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i SECOND SECTION PAGE TWO. THE PITTSBURGH GAZETTE TIMES, SUNDAY, JULY 30, 1911. 50CICTY AITAIR5 AT COUNTRY AND CANOE CLUBS WEDDINGS Personal Impressions of Queen ilhelmina of Holland francis'deTroisset Society People At Home Welcome Aviation Meet As a Diversion Girls Tlan Charity Ball for New Home of Bellevue Country Clxib Saturday Teas at Country riaces and River Sports Are Popular. silver chains and bangles, the little cap, short skirt and bare arms, the cheering seemed as though it would never stop. The people unhitched her horses and drew her in triumph to the steps of the city hall." Here she was handed magnificent bouquets by little boys and girls and the burgomaster, an old fisherman, who felt very ill at ease in his black coat and necktie, produced a paper from his pocket and began to read the speech of welcome.

But his voice failed him, the paper fell from his trembling hands and he stood all confused with tears in his honest old eyes. with her frank impulsiveness. tion of the queen in the Nieuwe Kerke, the Hague was hidden by flags and flowers. At the crossing of every street was a triumphal arch and the population, mad with patriotic joy, sang and danced for three days and nights. Only newspaper men and natives of all ranks were admitted to the church.

I was neither journalist nor Dutch, but the owner of Hotel "Old Doelen" lent me a workingman's suit, which I put on. Lord Rosebery. who had arrived the night before on board Lord Rothschild's yacht, disguised himself as a bricklayer to get inside the church. The next evening, at a concert given by the city. Wilhelmina.

who stood up CONCERTS AT RITTENTIOUSE INTEREST MANY Notice of weddings and engagement Contributions Intended for the society page not later than Friday afternoon. must have writer's signature ana address. of the Sunday 1m sue should be in this office permitted her little daughter to select her own playmates even among the humblest of children. I remember how one day the son of a peasant dipping his cake in his coffee, twice spilt some drops of the brown nectar on the dress of the heiress of the throne of Holland. "Be careful," said Wilhelmina, "my dress is quite new and coffee spots, mamma says, are very hard to get off." I saw her later at Veere in the island of Waicheren.

She was traveling through Holland, presenting her gay little person to her enthusiastic people. Veere, once the wealthy home of 20,000 rich merchants, but now inhabited only by some 800 fishermen, is a dead city, which resembles the humblest of villages, but its splendid city hall, which still remains, shows that it ranks among the Dutch cities and it still has a burgomaster and sheriffs. The streets, usually empty and deserted, were crowded when the royal party arrived. The town was gay with flags, bunting and arches of honor, and the rough stones of the pavement had disappeared under a thick carpet of flowers. When Wilhelmina appeared in an open carriage, dressed like a peasant woman of the island of Waicheren, with which is one of her characteristics, the young princess rushed forward, threw her arms around the old man's neck and helmus van Nassauven." drops her bou-kissed' him.

quet on the floor. She does not stoop Then the building shook with the I t.0 P'ck it up, but looks tenderly, but cheers of the people. Everybody Hirm'y at ner mother, who is standing i HE aviation meet on tie grounds at Braddock avenue and Forbes street for the benefit of the Pittsburgh and Allegheny Milk and Ice Association, which opens Tuesday, will attract many people and will be the occasion for numerous motor parties, luncheons and informal dinners. There have been few social diversions the last few weeks and everyone la looking forward to this one with much Another affair of interest this week will be the informal charity ball be given Tuesday evening lu the Bellevue Country Club for the benefit of the furnishing fund. For the same purpose an afternoon card party be given in the club Thursday, August 31.

The regular Saturday afternoon teas at country clubs were held yesterday with several of the women serving as hostesses. These Informal entertainments which are held at most of the clubs through the summer are very popular, and many guests motor out for he afternoon and evening, staying for dinner. The evening concerts on the roof garden of the Rittenhouse by the Pittsburgh Festival Orchestra on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday eve-! Elngs are attended by music lovers and society people who are spending the summer at home. Many little supper parties are In evidence during the evening, the tables on the outside being continually filled. Plttsburghers are leaving every day for some one of the resorts in the mountains or at the seashore, for European tours and for automobile trips to Canada and other places.

Others go to the nearby summering places for the week-ends, the Summit Hotel, above Uniontown, being especially popular this season. Large crowds go up every week for tho a Saturday night dances, while several families are there for the summer. i i laughed and cried at the same time. The women threw themselves down in front of their princess, kissing her hands and the hem of her skirt. The old burgomaster was pale with emotion, his legs trembled and the sheriffs shed tears of joy, and I also cried with all my heart: "Leve onze Konigin," and felt my eyes becoming quite moist.

In September, 1898, at the inaugura- Year Old Girl smile, "when you have known Goethe and rejoiced in his company and kindly interest, it is not easy to be pleased by any other man." Ulrike never married. She told me many tales of those happy Marienbad summers. "I was one of a circle of young girls in which Goethe loved to move. We were always playing games when he was with us." I frequently received information of the health of the charming old lady through her steward, Herr Werner, until at last, on November 13, 1899, he wrote to me: "Our beloved lady died quietly and peacefully this morning. She suffered no illness, asd last evening she played a cheerful game of cards with her nephew.

She retired at her usual hour of 10. She called her chambermaid at 3 a. m. and asked for tea, which, nevertheless, she did not relish, and at 6 she passed quietly away." Since then a host of publications have appeared with details of that happy period of Goethe's life. And, whatever they recount or do not recount, they agree at least that Ulrike von Levetzow remained always as when Goethe loved her a quiet, gracious and noble-hearted woman, who aroused the affection and gratitude of all who met her.

(Copyright, 1911, by American-Examiner.) Love A 17 house. She walked erect and gracefully, and would open cupboards and windows herself. I told her how happy I felt to find her so well and active and she answered, "Yes? I hope, at any rate, I do not look like a little old woman." The walls of her bedroom held many pictures and over the head of the dainty, white-curtained bed was a copper engraving of Goethe by Stieler, and the brown frame was surrounded by laurels. "That is how he looked," she said, "and that is how I always remember him." I saw Urike von Levetzow again in 1897. She was unaltered and the old bright light gleamed still from her eyes.

Soon she spoke again of her illustrious friend. "Goethe used to say to my mother that he wished he had another son. so that that son might marry me. Then, he said, he would bring me up himself just as he wished. He constantly instructed me and told me many interesting stories.

I revered him greatly." Perhaps she withheld from me many memories which she kept locked up in her heart and spoke only vaguely. In the years after the Marienbad sojourn she rejected several suitors in succession. "I believe you ought to have married Goethe." "Well," said Ulrike with a quiet i HAVE always had for Queen Wilhelmina a mingled feeling of admiration and respectful tenderness. i Born in a city which has remained flemish, I always felt myself drawn toward this princess, the last descendant of a race ot" heroes, the main branch of the robust trunk of orange. The first time I had the honor of meeting Wilhelmina was at a chateau in the Ardennes, where the little princess, then 9 years old, had come to spend a fortnight with her mother, the queen.

She was a most charming little girl, full of life and spirit, a queen already by the wonderful expression of her big eyes and the charm of her face and bearing. Brought up under strict discipline by the best and most virtuous of mothers, young Wilhelmina was as fond of playing as any girl of her age, between her long hours of arduous study. Her health was splendid and the usual maladies of children were unknown tp her. At the little chateau, far from the etiqust of court, marshals, ladies in waiting, ministers and governors, surrounded by a number of friends of her own age, Wilhelmina was the very life and center of our plays. The queen mother without hesitation Goethe's Last By DR.

LIDWIG STETTKJfJIEIM (Berlin.) UNDER the name of "Goethe's Last Love," TJlrlke von Levet-zow has been known in Germany since the third decade the last century. She died in 1899 at the age of 96. She first met the great poet and dramatist at Marienbad while yet a girl, and Goethe, though over 70, fell straightway deeply in love with her. He at first thought seriously of proposing- to her; consideration for his family and other circumstances, however, made him hesitate, and finally restrained him from the step. But that his love was real and strove within him for expression is shown by his glorious Marienbad Elegy (1S23).

into which, in taking leave of Ulrike, he put all the passion for the memories of her which he still nourished aa well as for the reality which, he had resigned. She is the 8Uhject of the second poem on the "Trilogy of Passion:" the first poem laments the unhappiness of the disappointed Werther, with whom Goethe, at the end of his life, was now once more so closely related by circumstances; the third of the trilogy, entitled "Reconciliation," breathes a quiet and more contented spirit. I was fortunate enough to make the acquaintance of Ulrike and visited her twice at her home, Castle Triblitz, in Bohemia. On the first occasion, in 1893, she had already entered upon her 90th year and was regarded with awe and wonder by the people everywhere in her neighborhood. There occurs to most of us certain days in our lives which we never forget days which have fulfilled some long-cherished desired or have bestowed on us some great happiness.

That sunny June morning of 1893 was such a day to me. I still see Ulrike von Levetzow as I saw her then she was standing by the window, dressed in light gray; her eyes were full of light, clear and dark blue. I marveled as I noted that her cheeks were still full and round, and that Time had scored but few lines on her face. Her nose was of stately and beautiful shape, a soft smile played about her mouth; her hair was gray, not white; and her fine, delicate, mit-tened hands showed no sign of the unsteadiness usual in one of her age. A deafness that compelled her to use an ear trumpet was the only affliction that nature had laid upon her in her declining days.

She it was who first mentioned Goethe not I. "My relations with Goethe were no love affair," she said, "as is frequently-asserted. He was 72 years old when I first knew him and I was only 17. I had come from school at Strassburg, where of literature I had read only Voltaire and other French writers. I knew not a page of Goethe.

But this very Ignorance greatly pleased the great poet. He knew my family and, as we were living in the same house at the time, it came about that he and I took many walks together. He would have me quite under his charge and used to invite my assistance in his mineralogical studies. He might have been my grandfather, and indeed it was much in that light that I viewed him and his attentions to me. He used to call me his little girl." She showed me books "Wilhelm Meister's Wanderjahre" and "From My Life" (fifth part) which Goethe had given to her and inscribed with his own hand.

When she had read the "Wanderjahre" she told Goethe that it must be a sequel to a previous work. "You are quite right," replied Goethe, "but you must not read that now. I will tell you the story myself." And as they sat on some soat together he would talk to her for hours about "Wilhelm Meister's Lehrjahre." She showed me over her whole -ace ana ofier srcflo palace with an expression-of tenderness in their faces, and one whispered to the other, "She is asleep." Then, when they were out of earshot, they again put ori their heavy shoes and began singing-merrily as before. In the hall of the state's general, which she opened for the first time, at-, tended by the prince consort, I again saw the queen of Holland. Wilhelmina had come in frorh the palace of I.oo, where she spent fcrr va- cations.

The palace, a modern bu Iding. barely a century old. is not very interesting, but the park is magmficen with its splendid lawns, which are typically Dutch, of a lighter shade than the lawn England, darker than thole of France, a velvety green, and equally inviting to the touch arid the eye. The queen sppnds most of her time, when in country, in this park in the company of her husband. She never wears gloves, very seldom a hat.

protecting face from the rays of the sun by a light parasol. Wilhelmina has an almost exaggerated idea of duty. When her ministers once suggested a husband for her, she said "When you speak to me of affair of state, you will always find me willing eager to listen to you, but I am the mistress of the affairs of my own heart. Don't worry about my I will take care of myself." While still a young girl, she several times severely rebuked her ministers, who on certain points were very careful to oppose her views. There is Boer blood in little Queen Wilhelmina.

(Copyright, 1911, by Amprlcan-Kxamlner.) a Little Girl struct him. She "sweeped him away" and "forgot" him. No woman ever loved a man who didn't discover in him some break to mended, some fault that must be whitewashed with silence or cemented wifely or sweetheartly training, which, because of its great love, is so nearly motherly. But the line between the tolerance of love and the recognition by common sense that a situation hopeless was drawn by the little girl seven. She would have tried to mend her hero had it been possible to mend him.

But there were too many pieces and the pieces were too small. He could never be mended so that he would not, at the slightest jar or the faintest blow, again fall into fragments. Instead of wasting her time in hopeless attempts at mending, or in mourning unduly a helpless, hopeless wreck, she "sweeped him away" and tried to "forget it." Wise little woman at whose feet could sit and learn thousands of her elders, who are breaking their hearts and wasting their lives trying to reconstruct their heroes! (Copyright, 1911. by American-Examiner.) The Day of the Debutante By THE GENTLEWOMAN. Copyright, 1911, By American-Examiner.) "One more moment now may give us more Than fifty years of reason; Our minds shall drink at every pore The spirit of the season." lines of Wadsworth's will probably make a strong appeal to the debutante whose good fortune it is to "come out" in this year of grace 191 1.

Surely never before did such an alluring prospect spread itself before the eyes of "sweet seventeen" as that which now unfolds itself in this golden year of great rejoicing. The gaities which the season heralds, culminating in the gorgeous coronation ceremony, are bewildering in their variety. One recalls Isabel, Lady Burton's description of her first entry into society as a girl of 18. "I shall never forget that first balL" she says. "To tegin the beginning, there was my dress.

How a girl of the present day would despise it I I wore white tarlatan over white silk, and the first skirt was loopt up to my knee with a blush rose. My hair, which was very abundant, was dressed in an indescribable fashion by Alexandre and decked with blush roses. had no ornaments, but really I looked very well and was proud of myself. We arrived at Almacks about II. The scene was dazzingly brilliant to me as I entered.

The grand staircase and ante-chamber were decked with gar lands and festoons of white and gofdf muslin and ribbons. The blaze of lights, the odor of flowers, the perfumes, the diamonds, and the dressei of the cream of the Bntisn smote upon my senses. All was new to me and all was sweet." The debutante of todav has even greater possibilities of had this young girl of a past' The world is at her feet chiefly, perhaps, because she has beef trained to self-reliance. No timid, I esitating-. blushing maiden is she; no swooning, hysterical damsel, but a young woman of resourcefulness and assurance, a Juno of superb physique, fonr' of athletics and the open air; well equipped mentally and able to hold her own in argument or conversation.

She is interested in literature, art, music and all the questions of the day in' fact, she knows something of everyth'n everything of something a great improvement on the maiden whose chief accomplishment used to be the ability to play "a little" and play that little long. Altogether the modern young man is to be congratulated on having such good "pals" for his feminine contemporaries. The chaperone of today need have little fear of "detrimentals." for her young charges are much too intelligent to be attracted by a showy exterior unaccompanied by more 60lid qualities. Furthermore, the debutante of today is fortunate, inasmuch that a queen sits on the throne wr se sympathies with the young girl are' strong, and her majesty's influence will be potent for good. Few will be content to remain mera frivolous butterfliej and pleasure-seekers or.ce they have caught the inspiration of Queen Mary's desire for doing good and promoting the happiness and well-being of others.

face and brow Arc lovelier than lilies are Beneath the light of moon anostar I to listen to the national anthem, "Wit on her left. The queen mother hesi tates, then she stoops and hands the bouquet to her daughter. Wilhelmina is queen now. Four days and four nights pass with festivals and revelry. On the fifth evening Wilhelmina is tired.

Hurriedly posters are put up on the walls of the palace with the handwritten inscription: "The young gueen, being very tired and in need of sleep, asks her people not to make too much noise." That night, as I crossed the Pamr the square in front of the palace, I saw two young- workingmen who approached singing at the top of their voices. When they reached the palace they saw the poster and immediately they took off their shoes and without exchanging another word they sneaked past the palace. When they came to the other side of the square they looked back at the The Wisdom of By ADA PATTEES0N. HE was a sober-faced, large-eyed, pink cheeked little maid of seven "going on" eight. Wearing a fresh white dress with ruffles embroidered in blue, she sat in a semicircle formed of dolls, critically surveying them as a general inspects his troops.

She looked longest and with most approval at the doll that sat in the middle of the group, the grandest, if not the most beautiful of the varied collection. He was a magnificent object, with black eyes, a black moustache and a uniform with the red jacket of the Zouaves. While she looked at him some heavy footed person walked across the next room, jarring the man doll from his splendid security. He toppled backward, as though he had been shot, one automatic hand seizing the front of his jacket as though seeking his heart. The child screamed and ran behind the sofa rampart from which her hero had fallen.

She stood mournfully gazing at the remains. Much sadly mutilated remains It was hard to believe that such splendor should have been reduced to such fragmentary ruin. Thoughts of making a new whole of that score of pieces seemed to visit her mind. She banished them with a shake of her curly brown head. She shed some natural tears.

Tears always follow fallen heroism. But the storm soon passed. Resolutely wiping her eyes, with, I am sorry to say, a ruffle of her freshly laundered dress, she looked about her nursery, found what she sought, a toy broom, and, her face hardening into lines of resolve, brushed the broken hero upon a dustpan, and tossed what remained of him into the waste basket. Determinedly, with drying eyes, she went back to her place in the semicircle of dolls, moved a frivolous pink damsel with corkscrew tight ringlets the color of cornsilk into the place made vacant by the tragedy, muttering in her soft little treble a phrase I could not hear. "What it it? Tell I coaxed.

Looking into my face with steady eyes, on whose lashes the tears had not yet dried-, she answered: "I said, 'Forget it.f" "Forget what?" "Forget that Georgie failed down. I sweeped him away and forgot it." She bravely swallowed the tremolo in her rich little treble and began a new adjustment of the semicircle of dolls. Looking over the curly brown head into a world its sturdy little possessor could not see, I saw thousands of women in anguish because they had not the wisdom of this little girl of seven "going on" eight. The same incident has befallen many bigger girls in the world's larger nursery. I don't know one of these bigger girls who has not mourned in the public courts or in the secrecy of an aching heart the fall of some "Georgie." And this little girl showed herself wiser than the bigger ones because, seeing that her hero was broken past all mending, she made no attempt to recon Oh, yes, my child, it will make such a nice, juicy scandal for them to pick at Why do they do this, Ma-ma? It is the strange habit of the creature, my child, to amuse itself in this cruel sport.

Where does the Rocking-chair Brigade come from. Ma-ma? It comes from refined, Christian homes, my child. When it is at home, is it a scandalmonger. Ma-ma? Oh, no, my child, it is president of the Uplift and Higher Life society. The Rocking-chair Brigade wears eye glasses.

Ma-ma. The better to see through; keyholes, my The Rocking-chair Brigade has such long ears. Ma-ma. The better to eavesdrop and hear more than was said, my child. What long tongues they have, Ma-ma.

They hold the world's record, my child, for high-speed, double-geared, continuous-action tongues. How do tliey iSlay their victims, Ma-ma They backbite them, my child Oh, Ma-ma, how can I escape the ttocKing-cnair urigaaer You cannot, my child; nobody escapes. I think I shall defy it. Ma-ma. Oh, no, my child, the Rocking-chair Brigade runs society and gives teas and parties when it is home in the Winter.

1 (Copyright, 1911. by American-Examiner.) of the her and not be by is of at I That smile as they are smiling now White lilies in a pallid swoon Of sweetest white beneath the moon'' White liliesjn a flood of bright Purelucidness of liquid lidhr Cascading down some plenilune, When all ine azure overhead Blooms like a dazzling daisv bed. So luminous her face and brow, The luster of their gjory, shed NNOCXCEMENT has been made of of Miss Rebecca Le- vaur, daughter of F. Levaur. of the Hotel Lauiont, and Alexander Wein berg.

The date tor the weaaing nas been set. A prettily appointed luncheon and linen shower was given by Miss Suella E. Perkins of Homestead yesteraay a- er'noon. in honor of Miss Anna K. Ma-Korien, whose engagement to Albert J.

Bell of Pittsburgh was recently an- euei v-. 4. cihi wion ivi i i i y. fi 1. 1 1 i srnvn in her home in Kelly street Monday afternoon, three tables being in play.

Covers were laid for Miss Antoinette Coll, Miss Charlotte Snowden, -Jtfiss Anna Ackllrl. Miss Elizabeth Dela-xnater. Miss Grace M. Newton Miss Margaret A. Barrett.

Miss Clara S. Caldwell. Miss Isabella Grieves, Miss Bertha Mccormick, Miss Wetterstein, Miss Sara ri. Evans, Miss Martha. M.

Frederick. Miss Emma Page, Miss Anna and Miss Margaret Perkins and Miss Lilly Cooke. The wedding will take place in September. A miscellaneous shower was given "Wednesday evening by Miss Mary Ma-'- lone in the home of her sister, Mrs. H.

Smltn in East Bellevue, in honor of Miss Edna Schmidt, a bride-elect of August 9. Musio was a feature of the evening, after which refreshments were served. Covers were laid for the honor uest and Miss Josephine Sangingln. Miss Eultn juanam, jars. x.

zvumumu, Edna Harris, Miss Jennie Auberger, Miss Margaret Ableitmer, Miss Mary Mar-r Khali. Mies Nancy Marshall, Miss Stella Schmidt Miss Elsie Frasee. Miss Wilma Fries, Miss Emma Hefty, Miss Edna Pernor, the hostess, and her sister. rx HE graduates of the Pittsburgh I Training School for Nurses of the I "i Homeopathic Hospital wUl enter- tain Miss Grey, the new superintendent of tho school at a luncheon in the Rittenhouse next Wednesday. Although the proceeds to date from the table conducted at the orphans' picnic total over $1,552.

the members of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church parish are not content with this amount and an effort will be made to Increase the amount to be" turned' over-to the Rev. Michael Lynch of the St. Paul Orphan Asylum by giving a supper next Wednesday. It will be held in the school auditorium and the affairs will be in charge of the committee, which had charge of the tables at the picnic. Thirty-one prizes already have been donated, which will be awarded to the winning euchre players.

The proceeds will be turned Into tho orphan's picnic fund. The winners of the various raffles eon-' ducted by tho committee hi charge of tho table so far ascertained are as follow: Cut glass pieces, Mrs. Visard and M. A. Hebman; silk parasol.

Miss Mary Broaj-" erick; doll. Miss Campbell; theater box, Miss Barlow and Miss Alice Gormley; battenberg centerpieces, Mrs. James Cunningham; Charity Nun doll, Miss Ursula Keillr. The Barnes safe and the barrel of flour WUl be held over until the night of the euchre. Miss Goldie McGlaughlin and her sister of the East End will leave on Tuesday for Denver, Col.

Miss Goldie McGlaughlin has been tho guest of honor at a number of pretty farewell events the past week or two, among them being a handkerchief shower, givn Thursday evening bv Miss Florence E. Oakley, Miss Elizabeth and Miss Anna Cunningham of North Braddock, In the home of Mrs. Fred W. Oakley in North avenue. The colors were pink and white, asters being the flowers used.

There were various novel and original games played. Supper was served at 11 o'clock. Among the guests wero Miss Zella Jobe, Miss Edith Whitmarsh, Miss Elizabeth McGlaughlin, Miss Mary Gable and Miss Goldie McGlaughlin, all of the East End; Miss Thelma Dyer of Roup; Miss Bertha Gestrich of Homewood; Miss Bella Kerr of Carnegie; Miss Margaret Murphy of Wilklnsburg; Mrs. Gertrude Mains-Wor- ley of McKeesport; Miss Martha B. Hor- rocks of Wilmerding; Mrs.

Fred W. Oak- ley. Miss Elizabeth S. Oakley, Miss Elsie Alexander. Miss Gladys How Hadley, Miss Elizabeth Alexander and Miss Mln- nie Rowlands, all of Braddock.

On Fri- day evening. Miss Edith and Miss Anna gave a reception for Miss McGlaughlin at which there were 40 fuests present, a number being from raddock. On Thursday afternoon a watermelon party for 20 was given In -Korth Braddock for Miss McGlaughlin and aeveral other affairs were given. URROtTNDKD by about 500 of their relatives ana friends, Mr. and Mrs.

George B. Clever celebrated tiie fiftieth anniversary of their marriage on Tuesday In their home In Wayne township, near Templeton, Pa, At noon a family dinner was held under the trees. Imrins the afternoon there were games, athletic events and music. Band concerts were ftiven by the Templeton Brass Band. In addition to the day marking the golden weddlner anniversary of the couple it was Mr.

Clever's seventy-first birthday. Mr. and Mrs. George Hart on Thursday celebrated their Rolden weddln? anniversary by entertaining about 50 relatives and friends in their home In Saltsbure. Pa.

A program of music was carried out and short addresses were delivered by Dr. Ansley, M. Franklin, James Stockdale. the Key. W.

S. Laverty and M. Kott of Saltsburff. Out-of-door Karnes followed dinner. Mr.

and Mrs. Hart, with their children, tame to this country from England in 1881. and at first made their home in Steubenville, O. Later they moved to Nowrytown and then to Kaltsburg, and have made their home at the latter place for 21 They have three sons and two daughters. 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

0 KE of the interesting weddings of last week was that of Mins Stella Steiflinger. daughter of Mr. and Mrs Philin StelHllnger of Freeport. and Thomas A. Aaron of Pittsburgh, which took plae on Thursday mornln; In ha St.

Mary's Catholic Church. Free-fiort. The ceremony, which was performed by the Kev. Father Gregory of Herman, whs wltnesned by a few close relatives and friends. The bride wor a dark blue traveling erown and a bridal bouquet of white roses.

Her onlv-attendant was her sister, Miss Helen Steislinger. Walter Aaron served I as best man for his brother. A wedding breakfast and reception followed the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs.

Aaron left on a wedding trip. After August 10 they will make their home in Pittsburgh. A ouiet weddine of Wednesday was that ot Miss Clara Belle Householder, 1 daughter of Mr and Mrs. George H. 1 nraraomer A.

Yoerk of the same place, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Yoerk of Clean, N. Y.

Onlv a few relatives and friends were in attendance at the ceremony, which was iici mi iucu it nit. i.e.. 1 attendant was her sister. Miss Marion Householder, and Raymond B. Yoerk of Olean, N.

was his brother's best man. Immediately following the ceremony a reception and wedding breakfast were given in the home of the bride. Mr. and Mrs. Yoerk left for a wedding tour of the Great Lakes and Canada.

After August 10 they wUl be at home in Verona. Only a few relatives and friends were in attendance at the wedding of Miss Al-farette Kendall of Ingleside, near Free-port, and William Nicholson of Verona, which took place- on Monday afternoon in the home of tho officiating clergyman, the Rev. t)r. A. E.

Curry, pastor of the First United Presbyterian Church in Kittanning. Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson left immediately for a wed ding trip in the north, from wntcn tney vfill return August 10 to make their homo in Verona.

In honor of Mrs. E. X. Batchelor of street, Oakmont, who left on Friday with her family for St. Louis, where she will make her future home, Mrs.

Thomas A. Hunter entertained at a prettily appointed card party Wednesday afternoon In her home in Third street. Oakmont. A luncheon, at which covers were laid for 16, concluded the afternoon. A QUIET wedding of Tuesday morning was that of Miss Florence May La-veen.

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Laveen of Lewlsville. and Jay Mowry Pneuman of New York. The Rev.

Charles L. Fraser, pastor of the Lewlsville Presbyterian Church, performed the ceremony at 10 o'clock in the home of the bride's parents. Later a wedding luncheon was served, after which the couple left for New York. After an extended wedding trip to eastern cities they will make their home in New York. The wedding of Misa Gertrude M.

Wagner, daughter of Mrs. A. L. Wagner, and Neill S. Brown, both of Washington, D.

was quietly solemnized in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hudson Howard in Sewlckley Monday evening in the presence of a few friends. The Rev. Dr.

Frank O. Johnson, pastor of the Leets-dale Presbyterian Church, officiated. The bride was unattended and was given away by hex grandmother. Mrs. Margaret P.

Howard. The couple left for an extended wester ntrip and will be at home after October 1 In Washington, D. C. Miss Flora Kennedy Read and John Gwver nf the North Side were married in the home of the bride's mother. Mrs.

Sarah A. Read, in Chestnut street, crat-ton, Thursday afternoon. The Rev Ira G. McCreary, pastor of the United Presbyterian Church in Greenville, officiated, assisted by the Rev. George W.

McDonald, pastor of the Seventh United Presbyterian Church, North Side. The home was prettily decorated, yellow and white being the colors. The bride was attended by Miss Anna E. Moore as maid of honor. Mrs.

Irwin W. McLean of Buffalo, N. served as matron of honor for her 'sister. Charles p. Read as best man.

Only the immediate relatives were present. After a wedding trip in the east Mr. and Mrs. Gwyer will be at home in New Haven street, Dormont. THE Improved Order of Heptasophs will hold an outing in Rock Springs Park Wednesday, August 23.

J. V. Boden is chairman of the trans portation committee, and arrangements are being made for an unusually large crowd. Henry R. Hlssrich of Pittsburgh Conclave No.

is chairman of the gen- cral committee. W. McCuIlough of Beulah Conclave is chairman of the amusement committee and has arranged an Interesting program. Ethel. Keulah, Troy Hill and Schenley conclaves will 'play baseball and a number of other features have been arranged The officers-elect for the ensuing term in John Grey council, No.

249, Junior O. XT. A. were installed by State Deputy Councillor Clarence Howell. aslnted by R.

M. Ramsey, P. F. Oeorge F. Klaber, J.

P. and John Grey Jones, J. P. C. The installation ceremonies were attended by one of the largest gatherings of members ever held In the hall.

Addresses were made by the following members of the order: A. r. L.ang. J. I'.

who spoke on "The Young Man's Opportunity;" C. II. Howell 8. D. on "Institutions to Bo Cherished;" W.

K. Villhlde on "The Rfd of the Blood." The following were lnstallud Into office: C. Bateson, councillor; J. Murphy, vice councillor: A. F.

Stang, A. R. J. I. Davis, warden; William Gust, conductor; A.

W. McClelland. Inside sentinel; D. B. Jones, reprewntatlve; William J.

Harper, treasurer; John Fox, financial secretary: J. B. Wilklns, recording secretary: William T. Kmlth and H. R.

Wiilhlde, trustees. THE wa rade last HE water carnival and lantern pa- held on the Allegheny river Ight. under the aunnlces of the Oakmont Launch and Canoe Club was of much Interest. shores at the Point was lined with hundred of people from the camps and clubs. Clubs and Individuals were entered In the carnival with gaily and attractively decorated canoes and small craft vising with one another for the handsome cups and pennants offered as prizes.

Several handsome designs were presented by the clubs of Verona and Oakmont, and individual canoes also displayed unique and original decorations. Following the carnival there was a band concert. A big inter-club dance was givt-n in the Oakmont Boat Club. Luncheons and dinners were served at all the club houses. The members of the Sylvan Canoe Club and others left at 7 o'clock for Rirwrton and paddled yesterday as far down as Logansport.

Today the trip down to the clubhouse will be com- I pitted 1 Continued on Pago Three, Second Sectloa. in memory, even, The Summer Girl's Primer: 'The Rocking Chair Brigade Well she niaymy child. It is a per- i-lous un-der taking. Has not the beau-ti-ful young lady a lovely char-ao-tcr, Ma-ma? She has, at pres-ent, my child, but she will not have a shred of rcp-u-ta-tion left by the time she gets past the Kooking-chair Brigade. By DOROTHY DIX.

i II LOOK, Ma-ma, at those strange creatures roosting along the ede of the hotel gallery. 0 That is the Kocktng-chair Brigade, my child. Oh, see, Ma-tna, they look like fat tabhycats. You arc par-ti-al lyright, my child. They are a cross between a cat and a talking machine.

Arc those long, shiny things I see in their baud claws. Mania? Oh, no, my child, tliey are knitting needles. The Hotel Brigade claws with its tongues. What makes them so stout, Ma-ma? They are heavy feeders, my child. What do they live upon, Ma-tna? Scandal, my child.

Do they like it, t-ma? Oh, my child, they prefer it tn chocolate creams. Oh, see. Mania, how happy thry look. Oh, yes, my child, they have jut heard a very shook ing tory that will break up a home when it is told. Will they toil it, Ma-tna? Oh, yes, my child, they will tell it and twice as much more Its own mother would not recognize the tale when they get through with it.

Oh, see. Ma ma. the beau ti-Iul young lady. The beau-ti-ful young lady turn pale with ap-pre-hcn-Hum, and urem afraid to pass by the Rooking chair Bri gade. What will they uo to her, Ma-ma? They will tear her limb from will they say.

Ma-ma? One of them will say that she dyes her hair. And what will the next one say, Ma-ma? The next one will say that anybody can see that she buys her complexion at the drug store, though she puts it on very well. And what will the next one say, Ma-ma? She will say that although the beau-ti-ful young lady pretends to be young, anybody who knows can tell that she will never see thirty again. And what will the next one say, Ma-tna? She will say that it is just scandalous the way the beau-ti-ful young lady runs after poor, innocent, unsuspicious men and tries to marry them. And what will the next one say, Ma-ma? She will say that she saw the beau-ti-ful young lady talking to a married man, and nobody need tell her it was just an accident, because she is perfectly sure that they met on purpose, and that they are prob-a-bly planning to elope and leave the un-for-tu-nate wife and children to starve.

And what will the next one say, Ma-ma? She will sav that it is somebody's sacred duly to tell the wife. And will they do it, Ma-ma? .).