The morning times., 1895-08-18

ful thing about the Newport yacht dinners
istheir infornality.
People are going away soon to rest ''for
a vacation" " Newport hasn't been va
Ca1ioH-like this year To be sure, there
are trees and grass and f!owers but II isn't
The country. There is so very much dinner
giving. Everybody gives a dinner or a
banquet every night or a picnic in the
morning. and il is wore than the town.
J J. Van Allen gives a bicycle picnic like
the ones OF last year, al II O'Clock. Mrs.
Henry Clews has an lat home" at 4
O'Clock. Mrs. Van Allen gives n Eall in
the evening and Mrs. Calvin Brice drags
away thirty tiIod guests for a dinner 'twiNt
''at hoWe' and ban.
Tomorrow night the dance VIII be at
Mrs Clcws', the dinner at the Briccs' and
the ''at home" AT the Astor villa. and the
picnic in The morning by the OeriChes.
And so the days go by Mrs. Calvin Brice,
who is Tie social succcFs OF the season, has
dinner invitations out for every night until
August 81. ard Mr.. Van Alien has coaching
or picnic parties for every half day until
September 1t is awfully tresome, so
everybody says, but we shan "Go to the
country SOON" meaning Lenux, where all
can rest.
There is a neat little woman here who
makes her appearance and her living upon
the strength Of what che can do. She can
keep a woman strong and pretty for all the
dinners of the week and many a dance be-
sides, She does il by rum baths, by giving
them highly spiced perfumes to smell, and
10y little tOnics for the stomach, cold jGllies
and acid fruits given carefully by the
teaspoOnful She makes her headquarters
at a fashionable hotel, and when fair
entertainer gives OUT and cannot slip
from the riding dress into the dinner gown
without faintinS from wear mess, the
French woman is sent for with her mixtures
and her rcstorants. She never fails to land
the beauty, pale and shaky, but calm and
smiling, at The feast at the appointed time
Newport received its fuil quota of broken
hearts from the clubhouse matter The
dear old Casino is a little Jealous Of the
new and exclusive clubhouse. The Casino
dances, with their admittance fee, which
any well-dressed person might pay and be
admitted, to see millions tripping with
millions, have been Newport's attraction
for the summer tourist. And now the
who pay their dollar and see only a few
people OF whom they never heard, grieves
for its old-time popularity But the Casino
has taken many a new lease OF life, and
next summer the Country Clubhouse will
be all for the golfers and cyclists without
monopnliZing the swell dancers.
OPENING BATHROOMS
What's going to be done about the New
port balls? SO very many Newporters are
in mourning. The Lawrences and their
relatives are in black for the girl who
just died in Europe Miss Fair can not
quite 60 to a ball yet, the Astors are still
a little subdued from the death of Mr..
AStors sister, and so who will be the
dancers at the ball? The great bathrooms
hold a thousand. and Newport has only
400 before the mourners are Ia ken ont
Society whispers a scandalized word
about the sale OF Mrs. Stevens effects.
Was it not pathetic? She who would
never allow the hoi-poIloi, OF whom she
stood iu such dis trust, to cross her
threshold, TO suffer the indignity after
death OF having all her little relics held
up TO their view and their pennies! And
her photograph. However did il happen
TO get in with the basket OF trifles offered
in a Job lot for salei a nd how did her
sons tennis racket, cherished for years,
ever fan into the aUctioneer's hands,
But. ah, what n'atterl Her daughter, Mrs.
Paget, who ordered the sale, was far away,
and eyes cannot do duty on two continents
at once.
There are whole hearts in Newport as
well as broken ones 1t would surprise the
crOakers against great wealth to know bow
simple, sweet, and unaffected some of
rich girls who would be prizes for kings
They have grace sufficient to enrich a
poor mans hearth, even though they
brought no Eold with them. The quiet
dignity OF Miss Gemmen about whom SO
much is said: the thoughtfulness Of the
Vanderbilt cousins. one pretty and the
other companion to her mother, hrs.
Cornelius, and the loveliness of Miss Whit
ney. whose match makes her so much dis
cussed that she fIees from Newport as soon
as her foot touches ii from her fathers
yacht.
There is deal OF beauing and belleing
at Newport this year, and away upon the
trim yachts slip many couple for days
cooling under the not very watchful eye of
the chaperon. Bouquets fly around freely
and costly liale souvenirs are purchased
secretly. So il Is not nlikely that the broken
hearts are being patched with Flora's
gifts, AMI that the sun and sea of Newport
VIII prove healing balm to many.
HARRY GERMAINE.