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BROOKLYN LIFE. 12 ing, and among the dancers and their guests were: Miss Virginia Bouck, Miss Adrian Bancker, Miss Lolita Crossman, Miss Katharine Cornell, Miss Annette Drier, Miss Elizabeth Halstead, Miss Adelphus King, Miss Elizabeth R. Kerr, Miss Flora McNaughton, Miss Helen McCloy, Miss Dorothy Norwood, Miss Muriel Pouch, Miss Mary Lptt Seaman, Miss Beatrice Schumacher, Miss Grace Simpson, Miss Elizabeth L. Taft, Miss Margaret Thayer, Miss Peggy Wildes, Mr. Edward Bancker, Mr.

Edward Burr, Mr. Duncan Cranford, Mr. B. Gould Eells, Mr. Laurence Washington Fairfax, Mr.

Walter M. Gladding, Mr. William King Kerr, Mr. John Lefferts, Mr. Kenyon Parsons, Mr.

David Potts, Mr. Melvin Herschel Parsons, Mr. Neil Rodger, Mr. John Thatcher, Mr. Hollis Thayer, Mr.

Joe Thayer, Mr. Lyles Zabriskie Wells, Mr. Henry Warbasse. The Kranstover-Osborne Wedding on Tuesday. The marriage of Miss Martha Louise Osborne, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. William F. Osborne, and Mr. Albert H. Kranstover of Chicago was solemnized quietly at noon on Tuesday at the home of the bride's parents, 11 Schermerhorn Street.

The Rev. Dr. L. Mason Clarke of the First Presbyterian Church officiated at the ceremony, which was attended only by the members of the immediate families, owing to a recent bereavement in Mr. Kranstover's family.

Miss Osborne, who was unattended, wore a dark blue traveling costume and a corsage bouquet of orchids. After an extended wedding trip Mr. Kranstover and his bride will make their home in Chicago. Mr. Mendes Purchases the A.

C. Bedford Residence. Another real estate transfer of social interest is the recent purchase by Mr. George A. Mendes of 292 Garfield Place, of the residence of Mr.

Alfred C. Bedford, 400 Clinton Avenue, one of the handsome residences of the Hill section of Brooklyn. Mr. Mendes is planning to make several changes in the house before moving into his new home. Mr.

and Mrs. Alfred C. Bedford recently leased an apartment at 270 Park Avenue, Manhattan, which they will occupy upon their return from Pemberton, Glen Cove, L.I., in the fall. Miss Jeanne Mordorf the Bride of Mr. Preston Bassett.

The wedding of Miss Jeanne Mordorf and Mr. Preston R. Bassett was solemnized at four o'clock on Saturday afternoon of last week in the Dutch Reformed Church of Flat-bush, with the Rev. Dr. J.

Frederick Berg officiating, and was followed by a reception for the immediate families and a few close friends at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver C. Mordorf, 56 Rugby Road. Mr.

Bassett is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Bassett of 1716 Newkirk Avenue. Miss Mordorf was gowned in pink taffeta, with which she wore a hat to match and carried pink roses and larkspur.

Her matron of honor was her sister, Mrs. Marmaduke R. Yawger (Dorothy Mordorf), a bride of last fall, who wore her wedding dress of white satin and Georgette and also carried pink roses. Mr. Bassett's best man was Mr.

Elmer A. Sperry. Upon their return from their wedding trip Mr. Bassett and his bride will live in Flatbush. Miss Virginia Ilylan Engaged.

Mayor John F. Hylan and Mrs. Hylan have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Virginia Hylan, to Mr. John F. Sinnott, son of Tax Commissioner James P.

Sinnott, Democratic leader of the Twenty-second Assembly District. Miss Hylan, who is an only child, received her preliminary education in parochial schools, and after a course at St. Angela's Hall in Brooklyn entered the College of New Rochelle, from which she was graduated in 1917. Since leaving college she has been active in war work, especially in connection with the activities" of the Knights of Columbus, and also has aided in Red Cross and Liberty Loan drives. Mr.

Sinnott attended St. Malachy's School, and later was graduated from St. John's College, both Brooklyn Catholic institutions. He entered at the New York University Law School, but later took a secretarial course to fi himself to be secretary to Mayor Hylan, who was then a County Judge. When the war came he was drafted and sent to Camp Upton.

Later he was transferred to Camp Beauregard, and when the war ended he was entered ill an officers' training school at Camp Custer, Mich. He returned to his secretarial position with Mayor Hylan after the armistice was signed. The Simon-Stapleton Engagement Broken. Announcement is made by Mr. and Mrs.

Franklin Simon that the engagement of their daughter, Miss Helene Simon, to Mr. Luke D. Stapleton, has been broken. Flatbushites at Greenock Inn, Lee, Mass. 'A party of Flatbushites and some of their city friends mo-tdred to Lee, on Thursday, to spend a few days at Greenock Inn, to help celebrate the formal opening of the hotel.

In the party there were Mr. and Mrs. Alex C. Snyder, Mr. and Mrs.

Frank Snyder, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Sherwood, Mr. and Mrs.

Benjamin F. Rowland, Miss Mar-giret Rowland, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Wilkinson, Miss Marguerite and Mrs.

George S. Peabody, Mr. Alfred M. Peck, Mr. and Mrs.

W. Oscar Shadbolt, Miss Ethel Shadbolt, Mr. and Mrs. William R. Bishop, Miss Marion Bishop, Mr.

James Woolworth, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard A. Burger, Mr. and Mrs.

Marcus D. Fairchild, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Strong, Mr.

and Mrs. Harry A. Fogg, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C.

Hare, Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Gay, Master Billie Gay, Mr. and Mrs.

James H. Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Ruefer and Miss Carolyn A.

Ruefer. Informal Dance at the Knickerbocker Club. An informal spring dance will be given under the auspices of the Ladies' Auxiliary at the Knickerbocker Field Club on Friday evening, June sixth. This will be the last big event of the season, and the proceeds will be used to purchase new stage scenery for the clubhouse. Assisting Mrs.

John W. Ruefer, who is chairman of the committee in charge, are Mrs. George W. Bell, Mrs. William R.

Bishop, Mrs. Samuel H. Curran, Mrs. Frank H. Edfhunds, Mrs.

Harry A. Fogg, Mrs. J. N. C.

Graham, Mrs. WilliartA. Markey, Mrs. H. G.

Merrill, Mrs. David A. Moir, Mrsy Benjamin F. Rowland, Mrs. W.

Oscar Shadbolt, Mrs. Edwin C. Sherwood, Mrs. Alexander C. Snyder, Mrs.

E. D. B. Walton, Mrs. John A.

Weber, Mrs. Herbert G. Williams and Charles E. Wood-bridge. Miss Luella Edwards Engaged to Mr.

Frazier. Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson R. Edwards of Shore Road and Seventy-ninth Street, Bay Ridge, announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Luella Edwards, to Mr.

Robert P. Frazier, son of Mr. and Mrs. William West Frazier, of Philadelphia. Mrs.

Faulkner Entertains Canteen Unit. The canteen unit of Fort Greene Chapter, D.A.R., were entertained on Thursday afternoon of last week at the home of Mrs. John C. Faulkner, 1725 Newkirk Avenue. Among the members of the unit present were the lieutenant, Mrs.

L. Grant Baldwin Mrs. Augustus V. Marckwald, Mrs. August H.

Brahe, Mrs. William W. Buckley, Mrs. Burr Gould Eells, Mrs. Charles W.

Furey, Mrs. Arthur J. Harrison, Mrs. Arthur H. Meyers, Mrs.

Charles J. Obermayer, Miss Estelle J. Randall, Mrs. Charles A. Soper and Mrs.

Henry H. Wilson. Mrs. Charles Newton Schenck and Miss Emily B. Lock-wood are also members of the unit.

Flatbush Dancing Club Holds Final Meeting. The Flatbush Dancing Club held its last meeting at. the Brooklyn Woman's Club, 114 Pierrepont Street, on Friday evening, May twenty-third. The hostesses for the evening were: Mrs. A.

Crossman, Mrs. J. K. Kerr, Mrs. Lefferts Lefferts, Mrs.

Frederick Pouch, Mrs. Kenyon Parsons, Mrs. Charles H. Rodger and Mrs. Edward" Schumacher, Jr.

The patronesses were Mrs. James B. Mrs. Frederick L. Cranford, Mrs.

H. Washington Fairfax, Mrs. Walter M. Gladding, Mrs. Robert King, Mrs.

W. A. Norwood, Mrs. Charles Seaman, Mrs. Edwin Thatcher, J.

A. E. Tur-ney, Mrs. Henry M. Wells, Mrs.

G. M. Wildes and Mrs. Edward Bancker. Miss Coralie B.

Hagedorn directed the danc Mr. Everett Meyer to Marry Miss Florence McCafferty. The marriage of Miss Florence Eucharia McCafferty, daughter pi Mr. James A. McCafferty of 762 St.

Mark's Avenue, and Mr. Everett Edmond Meyer, son of Mrs. Mary Meyer of 309 McDonough Street, is to take place on Wednesday, the fourth of June, in the Church of St. Gregory the Great. The Right Rev.

Mons. B. F. O'Hare is to officiate and a nuptial mass is to follow the ceremony. A reception will be held later at the residence of the bride's father.

Recital by Pupils of Master School of Music. On Saturday evening of last week a recital in costume was given by the advanced pupils of the Master School of Music in the auditorium of the central branch of the Y.M.C.A. It was a brilliant little drama, entitled "A Musical Congress of Nations at Peking, China," and the costuming and stage effects were most artistic and made an attractive setting for the delightful program given. The "Congress" was under the presidency of Sing Lu (Jennie Trepel), who, wearing a gorgeous Chinese costume, announced the various numbers. The delegates at the congress were Santuzza (Amelia Krauss), Musette (Grace Farrar), Jul' tte (Mary Aitken), Carmen (Juanita King), Frasquita (Dorothy Timpany) and Mercedes (Marjorie Powers), all of whom charmed their audience with their selections.

Sverre Rasmussen was seen as a Citizen of Norway; Grace Farrar was Miss Liberty; Mary Aitken, a Daughter of the Sunny South; Marjorie Powers, Minnehaha; Dorothy Timpany, Lady Roccoco; Florence Lef-fert, Lady Harriet; Gertrude Gunston, Nancy; Sverre Rasmussen, Lionel; and August Werner, Plunket, sang "Good Night" from "Martha" (Flotow). An interesting feature of the intermission was the graceful dancing of Miss Beatrice Wanger of the Noyes Group, who interpreted selections from Schubert and Chopin. Mr. Edward Falck directed and accompanied skilfully, his piano work being a firte feature of the program..