The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-17
WHAT SOCIETY rs DOING.

According to present plans Mr.. and Mrs. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
and Miss Gladys Vanderbilt are to sail from the
other side next Thursday. At Newport it Is
anticipated that many brilliant social functions
will follow the arrival Of the Vanderhilts. There
has been a lot OF work done recently OF the in
terror OF THE Breakers" Only three years ago
81 Was iG milIien do oha s''e Since %p Il that St tiR penS With Il
the exception OF q few months, 1t has been
closed.
The honors of the Newport season fall appar-
emily to Chicago and Philadelphia. Royalty
finds its entertainers in Mrs. Potter Palmer and
Mrs. John Thompson Spencer. Prince Victor
Emmanuel. Count Of Turin. will remain with Mr..
and Mrs. Spencer at their villa Althorp" until
July 81. Tomorrow night Mr.. and Mrs. Spen-
Ger will give a dinner for him. 1t was found
necessary by Mrs. Spencer to defer the rccep-
tion arranged in his honor for yesterday after
noon. rs it was impossible for him to reach
Newport until night. From now, until his de-
parture the Prince will be entertained at q sue
Session of f y given g by by c PEiEoIm anfe
tainer. Of the Duke d'Abruzzi when. he Visited
Philadelphia in the autumn Of 1895. Very
city recently. and is now again his hostess at
i%iuentiy' She is a SreHddan@ehter, on the MAJ
ter Inba si Wii n Ge3WyS GSo MliiinG, and add i a & Laughter eIssr
S Se S Sre s Ml5ila@ Gai steepine eF in aaa the Mfs Shoes eee6 Of
Mr.. are Mrs, Fairman Rogers. who were the
chief Philadelphia entertainers OF the Newport
ottage set for many years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur L. Barney have been at
THE Lindens." their country place at Irving
ton. since early in the spring. For some time
Mrs. Barney has been seriously Ill with perito-
nitis Recently her friends have been much
son"inelaW.' Reginald II. 55affray. lost his leg In
boarding a railroad car.
From across the seas comes the rumor that
Mrs. Ogden Goelet Is likely to become Mrs.
William Waldorf Aston. Mrs. Goelet's year OF
~widowhood has already expired. She and Mr..
Aston are alike in many ways. Both have
boundless ambition, and each prefers to live
abroad. Mrs. Goelet is installed In the grand
Warwick mansion, on Green, Park; and enter
rlagc takes place, Cliveden will probably be the
scene OF some, OF the most brilliant entertain
Misc Caroline Istor. married Marshall ormc
Wilson. Mrs. Goelet's brother.
Count and Countess Johannes Won Francken
sierstorpr will not pay their expected visit to
Edwin f.. Knowlton. the Countess's father. at
his Newport cottage. this summer. The
Countess Is not in good health, and she and her
husband have gone to Vichy. Switzerland. for
the summer.
Mrs. Samuel G. Colgate is receiving much
social attention in London this season. as she
did when she was in England last summer
Quite recently she wore the most gorgeous and
admired costume Mt a dinner given by Mrs.
George Cavendish Bentinck, Mrs. Ogden Mills's
sion were the Earl and Countess Of Pembroke.
the latter a sister Of hrs, Michnel Henry Her
bert and o daughter OF r. T. Wilson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Frelinghuysen will 20
to Bar Harbor next week. They will spend
August with Mr.. ~FrelinGhuysen's sister. Miss
Lucy FrelinEhuysen.