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Brooklyn Lifei
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BROOKLYN LIFE. 15 IVE members of the Chaminade will be heard in solo work concert which that society is to give at the Heights Casino next week Monday for the benefit of the Church Charity Foundation. This affair will be the second and last of the morning musicales which have been got up for the Foundation by a committee composed of Mrs. J. Eliott Langstaff, Mrs.

Henry A. Fairbairn, Mrs. J. Augustus Hewlett, Mrs. John Anderson and Mr.

Wilford Watters. Miss Harriet Villette Brown, soprano, will be heard in Lane Wilson's Mrs. Benjamin W. Marinus will render Stevenson's "Italian Miss Marguerite Liotard will be heard in an' air from Mrs. Etta Hamilton Martin will render the incidental solos in Neidinger's "Rockin' in the Win'," Otto's "Sparrows Twitter" and Perkins's arrangement of "Hie thee and Miss Grace Elizabeth Clark will be heard in Vincent d'Indy's "Saint Mary Magdalene." This last will be given with piano and acorgan companiment.

Mr. Arthur Melvin Taylor, violinist, will open the program with Elgar's "The Snow" and will also give one other number. Besides the songs in which Mrs. Martin is sing the incidental solos the club will give Jensen's "Brier Rose," "Distant Bells," by MacKenzie; and Delibes's sleighing song, "Glide On! Glide On!" Mrs. Emma Richardson ter, the director of the club, is to give three piano solos, Chopin's "Fantasie Impromptu," in C.

Minor; and two compositions by MacDowell, "Improvization" and "Witches' Dance." Mr. William Armour Thayer will preside at the organ and Mrs. Amelia Gray Clarke at the piano. Those who are acting as patronesses for this series of concerts are Mrs. A.

Augustus Low, Mrs. William G. Low, Mrs. Camden C. Dike, Mrs.

William S. Packer, Mrs. Charles Melville Bull, Miss Florence Chauncey, Mrs. J. Ives Plumb, Mrs.

Philander R. Jennings, Mrs. Henry R. Mallory, Mrs. Thomas Prosser, Mrs.

Frank Tapscott, Mrs. William A. Putnam, Mrs. John Eadie Leech, Mrs. John Van Buren Thayer, Mrs.

Thomas Bolling Coles, Miss Sallie Ingalls, Mrs. Horatio A. Adams, Mrs. William J. Gaynor, Mrs.

Edward Imerson Horsman, Mrs. Edward H. Litchfield, Mrs. Henry I. Judson, Mrs.

Rodney A. Ward, Mrs. Clinton De Witt Burdick, Mrs. Josiah T. Marean, Mrs.

Frederick Parsons, Mrs. Humphrey S. Anderson, Miss Pierrepont, Miss Anna J. Pierrepont, Miss Mary Benson, Mrs. John Van Nostrand, Mrs.

Daniel Chauncey, Mrs. George W. Chauncey, Miss Sanger, Mrs. James L. Morgan, Mrs.

George Holt Henshaw. Mrs. F. Valdemar Henshaw, Mrs. Warren S.

Simmons, Mrs. Edward M. Johnston, Mrs. Gilbert Elliott, Mrs. Arthur K.

Buxton, Mrs. William Frothingham Smith, Mrs. Robert S. Gould, Mrs. I.

Sherwood Coffin, Mrs. William F. Dudley, Miss Halstead, Mrs. William E. Harmon, Mrs.

Charles N. Judson and Mrs. Frank Melvill, Jr. The Executive Committee of the Women's Board of the Church Charity Foundation of the Diocese of Long Island is composed of Mrs. Edwin Beers, Mrs.

Clinton A. Belden, Mrs. Christopher Joost, Mrs. Otto Heinigke, Mrs. Ralph Brydges, Mrs.

Beverly Betts, Miss Phebe S. Van Nostrand, Mrs. Divine F. Burtis, Mrs. John Anderson, Mrs.

A. D. Goddard, Mrs. James Clarence Jones, Miss Irene W. DeWitt, Miss Julia M.

Brush, Miss Mary L. Chauncey, Mrs. Henry A. Fairbairn, Mrs. James Augustus Hewlett, Miss Margaret C.

Hunter, Mrs. Franklin Butler Lord, Miss Mary Louise Martin, Mrs. Thomas M. Robinson, Mrs. E.

V. W. Rossiter, Mrs. J. Eliott Langstaff, Mrs.

Frederick C. Cocheu and Mrs. Hugh McBride. NEWS of the engagement and approaching marriage of Miss Louise Cochrane Russell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

J. J. Russell of 420 Hancock Street, to Mr. Harry Knighton Montgomery of San Francisco came almost simultaneously to the Brooklyn friends of Miss Russell. The latter left some weeks ago for the Pacific Coast to visit her sister, Mrs.

Charles W. Scott, and there was no hint at the time of any such denouement. The wedding was announced to take place on Wednesday of this week, at the home of Mrs. Scott, 1752 Fell Street, San Francisco. The bride and groom expect to live in California.

QUITE the most important social event of the past fortnight in Bay Ridge was the second cotillion in the series being given this winter by the members of the Ridge Club in the attractive club house on Second Avenue and Seventysecond Street. The dance took place on the eve of Washington's Birthday and was attended by about seventy-five members and guests. The Jefferson Edwards and the fitting the holiday, consisting hatchets which could be converted and small hatchet pins. Even the in red, white and blue decorations. great credit on the committee part in the cotillion were Mr.

and Mrs. John H. Boyce, Mr. and Mrs. J.

R. Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. F. C.

Denning, Mr. Mr. and Mrs. George Worthley, and Mrs. A.

J. Sheldon, Miss Benjamin A. Keiley, Mr. R. E.

Bennett, Mr. Walter Bass, Miss Edith Bass, Mr. Don Parker, Mr. Edward Kent, Miss Woodworth, Mr. and Mrs.

Holtzinger, Mr. and Mrs. James Ruddiman, Mr. and Mrs. F.

F. Koehler, Mr. T. M. Worthley, Miss Minnie Duncan, Mr.

Harry Robbins, Miss Zoe Weber, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Seidensticker, Miss Duane, Mr.

Dunbar Everard, Miss Archer, Mr. E. F. Archer, Miss Effie Archer, Mr. and Mrs.

Woodworth, Mr. Charles Wardell, Miss Hattie Wardell, Mr. F. W. Renback, Mr.

F. B. Madana, Miss Randolph, Mr. and Mrs. Graham Townsend, Miss Isabel Meacham, Mr.

Reed, Dr. James Bendernagle, Miss Ruth Kent, Mr. George Schalgel, Miss Agnes Forshew, Mr. Ross Dudgeon, Miss Marguerite Dudgeon, Miss Estelle Bennett, Mr. and Mrs.

George H. Ford, Miss Catherine Ford and Mr. Robert Kent. JUST ter Arden, announced daughter is the of Mr. engagement and of Mrs.

Miss Edwin Mildred Arden, Hun- to Lieutenant George Beavers, United States Cavalry. Miss Arden's has only recently graduated from West Point. The wedding is to take place in April. THE engagement of Miss Helen Pickslay, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Joseph D. Pickslay of Orange, N.J., to Mr. Robert Cheek of Nashville, has recently been announced. The Pickslays formerly lived on President Street and Mr. Pickslay is a relative of the Saltuses, formerly of the Heights.

They are spending the winter at the "Alvord" in Orange and have an attractive country place "Brookfield" at Warwick, N.Y. Miss Pickslay made her in Orange a season or two ago. Her mother was a Miss Gifford and is a sister of Mrs. William S. Wandel of 157 Taylor Street.

A ARRANGEMENTS is for to the be "St. given at the Christopher's Pouch Gallery Garden and next Monday evening for the benefit of St. Christopher's Free Kindergarten, have been practically completed and a very attractive entertainment is promised. What the by plays are to be, has not been disclosed; but the garden is to be as realistic as possible. It will be furnished with seventy tables and forty young ladies in National costumes will act as waitresses.

Among the latter will be the Misses Maude V. Jones, Elsie Preston, Edna Burr, Eugene Alger, Edith Burrell, Ruth Benedict, Ella Louise Adams, Stokes, Carrie Bacon, Ethel Evans, Marian Riecks, Emma Newton, Clara Pfeiffer, Delia Minton, Church, Louise Buttrick, Melinne Eldridge, May Humstone, Florence Squier, Josephine Toerge, Mildred Zelthoefer, Scrymser, Cornelia Silsbe, Katharine Haviland, Jessie Ogg, and Janet De Long; also Mrs. Charles Rogers, Mrs. Charles Frazier and Mrs. Cornelius Kitchel.

AN Wednesday extremely evening pretty was though that of quiet Miss home Mae wedding Elizabeth on Dyer, daughter of Mrs. Edwin Brough Dyer of 275 Decatur Street and Mr. Hiram Nathaniel Hutchinson of Boston, whose engagement was announced during the Christmas holidays. The color scheme of the decorations was pink and white, the same combinations being repeated in the frocks of the attendants. The bride, who was given away by her brother, Mr.

Clarence Victor Dyer, wore a robe of duchesse lace over white satin and carried a shower bouquet of bride roses and lilies-of-the-valley. Her tulle veil was caught with orange blossoms. A tiny little niece of Miss Dyer's acted as maid of honor, while those serving as bridesmaids were Miss Lily Dyer, Miss Bessie G. McLaughlin, Miss Edith M. Sterling and Miss Bessie G.

Doner, the two last named being cousins of the bride. Miss Madelon Dyer and Miss Madelon Willemin were flower girls. The bridesmaids were frocked in princesse lace over pink messaline and carried bouquets of pink roses; the flower girls wore white point d'esprit over pink and the maid of honor appeared in an Empire dress of pink chiffon. The latter swung from her arm a basket of pink roses and the flower girls carried bouquets of the same flowers. Mr.

Francis F. Flint of Boston acted as best man, while the ushers were Mr. Raymond T. Dyer, Mr. Matthew T.

Keenan, Mr. James C. Doner, Mr. Charles T. Willemin, Mr.

John O'Connor and Mr. John J. Canavan. Rev. John C.

Took of Huntington, N.Y., officiated. The bride's mother was gowned in a black spangled robe over violet, and trimmed with point lace. Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson will spend their honeymoon at Palm Beach and on their return will live on Beacon Street, Bos- spirited cotillion favors were of cocked into supper The in charge.

and Mrs. and Mrs. and Mrs. and Mrs. Dr.

O. K. was led by Mr. of a character behats, soldier caps, American flag fans table blossomed forth whole affair reflected Those who took F. C.

Cocheu, Mr. William Bass, Mr. A. E. Duncan, Mr.

James Masterman, Bruce Blackmar, Mr. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. ton. elect was a the entertainments Mrs.

Jenkins M. Lawton of was hostess on Saturday, the of-the-valley adorned the center bouquets of the same blossoms hearts, decorated with tiny In addition to the bride-elect Mrs. Edwin Brough Dyer, Kendall, Mrs. Harry Brunes, Lane, Mrs. Otto Fix and Miss given in honor of the brideappointed luncheon at which 241 Stratford Road, Flatbush, fifteenth.

A profusion of liliesof the table and there were at each place as favors. Pink cupids, formed the place and hostess, the guests were Miss Lily A. Dyer, Mrs. J. F.

Mrs. Harry Janes, Mrs. John Emily Fix..

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