The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-24
MRS. TWoMBLYS GARDEN.
SHE HAS HER BROTHERS, PASSION
FOR HORTICULTJ


Mrs Potter Palmer Has set the Fash
ion of Keeping IA Diary and Mrs.
sfuyNesant Fish. Mrs. GOeIet and
Others Are Following Mrs. Pal
mer's LeRd-Thc~c Are Not for
Publication. Bar the Edffication OF
Desce ndantS-IIIuufnated Drives
Are the Delight OF the Moment.
and They Are Arranged for a. Part
of the Entertainment at All the
Big House Parties This Season.
Noting over Country Roads Il An
other Attraction offered Out of
Town Visitors. and Half Dozen
Gasoline Traps Are often Ordered
tp From the CitN to Amuse Guests.
New York Sept driving ana mot
ing are the choice, recrca Ions a gener-
Gus, popular hostess can now offer her
guests az her October house parties She
is an intrepid womau VINO will ask dozen
persons to her big place in the Ber.shires
on Hudson Heights. or in the Tuxedo en-
closure. and not provide before hand doubls
as many horses as she has visitors and
traps enough to carry every transient
member of her household Should she fail
TO do this she viii ne apt 50 find her iuvi-
tations promptly regretted, and so thor
oughly do the majority OF Fashionable
chatelains understand the situation th8i
they go all the length OF having temporary
liable accommodation erected and a sup.
ply of vehicles, stout cobs and capa bic
grooms sent up from the nearest and best
city livery station TO in any deficiency IN
her own private establishments
OF course there arc houses, such as he
josh sloans. at LeuoX; the Twombly place
a Morristown. and Mrs. Frederick Wander
bits on Hudson, where from twenty
eight TO thirty steeds are as al Drank
some Towers, ready ia stali to take visitors
wheresoever they list. but even in these
great establishments some difficulty is
found in always being able TO keep pace
with the fashions in driving, for constant
" varying methods of locomotion there
are
For example, in the morning it's The
mode to take an airing in runabout with
bicycle wheels preferably sending off the
couples TO hunt wild flowers and autumn
leaves. A coach, drag, or brake is prop
erly never used until after three in the aft
ernoOn and on Sundays everybody goes
TO church in a ponderous omnibus, 10
which three horses are harnessed abreast
one clever woman, who, by means of true
wit great wealth and much beauty, has
recently arrived at ne proud position Of a
revered social leader set the fashion last
spring Of inserting in all the invitations TO
her house parties a generous clause 70 the
effect that any guest who wished to bring
along his or her favorite trap and horse
would find every convenience and COM
fort for them in her stables that cover
nearly TWO acres, also, that any one who
owned a motor carriage would find a free
supply of gasoline or electric power on her
place.
This. and the fact that this autumn at
her first house party she had sent up
from factory five smart new light gaso-
line traps for the use of her guests, clinch-
ed the argument as 70 her eligibility 90 a
first social place, and now everybody who
has a motor carriage and can bear the
expense ships il ahead of their arrival 10
any house where a weeks stop is to he
made. Another invaluable contribution to
the gaiety of the smart set has been made
by Newport hostess, who, infatuated
with driving and noting, has invented
the Illuminated drive. On a crisp night,
lighted only with stars, she turns out a
score of horsepower and horseless car
riages from her gales, a group of guests
in every one. All over the body of every
vehicle, even out upon the harness of the
horses and TO the hat of the driver. runs
lines of tiny glass bulbs in various CO..
ors In every trap there is a storage bat
terry and al a signal the drivers turn their
keys and the entire train of carriages burst
into light and color Winding through
woods and over hilltops this sparkling pro-
cession shows to amazing advantage and