Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-21
How Time Goes at Newport and Bar
Harbor.
VAUDEVILLE SHOWS ALL TEE RAGI
Prominent Residents Heard of in
Summer Cities.
OTHER TIMELY TOPICS

At Newport the only exciting topics this
week were the illness OF Mrs. Perry Bel
mont and the automobile spills, from which
latter, however, no serious results seem to
have followed. Entertaining for the yacht
ing fraternity and dinner parties are of
daily occurrence. and create no comment.
Society has gone in for vaudeville with
the usual desire for something a bit out of
the common. So far making up parties for
the public shows sufficed, but now Mrs.
Stuyvesant Fish has novelty the taps
which will likely start some other busy
mind to devising something more remark
able. Mrs. Fish will have vaudeville en-
tertainment next Saturday in her stable,
which is a very handsomely equipped es-
tablishment. A dinner served first will put
the guests in the best frame of mind to
enjoy the show.
Mrs. Slater of this city gave a dinner last
night at Hopedene her Newport villa, when
her special guests were Representative and
Mrs. Hit. who are now making her visit.
Another large dinner there last night was
given by Mrs. Almeric Hugh Paget for
merly Miss Whitney. whose guests met the
British ambassador and Lady Pauncefote.
For a new place to go to. a half dozen
Bar Harbor men have organized a Pot and
Kettle Cuba house with a grill room and
opportunities to show off their talent in
connecting good things to eat. The Bar
Harbor season has rot really begun, nor
will it start for another week or two. Moth
ing startling Is expected then. only the
usual exchange of dinners and luncheons,
with the club and hotel hops.
If Mr.. Aston had not deserted America
there would be a great deal more SYM
pathy for him in the blundcr he made late
ly in telling an unlimited guest to leave
his house. He stood clearly within his
rights in this action. but the good taste
of such an exploit is none the less ques-
tionable. That he has become convinced of
his error. aside from the hints said to have
been conveyed by the Princeof Wales. and, OF
course. very loudly by everybody else after
ward. only adds another laughable phase
to the whole business Perhaps the an
noyance Of the unlimited or the applications
OF the would-be invited may have had
something to do with Mr. Astor's desire to
leave his country and try how 1t was in
English society.
AS an ambitious American trying to Sc
cure a social foothold he would naturally
| have to put UP with all sorts of worries OF
this kind, to get a company together with
the requisite number of titles in it. but as
an Englishman he probably expected to get
the treatment accorded one supposed to
know the real thing from the false. In the
long run he will probably gain by the Incl
dent, for the Aston money bags can shorten
memories of untoward circumstances just
as well in England as anywhere else-and
1t will be whole year before another Lon
don season rolls around
One of the leading hostesses in the Sem
ate circle owns very large and brilliant
solitaire diamond ring. which she values
highly because 1t was her husbands lat
est gift to her outside of the pleasure any
one would take in owning such a valuable
gem. One day lately the big stone was
missed from the setting, and as its owner
had been driving all over the city and the
suburbs that day. to hunt for 1t seemed
something like searching the traditional
bale of hay for a needle.
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useless efforts of that kind. She simply In
serted a small advertisement in The Star
and next morning a little black boy was
at her house bright and early with the
missing gen. which had attracted his eye
in the gutter in front of downtown
store. Unnecessary to add that the young
ster parted with the stone gladly and
walked away tickled to death, as he exam
ined infinitely more bank notes than he ever
saw before In his life.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry S. Heath leave to-
morrow for Chicago and will be at the
Auditorium annex until after election. They
will reopen their pleasant Connecticut ave-
nue. home in November and will probably
spend next winter there. Both Mr.. and
Mrs Heath are such favorites among their
Washington friends that they will receive
a warm welcome when they return.
Mr.. de Wollant, the charge daffaires of
the Russian embassy. and Mrs. de Wollant
have taken a cottage at Cape May for the
rest of the summer. They have been at
Bedford Springs for the past month.
DR.. w. c. Alexander has left the city for
Aurora. w. Va, going via Pittsburg, where
he will be Joined by friends.
Miss Marchia McLennan and her young
sister are at Aurora-in -the-Alleghanies
They will be Joined by Mrs. McLennan and
party of friends early next week.
Mrs. Frank Byram. Miss Florence Ste
vens, Miss Pearson. Mr.. Pearson and Miss
Wingate are at Aurora, w. Va, for six
weeks or two months stay.
Miss Florence Stevens and Mrs Frank
Byram have gone to Aurora-in-the-Alle-
ghanes for the rest of the summer
Mr. and Mrs David Lescallett and three
children. accompanied by the father of the
former. Mr.. Jesse Lescallett, left Thursday
for their future home in Baltimore. Mr..
Jesse Lescallett having bought a home on
Guilford avenue.
Cards are out announcing the marriage Of
Mamie Hamilton, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. A. Thomas to Henry B. Cooley, on Fri
day, July 90 Mr.. and Mrs. Cooley will be
at home to their friends after July p at
their home. 9th and Lansing streets, Brook
land. D. c.
Mrs. M. D. Mitchell has gone to Ocean
City.
Mrs. T. J. Pettigrew has gone to Sea
View. Mass. for months stay.
Mrs. ]. v. Whitney is at Hagerstoyn,
Md. for month.
MrS James r. oyster is at Buena Vista
Springs, Md.
Mrs. R. H. McKim and family are at
Northeast Harbor, Me.
Mr.. S. w. Woodward and family are at
their villa at jamestown, R. 1.
Mrs. Belknap has gone to Deal Beach.
N. j., for this and next month.
Senator and Mrs. Hansbrough are at Blue
Mountain, Md.
Miss Margaret O'DonneIl of Capitol HILL
who is at Virginia Beach, will later visit
friends at Rock Enon Springs Va.
Mrs. Arthur Kellogg Raymond of Ills
Park place northeast has gone to the noun
tains of Virginia for the rest of the sum-
mer.
Mr.. and Mrs W. T. George and son.
Master Wellington. have gone to their
country home in Pennsylvania for the sum-
mer.
Mr.. Robert Bruce Maxwell of Capitol Hill
is at Oakland, Md, where he will spend the
months of August and September.
Rev. DR.. Easton, pastor of the Eastern
Presbyterian Church. will leave Monday
July 23, for California, where he expects to
spend his entire vacation. The doctors fam