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tion. Tho Hampstead contingent. OF course. arc
missed. They constitute a colony by them.
selves OF bright. jolly. young married people
with plenty Of money, living n free and easy
life, mainly In tho open air, and caring very lit.
tie for tho conventionRit!cs Of the fashionable
world. Wherever they go they are welcome,
and they carry a breezy atmosphere with them
that drives dull care away.
The arrival OF the M~ayfiowcr. with the body
Of is late owner, Mr.. Ogden Goclct, on board,
caused every flag in tho harbor OF Newport to DO
noated at half mast. and awakened in thought.
full minds n passing feeling OF regret at the
mutsbility Of all earthly things. The tribute Of
respect was n fitting ono from a city which ia
the stronghold OF society interests TO one who
had been identified with the social world from
his earliest years.
The final and one might say spiteful triumph
Of the elements over Newport pleasures and
gayeties as ann ly demonstrated on the oc.
casion of Mrs. Royal Phelps Carroli's bicyclo
dinner at the c ambake Club at Easton's Point.
Just as the hosts and the attendants had fin.
ishcd the decoration OF a pretty table. ]glittc-!ng
with glass and silver. in q tent provided for no
purpose, q fierce wind burst out Of the north
and completely demolished tent, table. and all
that thcreunto belonged. This was the Same
gust that was felt all over the country when the
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tendants at Mrs. Carroll 8 expected feast only
escaped being carried away with the flying
tents by throwing themselves PROSTATE upon
the table and its adornments and allowing no
hurricane to pass over them. The guests. VINO
arrived in various stages OF dishevelmcnt, were
Obliged to wait till they could be carried back 10
the Casino and obtain such refreshment as is
friendly shelter afforded.
The persistency with which bad weather has
interfered with Sewport's plans and pleasures
this summer 10 almost funny to look back upon.
Even Mr.. Van Aliens picnic to Durfee's tea house,
which had been guarded against every posi-.
BILE contingency, was spoiled by a dense FOG,
which completely obscured the moon and sent
tho coaches and their passengers back to town
with no very clear idea Of how they got there.
In other respects. as the Newport season draws
to its close. it is fairly open to criticism. 1t has
had one fortnight Of continuous gayety. which
carried q great deal o. enjoyment with II, but
beyond that there hds been little or nothing.
The sporting element, although plucky enough
TO spend thousands upon the damaged polo and
golf fields. has been fairly distanced and at last
suppressed. Yachting, after the great harbor
fete in July, has been carried on mainly by the
30-footers. which have been untiring in their
races and matches. Tho Horse Show, racing,
and polo matches failed from the beginning,
d4lh Ohly OIL SOaCuluk pdEdIt Il pro-
vided to fiji the deficiency. Golf has hourished,
but not with the enthusiasm displayed or the
Long Island and New jersey Ii ks; and indeed,
from a sporting point of view. the season has
been distinctly a dull one.
Socially It has been pleasant enough, espe.
cialiy TO the mature and semi-mature matrons,
who have enjoyed enormously their luncheoas,
dinners. and afternoon drives. The young girls
have not had so good a time. and. with the ex-
ception Of the two engagements which took place
in July and developed rapidly into matrimony,
nothing OF q sentimental nature has occurred 10
attract the eyes of the gossips. Indeed. there
has seldom been a summer when the air has
been SO free from any faint OF scandal or gossip.
The Bar Harbor season is going out in a blaze
Of glory. Mrs. Lawrence Green'sl dies dinner in
costume, when Mrs. Frederick Gebhard S erratic
get-up startled first ali the guests al the dinner,
and ther, at secondhand. all the sober-miuded
people in the village; Mrs. Burton Harrison's
very amusing picnic at the Sea Urchins. where
q mock breach Of promise suit was bro ght.
with Mr.. Edmund Fessen. the artist, as defend.
ant, and no end of clever witnesses. with their
quips and cranks. to keep the courtroom in Q
roar: Mrs. Lincoln McCormick's poker party -
the Belmont, and the last dance OF the season al
the Malvern. brought the season to a hilarious
close, and left nothing more to be desired BY
even the most exacting.
Mr.. Peter Marie. who won golden opinions
from all the ladies whom he invited TO join his
gallery OF beauties through many genera.
I ons," and among whom were Mrs. Frederick
Geuhard Mrs. E NJ. Robinson. Miss Belle Car
ter, Miss Susan Sturgis. Miss Eleanor Sedley.
Miss Helen Sanders, and Miss Miiared Morris.
left Bar Harbor before the final collapse OF the
season. and went to Newport.
southampton which is never really -ay, 10
having Il little squirt OF worldliness to temper
its old.time ascetism. Mrs. Trevor gave a dom.
ino party on Friday night, which was a smart as
we'll as a jolly affair. and on Saturday afternoon
there was q piano recital at Mrs. James l.
Breese's. when Miss Helena Augu.tin played
most chhrmingly, and Mrs. Wcllman. formerly
Miss Emma Juch, gave several OF SchumaEnis
songs. Mrs Wellman's voice has lost none Of
its richness and fulness since matrimouy drew
her into private life.
Dinners and luncheons seem to go on forever
when they once become a necessity OF watering
place life; and Southampton being like New.
port. entirely a cottage colony, there !s no Gee
sation Of elaborate and ornamental banQuets
until the last cottager has departed. And then
there is ALWAYS golf-golf in the morning. golf
In the afternoon until the shades OF evening
fall. The Shinnecock Hill Club would take the
prize for ceaSeless, untiring golfinG over sny
club in the country. There was a meet OF The
County Hounds. Mr.. p. Collier. ".
F. H.. on Saturday afternoon.
Lcnox has had a tub parade for the first time
in three years, and as the Berkshire village
lends itself readily 10 all that is ornamental and
picturesque, tho effect was very pretty. Tubs,
to be sure. have given way to buckhoarts, T
carts, and other more imposing vehicles. about
twenty-five OF which. adorned with flowers and
ribbons, drove in and out, under the lofty treeS
and along the grassy roads to tho great delight
OF the onlookers. Miss Evelyn Sloane. Miss
Meta Msckay. Miss TINA Winthrop, Miss Alice
Duer, and Miss Marian Whitaker were among
the young ladies who. garlanded with loyCy
blossoms. drove their traps through the ,rcels.
The sudden b~lossoming out OF the Hot Springs
OF Virginia into an autumn watering place 10
most unexpected, and indicates either thai tho
banquets OF Newport have had u stiffcninE ci'ccs
upon the joints and muscles OF elderly and
middle aged gentlemen. or that those who have
no mansions on the Hudson and who d not
care for berkshire must have change aud va.
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