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been hung out to dry. and even bicycles have
taken rost. As consequence the town hn,
been very dull, and the country has been good
deal worse. Club men. In waterproof suits that
look as II they might have belonged to the late
Mr. Boyton, have been arriving, with lean and
hungry looks. at their favorito tables In restau.
rants and not a few women have found ndis-
pensablo business calling them back from New.
port, Earragansett, and Southampton.
At any rate, the stay-at-homes are having tho
best of IL Just now. At Gravesend there has
been full attendance and between 5.oOO and
6oOo people, with Mr.. August Belmont among
them, were at the course on Thursday to see
octagon win for his owner, over an abomnably
heavy track, tho rich stakes OF the Brooklyn
Derby. Racing, In one place or another, will
give sporting men and women enough to do
until the close of the Sheepshead Bay son.
The Suburban, which is usually the great event
OF the year. and has seen larger asscmblages OF
fashion and beauty than any other OF recent
times. does not, however, promise to be AZ
socially brilliant as usual this June. so many
prominent men and women are in Europe, so
many have gone to their summer homes and ara
disinclined to return, and 80 few really dis
tinguishcd horses havo been entered, that
parties Of fair women glittering four.n.
hands are not likely to be plenty.
Watering place life is scheduled 10 open on
where near being either interesting even no.
ticcable TO outsiders until after the Fourth Of
July. As for Newport, IL is beautiful, Of course
from the time the buds burst on the trees and
shrubs and the lawns take on their frst velvcty
sheen IN the early spring. The worse the weather
Is the more beautiful they look, but the men and
women who enjoy them while they occupy their
| pleasant homes by the sea have no desire for
| even the mildest form OF gayety, and there Is
vi tlnt
| show smarter frocks and more cordial welcome
| TO O dinner a dance than Newport in tho
| month Of roses About the middle Of July tho
| spirit Of unrest begins to work. Dinner and
| luncheon invitations circulate, the Casino band
| arrives, and the very dreary functions known as
| hops appointed for two evenings Of the week.
| The Clambake and other social clubs hold
their first meetings, and yachting parties arc
mado up, when the Valiant, the Corsair, the
Electra, and various other small yachts appear
| in the harbor. About this time Mrs. Astor opens
| Beechwood, and a little later Mrs. John Jacob
| appears. which is always a signal for some
social gatherings, either in out OF DOORS tho
| rapidly arriving smart set may decree. After
| this the pace accelerates. The Horse Show
brings reinforcements of desirable men and
| about the end of August the Newport season is
| at its height. BY the middle OF September It is
| over, after a short three weeks duration, which
proves conclusively that the people who mako
| their summer homes there, and spend millions
| upon them, are not attracted by the reputation
| for gayety and racketting which the world false
| ly ascribes to It
| Bar Harbor promises well this year. The Kebo
| Valley Club has been decorated and improved,
| but not enlarged as 1t should be to accomplish
all that 10 exacted Of 1t. Its golf links, however,
have been extended and various alterations
made in them. 1t is proposed to continue the
Wednesday and Saturday dinner dances which
| are SO unique and original that they have be-
come feature of the place. but greater space
and detached dinner tables for the different par
ties assembled would to most people seem an
agreeable change Society, of course, is always
to be found at this headquarters of Natures
| best work. Mr.. Almeric Paget has taken Point
| d'Acadie. George Vanderbilt's beautiful place.
Mr. and Mrs. Gebhard will be at Greencourt
| again this year. Mr. and Mrs. William G. Whit
ney will probably pay q flying visit to Mrs.
| Whitneys picturesque cottage at the waters
edge, but they never stay very long al
any place. Mrs. Alex. Van Rensselaer, and her
daughters will be at the new cottage which
has been built for them opposite the Belmont,
the Austrian Ambassador has taken =" the Band
box" and Mrs Frederick May of Washington,
with her daughter Mrs Carrie May Wright,
will enjoy the beautiful outlook over valley.
mountain. and sea, from their house on Straw
berry Hill. Mrs. Cadwalader Jones and her
daughter will also occupy their place this sum
mer, although they had half determined 10 go
abroad. that Miss Beatrix Jones might pursue
her studies in forestry, which, by the way, she
has adopted a profession, and has made q
reputation well good income from it.
Boston has had a monopoly Of smart wcddin 3
this spring, and that OF Mr. LarZ Anderson AID
Miss Perkins was the smartest of them all.
Money was lavished upon everything, and the
old Arlington Street Meeting House, which
figured largely in Boston's early history. lost ia
dingy and time-worn aspect under such a
prodigality OF flowers and grecnery that Il
looked more like an ancient bower than place
OF worship. The bride and her attendants were
superby costumcd. and the bridegroom. who
when Secretary CT Legation in London. wa:
frequently taken for Dane on account OF ih'
popularity of his Christian name and the fact
that the last syllable OF his surname was oftcr
: spelled with an "e." looked suprcmely happy.
; Miss Jane Campbell, with whom the course o
I true love did not at FIRST run smooth, has. III,
4 cable tells us, secured her princely husband
0 who IL said to be both rich and handsome
Italian princes are not usually overburd,ne,
: with the good things OF this life, but Miss Camp
a bell has moderate fortune. and a home in th
9 Barberini palace and the title Of Princess
!, San Faustino have O flavor OF romance abou
It them that would turn almost any head.
= Two late June weddings will take place o.
o Tuesday. That OF Miss Margaret Morgan an
!. Mr.. Adam Gordon Nome will be celebrated a
y the home of Mrs. William Dare Morgan. q
70 Washington square, and that of Miss EzahuI
Wells, daughter of the late John Wells AN
" niece of Mrs. Lawrence Wells, to Mr. R!char
10 Holt OF England will take place in Grac
70 Church. Both these marriages will be qre
"a and unpretentious without bridesmaids or wha
are called floral decorations.
'e In London the ball season has come on with
I rush, all being anxious to crowd in thc
O. dances before the fortnight beginning on Jun
81, when only royalties and very elevated mol.
ity will have any chance. When 1t Is all owe
and the foreign notabilities have been escorte
Of out Of the kingdom. no ono is expected TO haN
d. head or heart for anything more, and the seaso
will come probably to an abrupt close. Mca
n. while every sort of entertainment going hris