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Brooklyn Life and Activities of Long Island Society from Brooklyn, New York • Page 8

Brooklyn Life and Activities of Long Island Society from Brooklyn, New York • Page 8

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BROOKLYN LIFE Society in Brooklyn HE PATRONESSES FOR THE JUNIOR ASSEMBLY to be held at the Heights Casino on the evening of December 22nd are Mrs. Charles A. Boody, Mrs. Ira B. Downs, Mrs.

William C. Greenwood, Mrs. Stanley P. Jadwin, Mrs. Frederick D.

MacKay and Mrs. William Howard Good. The floor. committee is composed of the Misses Janet MacKay, Winifred Horwill, Elizabeth Reeve Greenwood, Alice Campbell Good, Alexandra Downs, Elizabeth Deyer, Charlotte Deyer, Constance Boody and Lee Boynton, John Lott, Charles B. Hester, Lewis W.

Francis, L. Stockwell Jadwin, William Swaney, Coverly Fischer and R. Inslee Clark. IN ITS FEATURES OF ESPECIAL BROOKLYN INTEREST season's list of boxholders at the Metropolitan differs little from that of a year ago. Mr.

and Mrs. John T. Pratt share No. 27 in the parterre with Mr. R.

Fulton Cutting and, as usual, Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Harkness will have No. 32 on the odd Wednesdays.

In the grand tier Mr. and Mrs. W. Winans Freeman have No. 40 for Mondays this season.

Others in that circle are Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Templeton Parson, No. 46 on Wednesdays, and Mr. and Mrs.

William H. Nichols, No. 53 on Wednesdays. In the stall boxes Mr. and Mrs.

Russell C. Leffingwell have D. for Wednesdays, Miss Mary Campbell has B. for odd Wednesdays and Mrs. George R.

Turnbull has J. for Mondays. AT MRS. the PAYNE'S of OPENING Music, TALK on November H. 5th at Academy Mrs.

Jerome Pennock will have assisting her at the door Mrs. James Lancaster Morgan, Mrs. Jacob Shaffer, Mrs. William C. Beecher, Mrs.

S. Edwin Buchanan, Mrs. Wilbur Gemmi, Mrs. Horatio Adams and Mrs. Robert Bacon Seward.

THE MARRIAGE OF MR. CARLOS DE LA MESA FETTEROLF and Miss Florence Shumway Bradley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morris Bradley, of Chicago, took place last Saturday, October 24th, in Chicago. Mr.

Fetterolf is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Curtin Fetterolf, formerly of Brooklyn, who now make their home at Upper Montclair, N. J.

He is a nephew of Mrs. Lola de la Mesa Greenwood and Mrs. Samuel Allen, of this borough. THE WEEK-END OF NOVEMBER 7th will be an important one, as a great many girls are going away to games and parties. At the Harvard-Princeton game, at Princeton, will be the Misses Glover Van Cott, Elizabeth Beardsley and Adele Entz; Miss Marguerite Wilkinson will be at Williams, Miss Virginia Gibbs at Wesleyan and Miss Carol Cypiot at Lafayette for that week-end.

Miss Cypiot is also going to the ColumbiaCornell game, on October 31st. At the Hamilton-C. C. N. Y.

game will be the Misses Dorothy Jackson and Eleanor Folger. Miss Jackson will also attend the ArmyNavy game, at the Polo Grounds on November 28th. MRS. Committee EDWARD of A. Seventy-five, FRESHMAN, will be hostess representing in Box the No.

4 at the opening Philharmonic concert to be given at the Academy Sunday afternoon, November 1st, at 3:15. Members of the committee receiving in the foyer will be Mrs. Horatio M. Adams, Mrs. Winthrop M.

Tuttle, Mrs. Frederick L. Cranford, Miss Josephine Carpenter and Miss Cornelia G. Henshaw. ON WEDNESDAY, THE 28TH, MRS.

HOWARD S. HADDEN, of 106 East Eighty-fifth Street, Manhattan, gave a family luncheon at the York Club, 59 East Fifty-sixth Street. The guest of honor was her cousin, Lady Callender, of Bidborough Court, Kent, England. Among those present were: Mrs. Thomas O.

Callender, Mrs. James H. Callender, Mrs. Charles M. Heminway, Miss Mabel Callender, Mrs.

John Seeley Ward, Mrs. Crowell Hadden and Mrs. Lloyd B. Sanderson, the latter being a lifelong friend of Lady Callender's. ONE OF THE SMALLER WEDDINGS of next month will be that of Miss Lois Beveridge, daughter of Mrs.

Arthur L. Beveridge, and Mr. Prescott Comstock Wilson, which will take place at the home of the bride, 740 Rugby Road, at 8 o'clock on Wednesday evening, November 11th. Miss Beveridge will be attended by her sister, Mrs. Harold Hoag, the former Miss Ethel Beveridge, as matron of honor, and Mr.

Wilson will have his brother, Mr. Warren Wilson, of Rochester, N. as best man. The Rev. Dr.

Frank Townley, of St. Bartholomew's Church will perform the ceremony, which will be followed by a reception for the families and intimate friends of the bride and groom. Mr. Wilson is the son of Mr. and Mrs.

Harry Wilson of 825 East 17th Street. He was educated at Poly Prep, Connecticut College and the Poly Institute. THURSDAY, THE 29TH OF OCTOBER. was the occasion of a kitchen shower given for Miss Hazel Ridley by Mrs. Henry H.

Wilkinson and Mrs. W. Stanley Munro, at 1465 Glenwood Road. Among those present were the Misses Hazel Ridley, Victoria Davidson, Muriel Slocovich, Gladys Fee, Carol Cypiot, Aimee Bodkin, Virginia Danforth, Marguerite Wilkinson, Beatrice Boerum, Dorothy Brown, Florence Graham, 'Henrietta Taylor, Stephanie Siney, Margaret Quinby, Delphis King, Virginia Turner, Delphine Ten Broeck, and Mrs. Albert A.

Hooper, Mrs. Ellis Sturgis Quimby, Mrs. Wesley Clifton Miller, Mrs. Pierpont Adams, Mrs. Richard Charlock, Mrs.

Austin Crombie, Mrs. De Hart Bergen, Mrs. Wilbur M. Wilkinson, Mrs. George M.

Orton, Mrs. William Slocovich, Mrs. Arthur J. Ridley, Mrs. Frank F.

Mills and Mrs. John T. Davidson. MISS ARLINE RELYEA FRENCH Whose wedding to Mr. Charles Frederick Lehrenkrauss will take place on January 5th at St.

Paul's Church, Flatbush. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. French, and is in her junior year at Packer SINCE THE Brooklyn's younger set OF has THE been BOSSERT spending many of its evenings dancing to the strains of Jack Albin's orchestra, which has been playing for the last three years.

Among those noted last Thursday night were the Misses Natalie Silsbe, Lisbeth Higgins, Katherine Burnham, Carol Cypiot and Edward Winslow, John Drye, Norman Hilborn, Preston Hazelwood, Roswell Truman, William Ryalls, Finley Krause and Charles Sheldon. AT were THE the Misses MONTMARTRE Elizabeth SUPPER Greenwood, CLUB Kathleen recently Kevin, Carol Cypiot, Martha Weymouth and James Cunningham, John Hubbell, Coverly Fischer, John Osterstock. BRIDGE PARTY was held at the home of Mrs. A B. Meredith Langstaff, 39 Garden Place, on Friday afternoon, October 30th, 1925, in honor of Mrs.

Charles W. McClumpha, of 37 Garden Place. Mrs. Langstaff's guests were Mrs. Waldo McKee, formerly Miss Elizabeth Thayer; Mrs.

Russell H. Hume, Mrs. William Allen Putnam, Mrs. William H. Baldwin, Miss Mary Osborn Polak, Miss Helen Coffin, Miss Frances Tucker, Miss Mabel Coutts and Miss Frances Dudley.

MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS NonPartisan Association attended the "Post Impres- sions of the Sixth Assembly" dinner which was held at the Hotel Astor on Monday evening. Opportunity was granted them of hearing impressions gained in Geneva last summer by distinguished Americans who attended the meetings of the Assembly in September. Included in the large company present were Mrs. Francis O. Affeld, Mrs.

S. Edwin Buchanan, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick G. Corning, Mr.

Stansbury Hagar, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond V. Ingersoll, Mr. Sidney V.

Lowell, Mrs. Jessica Lozier Payne, Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Peabody, Miss Carlys Peabody, Mr.

George Foster Peabody, Mrs. Royal C. Peabody, Mr. Benjamin F. Seaver, Miss Sanger, Mr.

Joseph F. Stillman, Mr. and Mrs. William C. Redfield, Mr.

George Terry, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Day Tuttle, Mr. W. Guertin Tuttle, Miss Elsie Kissam Easton, Mr.

and Mrs. Alexander M. Hadden, the Rev. and Mrs. John H.

Lathrop. TR. AND MA MRS. EDWARD TRAIL of 392 Clinton Avenue, announce the engagement of their daughter, SI Miss Gertrude Trail, to Mr. Frank T.

LaMura, of this city. THE WOMAN'S GUILD OF SERVICE of the Church of the Pilgrims is to present Mrs. Fred Joel Swift in a course of four lectures on "American Citizenship" at the church, 109 Remsen Street, on Tuesday afternoons at 3:30: November 17th, "Historical Background of the December 1st, "The Federal December 15th, "State December 29th, "A Citizen's Responsibility." The Committee is composed of Mrs. Edwin P. Maynard, chairman; Mrs.

Thomas Christie, Mrs. Milward Crosby, Mrs. Horace P. Gould, Mrs. J.

Morton Halstead, Mrs. Edwin L. Snedeker and Mrs. Oscar W. Swift.

THE STIRES, DINNER D.D., TO Bishop-elect THE of REV. Long ERNEST Island, M. and Mrs. Stires, to be given at the Hotel St. George on Tuesday evening, December 8th, under the auspices of the Church Club of the Diocese of Long Island, promises to be a large affair, and one of the utmost importance socially.

There will be about a thousand guests present, among whom will be many prominent persons from Manhattan and owners of estates on Long Island. It is planned to have representatives from every Episcopal Church in the Diocese. The list of guests of honor and speakers has not yet been compiled, but it is fairly certain that Bishop Molloy, of the Roman Catholic Church; Dr. S. Parkes Cadman and Dr.

Wallace J. Gardner, who at the Diocesan Convention last spring nominated Dr. Stires for Bishop Coadjutor to the late Bishop Burgess, will be among the number. The efficient and hard-working Dinner Committee which has worked out the first details comprises Dr. W.

S. Hubbard, chairman; Mr. Frank P. Hoffman, secretary; Mr. Joseph J.

Hart, Mr. William H. Griffin and Mr. Howard D. Joost, treasurer.

Checks for reservations may be sent to Mr. Joost at the Kings County Trust Company. The president of the Church Club, Mr. J. Joseph Rossbottom, has been empowered to enlarge this Committee to not more than twenty-five.

The tickets for the dinner have not yet been sent out, but they are to cost three dollars and fifty cents. The speeches will probably be broadcasted and there are to be amplifiers installed so that all present will be able to hear the speakers. WEDNESDAY, THE 21ST OF OCTOBER was the Mrs. John Gianella's tea in honor of Miss Madelyn Waterman. It was held at Mrs.

Gianella's home, at 608 Fifth Street. Among those present were the Misses Elizabeth and Charlotte Deyer, Katherine Magner, Violet and Gladys Mars, Lisbeth Higgins, Miriam Smith, Stephanie Siney, Beatrice Cantwell, Delphis King, Margaret Quinby, Elizabeth Rhoades, Helen Zahn, Adele Entz, Hazel Ridley, Muriel Slocovich, Virginia Danforh, Anna Mae Hunter, Dorothy Waterman, Kathleen Baxter, Marguerite Wilkinson, Mrs. Higgins and Mrs. Baxter. After tea was served there followed a delightful musical program..

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