New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-23
VIEWPOINTS TENNIS WEEK"
BRILLIANT GATHERINGS WATCH THE
TOURNAMENT AT THE CASINO.
THE ELIMINATING POINT OF THE fAshioN-
ABLE sEAsoN-THE ROUND OF EN-
.rrPT aTNME<TS


National championship not only attract the tennis
enthusiasts pure and simple. but serve also as a
sort OF open air dress parade Tor society WIN"
never misses this golden opportunity TO display
charming outdoor costumes suited 10 the sport an"
to exchange the latest bits of gossip under such
delightful conditions and amid such pleasing sur
roundngs So during the forenoon hours OF tour
namcnt week everybody in society Is at the Casino,
and one may about the courts. as the games go
on "A more notable gathering Of fair women ana
distinguished than. possibly, anywhere else IN
America.
But tennis has not been the only subject OF In
terest nd attention for It has been well week
Of large entertainments. exceeding In brilIiancy
any seen before this season. On the night OF the
| opening day of the tennis tourney occurred the
Van Allen ball in honor of the comng-out or the
elder daughter of the house-the biggest event Of
the summer The improvised ballroom. imported
for the occasion and erected intact on the grounds
outside the house. gave the touch of novelty TO the
AFFAIR and this further increased by other un-
usual accessories. of which were not disclosed
until the arrival of the guests. Society had been
expecting that this ball would surpass in many re-
spects ANYTHING Of the kind seen here for some
time and II Is the general verdict that It's antci-
pations we're realized, Mr.. Van Allen was espe-
cialy anxious that this dance introducing his
daughter 10 society should be notable incident In
the history of the summer
At noon on the following day came the Taylor
Bishop marriage. a church ceremony. Though it
was not intended a. large wedding, and did not
the interest which attaches 10 the whitney
Vanderbilt nuptias neM week. Newport society
was largely represented. and the wedding VIII be
set down as one Of the special incidents OF the sea-
on Wednesday evening society was Interested In
the amateur minstrel entertainment at the Casino.
III which number OF the younger element partlcl-
pated; on Thursday night followed the big Brooks
ball I'm some sense splendid spectacle than
the Van Allen dance. and on the same evening the
annual big hop at the Ocean House. Several un-
usually large dinners given this week besides
the almost innumerable smaller entertainments.
Polo matches and yacht races occupied the hours Of
the late afternoon and to-day the busy week closed
with the annual display Of the coaching parade
Not much more. certainly. could well be crowded
! into 4 single week. and allow those who participant
ed in this procession of things time for rest and
recreation from the unceasng round Of pleasures
But this and next week mark the eliminating point
i'm The gay season, and must perforce. be filed TO
the full The cottage colony will remain almost
| unbroken long after September opens. but there
will be thenceforth less Of gayety and compara-
lively little entertaining en- an elaborate scale.
| The weather most of the summer has not been
! specially favorable for bathing, but the warm
wave this month the beach big boom, and
! for DAYS the water at the fashionable hour was
| crowded with bathers while the sands and the
| PAVILION piazzas were thronged with sghtseers.
! The proposed bicycle parade. under the patron
| age OF society. which was postponed from last
week has now been definitely set down for the
! first Saturday in September 1t is hoped to make
this affair not only the biggest thing Of the KIM
! eyer $ .en here but the rival of any ever held in
/ this part OF the country.
From present indications the social and financial
success Of the Horse Show next week Is already
assured Nearly 500 entries have been received. AMI
! ali thu. boxes have been DISPOSED OF. Additional
| holders are benjamin Thaw. Mrs. +. 0. French,
| Mrs Jesse H. Metcalf. Andrew II. Sands Mrs.
David King Mrs. r. II. I. Goddard. Mrs c. c.
Pomeroy Mrs. G.. 3. De Forest ard Victor Sor-
chan
More than forty players including several ladies,
were entered in recent handicap golf match at
the Country Clubs links for cup offered by the
president Of the club. Theodore a. Havemeyer. An
/ nierclub match is announced for next week be-
tween picked teens from the Boltersvie On. V
| and Newport clubs The local players will prob
ably be Messrs Winthrop Rutherford. Alfred
Coates. James Stillman. Reginald Brooks Victor
! Sorchan and Lawrence Waterbury.
/ The amateur minstrel performance for the bcnc-
/ fit of the West Side Day Nursery of Ncw-York on
Thursday evening attracted large and fashionable
| audience the Casino Theatre Among the par
Elephants who from the younger In society
were Willing Spencer John Livermore. Kent Will
Ing. H. O. Havemeycr. jr. Frederick Havemeyer
cyril Hatch. H. D. Cleveland George r. Beach,
John II. King George j. Cook. John b. Leech. jr
William Collins S. 5. Boardman Perry &. Kiefer
| &. Harry Reeves X. r. NlRndN, waiter GcCkldm
John H. Kulkle l.. s Quackenbush. L. d. Weser-
Welt James W Walter. Arthur Knox. Adophe
Irovot and Roy Goodrich
Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Elliot and r. j. Preston
and family. Of New-York. have rented cottages
connected with New CllNs Hotel for the
mandcr OF the season. and have arrived and en-
tered upon their occupancy.
J Mr. and Mrs Henry r. Sloane occupying the
| Carey villa, where they have as guests Mr. and
The Rev. Braddin Hamilton, Of NewYork, who
Is spending the season here with his bride preached
a week ago in one of the local churches.
Mrs. Theodore A. IIavemeyer has returned to
James b Eustis tr.. has Joined the Ambassadors
family here and other arrivals include general
| Navy: Samuel r. Thayer formerly Minister to the
sd"d l. 4 b9 Se GsA9 Iqin STd R G
Murray and G. A. Num- Of New-Ycrk ;. w. Mill
Chaunccy NJ Depcw again spent Sunday in New
port last week as guest Of Cornelius Vanderbilt
visiting Geor;e Work ha; been guest Of his si,-
M OF Nr na M a F5dnk Mrs
John Mayer Of Mr. and Mrs Theodore A. Have
Miss it Roy. Of Mrs Frederck ". Vanderbilt;
Herbert D. Robbins. Of his sister Mrs Henry T;
Craig: W. K. Belts and Miss Mundi Of the Rey.
ana Mr.. RodsTick Teri: Mr. and Mrs $ f.
Mrs Ramsay wife OF Admiral +. NJ. Ramsay,
Tned States Nay Mis- Ramsay ana r Miss ,c Molly
At tie Training Station GSErd MgrTy Of Henry
Dr and Mrs William Appleton. OF Mrs. and Miss
/ g. Il. DE Forest; Miss Thompson. of Mrs Theodore
| X. Gibbs J. NJ. Waterbury. jr:, OF Milton S Bar
| ger; Francis C. Bishop of Ilebcr r. Bishop; Miss
Louise I.eary, Of her aunt Miss leary: r l.. Pii-
| lot. Of Edward VI NELL. at LongGcre; George T.
! Eustis of Center Hitchcock. Ellertcn James, of J.
| &. Bancroft; Or. and Mrs. William II. Hartley, OF
Asa NJ Sypher. at the Deas cottage; Mr.: and Mrs.
II. r. O. Cross Of England. Of John y. A. Girls
void. and Worthingon Whitehouse, OF John r.
| Drexel.
AT the Casino dances the young set continues
largely 10 predomnatc. the attendance being
greatly increased by the numerous dinner parties,
whose guests almost without exception visit the
Casino.
one OF the notable social incidents OF the season
WAS Mrs. William Astor's young peoples dinner
early In the week In honor of her granddaughter.
Miss Van Aleu- at which the floral decorations OF