The morning times., 1895-08-18
WORMS In VIEWPOINTS ROSE
Men Will Yacht and the
Women Mourn.
SEASON NOK IN FULL BLAST
Mrs. Brice Gives a Dinner
a Night and Others
Follow Suit.

Newport, Aug. l5-There are broken
hearts at Newport. This fair city 10y
the sea" this summer capital" this
''home OF wealth" covers more snapped
heart-chords than it does millions Of dollars
People here have no cares, no tender strug-
giles To bring them closer together; no self
denials to make for each other-nothing but
luxury is their lot And the canker OF dis
conteutment which ifeeds upon selfshneSs
grows great and keen
There is one hear-break here that lies
right in the midst OF all things IT clangs
its unharmonious chords in the concerts at
the Casino; it dashes angrily against the
sides Of the great yachts; it rushes along
the drveways, frightening the horses and
making the faces OF the drivers pale IL is
q hean-break in the powerful family of
Vanderbilt, and it viii leave souowful
trail upon society.
II is pathctics TO see Mrs. Alva Smith
Vanderbilt drive her team down Bellevue
avenue with her children at her side; pa
thetic 10 see her take to her yacht and cruise
to NaTraganSett or lie along the coast for a
days outing; pathetic to see her smiling
at the society which she has snubbed for
twenty years, and thrice pathetic to know
that She is planning a great bah TO which
all the world OF Newport is to be invited,
in orderthat She may judge from those who
come and those who stay a way just who are
her friends and who side with the VAN
derbilts
1T sad TO see the gay but fond Willie X.
drive down the avenue; touching TO see him
glance toward Marble House, where his
children live, and paralyzing TO watch the
approach the two turnouts his and the
other, advance, almost meet-and turn
aside just in time, while the children, in
spite OF their mothers cold gaze, turn eyes
askance to see where papa-papa, whose
very name has meant wonders OF childish
luxury, where papa is going.
BROKENI ONE HEART
There is a heart being broken here, some
~heTei And there are those who say it
is the heart Of wnlyK And that he love
bis charming wife aud should never have
allowed a word OF deed 20 come between
theml Gossip also says that it was the
relatives upon the woman's side Of the
house that made the TROUBLED And that
they despsed the Eanderblts because the
family could not boast Of an old ancestry.
You may dress willy up as much as You
please, but he looks like only an under
groom after an exclaimed one of the
hauthy Southern sisters, angrily, as WHY
X, with flushed face, whirIed by ia
ballroom.
But there are other heart breaks in New
port. Men are scaroel They are hanging
around the New York Yacht Club squad
ron, trying their yachts; they are run
ming up iO Bar Harbor on long cruising trips;
they are gOifing when they should be
beauing, aud the patches they should
have made are bown TO the breezes
There has been just one very important
engagement. But, as the word has not
yet been whispered aloud, itcannot be told,
because there's many a slip 'twixt the
Yes and the wedding.
Commodore Gerry and his family are
welcomed most heartily from Europe.
They have a fad for entertaining on the
Electra, which is a very beautiful yacht
Its decks are broad, and its dining
cool and light. The guests are hidden
"for the afternoon, and stay TO dinner,
and they come, not 6ecolete, OF course,
but ID very stylish yachting suits that are
more airy than shipshape They come in
chiffon and crimps and they go home in
oraggles and damps; for these the foam
sea, viii toss its spray in spite OF the way
in which the Gerrys try 10 cheat them
into thinking they are not tossing against
yacht This is a bit OF island. lighted
by electricity, heated and cooled by steam
and dynamos, and trimmed by fresooers
and florists, you have DO business here"
they say to the waves. but the dinner table
rocks just the same. and The only delight