New-York tribune., 1900-09-18
SOCIETY SUBURBAN SEASON.

The suburban season has fairly begun. and one
by one the country houses on the Hudson. along
the Sound Long Island and in Westchester are
being opened and their owners, who have been at
the seaside or i'm the mountains. have arrived TO
enjoy the autumn within reach of New-York.
Tuxedo is already displaying unwonted activity.
and the morning meets have begun at Meadow
Brook. All kinds of arrangements are being made
for the last weeks in September for country enter
talnments and functions Of various kinds. Golf
plays very important part In these affairs. There
VIII oe match games az tne Mount MOTIFS JiHD S ana %
forthcoming tournament The Lakewood season
begins in few weeks. and members Of The fash,
ionable world who have been at Bar Harbor and
Newport are arriving al H9t SpIlnss, Spn1ss va,
ment will be one of the attractions
The departures from Newport many. Mrs.
ogden Mills and her family, with Mrs Maturin
Livingston have left there for their country
near Staatsburg. Mrs. w. Starr Miller is also at
the same place Mrs Stuyvesant Fish viii start
this week for the South stopping at Hot Springs
Mr.. and Mrs. William x. Vanderbilt. jr., will
main at Newport about a fortnight longer. Mr..
Vanderbilt absolutely deRies the that he
has purchased a large tract of land in New-Jersey
for shooting preserve. Colonel and Mrs John
Jacob Astor go to Fernclin, but Mrs. Astor, sr.,
October. The Nourma hal after a thorough over
hauling, Will sail for the South Of France early In
IN December, making their usual pilgrimage to st.
Alt1 ough there have been several announcements
of bookings in the various ships sailing this week
from Europe, the Paris Exposition is proving more
attractive than at any previous time and the
crowds having gone, visitors have opportu-
nifty Of seeing It, and thus many have cancelled the
dates of sailing and will not arrive for few
and Mrs FTnderirt w " Vander5iIt Mr. @Is Ett
F. Shepard and Mr. and Mrs. Charles r. Alexander
ever, who has been abroad since June, will come
home Among those expected 70 arrive this week
in and Mrs lar
II. Mackay.
Lenox promises this week series Of regattas and
parades and dinners and luncheons and dances. 1t
is the great week of their season The day
Horse Show will be the crowning occasion. All
the cottages occupied. and there are many
house parties and the usual round Of Lenox enter
tainments. The weather is cold clear and brisk.
The first frosts have touched the mountains and
bri,nancy. Mrs Harry Payne Whitney and her
ber Mountain
Mrs Jules Reynal was so delighted with her
recent visit to Southampton that she has deter
mined to take a cottage there tor next season.
She has leased the one belonging Mr.. and Mrs.
summer.
There seems to be some foundation for the re-
port that Mrs. BradleyMartin has sold her houses
in Twenteth-st. Mrs. Bradley-Nartin declared that
she would never live in New-York again after she
gave her famous fancy dress BAH at the Waldorf.
1t was her swan song. The houses in Twentieth-st.
have been the scene Of many handsome entertain
ments. and among them the first large dinners ever
given in New-York Before the advent of Mr.. and
ner Of t%eEtyfo9r was Considered very large G1
entertainment and the dinners of 80 were not even
a dream OF the widest imagination. The depart
ure of the Bradley-AIaTtins from downtown with
OF the various handsome residences @ 'S in Fftblave
have sounded the knen of nearly all the localities
below TWenty-thtrd-st- as places Of ultra-fashlon-
able residence.
lrDiD pa IarHN- ia
coming week will be Mr.. and Mrs William Jay
Schieffen. Mrs Schiefein will meet her mother.
Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard and then go to scarbor-
ough-on- Hudson with her. Mr.. and Mrs. ErnestO
autumn Many OF the tapestries and much Of the
Mrs. Edmund L, Baylies has been visiting in
Scotland, She will return to New-York within the
next fortnight Mrs Alexander Van Rensselaer, and
Miss Van Rensselaer, will pass the winter abroad
1t is to-day that the wedding takes place at All
the Rev. b. W. GSiwey, sS of NswYorI Miss Mary
is the daughter of the late Commodore Edgar and
OF Mrs. Rhineander Edgar.
Yesterdays run after the hounds at Newport was
the longest OF the season, nearly fifteen miles 1t
started at Quaker Hill, nearly ten miles out OF
town. and wound back toward the city by circuit
route Hillside Farm. where the kill was
made. The trail crossed the main road several
times. and spectators who followed in carriages
The field was small, including, besides the master
Adolph Laden6uTg and F Cray Griswoid some
of the jumps difficult and Mr.. Griswold was
obliged to withdraw, his horse being injured in
taking a high wall
Play was begun yesterday the Casino tennis
courts at Newport In mixed double tournament
for prizes offered by John Jacob silver cup
and gold matchbox. The first round was not
completed. the drawings being Miss Busk and John
Jacob Astor against Miss Alice Blight and Gerald
Lowthers. Miss Eunice Terry and ROderick Terry
Jr. against Miss Barger and William II. Sands;
Miss Louisa Potter and H. H. Hunnewen against
Mrs. John Jacob Astor and Cyrn Hatch and Mrs