NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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SOCIETY NOTES 
An early New Year marriage will 
be that of Miss Lois Frost of West 
Newton and Miles Weeks of Com- 
monwealth avenue, son of Mr. and 
Mrs. Warren B. P. Weeks of Boston 
and Beverly, and nephew of Mrs. 
S. Reed Anthony of Boston and 
Beverly Farms. The ceremony will 
take place in the West Newton 
Unitarian church and will be a 
large affair. Rev. Julian C. Jaynes 
will officiate. There will be eight 
oridesmaids. 
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Among Mrs. Henry Pratt Mc- 
Kean’s functions on her Boston so- 
cial calendar was a musicale at her 
sister’s home on Beacon street 
which she is occupying this winter. 
De Gorgorza was the artist. Mme. 
Emma Eames-De Gorgorza was 
present but did not sing. Mrs. Me- 
Kean was attired in black and 
white with silver and touches of 
cerise. After the music supper was 
served. Among the many guests 
who enjoyed Mrs. McKean’s nota- 
ble hospitality were: Mrs. Horatio 
N. Slater, Mr. and Mrs. William 
Hooper, Mrs. George Lee, Mr. and 
Mrs. Francis Lee Higginson, Mr. 
and Mrs. Philip Sears and Herbert 
Sears, Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Cur- 
tis, Charles Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. 
Herbert Dumaresq, Miss Alison 
Haughton and her brothers, Law- 
renee and Malcolm Graeme Haugh- 
ton, Dr. and Mrs. Francis Watson, 
Mr. and Mrs. TT. Adamowski, and 
Mr. and Mrs. Boylston Beal. 
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Mr. and Mrs. Preston Gibson had 
as their guest in Washington Tues- 
day, Mare Klaw, of Messrs. Klaw 
and Erlanger, who was there in 
connection with the production of 
the new play ‘‘Kismet,’’ which re- 
ceived its premiere Wednesday eve- 
ning. At a rehearsal of the play 
Tuesday afternoon there were pres- 
ent Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Long- 
worth, Miss Margaret Ide, John 
Barrett, Mr. and Mrs. Preston Gib- 
son and Esmond Ovey, of the Brit- 
ish Embassy. While there, Mr. 
Klaw will look over Mr. Gibson’s 
new play ‘‘Lola Montez,’’ which is 
to be produced in New York during 
the winter. 
MANCHESTER, MASS., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1911. 
SOCIETY NOTES 
Mrs. Harriet van Rensselaer Cros- 
by, wife of Colonel John Schuyler 
Crosby of New York and Washing- 
ton, died at West Manchester on 
Sunday at the age of seventy-four 
years. Death was due to the infirm- 
ities of old age, and followed an ill- 
ness prolonged through several 
months. Mrs. Crosby went to Man- 
chester from Washington early last 
season to spend the summer at the 
Masconomo Hotel. At the closing 
of the hotel, she went to the summer 
home of her son, Stephen V. R. 
Crosby, at West Manchester. She 
was in failing health and her condi- 
tion continued such that when win- 
ter approached she could not be 
moved to the Boston home of her 
son and she remained at the North 
Shore, and Dr. George H. Washburn 
of Marlboro street, Boston, made al- 
most daily trips there to attend her. 
Mrs. Crosby, as Harriet van Rensse- 
laer, was descended from one of the 
oldest and most distinguished fam- 
ilies of New York State. She was 
the youngest daughter of General 
Stephen van Rensselaer, the last pa- 
troon of Rensselaerwyck, and was a 
ereat-granddaughter of Gen. Philip 
Schuyler and Alexander Hamilton. 
In 1863 she was married to John 
Schuyler Crosby, descendant of an- 
other old New York family, who 
had just returned a colonel from the 
Civil War. Later Colonel Crosby 
occupied several important  posi- 
tions in civil life, among them gov- 
ernor of Montana, assistant post- 
master general under President Ar- 
thur, consul at Florence, Italy, and 
school commissioner of New York 
city. Mrs. Crosby is survived by 
her husband, her son and a daugh- 
rer: 3 
A number of invitations have 
reached Boston for the ball which 
Mrs. John R. McLean is giving at 
her fine estate Friendship, in Wash- 
ington, on the last night of the old 
year in compliment to Miss Mar- 
garet Preston Draper, of the Man- 
chester colony. Miss Draper made 
her bow two years ago, but her 
debutante gayeties were inter- 
rupted by the illness and death of 
her father. 
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SOCIETY NOTES 
Miss Elizabeth B. Ely of 297 
Beacon street, Boston, was the kes- 
tess at a luncheon at the Tuilexies 
Tuesday. Her guests numbered 
thirty-nine, all of them this season’s 
debutantes, who were brought to- 
gether to meet Miss Ely’s niece, 
Miss Charlotte L. Read, the daugh- 
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Read 
of Read’s Island, Manchester. Red 
roses and holly comprised the table 
decorations and these with other 
bright spots about the room lent 
quite a Christmas air to the occa- 
sion. Miss Ely wore chiffon over 
brown velvet and carried violets. 
Miss Read’s gown was of blue 
marquisette. Her hat was of black 
velvet with white plumes. . 
If all goes well the Fishermen’s 
Snug Harbor, at Gloucester, made 
possible through the efforts of Dr. 
John Dixwell of Boston, seconded 
by the munificence of John MHays 
Hammond, who has provided a per- 
manent home, will be opened on 
Christmas Day, and will be an ace- 
ceptable present to those old veter- 
ans of the fleet who find themselves 
cast up on a lee shore in their de- 
elining days. Care will be taken 
that only bona fide fishermen, with 
a long service record, shall have en- 
trance. The rooms have been fur- 
nished through the good offices of 
the friendly disposed without ex- 
pense, a new heating apparatus has 
been put in and everything con- 
ducive to comfort installed. 
It became known in Washington 
Tuesday that an engagement exists 
between Mrs. Oliver Cromwell of 
Washington and Edward T. Stotes- 
bury, of Philadelphia. Rumors of 
such an engagement have been cir- 
culated repeatedly and as often de- 
nied, but it is now acknowledged 
that the marriage will take place 
early in the new year. Thev will 
live in’ Philadelpbia. Mr. Stotes- 
bury’s daughter, Mrs. Sidney E. 
Hutehinson, has a summer estate at 
Beverly Farms, where Mr. Stotes- 
bury is an annual visitor. 
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Mrs. Sidney E. Hutchinson of 
Philadelphia and Beverly Farms, 
has been sojourning in the South. 
