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BROOKLYN LIFE Week in Society Miss Josephine Sutphin Engaged Mrs. Joseph H. Sutphin of Brooklyn and Washington, announces the engagement of her daughter, Miss Josephine Hulbert Sutphin, to Mr. Frederick Gunn Brinsmade, son of Mr. and Mrs.

John Chapin Brinsmade of Washington, Conn. Miss Louise Banks Lott to Make Her Debut The first Brooklyn of the season will be Miss Louise Banks Lott, who will be introduced to society by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Erskine H. Lott, of 579 Ocean Avenue, Flatbush, on Friday evening, November 25th, at a dance at the Heights Casino.

Miss Lott, who is an expert horsewoman and has been active in the Riding and Driving Club, was graduated from the Bennett School at Milbrook, N. last June. Mr. John Richmond Gibb to Marry Miss Cate An engagement of Brooklyn interest announced this week in Manhattan was that of Miss Lois Cate, daughter of Mrs. Stobo Cate, of 343 West Eightysixth Street, and Mr.

John Richmond Gibb, son of Mrs. Arthur Gibb of "Gageboro," Glen Cove, L. I. Mr. Gibb is the son of the late John Richmond Gibb, his mother having married Mr.

Arthur Gibb after the death of his brother, John Richmond Gibb, who was her first husband. They were both the sons of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Gibb, who lived at 218 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn. The wedding of Mr.

John Richmond Gibb and Miss Cate will take place next month. Mr. William Kenneth Biglow Marries Miss Hitch Of much interest to many in this borough is the announcement of the marriage of Mr. William Kenneth Biglow, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Lucius Horatio Biglow of South Orange, N. to Miss Elizabeth Delano Hitch, daughter of Mr. Allerton Delano Hitch, which took place on Saturday afternoon, October twenty-second, in the Church of the Holy Communion in South Orange. The Biglows formerly lived on West End Avenue in Manhattan and had many friends in this borough. Mr.

Biglow is a Yale man, class of 1919, Miss Gertrude D. Hitch attended her sister as maid of honor and there were also four bridesmaids, Miss Josephine Richards, Miss Mavis Benedict, Miss Muriel Colgate and Miss Georgie Hitch. The bride's gown was of white velvet brocade and chiffon, her tulle veil was arranged with orange blossoms and she carried a bouquet of lillies of the valley and orchids. Her maid of honor wore a gown of light green georgette with a hat of brown lace while the other attendants were in a delicate shade of pink georgette with hats of brown lace and all carried arm bouquets of old gold and lavender chrysanthemums. Mr.

Donald Aikenhead of Manhattan acted as best man for Mr. Biglow and Mr. Hugh Ward, Mr. Eliot Wooley of Brooklyn, Mr. Charles Ernest Haines of Manhattan, Mr.

Robert Griggs of Philadelphia, Mr. L. Horatio Biglow, and Mr. Earl Biglow of South Orange were the ushers. The ceremony, which was at half past four o'clock, was performed by the Rev.

George A. Hanna and was followed by a reception at the bride's home. After their return from their wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Biglow will live at 114 Harrison Street, East Orange.

Junior League Plans "Parada of 1921" At a luncheon given Tuesday by the Junior League at the Harriet Judson, 50 Nevins Street, plans were discussed for the "Parada" of 1921" to be given December 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th by the League for the purpose of furnishing the home for working girls, the gift of Mrs. S. Emlen Stokes, which is to be run by the Central Y. W. C.

A. The affair is being given in conjunction with the Brooklyn Hospital Social Service Organization. Speeches were made during the luncheon which was followed by an inspection of the building. At the head table were Miss Agnes Bigelow, president who presided and the speakers were Mrs. Edwin H.

Bigelow, chairman; Mrs. Sidney Kennedy, Mrs. Littleton Holmes Fitch, Mrs. Earl Hance and Mrs. Morris Ely.

Mrs. Bigelow discussed the plans for the Parada, a series of dances of which there will be four performances, and Mrs. Fitch described a similar affair given in Yonkers recently. Mrs. Kennedy spoke about the furnishings for the home and showed samples of materials to be used.

Mrs. William P. Earle, is to be chairman of publicity and Mrs. William H. Cary will be in charge of hostesses.

Among those present were. Mrs. Gomer Rees, Mrs. George Hite, Miss Marie Appleton, Miss Adelaide Moffat, Miss Agnes Thompson, Mrs. Frank Walton, Mrs.

William Beguelin, Mrs. Mabel Betts Miss Helen Church, Miss Elizabeth Armstrong, Miss Elizabeth Haight, Miss Katherine Burrell, Miss Corinne Walden, Miss Lucille Wardner, Miss Louise Callender, Miss Agnes Callender, Miss Allison Heminway, Miss Frances Dudley, Mrs. Edward Maynard, Mrs. Charles M. Bull, Jr.

Miss Mabel M. Coutts, Mrs. Frederick Webster, Mrs. Jess J. Dall, Mrs.

Chester W. Smith, Mrs. Frank West, Miss Helen Keene, Mrs. Kenneth Hull, Miss Priscilla Bowns, Miss Esther Baldwin, Mrs. Harold Graham, Mrs.

Richardson Pratt, Mrs. Chester U. Palmer and Mrs. William Price. Flowers to decorate the dining-room were sent by Mrs.

Harvey Murdock from her place at Glen Cove. The Ross-Mount Wedding Last Saturday An autumn wedding of interest to many was that of Miss Elizabeth Bulkley Mount, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Mount, of 44 Grace Court, and Mr.

Alan Ross, which took place at half-past four o'clock last. Saturday afternoon in the First Presbyterian Church on the Heights, with the Rev. Dr. L. Mason Clarke, officiating.

Miss Mount's only attendant was Mrs. Harold Sleeper, and Mr. Raymond O'Brien served as best man for the bridegroom. The ushers were Mr. Herbert Mount, Mr.

John Lamont, Mr. Winthrop Egbert and Mr. Edgar Upstill, of Cleveland. Following the ceremony a small reception for the immediate families and relatives was held at the bride's home. Mr.

and Mrs. Ross will make their future home at 224 Hancock Street when they return from their wedding trip. Miss Charlotte Stege's Wedding Plans The wedding of Miss Charlotte Stege, daughter of Mr. and Mirs. George H.

Stege of 235 Berkeley Place, and Mr. Ashley E. Pidgeon, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.

E. Pidgeon of 67 Decatur Street, will take place on Tuesday evening, November 15th, in St. John's Episcopal Church, St. John's Place and Seventh Avenue. The ceremony, to be solemnized at 8 o'clock, is to be followed by a reception at the home of the bride's parents.

Miss Margaret Struse of Brooklyn is to attend Miss Stege as maid of honor and there will be four bridesmaids, Miss Josephine Smith, Miss Viola Recknagel and Mrs. George H. Stege, all of this borough, and Mrs. Harry R. Tompkins of Maplewood, N.

J. Norma Tompkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry R. Tompkins, will be the flower girl.

Her father will act as best man for Mr. Pidgeon and the ushers will be, the Messrs. George H. Stege, brother of the bride, George Mills, Wallace Hendricks, Gordon Wilson and Harry Thora of Brooklyn and Frederick F. Spalding of Greenwich, Conn.

Miss Stege is a graduate of Packer, class of 1914. Miss Ivah Robbins Browne's Wedding Invitations have been issued for the wedding of Miss Ivah Robbins Browne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Browne of 543 Ocean Avenue, and Mr.

Frank Willard Morrell, which will take place at the home of the bride on Tuesday evening, November 15th. Dr. Frederic Berg of the Dutch Reformed Church of Flatbush will perform the ceremony at eight o'clock after which a reception will be held. The bride's sister, Mrs. Guy Fiske Shaffer, will attend her as matron of honer and Miss Constance Wilcox of Manhattan is to be the bridesmaid.

Mr. Robert W. Morrell of Garden City, will act as best man for the bridegroom and the ushers will be Mr. Albert A. Elsey of Manhattan and Mr.

Joseph L. Leeming of Great Barrington, Mass. Details of Par-Auction Tournament An epoch making Bridge tournament of national scope is scheduled to begin on November 28th and extend until December 10th. On this occasion, ParAuction cards will make their first bow to the public in the hands of the several thousand persons who are expected to play between these dates. Par-Auction cards offer the most scientific test of skill as yet devised by or for bridge players.

They are vouched for by Mr. Milton Work, chairman of the Card Committee of the Whist Club of New York. Par-Auction cards come in two packs which contain specially marked cards, so arranged as to deal twenty-four prepared or made hands, which give to each player an equal opportunity to demonstrate his or her ingenuity in the matter of playing cards to produce the largest number of possible points. The tournament is under the direct auspices of the American Committee for Devastated France, of which Miss Anne Morgan is chariman. Mrs.

Robert Low Pierrepont is chairman of the Brooklyn division and has arranged to have tournament "bridges" in every section of the city. Mrs. Pierrepont can be reached any morning at her home 140 Columbia Heights, for the latest information regarding the play, formation of tables, etc. The Heights Casino, St. George Hotel, and the home of Mr.

and Mrs. Jacob H. Shaffer, 97 Marlborough Road, Flatbush, and various other places will be used for the contests. The funds accruing from this enterprise will be used for the furtherance of the work of the Committee in the devastated area in France. The Lea-Russe Wedding in Memphis, Tenn.

An out-of-town wedding of interest to many in Brooklyn was solemnized in Memphis, on October. 19th, when Miss Evelyn Russe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Russe, of Memphis, became the wife of Mr. Charles Russell Lea.

Mr. Lea is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reginald Lea, who formerly lived in Brooklyn, but now make their home in White Plains, and a brother of Mr. Frederick C.

Lea, of 1177 Dean Street. The ceremony was performed at nine o'clock in St. Mary's Chapel, with the Very Rev. I. Harding Noe officiating, in the presence of about fifty guests, and was followed by a reception and dance attended by four hundred persons.

Mrs. E. C. Gause, of Memphis, attended the bride as matron of honor, and Miss Noreen Cathey, also of Memphis, was bridesmaid. Mr.

Clifton A. Hipkins, of Montclair, N. acted as best man for the bridegroom. The bride wore a gown of white lace and chiffon, and the matron of honor was in yellow georgette. The bridesmaid wore blue georgette.

At Hot Springs, in the Virginia Mountains and Mrs. George Provost of Manhattan, the latter, before her marriage Miss Mary Guertin, and Mr. and Mrs. E. Clarence Jones were among those who entertained at dinner preceding the opening of the new theater at The Homestead, Hot Springs, about the middle of this month.

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Simonds and Mr. and Mrs.

Phelps Newberry were guests at other dinner parties. The opening of this cozy theatre, in gray with old rose upholstery, is not merely important in the fact that it does away with going over to the Casino for the almost nightly "movies," and furthermore provides adequate facilities for plays and concerts. It is the beginning of a complete transformation of the end of the hotel formerly occupied by the famous Japanese Room. When the changes are completed there will be a European plan restaurant, overlooking the new Evergreen Garden, and a ballroom exclusively for the jazz orchestra--which of late has been playing in the ballroom designed by Stanford White. A broad terrace will run around this part of the hotel and from it the Evergreen Garden--which has water effects and several levels- -wills be gained.

Complimentary to General and Lady Alexander Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Francesconi of 9281 Shore Road, entertained at dinner Monday, October 24th, Brigadier General Sir William and Lady Alexander of London, England.

Miss Dora Oates the Bride of Mr. George Taylor Mr. and Mrs. George Taylor (Dora Oates) who were married on Wednesday, October 26th, will make their future home in Richmond, Surrey, England. The ceremony was solemnized in Christ Church in Bay Ridge by the Rev.

John H. Fitzgerald and Rev. Bishop Falkner and was followed by a reception at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry H.

Oates on Sedgwick Place. Miss Oates was attended by her sister-inlaw, Mrs. Frank Richardson Oates, matron of honor, and Miss Winifred Garmey, also of Bay Ridge, bridesmaid. The bride wore a gown of white satin and net, trimmed with duchesse lace and her bouquet was composed of roses and sweet peas. Her matron of honor wore a gown of blue satin and chiffon while the bridesmaid was in orchid color satin and chiffon.

Mr. Alfred Roe of Brooklyn acted as best man for Mr. Taylor and the ushers were Mr. William McMurray, Mr. Frank Oates, Mr.

Andrew Macfarlane of Brooklyn, Mr. Fred E. Hasler of Little Silver, N. Mr. William Dalgarno of Norfolk, and Dr.

K. H. Van Norman of Baltimore, Md. Mr. Taylor, who is the son of Mr.

George Taylor, is senior partner in the firm of Taylor and Maxwell of London, England. He served as captain in the Royal Field Artillery during the war. Mr. and Mrs. Houston Move to Concord Friends of Mr.

and Mrs. Francis De Hart Houston, of 161 State Street, will be sorry to learn that they have moved to Concord, where they will reside permanently. They are living in Mr. Houston's boyhood home. Mrs.

Houston, who has lived in Brooklyn all her life and has been active in the social and charitable organizations of the borough, is transferring her activities to Boston, of which Concord is almost a suburb..