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BROOKLYN LIFE Week in Society Saturday's Double Bill at the Academy Comedy and tragedy so rarely go hand in hand in an opera bill that the combination of "I1 Segreto di Susanna" and "I Pagliacci," which is to bring the Brooklyn season to a close on Saturday evening, is a particularly happy one. It might be called a program for everybody, since it is well calculated to please all. The humor of "Susanne's Secret" is infectious, and with the charming music accompanying it there is an hour or so of sheer delight. Bori and Scotti will make this performance of the Wolff-Ferrari opera a delightful one. As for "I Pagliacci," this tragedy of a Calabrian village, which Leoncavallo has set to music, is remarkable for its vivid dramatic character, as well as for a score of genuine worth.

The opera is more than familiar to Brooklyn, but fresh zest will be given to the performance by a cast possessing novel interest. Thus Muzio will be the female portion of the eternal triangle, Salazar the tenor, and "Chief" Capoulican the baritone. Capoulican comes, it is understood, from one of the aboriginal tribes of South America. In any event, he has- made considerable headway in the operatic world, and last season was a success in "The Polish Jew." The Minton-Church Wedding on Tuesday Mr. and Mrs.

Henry Miller Minton (Helen Dwight Church), who were married on Tuesday afternoon at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. John Logan, 90 Joralemon Street, have sailed for Bermuda, and on their return will make their home at 38 Livingston Street. Their wedding, which was attended by only the immediate families, took place at the home of the bride's sister, owing to the fact that the parents of the bride, Mr.

and Mrs. E. Dwight Church, have not opened their residence at 286 Clinton Avenue this winter, but have been living at The Chatham in Manhattan. Mr. Minton is the son of Dr.

and Mrs. Henry Brewster Minton of 165 Joralemon Street. The Rev. Dr. L.

Mason Clarke of the First Presbyterian Church on the Heights performed the wedding ceremony at 5 o'clock. Miss Natalie H. Jourdan of Brooklyn attended the bride as maid of honor and Mr. Luis M. Alzamora acted as best man for the bridegroom.

Miss Beatrice Hopkins' Wedding One of the most important weddings of the coming month will be that of Miss Beatrice Hopkins, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Porter Hopkins of 180 Clinton Avenue, and Mr. Daniel Murray Edwards, son of Mr. and Mrs.

D. M. Edwards of Syracuse, N. Y. The wedding will take place at the home of the bride on Saturday afternoon, April 8th, at 4 o'clock, and the invitations are limited to relatives and intimate friends of the family.

Miss Hopkins will have as her maid of honor the bridegroom's sister, Miss Dorothy Edwards, and her two cousins, Miss Beatrice Beard and Mrs. James A. Hewlett of Manhattan, will be her bridesmaids. Mr. Thomas Ashley Dent, of Syracuse, will act as best man.

The ushers will be the Messrs. G. M. Laughlin, 3rd, of Pittsburgh, Alexander Dann of Buffalo, Richard La Vie and John Englis of Manhattan, William Easton of Rochester, George D. Scott of St.

Louis, and Harold Edwards and Alexander Nash of Syracuse. Keen Interest in Next Week's Poly Show When the box office sale opens Monday for the "The Poly Follies," the much-heralded Poly Prep alumni revue to be staged under Ned Wayburn's direction at the Academy next Friday and Saturday nights, a line will be waiting. This will be merely a case of history repeating itself, for each year sees many applicants eagerly awaiting the day tickets go on sale. But how long the line will be, or whether it will be broken during the five days when seats for the opening performance, school and college night, are on sale are grounds for conjecture. Certain it is that no Poly show of the past has caused society to whir and buzz in anticipation as has "The Poly Follies." Although the committee has revealed practically nothing concerning the costume plan, plots of the twenty episodes, or characters to be impersonated, the enthusiasm which manifested itself at Mr.

Wayburn's first rehearsal, February 7th, and which has permeated the company ever since, spread into the homes of the sixty-five members of the company and committee, whence it has radiated throughout the borough. One cannot help being interested in seeing how the many new stars will shine sin their first stellar roles. Nor can one fail to appreciate the exceptionally large number of young men who were prominent in college dramatic and glee clubs now to be seen in their first Poly show. Mr. James F.

Matthews, who was billed as "Half a Pint o' Scotch" in a recent R. P. I. production, is to give a monologue and sing two songs, while Mr. Martin G.

Charles, of Princeton Triangle fame, has several impersonations. The most. strenuous dance falls to the lot of Mr. Alfred E. Oldaker, with the Dalzell-Maguire team tied for a close second.

Apparently Mr. W. O. Sullivan has to be more different kinds of girl than any other member of the cast, as he has eight changes of costume. Mr.

Frank Carrao, also a "girl," has seven. Mr. Albert I. Hannaburgh's pleasing baritone will be heard for the first time in a Poly show, the same being true of Mr. Ray Perkins' pianologue.

"The Poly Follies" will open with a prologue and close with a brand new Irving Berlin chorus number, "The Bonus Committees of "'The Poly Follies" Credit for the success of the Poly Show--and a success it is sure to be may be given to the graduates of the school who are serving on various committees. These include: Executive committee Messrs. George C. Keady, chairman, Stephen V. Hopkins, William 'Siegrist, Willard B.

Kapper, Frederic H. Werlemann and Wesley N. Mudford. Mr. John R.

Farrar, is on the producing committee with Messrs. Keady, Kapper and, Werlemann. Patroness committee members are: Messrs. Gordon C. Thayer, chairman, Douglas M.

Bomeisler, Walter F. Carter, John P. Clark, Auguste J. Cordier, Henry J. Davenport, Thornton Gerrish, Morris U.

Ely, F. Goldthwaite Sherrill, and Porter Steele. Mr. Siegrist is business manager and Mr. Howard P.

Keady assistant business manager; Mr. Kenneth Lyons is treasurer and Mr. Hopkins press representative. Card Party at Mrs. Charles J.

Peabody's Home For the benefit of Bethany Memorial Kindergarten a card party will be held at the residence of Mrs. Charles J. Peabody, 128 Willow Street, on Tuesday afternoon, March 21st, at -past two The Bethany Committee, which is in charge of the affair, includes: Miss Harriet B. Littig, chairman; Mrs. Edwin W.

Belcher, Mrs. Philip Brasher, Mrs. Henry L. Meyer, Mrs. Johannes Meyer, Mrs.

Samuel Nelson, Mrs. Charles J. Peabody, Mrs. Royal Peabody, Mrs. A.

M. Richmond and Mrs. H. L. Wickes.

Bethany Memorial Kindergarten is so well known it seems superfluous to mention that for twenty-six years it has made its influence felt in one of the most crowded of Brooklyn's densely populated sections. Although it has always been in the same neighborhood, its present home, 316 Hudson Avenue, dates from the beginning of prohibition. For forty years is was a saloon noted for its bad character. Now it has been transformed into a cheerful place where 100 happy children gather daily for a safe and merry playtime and to learn their first great lessons of life. It is to help meet the yearly expenses of this great work that the card party is to be given at Mrs.

Peabody's home next Tuesday. Bridge to Benefit Girls' City Club At the residence of Mrs. William P. Earle, 120 Willow Street, a bridge will be given on Friday afternoon, April 7th, for the benefit of the Brooklyn Girls' City Club, an organization for working girls now located at 69 Schermerhorn Street. Many prominent Brooklyn women are interested in this bridge, further details of which will be announced next week.

Candle Light Tea at Mrs. Edward G. Riggs' Home The Friendly Committee, of which Mrs. Frank Melville is president, will be "at home" to its friends at a "Candle-Light Tea" to be held on Tuesday afternoon, April 4th, from 3 until 6, at the residence of Mrs. Edward G.

Riggs, 38 So. Portland Avenue, for the benefit of Brooklyn's First Free Kindergarten. Mrs. Walter M. Meserole is chairman of the tea, at which there will be on sale tea and cake, also preserves and candles.

Friendly Committee is composed of the following well-known Brooklyn women, Mrs. John Anderson, Mrs. John W. Bailey, Miss Kate C. Baldwin, Mrs.

John H. Bogardus, Mrs. John R. Bleeker, Mrs. David E.

Breinig, Miss Mary Butterick, Mrs. Audley Clarke, Mrs. Walter V. Cranford, Mrs. James C.

Cropsey, Mrs. R. Percy Chittenden, Mrs. Elliott Du Bois, Mrs. Charles Jerome Edwards, Mrs.

Thomas Everit, Mrs. Ernest P. Goodrich, Mrs. Daniel V. B.

Hegeman, Mrs. Charles A. Hough, Mrs. George F. Hummel, Mrs.

Wallace T. Jones, Mrs. John E. Lloyd, Mrs. Earl C.

Maxwell, Mrs. Walter M. Meserole, Mrs. Frank Melville, Mrs. Charles Obermayer, Mrs.

Frank Reynolds, Mrs. Edward G. Riggs, Mrs. Charles N. Schenck, Miss Elizabeth 'Stoughton, Mrs.

Frederick P. Tuthill, Mrs. Townsend J. Underhill, Mrs. Walter F.

Wells, Mrs. Sherman Wight, Mrs. John O. Williams, Mrs. James M.

Wilson, Mrs. Harry V. Wing, Mrs. Edmund H. Driggs and Mrs.

Backhouse. Professor Tinker's Talk at Mrs. William H. Good's Subscribers to the series of evenings being given for the benefit of the Master School of Music are looking forward to Thursday evening, March 23rd, when Mr. Chauncey Brewster Tinker, professor of English at Yale University, will speak on "Young Boswell in Love" at the residence of Mrs.

William H. Good, 880 St. Mark's Avenue. The popularity of Professor Tinker makes this evening one of the most interesting of the series. Assisting Mrs.

William H. Good as hostesses will be Mrs. Samuel Bowne Duryea, Mrs. James L. Morgan, Miss Theodora Bulkley, Mrs.

Edwin C. Ward, Mrs. George S. Frank, Mrs. H.

Edward Dreier, Mrs. Robert O. Brockway, Mrs. I. Sherwood Coffin, Mrs.

William Henry Fox, Miss Elma Loines, Mrs. Frank Reynolds, Mrs. Norman S. Dike, Mrs. John Anderson, Mrs.

John Van Buren Thayer, Mrs. Edward C. Blum, Miss Serena Robbins, Miss Margaret Conger, Miss Sallie Ingalls, Mrs. C. Blair Leighton, Mrs.

George L. Patterson and Mrs. Holton Scott. A group of attractive young girls, members of the senior class at the Brooklyn Heights Seminary, will assist. They are Miss Alice Good, daughter of the hostess, Miss Mary Johnson, Miss Elizabeth Deyer, Miss Louise Talmage, Miss Elizabeth Chase, Miss Lisbeth Higgins and Miss Beatrice Cantwell.

Dance of Little Men and Women of '76, C. A. R. The annual spring dance of the Little Men and Women of '76, C. A.

will be held at the Heights Casino on Easter Monday, April 17th. This is for the seniors of the society, but the juniors are not in the background this spring, for they are now having a membership drive, and they hope to make their chapter the largest in the country. The officers of the society are as follows: Mrs. Stephen V. Hopkins, honorary president; Mrs.

Clarence R. Hyde, president; Mrs. John VanB. Thayer; Mrs. Glentworth R.

Butler, Mrs. James R. Radcliffe and Mrs. Harold L. Mitchell, vice-presidents; Mrs.

Harold L. Mitchell, registrar; Miss Jean G. Sherman, treasurer, and Miss Alice E. Hyde, 242 Henry Street, secretary. Any girl or boy may be eligible for membership in this society who is lineally descended from a man or woman, who with unfailing loyalty rendered material aid to the cause of American Independence as a soldier, sailor, civil officer or recognized patriot.

The work of this Society is a continued and better understanding of our country past and present; a better knowledge of the historical points of interest in our city and state, and a desire to become the highest type of citizen and instill in one and all the finest feelings of patriotism. Money is constantly being raised, and among the works accomplished through this means has been to supply some dependant shell-shocked soldiers with the simplest of luxuries, the giving of 75 American flags to new citizens in the Naturalization Court, $25.00 has been given to the Brooklyn Red Cross, $30.00 to the French Red Cross, and $20.00 to the Woman's Roosevelt Memorial Association. Little Men and Women of '76 are now furnishing a room in the Lefferts Homestead, which will stand in perpetuity in the name of this Society. Four meetings a year are held for the junior members, and a subscription dance for the Seniors at Easter. Dr.

Charles L. Johnston Marries Miss Gerow Announcement has been made by Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Flagler Carpenter of Milton, N. of the marriage of their sister, Miss M.

Augusta Gerow, to Dr. Charles Lindley Johnston of 232 Hancock Street, Brooklyn. The wedding took place on Saturday, March 11th, at the bride's home in Plattekill, N. Y. Mrs.

Eugene A. Staples of Brooklyn attended the bride as matron of honor and Mr. John Franklin Moult, son-in-law of Dr. Johnston, acted as his best man. Dr.

and Mrs. Johnston will make their home at 232 Hancock Street. Miss Muriel L. Smith Engaged Mr. and Mrs.

Charles Duryea Smith of 299 Jefferson Avenue announce the engagement 'of their daughter, Miss Muriel Lloyd Smith, to Mr. Edward Delavergne Reynolds. Miss Smith is a graduate of Packer Institute, and is at present studying at the Master School of Music. She is a member of the "Little Men and Women of '76," and the "Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century." Miss Smith is a descendant of Edward Doty, who came over in the Mayflower, and also of Joost Duryea. Mr.

Reynolds is the son of Mrs. and the late George Reynolds, a grand-nephew of the late Judge George Greenwood Reynolds, and a nephew of Mrs. John Thompson Sackett. He is connected with the National Bank of Commerce, and during the war was stationed at Camp Wheeler, Georgia..