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Cornelius Ayer Wood, son of Mr. and Mrs. William 
M. Wood of Boston and Pride’s Crossing was married 
Dec. 15 at Trinity Episcopal church, Duluth, Minn., to 
Miss Muriel Prindle, daughter of William Prindle. William 
\ ood, Jr., was his brother’s best man, The ushers were 
James Pillinghast of Providence; Francis Kittridge and 
George Simpson of Boston; and Wallace Fleming of New 
York. The bridesmaids were the Misses Rosalind and 
Irene Wood, sisters of the groom; Miss Marjorie Church 
of Brooklyn; Miss Lillian Shedd, Miss Katherine Abbott 
and Miss Caroline Marshall of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. 
William) Wood and other prominent eastern people were 
present. 
I've been cruelly jilted ; 
All alone I must shift, 
But IT won't have to buy her 
A fine Christmas gift. 
PHILADELPHIA and the North Shore are interested 
in the engagement of Miss Marie Dallas Agassiz, 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rodolphe L. Agassiz, and 
son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar 
Pa. Mr, Felton is a senior at 
Cornelius Conway Felton, 
C. Felton, of Haverford, 
Harvard. 
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Mrs. Morris Llewellyn Cooke and Mrs. Henry L. 
Davis, Jr., who were -guests for several weeks at Brown- 
land Cottages, Manchester, last summer will entertain 
with a children’s party, December 28 in honor of Miss 
Mary Castleman Davis. 
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In the brilliant audience last week at the opera ‘n 
the Metropolitan Opera House were noted in the boxes 
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Littleton as the guests of Mrs. Charles 
3. Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Eaton Cromwell, the 
son and daughter-in-law of Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury, Miss 
Dorothy Potter and Mrs. Charles A. Potter. After the 
opera many adjourned to the Ritz-Carlton, At one sup- 
per party entertained by Mr. and Mrs. W. Frazier Har- 
rison were Mr. and Mrs. J. Kearsley Mitchell, 3d., Mr. 
and Mrs. William Elkins and Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. 
Munn. C. Howard Clark, 3d, was also a supper guest in 
another party. 
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Dr. W. W. Keen gave a dance Wednesday night at 
the Ritz-Carlton for his niece, Miss Corinne Borden Free- 
men, debutante daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Walter Jackson 
Freeman of the Swampscott colony. 
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An exhibition will be held at the Pennsylvania Mu- 
seum, Memorial hall, Fairmount Park, in January and 
February which is open only to Pennsylvanians of foreign 
birth or of foreign parentage. The exhibition will be 
held in furtherance of the work of the National Amer- 
icanization committee, and its main object will be to pro- 
mote and demonstrate “Americanization through art,” and 
will include oil and water-color painting, sculpture, illus- 
trations, etchings and crafts. Mrs. Edward T. Stotes- 
bury, second vice-chairman of the National Americaniza- 
tion committee, offers prizes of $500 in oil and water 
colors, sculpture and crafts. Other prizes of lesser value 
will also be given. Miss Cecilia Beaux, the New York 
artist who has such a beautiful home on Eastern Point, 
Cloucester, will be one of the five judges of the awards. 
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Mrs. Edward Horner Coates, poet and nature lover, 
of Philadelphia, is the subject of a recent sketch in the 
Public Ledger in the series of “The Clever Women of 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Our Fashionable Life.” An idea of the personality of 
Mrs. Coates is given by the writer in recording the charm- 
ing incident that led to the writing of ‘““The Lonely Bird,” 
cne of her most delightful poems, Mrs. Coates often re- 
cites her own poems to Miss Letitia Radcliffe’s brilliant 
accompaniments. Mr. and Mrs. Coates usually spend 
considerable time every year in their camp in the Adiron- 
dacks. Members of the Coates family of Philadelphia 
usually are of the Oceanside colony, Magnolia, each sum- 
ier 
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Miss Caroline S. Sinkler, who has one of the attrac- 
tive summer homes on Eastern Point, Gloucester, has re- 
turned to her home in Philadelphia from a sojourn at the 
Virginia Hot Springs with her sister, Mrs. Charles Brin- 
ton Coxe, and Eckley B.'Coxe, Jr. 
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Mrs. Sydney Emlen Hutchinson of the Beveriy 
Farms colony will sing at the pageant, “The Gambol of 
the Gods of Monte Carlo,” which is to be given at the 
Bellevue-Stratford on January 13, in aid of the School 
of Industrial Art of Philadelphia. Advance plans for the 
affair indicate it will be one of the best ever given in this 
city. Virtually all of the debutante set will be engaged in 
the pageant in one way or another, and some of the most 
prominent women in town are on the patroness committee. 
No trumpet blast profaned 
The hour in which the Prince of Peace was born; 
No bloody streamlet stained 
Earth’s silver rivers on that sacred morn; 
But o’er the peaceful plain, 
The war horse drew the peasant’s loaded wain. 
—BRYANT. 
EW YORK society held one of the largest dog shows 
last week at the Biltmore hotel that has ever been held 
in New York during the winter season. “It was the first 
annual dog show of the Special Relief society. In the 
list of three hundred exhibitors were the names of many 
persons prominent in society whose dogs have won prizes 
in former shows, and many well known dog fanciers. 
Mrs. Payne Whitney and her daughter, Miss Joan Whit- 
ney were among the exhibitors. Pekingese led all breeds 
in the number of entries. One little Ling Fa, a new 
comer in the show ring, created a sensation by defeating — 
many well-known Pekingese winners. This remarkable 
little dog belongs to Mrs. F. R. Spalding of Boston and 
West Manchester. 
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Henry C. Frick gave a an aie of $5,000, one of the | 
largest individual contributions to the Actors’ Fund in its 
million-dollar campaign, which was carried on last week 
in the financial district of New York. 
sand dollars was collected from the district. The Astor 
Trust company has been made the trustee and depository 
of the campaign receipts, as Vincent Astor is one of the 
patrons of the fund. 
of women’s clubs throughout the country may be enlisted 
in the campaign outside of New Ot Keus ey 
3%. 
Henry A. Wise Wood of the Annisquam colony was 
Dec. 24,1915, 
Over ten thon- — 
More than half a million members 
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among the guests who attended a recent reception at the | 
New York home of Mr. and Mrs. J, Stuart Blackton for 
Hudson Maxim, who spoke briefly on “Munitions and 
Preparedness.” Among others present were Major Gen. 
Leonard Wood, U. S. A., and Mrs. Wood, Rear Admiral 
Charles D. Sigsbee, Bes" N., and the Rev. and Mrs. 
Cyrus Townsend Brady, 
