Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-07-24
IN GAY NEW YORK.

Mrs. Frederick Gerhard will shortly
so abroad. She has left Narragansett,
where she was with her father, and will
return to Westbury before she leaves the
country.
Charles Frohman is on his way to New
York from Europe on the st. Louis. He
Will open his New York season by pre-
sentlng Louis Mann and Clara Lipman at
the Garrick theater in Il new comedy,
"All on Account of Eliza"
London society's latest fad is to have
the monographs and coats of arms of the
owners cut in the hair of their French
poodeS. Blanche Dallen is d perfect ar
list In this work, shaving the intricate
designs with extraordinary skill.
Mrs. Henry Clews is accredited with
beng the beSt-dreSSed woman in New
port this season. and her gowns are at
tracing attention wherever she goes.
One day she appeared in a linen dress
with grape vines and grapes embroidered
all over it. She even had hat and para
sol to match.
A towering elm tree which used to
stand in st. Paul's churchyard, and
which was said to be 100 years old, has
been cut down. Many passersby on
Broadway found time to stop a moment
and look at the fallen giant just inside
the ratings. The tree useti 10 stand on
line with Washington's pew and was
one of the picturesque landmarks of low
er Broadway.
Society at Newport is sad over the an
nouncement that Miss Gerry, daughter
of Elbridge Gerry, is not betrothed to
young Don Mario del Marchesi TheOdOli,
He was engaged in trade in the town Of
Nina, but recently returned to the home
of his parents in Rome, where Miss Gerry
is said to have met him. The engage
ment has been denied by friends of the
Gerry as an impossible event.
Bettina Girard has made herself such
a favorite at the Lion Palace roof garden
up i'll Harlem that she is to stay Il week
longer than she was engaged for. 1t was
feared when Miss Girard went to this
roof garden that she would fall back into
her old habits and be unable to retain her
position. but it looks now as if she had
made up her mind to regain her position
as one of the popular actresses of the
American stage.
Prospect park, i'll Brooklyn, is to have
an orange grove. Thirty fine orange
trees from Florida are to be set out in
the park within Il few days, and 80
more are to follow. The park authori-
ties have always taken an interest III
tropical trees and many varieties are to
be seen in different parts Of the park.
But this introduction of many orange
trees Is something new. and has caused
corresponding interest.
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney has al
ways set the style for automobiles in
Newport, and this year she has come out
in Il new trap. Last season her victoria,
with driver and footman perched up be-
hind. was the envy of all fashionable
| Newport, but this year she goes step
further and gets vic with the coach
mans seat in front. Mrs. Whitney Is
still in deep mourning for her father,
but it is understood that she will give
several smart affairs i'll honor of her
brother, Alfred Vanderbilt, before his
marriage this fall. Now she devotes
most Of her time to her studio on the
cliffs, and it is said that she has already
made several sketches there that are
much admired.
Bridge whist. which for two years has
been the chief draWing-rOom amusement
in fashionable London society. is being
taken up generally at the American sum-
mer resorts and bids fair to become the
fashionable fad of the season on this side
of the Atlantic Numerous bridge par
ties have been given at Newport. y pro-
! feSSiOnal inStructreSS of the game has
organized a bridge whist class at LenoX.
| Bridge whist is not essentially Il gam
! bling game. 1t is frequently played for
| fun" but more often for keeps In
| deed, the same may be said of al popular
bling games A member of the Kestbury
| colony entertained Il house party Il few
weeks ago when a game of croquet was
| played with very large mallets, as the
host chara cterized it. A young million
! aire Of New York who had just returned
from his honeymoon trip lost heavily.
Because a person plays bridge whist it is
not just to assume, therefore, that he is
Il gambler.
The telling of one of the famous Wash
ington giant elms in st. Paufs church
yard was successfully accomplished aft
er two days of labor. 1t stood on the
Nesey street side, and for some time
menaced the stained-g glass windows of
the church All of the limbs We're
trimmed off on Tuesday. The trunk, 30
feet long and weighing about six tons,
was lowered by the use of an A derrick.
The task required seyen men, and was
performed so carefully that not one Of
the headstones was injured. The huge
| limbs of the tree were piled up as 4 pro-
lection to the headstones of Thomas
Gunnell. died 1870, and Catherine Bach
elor. The tree had been dead for a year
and was one of the original eight planted
when the church was completed in 1776.
Consequently this elm had reached the
great age of 125 years. The sole sur
vivor of the eight still stands on the
Vesey street side, and Thomas Floyd,
the gardener, says there is not a finer elm
in the state of New York.
Dogs must not battle in the sea at
Coney island and Rockaway. That is
the edict of the board of health issued to-
day, and it is regarded by owners Of
favoritc dogs as something Of hard
ship. Others who do not own dogs are
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