick, Miss Charlotte Martensen, Miss Helen Palmer, Miss Janet Perry, Miss Margaret Pray, Miss Marion Preffer, Miss Madeline Ruhlman, Mrs. H.

Russell Ryder, Miss Grace Randall, Miss Evelyn Schoefer, Miss Sylvia Sin-claire, Miss Clara Schanz, Mrs. J. P. Smith, Miss Caroline Stoddard, Mrs. E.

L. Sheldon, Miss Olive H. Sheldon, Mrs. C. Sinclaire, Mrs.

W. E. Taylor, Miss Norma Werner, Miss Jane Williams, Mrs. H. Wk Woodward, Miss Dorothea Williamson, Miss Margery Wells, Miss Natalie Bomeisler, Miss Justine Sackett and Miss Alice Sturke.

Mrs, Bnrdick's Tea for Her Daughter-in-Law Mrs. Clinton De Witt Burdick gave a tea for her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Howard Burdick, on Tuesday afternoon, January 10th, at her home, 814 Carroll Street, between the hours of 4 and 7. Assisting the hostess in receiving were Miss Dorothy Johnson and Mrs. Courte-nay N.

Aten of Brooklyn and Mrs; Frank C. B. Page, Miss Ruth Page, Mrs. La Mar Washington and Mrs. Clinton Gilbert, all of Manhattan: Mr.

and Mrs. Leeming's Reception Last Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Leeming of 94 Eighth Avenue gave a reception at their home last Sunday afternoon in honor of Mr.

and Mrs. Josef Stransky and Henry Hadley. The committee for the subscription concert of the New York Philharmonic Society at the Brooklyn Academy of Music attended. Mrs. Burt Nichols, Miss Margaret Long, Miss Beatrice Sniff en and Miss Anna Lohman assisted Mrs.

Leeming' in serving. Among the guests were Mrs. Cornelius Zebriskie, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Joralemon Davenport, Mr.

and Mrs. Frank Melville, Mrs. Morris U. Ely, Mrs. Qarence Waterman, Mr.

and Mrs. Edward Quin, Mr. and Mrs. V. Kaltenborn, Dr.

and Mrs. Walter Truslow, Mr. Robert Shaw, Mrs. Robert Shaw, Mrs. Frank Reynolds, Mr.

and Mrs. Walter Scott Perry, Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Messerole, Mrs.

John Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Blum, Mrs. Walter Shaw Brewster, Miss Mary Hunter, Miss Mildred Leitz; Mrs.

H. Edward Dreier and Mr. and Mrs. August Dryer. Luncheon of National Society of Patriotic Women Among the women attending; the -annual luncheon of the New York Chapter, National of Patriotic Women, were Mrs.

Carolyn Mrs. Alexander C. Snyder, Mrs. Charles L. Burke, Mrs.

Harry Pike, Mrs. John Duncan Graham, Mrs. Henry. Siegrist, Mrs. William Parsons Slocovich and Schluter.

Mrs. Jourdan Hostess in Woman's Committee Box Mrs. James H. Jourdan. will be hostess in the Woman's Committee box at the next Brooklyn opera which is to be Charpentier's "Louise" and is to be given on Tuesday evening, January lfth, at, the Academy of Music.

i The Late Katrina Trask Peabody Although she had long been an invalid and unable to see any of her friends, the death after a brief illness from pneumonia of Mrs. George Foster Peabody, widely known in the literary world as Katrina Trask, came as a shock to her large number of friends of whom she retained many in Brooklyn, her native place and the home of her girlhood and early married life, though it is upward of thirty years since she lived here. The fact that less than a year ago, or, to be exact, February 6, 1921, she married her life-long friend and admirer and the intimate friend of her first husband, Mr. George Foster Peabody, gave an added pathos to her passing. She died at Yaddo, beautiful country home, which she and the late Spencer Trask created at Saratoga and made a social rendezvous only for distinguished vistbrs, but for the people of Saratoga of which it is the principal show place in the vicinity.

The death in rapid succession during an epidemic of scarlet fever of all her four children undoubtedly changed the whole couse of Mrs. Peabody's life and must have had a very marked effect in determining the character of her literary thought. But for this tragedy it is quite possible Mr. and Mrs. Trask would never have left Brooklyn.

She was not only a very, beautiful woman, but a member of a family identified with Brooklyn from the earliest times and at the time of her first marriage in 1874, occupying a conspicuously influential position in the social life of the Heights. She was a daughter of the late George L. and Christina Cole Nichols, her father being a direct descendant of Anneke Jans. The Nichols home, which was the scene of many a brilliant social gathering, was the house at the corner of Pierrepont and Hicks Streets, which a few years ago was the residence of the late Sanford Steele. She was a sister of Mr.

George Livingston Nichols of 399 Park Avenue and of Mr. Acosta Nichols of 102 East 65th Street, Manhattan. Of her literary life and her innumerable philanthropies and kindnesses it is scarcely necessary to dwell. She was not only unusually beautiful and talented, but greatly beloved and deservedly so, for few have exemplified Christian charity to a higher degree. Relnald Werrenrath Concert at the Academy Under the auspices of the Junior Alliance of the Central Congregational Church, Reinald Werrenrath, the celebrated American baritone, gave a recital on Monday evening of this week in the Opera House of the Academy of Music.

Although Mr. Werrenrath was suffering from a cold, he was most generous with his encores and gave all the favorite songs no program of his is complete without. Preceding his first number he announced that he could sympathize with those who were suffering with colds, but he hoped they would make an effort to cough during the loud parts of his songs. The program admirably grouped together two Schubert and one Schumann song, "Du bist die Ruh," "Der Dpppel-ganger," and "An den Sonnenschien" also Marx's "Ein Junger Dichter," and Hugo Wolf's "Liebesgluck," in all of which Reinald Werrenrath made a delightful impression upon his audience. His French group included Rhene-Baton's atmospheric "Sous le protection des vio-lettes," Benvenuti's "Canute son fatte le temple," Bassi's piccola Maria" and "Canto Frank Bridge's virile song, "Love Went a-Riding," brought the singer much well-deserved applause, and "Strew No More Red Roses" by the same composer was another favorite, but Bridge's "Go Not, Happy Day," aroused a veritable storm of applause, and many in the audience were disappointed when this song was not repeated.

This group ended with James H. Rogers' "The Last Song." The four Kipling songs in the final group made more universal appeal, perhaps, for the records of these selections made by Mr. Werrenrath are favorites in every home where there is a Victrola. After singing the whimsical "Fuzzy-Wuzzy," Mr. Werrenrath amused the audience by remarking that he had always understood that walls had ears, but he hoped in this case they hadn't, as Arthur Whiting, the composer, was then playing in the adjoining Music Hall.

The appealing "Duna" and "Khaki Lad" were added to the program as encores. Mr. Harry Spier accompanied the singer sympathetically, adding greatly to the enjoyment of the concert. International Institute Meeting at Mrs. Tyler's The International Institute, 106 Montague Street, which is the branch of the Brooklyn Y.

W. C. that makes the foreign-born girl and woman its special interest, is planning to have a meeting of some of the prominent Syrians of Brooklyn and well-known persons of this city who are especially --interested in this race, at the home of Mrs. Walter L. Tyler, 80 Pierrepont Street, on Thursday evening, January 19th, at eight o'clock.

Miss Ellen Yale Stevens is organizing the meeting. It is planned to discuss the problem of the Syrian girl to tell what the International Institute is doing to help her feel jnore at home in- the country of her adoption and to find out from the Syrians present other ways of making the work more effective. The evening will be a round-table discussion, with some Syrian music. Receiving with Mrs. Tyler will be Mrs.

Oliver W. Inger soll, chairman of International Institute, arid the other members of the committee. Among the Brooklynites who have expressed an interest in the meeting and expect to be present are Mr. and Mrs: Henry M. Halsted, president of the Y.

W. C. A. of Brooklyn Mrs. S.

Van R. Trowbridge who was with General Allenby in Palestine, Dr. and Mrs. S. Parkes Cadman, Judge and Mrs.

Willard Bartlett, Mr. and Mrs. Melville H. Beams, Mr. and Mrs.

I. Sherwood Coffin, Dr. and Mrs. L. Mason Garke, Dr.

John Denbigh, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Good, Dr. and Mrs.

Samuel- C. Hooker, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney R. Kennedy, Dr.

and 'Mrs. Thomas Lloyd, Mrs. Stephen Loines and the Misses Loines, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lyman, Mrs.

Charles Otis and Miss Helen Otis, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Pilsbury, Mrs.

George Prentiss, Mrs. Lewis R. Packard and Miss Mary Packard, Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Van Sindereh and Mr.

and Mrs. Alexander M. White. Among the prominent Syrians who expect to be present are Mr. Amin Bardwil, Mr.

George -Bardwil, Mr. S. Elhilow, Mr. N. Elhilow, Mr.

F. Elhilow, Mr. Don J. Faour, Mr. D.

Fuleihan, Mr. N. Fuleihan, Mr. S. N.

Mallouk, Mallouk, Mr. Alex Malouf, Mr. T. K. Malouf, Mr.

Andrew Nicola, Mr. J. Shehab, Mr. A. C.

Samara and Mr. Philip Zraik. Committees for "Wedding Bells" The committees for "Wedding Bells" to be given by the Community Players on Friday evening, January 27th, at the Central Y. M. C.

A. Auditorium on Hanson Place, have been formed and are working enthusiastically for the success of the affair. The proceeds are to be for the benefit of Holiday House, the vacation home of Holy Trinity Church, at Brookhaven, L. I. Mrs.

Morton C. Fitch is chairman of the entertainment committee, Mrs. Rodney C. Ward is chairman of publicity, Mrs. William H.

Price is in charge of the program girls, Miss Elizabeth Marckwald of the ushers and Mrs. Frank Bully is chairman of the flower and candy girls. Son Born to Mr. and Mrs. F.

DeHart Houston Mr. and Mrs. F. De Hart Houston of Concotd, formerly of Brooklyn', are receiving congratulations on the birth of a son born January 7th at the Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge, Mass. Mrs.

Houston was Elizabeth S. Weeden, whose family have been identified with and prominent on the Heights for many generations, and she has always lived in Brooklyn until last spring, when she and her husband moved to Mr. Houston's old home in In the Boxes at the Werrenrath Concert Among those in the boxes were Mr. and Mrs. S.

Parkes Cadman, Miss Lillian Cadman, Miss Marie Cad-man, Mrs. Werrenrath, mother of the Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lyons, Miss Marion Emerson, Miss Helen Peck, Miss Bessie Swan, Mr. Edward Lyons, Mr.

Leverett Lyons, Miss Edna Lyons, Mrs. Harry A. Moody, Miss Dorothy D. Moody, Mrs. Peck, Miss Josephine.

Peck, Mr. Walter Lynch and Mr. Edgar Garland of Wellington, New Zealand. The candy vendors and program girls were Miss Frances Arthur, Miss Adelaide Brewster, Miss Ruth Bliss, Miss Dorothea Behr-man, Miss Katherine Bird, Miss Isabelle Bird, Miss Julia Buckley, Mrs. W.

A. Clark, Miss Dorothy Cragin, Mrs. S. J. Cawley, Miss Gertrude Dubey, Mrs.

Herbert Daisley, Miss Marie Ernst, Miss Miriam Fradenburg, Miss Virginia Fuller, Mrs. J. D. Fackenthal, Miss Mildred Greason, Mrs. J.

E. Gray, Mrs. J. A. Godson, Miss Winifred Horwill, Miss Hattie Hussey, Miss Julia Hawley, Mrs.

Harry M. Hamilton, Mrs. Owen Houghton, Mrs. E. M.

H91, Miss Adelaide Jones, Mrs. Lorraine Kunkle, Miss Mabel Lineberger, Miss Lillian H. Lineberger, Miss Eleanor Leavens, Mrs. J. P.

Linz, Miss Eloise Linton, Mrs. Whitford Lee, Miss Mildred Patronesses for Holiday House Benefit The list of patrons and patronesses for the performance of "Wedding Bells" by the Community Players is not yet complete, but among those who will act in that capacity are Mrs. George Abbott, Mrs. Edwin S. Arnold, Mrs.

J. Dana Allen, Mrs. Ruel Ross Appleton, Mrs. Thomas H. Beardsley, Miss Francis L.

Bristol, Mrs. S. P. Cheeseman, Miss Annie Colson, Mrs. Lo-rejizo Caruana, Mrs.

Jessie M. Cantwell, Mrs. Edward P. Crowell, Miss E. L.

Carman, Mrs. Perry Dickie, Mr. Qarence M. Day, Mrs. G.

A. Dotterer, Mrs. James E. Dean, Mrs. Cameron Duncan, Mrs.

Colin C. Duncan, Mrs. William S. Edwards, Mrs. James Foster, Mrs.

A. M. Farman, Miss Louise Field, Mrs. Morton C. Fitch, Mr.

Edward R. Greene, Mrs. George W. Gid-dings, Mrs. Edward Gibb, Mrs.

William H. Griffin, Miss Eleanor S. Hart, Mrs. William C. Howard, Mrs.

Homer B. Jones, Mrs. John S. Jennings, Miss Lucy F. Jenkins, Miss Marie S.

Josephson, Mrs. Frederick D. Kalley, Mrs. John E. Leach, Mrs.

William S. Lambert, Mrs. Thomas L. Leeming, Mrs. C.

W. Lockwood, Misses Julia and Mary Latimer, Mr. John H. Mulcahey, Miss Olive Newcomb and Miss Louise M. Newman.

Benefit Bridge for Tiny Tim Society The Misses Ethel and Virginia Hanan were the hostesses at a bridge and tea for the benefit of the Tiny Tim Endowment Fund at their home 118 Eighth Avenue, on Thursday afternoon, January twelfth..