New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-31
THE SEASON AT NEWPORT.
A TEST OF ITS REAL AC WITTY TO COME
THIS WEEK.
USUAL FEATURES THAT WILL BE LACKING THE
YEAR-CoMING INCIDENTS IN ATHLETIC
ENTERTAINMENTS AND
crrsTs OF THE WEEK
GUESTS OF THE WEEK.

come the practical test of the Newport season
Next week will be the first week OF August, VIM"
usually marks the beginning OF the 'helght VI Wv
season II the social activity OF the last fortnight
has not been due entirely 10 but only smuIated 10
more lively pace by the presence OF Prince VIC
tor and II the entertainments big ana niue I'm
which society folk at Newport are won't 10 ahiuso
themselves continue in much their usual hufhoe.
and form then It may be set down as settled that
the seas is be at least good one II not per-
haps the most brilliant on record
This year owing 10 the war and other causes
there will be lacking the spectacular coming OF the
| feet Of the Nev-York Yacht Club on It's annual
| cruise. There will be wanting. TOO. the picturesque
gathering OF society on sea and shore 10 "i.i'e''
the start OF the famous Goelet Cup race ana ior
similar reasons the gorgeous spectacle OF the iiu-
| mination fate No date has yet been set for the
| annual subscription ball the Casino until Few
years ago the great social affair OF the season or
| for the coaching parade formerly fixture OF each
| summer but these are likely to be announced later
In the middle of the month. however, VIII come
! as usual the tennis tournament for the National
! championship. Then will follow In rapid and over
| tapping succession the open-air horse show to be
| revived this year In all its glory OF TWO summers
ago. polo matches for championship cups. soii
contests. Watching races chiefly by the popular ~
footers; court tennis. the semI-weekly dances and
concerts at the Casino. with scores OF entertain
ments, large and small.
| The preliminary arrangements for the horse snow
are in the hands of Messrs. Prescott Lawrence ana
| Harry F. Eldredge who already have the matter
| well under way
| II is hoped to play the important polo ma tches
| this season on the new field at the COT Club
| grounds which so much money has Jeen ex-
pended. and which only one series OF games ever
came of. Although the ground Is still soft. work
has begun in putting it in good condition and
| it is hoped that 1t will he ready for use By the
| time the big matches of the season are called
| Among the women who have sailed this week
on the little 3)-footers in their cup or sweepsake
| races are Mrs H. F. Whitney Mrs Adolf Laden
burg Miss Clews. Mrs. II. B. Duryea. Mrs. F. d.
Morgan. Mrs. Pembroke Jones and Mrs william
| r. Travers.
| At Monday nights Casino hop again this week
| there was a large attendance. floor galleries and
pazzls being alike filled with dancers. spectators
| or promenaders
| The Ocean House concert last Sunday evening
attracted a large audience. and these features OF
the summer at this hotel promise to maintain their
popularity gained in other years This week Miss
| Laura Louise Wallen OF New-York mezzo-soprano.
achieved distinct success. singing Jacques
| Bouhy's "Au Prntemps" and Gounod's Ave
| Maria" Miss Walen was heard again later in the
week az a musical and tea given by the women OF
| the Zabriske Memorial Church on the lawn OF
| the Mayer estate. in Westinghouse
At the cliffs Hotel. too. where the Count o:
| Turin had his headquarters. it has been a lively
| week. though in quite a different way. There is
so great a contrast between these two houses that
what would seem like great rush at the Gifts
would be duh. indeed. at the Ocean. And yet In
| its quiet family way the one Is having as sue
cessfu season as the other in It's more busting
| style
This weeks meeting of the Town and Country
| Club the second in the summer series was held
| at the residence Of Mrs. Lyman c. Josephs. on
Easton's Point. the Rov J. c. Perkins reading
| paper or The Parslfal Of Wagner"
The fine estate of the late Joseph Tuckerman In
Totrn ark iG ted
| has been bequeathed to the nephew Of the dead
| man of the name who lives in New-Ycrk.
| Edward r. Wharton. OF New-York, who has long
been much interested in the work Of the Society for
| the Prevention OF Cruelty to Animals, this week
| presented the city drinking fountain for
horses to be placed at the end Of Touro Park.
! not far from Beevue-ave
It was the middle Of this week before the Count
of Turin found time to register his name at the
| Casino
This week Professor Adolph Wisner. OF Paris. be-
! gan his seasons CT lectures in French,
which have become almost fixture in the summer
life here. This opening talk in series OF fve was
| at the residence of Mrs. W. Storrs Wells, Of New
York. and upon subject peculiarly appro-
! pirate because OF its local interest-"L Arm&e
FRANCHISE Newport pendant la Guerre de lin
! depencance Americaine"
Inc week has been one Of many arrivals OF guests
short period TO the remainder OF ne season Mrs
Aston at Beeshwood; the Baroness zedwitz. of her
Ladenburs and Mrs Ellis Holman. Of J. "
Ellis. at Stoneacrej Mr.. and Mrs; P Lorillard
at Sea View the Kernocnan villa. the cliffs; r.
| G. Sands. the golf enthusiast OF his sister. Miss
| send OF William F. Burden. Beech Bound. Belle
MTS Ggstay T Schwsh 81 Mil B.
T s00n open 4sr own eo@ge IN r ca Of
Miss HeeI;as webserst': RAUL " earle fe' and
Miss Bininger OF Senator and Mrs. George Pea
Moses Taylor Campbell: Miss Anderson. o: Mrs
Walter / Kane; Miss Rhinelander. OF her sister
MSS Dorothy and Miss Adelaide Randolph, Of Mrs
Mrs 3 %qs 3 " Wss. NJ Ms ana %ua Mrs
Dochan Of j. j. wysone Eliot GregSry Of his
FISH Fish: Mr. and Mrs Theodore F. BALDWIN i'i1 Of
Francis P Freema n IT., Towe5 Top Mrs Dyer VIE
Mary p Hayden; OF MISS Hayden. and Frank
james r. Eustis, former Ambassador to Paris
and his family are here for the remainder of the
The family of Judge John Davis Of the Court OF 4
Claims. have arrived at the Pinard cottages one
Of MS 4fy nays sc@ 2F 9G Thomas
and her son. Center Hitchcock Lloyd Warren,
John saP }5n SSs i his
family who have been here some time John
Mrs c. C. Pometoy and her daughters Stone cot
tagc. .Beleyue-aye.; Miss Julia Van Rensselaer,,
Rosa and Richard T. Wilson. jr.
Oakcs Ames and his family and Oliver Ames and
his family have taken rooms at the Ocean House
Other hotel arrivals include Count Starzrskl. OF
Russia; the Rev James Jeifrles. of Scotland: Law
renee Read Of London: William Thompson. OF
Glasgow Thomas MEG Allison OF Bristol. Eng
land and c. Hahfblum. OF St Petersburg.
Besides the big entertainments of the week, din
3 b MA cispS DF' Mrs wam e schcrmerhcrn Mrs
T. VI. Davis II. II. Hunnewe ir., Edward T.
j. c. Gray, Mrs. w. /. Kane. Mrs. II. p. Rogers
and Thomas F. Cushing Luncheons were given
hy Mrs o ". L. Belmont. Mrs. Edwin Parsons
J. J. Mason and Mrs. Wysong
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