The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-12
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| CLUB was sailed on typical yachting day
that is. the elements furnished 1t with every
variety of bad weather that their extensive re-.
pertory possesses. A dense fog and nour.
ing rain. with accompaniment of lightning and
thunderbots, contendcd for supremacy with
| blasts from every point OF tho compass. under
the impetus ~ which the yachts went jumping
| and skipping about like skirt dancers. Tho
only Ill luck that did not attend the race was
| dead calm. and the old salts probably cungrat.
ulatcd themselves that they were spared that
| worst enemy OF sailing craft. TO those
who. by help of telescopes and opera
| glasses. watched tho boats from tho shore the
Electra seemed crowded with visitors. but
| Commodore Gerry was wise enough to carry no
| "pctticoat gear. and tho men rather enjoyed
| the excitement of pitching and rolling. bump-
| ing and fouling. to say nothing OF the unhidden
ncarncss Of natures electricity. quite uncon.
| trolled by human experts or scientsts IL n
larger fleet had been in motion tho Commodore
and his officers would probably have been bet.
ter pleased. As 1t was. the display was prctty
| poor one. but IL every yacht in the country had
been thcro 1t would have made little differ.
| ence rs not one boat in ten could have been
| seen through the fog.
| great deal OF mannuvrinn in moro WAYS
than one, has been going on at West Point this
week. Tho annual exercises. examinations.
| and reviews have been in progress. and even
| moro than the annual amount OF flirting phi-
laundering. and sentimentaang has been
| enjoyed by graduates and Undergraduates
| and their sweet girl friends. who have abso.
lutely stormod tho place. At the last hop thcre
| were over fifty couples on tho floor the bellies
| mailing from Garrisons. Newark. New York
| Washington. and all the regions round about
| tho upper and lower Hudson. The escaped
| lunntics. one might almost say. but probably
| the academy's first and second classes would
| DO tho moro dignined designation painted the
| Casino red on Saturday evening. and gave a
happy foretaste Of what sobcr-r IN ndcd citizens
have to expect when college crows. baseball
mines. and tennis champions are let loose
| upon the summer nights.
Although tho reign OF tho gloomy green
| shade over the fronts OF city mansions Is fully
| established. and state coaches with livcried
| servants have disappeared 50 completely that
women and children can cross the Fifth ave-
| nuc without endangerng their lives. yet tho
season at mono Of the watering places is as yct
fairly opened nor Is life in tho suburbs yet
extinct. Tuxedo is enjoying a little prelimi-
nary gayety before her residents repair to
Newport. us thcy always do during the mid.
summer heat. The club house is full, and on
Saturday nights overlooking. Mrs. Stuy-
vesant Fish. with her family and re-
tanners. occupying tho largest suite OF
rooms. Miss Letter. who fits from ono
place to another after somewhat ubiquitous
fashion. has been staying at one Of tho cot
tages. and pretty Miss Sadie Price and Miss
Marie Sterling OF Baltimore. who came on for tho
Price-Post wedding. have remained on visits
to Mr.. Bruce Price and Mrs. Granville Kane.
Fly fishing has beGun In earnest. and Mr. Kent
hauls in every day miraculous number Of
black bass. Tho Fourth Of July is to be cele-
brated by Gymkana races. a tennis tourna-
ment. and sailing matches-the two latter to
begin on the LIST and 2d-thus keeping up tho
excitement from Friday until Tuesday.
The stately homes OF the Hudson are now
In their greatest beauty. and with the excep-
tion OF Livingston manor. whose chatelaine Is
still In Europe. are very nearly all opon and
occupied. Tho Vice-President and Mrs. Nor
ton are dispensing their usual informal hos
pitality at Elerslie Mrs. Lydlg Hoyt and her
daughter are at Staatsburg. Mr.. and Mrs
Archibald Rogers are occupying their sump-
tuous mansion preparatory to going to New
port for tho season. Mr. and Mrs. Reginald
Rives are in seclusion at Carnwath in conse-
Quence OF the recent death Of Mrs. Rives's
father. Mr.. Buckley. The Honorable and ven-
cradle Hamilton Fish is enjoying his much
loved historic homo at Garrison's, and his
daughter. Mrs William Z. Rogers. whose
beautiful home with its household treasures
was burned to the ground few months since,
is living with hor family at the Rectory.
House parties are to be found at all those
country places. the guests being drawn from
the large number who have no homes outside
OF city limits. those same homes being now
relegated to holland covers and most unloyely
care takers. Husbands. fathers. and brothers
who are allowed to sleep in their own beds
and to claim the shelter OF their own roof
tree during the hours Of rest. while they live
at clubs and restaurants during the day. have
always the refuge Of the race course. tho roof
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haitian Beach to enliven their dull lives.
Two roof gardens now offer their seductive
attractions to the lonely masculine. at either
one OF which he may admire artists models in
black or violet coverings. and at one we arc
told. may occasionally study the classic game
or leap frog In a som what moro modest form
than when presented to DR.. Parkhurst. Top-
ical songs. too. which seem to be tho leading
feature OF theatrical representations can now
be heard at every theatre. and thus moral and
intellectual entertainment Is provided for tho
brothers. cousins. and uncles. not to sneak OF
nearer relatives OF the fair creatures who arc
airing their lungs and their French lpery by
mountain. stream. and eoa.
novel form OF summer home is to be in.
PRODUCED this year. in tho shape OF houseboats
which nre largely In uso on the River Thames
during regatta week. Mr.. Pierre Lorillard o.
cupicd one last wntor on tho Florida rivers.
and they have been popular for several years
on the ST. Lawrence. in tho ncighborhood OF
the Thousand Isles. Mr. James NJ. Waterbury
has secured tho best kind OF n house boat in tho
late Mr.. Astors big yacht Nourmahal, the
largest pleasure craft in the country aftcr the
Alva in which no can cruise from Westchestor
to Newport. and from Newport to Bar Harbor.
and can entertain his friends at dinners.
lunchcons and DANCES. house parties and
cruise parties. In fact take In anything except
the Adirondack and the Yosemite.
Tho bachelor quarters in the Mad ison SQUARE
Tower are already occupied. and meet with uni
versal approval. Mr.. Stanford White recently
gave dinner OF ton for Mrs. Cameron OF Wash
ington in his airy apartment on the fifth floor.
and therefore quite near enough to the rrc4li-
ing goddess. who looks down serenely upn,. th,
dust, din. and disIuiet Of the great city H,,.uw
to sh0rN her advantages and nnnnrtInLt-na