New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-11
THE WEEK IN SOCIETY.
FAIR WEATHER PROMOTES ADJUSTMENTS
IN THE COUNTRY

, ,te 10 the festivities OF the week at the laVo'ou
hummer resorts and from Bar Harbor to Long braho"
I'D from Narragansett Pier Lenox there has Deeh
ccess,on Of agreeable occurrences. among whch .en-
-; tournaments and Yacht races have oceupieo
,,,.r, positlon The harbors Of New London ana
Newnort have through the week presenter Sa'"
sppearance and for the last three nlgh's INC ""io
Of the latter place has We'd with ia'rNis'u cav"
Yacht endeavoring 10 Guido the others III POM Vi
,Yr,,nations so that mile OF tho coast OF newport
49, rl.ce seemed 10 be studded with brilliant jewels.
To Newport again must he given the PAIN ior
A.. srcatest number of social occurrences OF ue
xr.ek beginning with Ex-Governor ana MIS- ecorso
peahody wetmore's brilliant reception at N"a'o""
sur Nsr on Monday afternoon in honor OF the com
49, ant Of their young daughter in society Inc III
,e,t weather in the early part OF the AFTERNOON vi"
-, in the least interfere with the success OF the
.S,.,,.,rment for all Of fashionable Newport was
,h.rn 10 welcome the debutante, among the guests
..,rs Miss Letter and Miss Hargous The "e'more
son s one OF the handsomest in Newport, the large
sr,,s.roon,. finished in carved oak and old spanish
,a,her being particularly notable. large num-
hsv Of Young people were present ana the heads Oh
ali On. prominent families were represented
r,a visit of Grover Cleveland marked by
,oh.r NJ entertainments. without political sig
niseance a dinner given by his host, T. T. baiuWi"'
and a Dime, by Mr. and Mrs. Sidney WEBSTER oeihs
the most important At Mr.. Baldwn's dinner were
governor Ladd Colonel Bonapartc. Frederick sheldon
ex-secretary Whitney, Cornelius Vanderbilt Johh
f.adwslader Fairman Rogers, Ex-Governor Wetmore
W K Vanderbilt and Egerton l. winthrop. Al DIT
Webser's dinner almost entirely the same guests
Governor Ladd gave breakfast for the ex-Presioeh
having as his guests the most weiiRnoWh men no"
in Newport ,,ou
,srties on Wednesday night in honor OF her reiaVe
Nine de stues. The table was SET with the rioh
service of repOusse silver, in the centre Deihe
mass Of delicate pink holyhocks and ferns Besides
the guest of honor were Mr.. and Mis-. Preseo"
Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. ". Watts sherman, MISS
Marion Iangdon, Miss sallie Hargous Mr.. ana MIS-
" W. Aston Count Arco the German Minister W.
starr Miller Miss Winthrop, Henry Cary ana Johh
Jacob Aston, il. .
The Casino dance on Monday night was brliiianI
affair many handsome gowns enriched by Ie"eis
being worn As usual there was a large number Oh
dinner psrties the guests all attending the dance
later Handsome dinners were given mat hien' ny
Mrs Alexander Van Rensselaer,, Mrs. Thomas hitch
cock Mrs E. NJ Padclford and Mrs. samuel T. larger
the latter being given at snug HarOoi' iornoi'
Admiral Baldwin's villa, for Miss BaIger deou'ah'e
Of last season. On the afternoon Mr. and MIS-.
odgen Goelet gave a luncheon al the Caslno'
their guests including Miss Grace wilson MrS; Zoe
ie.'s sister, Miss Hartman. The lion Mlcha An MI
Herbert and Mrs. Herbert, formerly MISS DelIc VA
son perry TIFFANY Fred Beach. GOod Redmond,
Thomas Howard and James L. kernochan. sA...
who arrived by the Etrura yesterday are shortly eA
pected as Newport where they VIII DO the sI ,be pe
terson villa on the cliffs which General Bryce mas
taken for the season Ex-Mayor Hewitt, win ms
tTtp Enough the Cathedral towns of England visiting
also many famous old country houses =, A.. an
Considerable annoyance has been caused Dy ule a,i
nouncemen IN several tina! matrim1na se
gagemenu existed between Miss Emmeline heckscn9r
:aily denied by The relatives of the young people
whose have been lnwairantaoy uset tbe cor
Mrs Paran stevens, I'm spite Of runOlS 10 the Coi-
trary has been at Newport thus far and has gwen
number of brilliant dinner parties at hsr Suin o
AIapfa Wills
Thursday night was for secretary and Mrs; VIII Eno
ney who have been her guests for some y 6 rJ after
To morrow night Miss Lesy and her brother Arthur
the at the Lawrence villa, when 'neS h"Fo w
ColnneI and Mrs ; Van Rensselaer, Cruger are tue
guests Of j. !. Van Men at his mn va fancy
are still rlmcrs that MI Van Alien VIII give iA"''
Mrs Cornelius vanderbnts athome on Tuesday si, '
noon at The Breakers charming. ever S mns
being IN favor An the summer colony dip ION bs
and other visitors of distinction were 10 e
TIE extensive lawns, almost as smooth a. weha9 l
spread about at frequent Intervals, me SnD aee ieSs
was magnificent the rugs being N enect oas sT nsanfs
In addition TO the band from the Casino, there was
music 10y the mandolin players. ..,-o.u.,or ,,u
at The Newport Casino will take place Augns d
90 80 efforts VIII r be spared ot CO m ma%
Young people makes dancing feature OF the sea rss
1t said that there viii be as many as nne p Gv
dance for his sister soon When in Paris he bought
many nnioue favors for the coUllOn.
" Mrs " X Vanderb It's wonderful string OF dlanlonds
and nearls has occaSi0ncd much comment since her
arrival M Newport. The diamonds are pierced Ike
tbe nearS and II is said that the process required
MANY weeks of patient labor ON each diamond Inc
gems are strung alternately like beads It, is but
lew seasons ago that every one was admrlng Mr..
Vandcrbs diamond sun. an ornament thal had III
this country at least two cOunterparts, the DINERS
being worn by Mrs. Bradley Martin ana
the present Mrs. George J.. Rives, then
Mrs. Whiting Belmont. After the sun came
half moon also OF diamonds and OF unusual SIC anu
briliancy. This copied more or less. Dut the
necklace referred 70 will probably for some time De
the only one OF It's kind tn this country.
4 successful amateur entertainment was gwen III
the pretty casino AT EbeIOn Thursday night IN ana
OF the NedicO- Chrurglcal HOspital. of Phiadelph
The comedy Ruths Romance - was acted by W.
Howard Pancoast. II. Livingston Roe r.. and Miss
pancOast. and the everamusing The Happy Pair was
particularly well PLAYED by Miss Gertrude Pancoasl
a daughter of Dr PancOast of Philadelphia, and l.
Vinton Murphy, OF New York. After the play there
was dancing. The orchestra was hidden By screen
Of palms As the guests were all IN full dress the
gathering was most attractive. New-YOrk was well
represented in the audience.
After a long retirement from tie amateur stage, Miss
Elsie dc Wolfe will again appear IN play at Lenox
during the early part Of next month. The rehcarsals
are being held In the SChermcrhOrn Assembly
Rooms where the PLAY win be produced Edward
Faes Coward and Clinton Stuart will be in the cast
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