The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-23
NEwPoRTS CYCLE PARADE.
,ruEELs TRIMMED WITH PRETTY
PAPER FLOWERS.

for the Summer, Though faunee-
tote Is Away.
xavport. Aug. 28.-Newport is taking
,-.4 in earnest this year. Everybody has
.ssk to perform and Is performing it
NTH surprising industry. 1t is so differ
from watching a girl make the evolu-
., into duchess or an elderly belle
...-, q Young beau. People all have some
,r.rv 10 do. and are doing it eagerly and
Independently.
l. Van Allen, who is like "the prince
On In things except his mOnocle, has a
s,rrbter to introduce. and well he is do
,rgt He began in the royal English way
cf allowing grandmamma to lead off. The
e--- great dinner of the season was given
b,. Mrs. William Aston at Beechwood, to
,-,-,4uce Miss Van Allen to society. Those
nrezent were the elderly set, the old ma
,-ors and the do~agers. Miss Van Allen
vs5 unknown to them in face, for she
v.--t 10 a French convent years ago, after
t.r mothers death, and emerged only
when time to bring her out at Newport.
1ls- father is teaching her to keep house
IN relieve him of the care which he has
horne s. ErdCeLullg anu 81 AOAA6-
Following this came a grand ball at the
Nan Allen house, and now the Casino
dances noted through two continents, are
o-sr4d bv the young lady's presence. And
mat Is q Newport bringing out.
The British embassy has its headquar-
tiers in Newport for the summer. Niscount
Co1sb is at its head in Sir Julian Paunce-
totes absence in Engand.In the embassy
is a very eligible gentleman, visiting
member of the legation He has an ''hOn-
orab.e' title and is desirable from many
q mint of view This gentleman all the
vav over on the Paris kept talking of the
beauties of the Newport suppers- I want
TO eat one live broiled lobster there he
said and then die of epicurean ecstacy.'
The very night of his arrival the club
house was prepared for him, and live
broiled lobster brought out and set be-
fore him by his catering friends. Eat II
he did And die he almost did, but not of
"epicurean ecstacy." By some trick pecu-
liar TO Holsters the dish was what Is
known as a poisoned lobster" and for a
week he lay in bed grOaning with pain.
Mrs Potter Palmer is in the very inner
ranks Of the 1856. as the 400 has dwindled to.
There is no reason why she should not
occupy this position, as she has all the
requisites. But she has hitherto held aloot
for other aims. Now she is right in it, as
il were, and she proved the fact by state
Wan Sartoris and Miss Julia Dent Grant
TO Newport society Everybody was there.
And what did they see? A regally beauti-
full woman in white satin sprigged in roses
with her pearls twisted around her neck,
and by her side two of the most beautiful
girls that have stepped into Newport since
Consuelo Yznaga, Duchess of Manchester,
reigned there. These two young people,
with Mrs. Palmer's sons, make the house
of great interest to Newport beaux, who
complain of more girls than there are
beauties.
Miss Fair says she did not really lose
her life in that sea story that got out
about her She was dancing all the time
she was supposed TO be drowning. Her
constant companion is Mrs. Herman
Oelrichs, who is considerate enough to
dress as the dowager, as a foil for her
little sister. Miss Fair hasn't the dig
nifty Of a sixty million dollar heiress
She is too saucy looking. Her nose is
too tip-tilt and her freckles too pro-
nounced She is a trim little girl, though
and one that even the old sea salts turn
TO look at. She is teaching Miss Van
Allen the wheel. Miss Fair cycles In
navy blue and Miss Van Allen in brown.
Afternoons the two wear pale blue and
white An instructor always rides along
for safety. The Newport fad is for him
to ride ahead keeping his eyes upon the
The coaching parade set down for
Aug. p was the cause of bringing many
men here who, for some reason, have
been living quietly in New York at tho
Metropolitan Club. Perhaps they feel
that they can rest better at the club. Per-
haps they know this summer when II
Is well to watch ones business closely.
Anyway, they come up for events like tie
coaching, but not to stay long.
The open air horse show starts in next
Wednesday and lasts until Saturday.
The coaching parade horses will all be
there. This horse show is more an ex-
hibit of pet and trick horses, good car
rlage teams and cobs, than an exhibit
OF valuable horses. People keep their
high breeds for the November horse
show Here they show off the horses they
like best to pet and drive.
Mrs. O. H. z. Belmont is becoming the
most popular woman in Newport She
Is trying as hard to be agreeable now as
she tried to be exclusive for the last twen-
ty years. Her latest gift is a valuable
cup to be sailed for by half-raters Her
son and II. O. Havemeyer have charge
OF the arrangements and are gathering
me yachtsmen together for the sail for
the big beautiful cup.
The grandest ball given since that
Duke OF Marlborough ball will take place
al Belcourt, the combination stable and
mousse where the family now reside. The
term combination stable inaptly de-
scrl0es the structure, which is a series
OF grand open courts, through which one
passes from dining hall to drawing room,
rom staircase halls to veranda, and on
through stone arches to the stables.
"here the animals from the Orient are
Edlnered as a recreation for the master.
mere lives the sacred cow with one I'M
C.fumpled horn, giving cream for the fam
ny coffee, and here are the goats that
uId~ the children around.
Nothing eXcels the Newport bicycle pa
1aaeS' when the cliff colony come down
mere are few gold or silver wheels but
many nickel ones, and the owners deco
adte them with gorgeous flowers. Paper
movers are not unknown in Newport, for
me me wheels keep fresh longer and are
ii-sHter with these than with the flowers
t-eaEy With summers sap. The fragrance
Is there just the same.
:, Dand OF thirty pieces on wheels en-
~ ems the scene, and the prizes are sill
.1I thlngs on the bicycle order And at
-i"aras comes a bicycle dance at the
no'el. That is the way a bicycle day Is
'n.I- i at Newport
%. ne Digest bicycle parade ever given
~ ~ j summer resort takes place here soon.
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