The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-11
THE SMART SET FOUND IT.
4 Little Newport in South Ca,slh|
Discovered by Accident
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Aiken. S. c.. 8 about the ma! 81
satisfied little town In the whole SCH
Four years ago Aiken was as disux q
lcglorn a spot as one could find sa III
, day IT'S abOut as smart and busting III
tie town as one could hope FOR, with ~
OF hounds streaming through rs stsay
the mellow sound of the coach hon u
sounding throusn It's pine woods. ih III
lop OF the tnoroughbreds mingled viii VI
rush OF the polo ponies, casino, pf';E{$
grounds, beautiful golf Inks. nss 20
ana dozens OF pretty cottages.
Little Newport Without the Sea- y ~
name tho place Is now known BY, "
NeT!tahle little Newport 4 IS, with Y
So me round OF gayct.es, the same Pr,
women and the same familiar men
Bout the big place in August.
What caused this sudden change
Ken: Why. i was a mere accident
az those BITS OF funny business :,
irauEht with serious conseQusls
somebody, and IN this instance - w
-Four or five years ago 1t Is eoubly
our New York swells mad -ysr hst,,;t
Aiken. II happened that Mr.. TON ~
COCK, jr,, used TO go quad shooc1
AIKEN one OF the best hunting ~
possible. The winter climate toa
remarkably equable and tempeTaA
Nltn bracing quality 10 i tnal -.
TO dtSpel fatigue and promote the y
robust kind OF health.
so Mr.. Hitchcock took his wife doss
see TINS new found FL DORADO an.
too. became fascinated. Then Miss Esa
tbs wte's aunt. was let into the So
But 1t was too good 10 keep, ana, ~ 81
some three years ago. 1t was knV Know, 81
small, select circle fond OF out e.s
tnat Aiken was nc proper p iass y IA
about February /, TO stay until spr.as II
an a. y an q g. . = n
Ac..om1nodoions. however; wsv
5cant for the cffete New forksn ,sS
~ lchcock bought house ana W
or land, and added 10 the houSe ~ y,
proved the land, until now ne nas N
u" lovelloat places one could des snn,s,,u
EGstis also bought come of the VIE ts.cs
lagrs, and improved them 10 suis tsss
ious tastes. and rented them TO he srs ,'i Sl
Vhen along came an enterpHS..tss
race. and, seeming a boom IN a. ha,si
procee.3e 10 build a handsome MA a N
Ike OF which had never been ses III Il, III
portion of Carolina, and then al y
waited developments. IN
Another winter came round, "a. s,,s,t
years ago. Mr.. Hitchcock haa ,s.nn
Interested some of his sporting nl'I
the great possibilities of AIKEN a III.
hunting center, and announce, IA
" ouid take his pack OF hou.Jh. vi
Then Mr.. Arthur Iselia thought y.
foilow suit with his pack OF beae In
quail shooting attracted othef !. - q,
so little by little, Aiken began " -
reputation OF being a very spo'""'
center MIA N
Sitting in the Hitchcock tea pav " NJ.
afternoon, IT seems Impossible w,hsn
that Aiken was ever anything ", .ns ~
delightful place II is today. TINS arn moo n
by The way is rhe regular al'e salinrsd "
devious. where everything ~ ~; sai saus
ana plans made. H. was IN ih'ys srtin y
yli.on that the famous Nernlsirr VI
was given on the same eye sinn In N
great Bradley Martin function
YORK. when Miss Eust!s appeda' sBs
klt-y Duchess of Kernocilah ad'
appleton as a ballet girl. about
These tea parliameDts are ~ ~
only time of day one gets any
You may have been out Wild viz, ' s.l
hounds or beagles over a splehtn,Ii ifrs
Ing country. with less fr'gh,,iake 10
! Hank heaven, than one has 70 nave
blood on Long Island. You my ~ rare
sport. or you have been on WIN ,hrs "a roe
after quail or done two or s srs qulls.
over the golf links. which are 10
good as tho majority Oh '"''
North. ,,o.n shos2
the Hitchcock woods, when aartain
deer. But at any rate II IS chnt IS
you have been ont of doors chair
lol back in your easy cai nyer the
forests, you don't feel a bi e liiSinr
only conscious of the JOY o. ,,s isci
with a keen appreciation OF t eay on.
yhe dinner hour is not very IN VA golrf
People are always. coming s' latest
and from Aiken. bringing uiu nj csfI
up wi,h them the most delight"
slons of their visit here. :, the So
Permanent there for most o. been "
besides the HHchcocks. have and
and Mrs. bud" Appleton, Nj HsasS
Victor Newcomb and Mrs "a,
Ward. ar, and
Star visitors have been M Mr.. Drs
rarley Havemeyer. Mr.. ara mnunesn
Elliot. Mr. and Mrs. Butte, Kinney
Mr.. ana Mrs. William C. Wh VIM mere
YOU know. have bought pmln IA ana
md Mrs. oliver Iselin. NJ f)sll
ADRIAN Iselin Jr.. MIR. and MAIDEN ~
Kane, Mr. and Mrs. Smith 'vIt
ot of men who got uscd pcolue y
sayrties OF New York life ana
1ere 10 recuperate.