Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-29

Gayeties eliminating This Weeks
PrOgram-COming Weddings.


| Special CORES pondence of The Evening Star.
NEWPORT, r. l.. August %, 1899.
| This week golf will dominate Newport.
| The annual tourney is on at the perfect
I links of the Country Club, which have
tempted National Champion Hartman to
! enter, also v m. X. Vanderbilt and Ed. S.
| Scott, who last year won the Count of
| Turin cup.
| Next week is to be equally busy, bringing
| the horse show, the trial races of the CO.
| 1umbia and Defender, Earl of Yarmouth
amateur theatricals and the evening parade
of the automobiles and wedding.
After that there will be the Havemeyer
and Grant weddings.
jamestown this week, Thursday, will have
its annual floral parade combined with
baby show and no end of novelties. the pro-
ceeds of which will go toward establishing
a country club.
The social season will end about the mid
die of September, although many cottagers
are to remain until about October 1, and
some even later.
Not for years has Newport had such
plethora of entertainment, and the over
wrought summer colony is eagerly await
ing the end of festivities
The latest Washington hotel arrivals are:
Mr.: and Mrs. John S. Williams. Miss Isa-
belle Williams. Miss Maud D. Talmage,
Miss Squire, Miss Anna Squire A. B.
Smith, w. H. Snyder, Mrs. w. R. Van Rey-
pen. Miss Van Reypen, w. r. Van Reypen,
Jr., Walter H. French, VIM. T. Page, Miss
T. G. May, Miss j. w. Gales, Wallace Win
dringham, Lawrence Peris Reese Cassarth,
Lycurgus Winchester Dudley Williams. DR..
n. w. Williams, E. w. Greedy. Mrs. H. [.
Freeman NJ. Monker, +. r. Parks, S. NJ.
Clark, Mr.. and Mrs. Moulton, Miss Miller.
Senator and Mrs. Geo. p. Wetmore were
among VIM. X. Vanderbilts guests last
week aboard the Valiant.
Miss Maud Wetmore has taken a promi-
nent place in recent golf contests.
Senator Wetmore has offered a special
prize at the Newport horse show for the
best saddle horse carrying up to $50 pounds.
Miss Wetmore was last week of the
young folk entertained by Henry Walters
of Baltimore on the yacht Narada. when
sailing party and dinner We're given; also
at the young peoples dinner of Mrs. L.
Townsend Burden
Representatives Bull and Capron, Senator
Wetmore and eX-Ambassador Robt 7. Lin
coin We're last week taken a sailing trip
by Commodore Gerry on the yacht Electra
DR.. and Mrs. E. c. Farela Of Washington
are visiting Mrs. Varelas brouther, j. E.
Bradley.
Senator Wetmore has subscribed to the
Newport Police Relief Association.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carter and family of /, ash
ington are visiting the latter's sister, Mrs
Lappin Coudray, on Rhode Island avenue.
Miss Garnett of Washington and Miss
Martin of Richmond are guests of Captain
f. B. Garnett.
H. H. Freeman of Washington, formerly
organist of the ZaZriskie Memorial Church
here, is in town for his vacation.
George Peabody Wetmore has been chosen
vice president of the Casino corporation.
Mrs Davis, wife of Comma nder c. H.
Davis of Washington. is the guest of Mrs.
Luce.
E. G. Randall of the Department of JUS
tice. Washington, is visiting here with Mrs.
Randall
s. w Woodward has gone to Washington
on short trip.
VIM I. Page, private secretary for Rep
resentative Bull, is on from Washington for
stay.
The Rev. Alexander Mackay-Smith of
Washington preached here last Sunday at
Trinity Church.
John c. Burke, late of Washington, has
rented the Bateman cottage, at the corner
of Spring and Pelham streets.
Mrs. Geo. P. Wetmore has given numer-
Gus small luncheons and dinners of late.
Lewis H. Finny, jr., private secretary for
the Secretary of the Navy, was here last
week.
Mrs. E. H. G. Slater of Washington is
having her Few cottage on the cliffs pre-
pared for speedy occupancy. She is expect
ed to remain until late in the fall
Among late arrivals well known to WASH
ingtonians are Marquis Ramona of the Ital-
ian legation, Count Won Rosen of the Ger
man embassy, Baron Rothiacoch of the
French embassy, Levi p. Morton, Richard
Olney and Assistant Secretary of War
Meiklejohn.
Miss Hay, daughter of John Hay, anu
Miss Meiklejohn. daughter of ]. p Meikle-
john. are the guests of Miss Elsie Clews at
1.-THE Rocks
There will be military-naval wedding
here next Thursday, when Miss Mary Vir-
ginia Taylor, daughter of Capt. H. C. Tay-
lor Of the Indiana, and John v. Chase, II.
s. N. will be welded at All Saints Chapel.