New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-09
VIEWPOINTS HIGH TIDE.
THE CITY SOON TO BE IN THE SUM-
MER's RUSH
CASINO DANCES YIELD BEFORE THE GOLF
CLUB GATKERINGs-THE DINNER ON THE
NEw-YoRK-PRoMINENT PEOPLE
AND THEIR GUESTS.

AND THEIR GUESTS.
N.r,ror+ p July S (speciaD.-Slowly yet stead
,1v comes on the season at Newport ALREADY TUG
set and sweep Of the current are beginning !" NC
felt and soon the city will be fairiy caue"' ~ Nv
full tide OF the summers rush The cot'aseis
ways seem reluctant TO give up the quiet, pea0eui
life OF May and June and plunge into the vortex
OF the hurry and hustle OF July and August ana
are equally glad when the advent OF oep'einoe.
permits them to return 10 the caimer pieasuies VI
the fall STILL with another week the casino MUSIC
will begin for the season. with the first morning
concert TO be followed few days later 10y 'he
initial hop at that fashionable rendezvous. Ihese
first features are never more than rant shauo"s
of the succeeding affairs OF the same sort out 'heS
mark the opening OF that round OF life ana gaEeV
which much OF the outside world thinks Is the real
and continual life of the place.
Although these Casino dances were formerly the
chief events of semi-public sort IN fash;onaple
circles here. they have been steadily becoming less
and less in recent years being replaced IN
marked degree by the newer and hence more popular
golf club gatherings. and by the increased number
OF large balls in private residences. This change
Is accentuated and though silently yet oihciaHy
recognized this year by an announcement that
during the coming summer the governors OF the
Casino will give only hop each week. on Thurs
day evenings. instead of two. on Mondays and
Fridays. has been the custom Cor many years
past Though this may seem an important
change. Il yet means much as indicating transfer
CT interests and at least partial passing Of one
social rendezvous for another which has outstripped
II in the for popularity.
The conjunction OF two holidays early this week
Santiago Day Monday and the Four,4, OF July
on Tuesday-gave a decided boom 10 entertaining
among the summer people, who largely devoted
the two days giving and receiving Inequalities.
Perhaps the principal social function for the
Fourth. aside from the dinner board the flag
ship New-York, which confined exclusively 10
naval officers the reception given on the Elec-
ira by ex-Commodore Gerry of the New-York
Yacht Club. in honor of Admiral Sampson and the
officers OF the North Atlantic Squadron. at which
about hundred guests present. Large even
ing parties. with fireworks appropriate TO the oc-
casion given by Mrs. William Grosvenor and
Miss c. Ogden Jones, and among those who enter
tanned at dinner were Mrs. Sidney Webster Mrs
Z J. Berwind. Mrs. George L. Rives, Mrs. H. NJ.
Brooks Mrs Samuel Colman Mrs. r. l. Gammell
and Mrs. Pembroke Jones'
Monday afternoon Mrs j. p. Kernochan gave
large reception at Sea View on Ochre Point her
first entertainment here for two years Mrs Potter
Palmer and w. Forbes Morgan gave luncheons,
the latter the Golf club. and in the evening
guests were entertained by Mrs. c. II. Baldwin,
Mrs. J. ]. Mason Mrs Hollis Runnewell, Mrs.
Grosvenor and Lspenard Stewart.
Sailing parties promise this TO be even
more popular than ever among those recently en-
pertaining In this manner being Mr.. and Mrs. Royal
Phelps Carroll, on the Navahoe; c. l.. F. Robinson,
L. Gerry, on the catboat Iris. and Mr. and Mrs.
Pembroke Jones. the Narada
Dinners have been given by Mrs. Stuyvesant
Fish Mrs j. +. d. Lanier Mrs. George S. Scott.
Professor Alexander Agassiz, in honor of General
c. L. Person who is his guest Gordon Mckay.
Mrs Harold Brown. James V. Parker. Mrs X l.
Wilson Mrs Louis r. McCagg. Mrs Elisha Dyer,
tr Mrs Hermann Oelrichs Mrs. Ross r. Winans,
Mrs. T X. Gibbs. Mrs. l.. Q. Jones, Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt Mrs w. B. Rogers. Mrs A b. EN-
Mrs. y
O. H. p Belmont. Mrs. Daniel b. Fearing and Mrs
Edwin Parsons.
Among those who have given luncheons are Mrs.
+ L. Ludlow Mrs. De Forest, Mrs. f. o. French,
Mrs Hugh T. Dckey. Mrs a. Lanfear Norrie'
Mis- l. Townsend Burden. Mrs Lyman c. Josephs'
In honor Of her guests. Count and Countess Con-
iurhia and Mrs c. NJ. Oelrchs.
Messrs Alfred @. and Reginald Vanderbilt enter
tanned party of young people at thelr la'he'
farm Oakland. in Portsmouth. few mics from
the city, the party being chaperoned by MT ana
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt
MIS- Hugh l.. Wiloughby introduced her daugh-
ter. Miss Estelle Winoughby. at a large reception
at the Chalet and Mrs George Gordon King gave
a pretty lawn party.
A notable feature OF the naval dinner on the
New-York en- the evening of Santiago Day was
the use OF Mrs. SIMPSONS massive silver loving
Gun which filled with champagne, was passsu
about the festive beard from hand to mana ana
from lip TO lip. in genuine odtime style inns low
ing cup which is engraved with scenes oil the
Cuban blockade in which the New-York partici-
pated was presented to Mrs Sampson by the OIL
GERS OF the flagship after the war She accepted
H. but requested mat 1t be retained on Doard the
suitable occasion should oner for It's This
condition having been fuiiiiied on MONDAY inc
gift will now be returned to Mrs sampson. $500
Among the arri1ais not already announced are
Mrs Ineooore 4. Havemoyer ana Miss Dora
snce ms n MacEaT TIFFANY cottage Gravel Court;
nd Mrs herman b DuINed. Chlckerl0S COT
tage Mrs. Mason r. Jones, ttahdon iiln HaaPh
Rellevue-ave'; Dr. and Mrs William T. Bull Dud
ley Place; baron ana baroness Emil Erlanger.
Mrs j. J. Posto and Mrs. j. II Mahony, bellevue
Miss Amy Townsend ana Issac Regs
H. F. Eidrige. Henry Whnehouse; r. H. kemng7I
Mrs Robert seegwlck Mrs isaac Bell Thomas mas
cottage: James suiman ana Miss s1iiiR nan Ned
crossnave: Mrs John AHchneloss, Washington;
s cot NT M sna s MGi Mrs lanes Grant B9oden
H. b. Renwick knight cottage. Mrs +. +. Rook
cottage and Mr.. and Mrs John r. Drexel who
came direct to their Newport cottage at Ocn S
Point from their European trip in the steam yacht
Tnanx spnGng the sf as9s1 w S69
baroness Won Hengelmuer, the lormer the Aus.
5an fsseT a" Mrs Php Schuyler Of
daughter. Mrs. Royal Phelps Carroll; General ana
Mrs. James ann Mrs. M qorge q Merr Of Mr. and
Mrs j. Nicholas Brown E. II. Buckley of Prescott!
Brown Mrs #. H. Howard of Mrs. William Post;
Mrs William Jay OF Mrs Henry Clews, Frank
Work OF his daughter. Mrs. Burke-Roche; Miss
Helen North, OF Brussels. Belgium. OF Mrs L. q.
French; Mrs Postlethwaite of her father, John w.
Ellis: Mrs Frederick Nelson OF her daughter, Mrs:
Arthur T. Kemp; Mr. and Mrs. Gal6raith ware or
Henry G. Marquand: Mrs Amos I. French OF Mrs.
Stuyvesant lie Roy: Miss Van Rensselaer, Of Mrs.
z. l. Winthrop; Mrs Douglass Of her mother Mrs
Uueh 7. Dickey: Miss Alice Smith OF Mrs. J. VI.
Fiske and Mrs Bergman, Miss Jackson and Miss
Morgan OF Mrs c. H. Baldwin. at snug Iarbor
The summers racing by the saucy little D-foot-
srs has begun in earnest. Reginald Brookss wa
wa whining the first OF the season from
Cornelius Vanderbilt. jr.'s Veda. Since then the
Dorothy. Harry Payne Whitney has won two
contests from a larger field of these boats. Sew
era OF the craft In this class have recently arrived
10 be put In trim for the seasons sport. and the
races promise this year 10 be more than usually IN