The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-10

becoming social evGyts Of the ut
most Importance 10 the women O
America, although only a few OF IN,
very rich own their own yachts. WheI
the races take place i'm American wa
ters, there are few families anywher'
within a radius of 100 miles who make
a pretension TO any social Importance
whose women folks do not sling a paii
or feldglasses across their shoulders
don yachting cap and set out for the
. scene Of the contest, where they are tho
guests either OF yacht owning friends on
where they pay for places on one OF the
steam craft that carry passengers 10
watch the races. These fair ladies.
amateur sportswomen though they be,
/ know a lot of Yachting jargon.-and they
! also know just who is who OF the fash
| ionable yachtswomen on the smart pri-
vate vessels that throng the water.
The most fashionable organization In
America 10 which yachtsmen or yachts
women can belong is the New York
Yacht club. 1t is said there are about
200 yacht clubs in America. with
membership OF about 4. 900. The New
York Yacht club is erecting a new club
house which viii cost 5000, 600 not in
Guiding the site. which is a gift from
the president of the club. Mr. J. Pier
pont Morgan. II is worth $i5O000 more.
The new quarters are on Forty-fourth
street. New York.
To belong TO yacht club entails GER
;ain privileges, such as the use OF the
club dock and service when in the
A. . al..t.I
when in other waters and entities the
member who flies the clubs colors at
the masthead To courtesies from other
yacht clubs in foreign waters.
Mrs. Lucy Carnegie was the first
American woman TO own and sail her
own yacht. and she was the first woman
to become a member Of a yacht club.
She is the widow OF Thomas Carnegie.
brother OF Andrew Carnegie the iron
millionaire. When he died. about ten
years ago, Mr. Thomas Carnegie left !
his widow about $40 900 900 i'm trust for |
their children. all OF whom are not yet
o. age. The family lives during a part
Of the year in a handsome English look
ing mansion -lhe-SuAuEhs- -P4+ts-
burg, Pa, but the greater part of the
time Is spent at Dungeness, the Carne- |
gle country place on Cumberland |
island ia Fernandina bay, off the coast
OF Florida. Here the yacht always lies
ready for use while the family is in
the south. Sometimes for months Mrs.
Carnegie cruises about American or for /
eign waters, her only companions being I
her daughters, the two younger OF
whom are unmarried and quite as fond
of yachting as their mother.
Miss Nancy Carnegie, her youngest
Is an excellent sailor. She is
a handsome little girl of about 10 and
prefers the deck of the yacht TO the inn
provised schoolroom which is fitted up
for her when she accompanies her
mother on long trips. Mrs. Carnegie is
a woman Of culture i'm the widest ac-
ceptation Of the word, and with her
books and her children about her lives /
an ideal life idlng about the coast on I
her floating palace. the Dungeness
Probably the most famous yachtswo- /
man in the world is Mrs. c. Oliver Ise-
lin, wife OF the managing owner of the
Defender and Columbia. Her knowl-
'dge Of yachting is said to be more ex-
.ensive and accurate than that OF any
other yachtswoman who sails the salt
sea and sufficient 10 enable her 10
navigate a boat alone were she so in
lined. Indeed, she is said 20 have given
her husband many valuable sugges-
ions in regard to building the Defender
md the Columbia. The fact that the
eamen or the yachts have the great
st respect for Mrs. Iselin's nautical